Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-17
THREE CENTS.

composed OF members from nearly all If tl, Nh
dist churches of the city, assembled last
that time honored edifce-the Light street 1T n
Church-ior the purpose Of fconsiderug the s,liot c
aehomlnauonal education. deep interest was man,
llested IN the proceedings and when the on
presented itself, very substantial and aarr,s, ~
termination was manifested to signaIize fbe cor+c
nary year of American Methodisism, by y TberoI
support of the educational institutions of the church
The meeting presided over by the Rev. n. 7 p
Morgan, and was opened with devotional exercise
by the Rev. VIM. Harden.
| REMARKS OF DIR. BUTLER
Rev. DR.. Butler being introduced anoIorizos e.
ms want oi preparation TO suitably address the meet
| ing upon the subject which had convened thern a.
Tor some time past he had been engaged in those seq
| u!anIes Of Gods cause abroad which had denied
hlm the opportunity of quiet study and Of cuItiyat
ing that literary taste to which he felt in eIircI
thought that God intended to accomplish moro h..
the denominatiOnalism of the churches than if tha
| were unity Methodlsm was greatly indebted to
the cause of education. The foundations of its "
TEN were laid through the legislative ability of John
| wesley inspired and guided by the extent Of nj,
that filled the hearts of millions with sweetest neo
dy were tho hymns Of the Scholar; the offspring of q
cultiTated mind. The church was greatly Indebted
! oc Church had produced many complete conrneD-
Church. Dr. Butler dwclt more partcuIrI rUor
| the question of education it affects the work Of
emen of the highest Fntellcctua culture and bC
Teioleed to know that one-haIf the members Of the
patronage hp Mnth,
| Church were graduates of colleges
ADDRESS OF BISHOP KINGSLEY
| Rev. BISHOP Kingsley being introduced said;
have quit making apologies for people give no rodt
lor want OF preparation, and say nothing obnnt
that. When solicited to address this neefinT Lovg
ever wrote to your agent that could not deliver
prepared speech ON the occasion; but | am wilHug
TO hold up my hand anywhere for the nobla IaI,lts
which convenes US here tonight And standing AS we
10 between two centuries, it may not be irnpropor m
look back over the path we have trOdden and 500 how,
wonderfully as denomination we have been led in
way we knew not. God seemed deferlpiuof tbat
we should reach these results from the beginning
we were determined TO operate through COLLEGES
Hod intended that the Gospel should bring the col
eEeS and not the colleges the CfuspeI and If wa
world succeed must seek first the Ki1rI1T, ~,
Iod ana HiSrlghteousnesS, and all these thing shou3
lie spoke Of the teachings of John Wesley. and
gave slght history Of the origin Of theological in
SItuIIoGS AS result Of Gods blessing he said
they had now more colleges than they knew what IN
DO with They had twenty-five colleges and upivar-
sites and theological Semnaries already in surce,
operation, more than three hundred academies ,rJ
| students nnmhering tens of thousands In c9nCIg.
SION, BIsh"n Kingsley urged upon his bnIgar, tba
support 0i the educational institutions OF the trb
| C4ntending that there wealth enough i'm ths
Church to endow ali their institutions of Iearri1o
| and leave them unembarrasscd in the great worE
| they are destined to accomplish.
fli9E to @ his & election e 5he episGopacy Bishop
Interests Of the Chnrch, and hence was cTninrrt,,
HuaLmea 10 speah upon a subject OF such moment5u7
| ugn throughout the country at this time
, key George d. Chcnowith, Agent of Dickinson
lie I.If
Il view Of endowins Dickinson College anI II ,I-o
proposed to raise Sll00O) for the purpos, llIIo
Mhole-SonIed Methodist gentleman had promised to
give 5000 to the object if $4,000 could be raised in
la; Gai;tlmore, and Philadelphia would raise the re
Rev. H. N. johnson, President of Dickinson Col
lege Sald thl he was the $50 600 would be soon
raised IN r4llaielrhi; in fact upwards Of ~ ygJ
hat already been raised.
Mr.. Chenowith thea solicited subscriptions for fI.
en7dd3wment 7dy aad received the aggregate amount Of
3l2GOO, IN sums ranging from 500 to 5000
Inc services closed with the dOXOlogy and the na,,
edicton. '''1 'N0 pv1-
During, the evening, Mr. Phillips, of Cincinnati
This educational movement was nagruratel 50 far,
as Baltimore is concerned, at a meetimr LrIf i;
Charles street Methodist Church few wccl. ir ,.'
ana the interest there awakened has been zcaIousl
49, H - di.l u Is pehevCd that tge graude~t con
good cause. ''''o" 'l' eHoi'S Il" 'n'S
MEETING OF THE SCuooL BoAnD.-The regular
weekly meeting of the School Board was held vcste-
day afternoon. John T. plummer. president, in tho
chair The greater part Of the session was occuri,l
III the onsdcration Of the proposition Of Mr. E2rer
| OF Ne" York, who proposes to give series 1t
taboau1 and allcgories. representing the history Of
the late rebellion, and for which he proposes t an
gage several ofthe pupils connected with the various
High Schools in the city both male and female Ii
appears that the matt had been prcyipusr referred
to the Committee High Schools. who rcpnrtcI f,-
Voraply and which report was accepted by the board
ut Its session last week. Since that time hogreypr
,u+1 fD
matter, and arriving at the conclusion thaf II vas mot
exactly adapted for introduction into the school,
opposed any exhibition Of the kind heinz r,q5.,
ny the pupils under the direction Of the Board
After considerable discussion it was resolved ur9n
motion Mr.. Bynes to refer the subject back T., the
Committee on High Schools. whose action in the
matter Is to he reported at the meeting on Tues dav
next, In the meantime nothing is to be done in the
matter by the pupils it being stated that one or two
rehearSals have already been had The various
teachers OF the High Schools have entered protest
AGAINST the exhibition. Applications for positions as
teacher wcTc received read and c-ler, CT SO r-or,
Miss Mary Z. Barnes, Miss Lucy T. Faucet. and
Miss A. W. Briding after which the Board ai-
iourned
SUDDEN DEATH or A CITUzEN-NTr James Noble.
m esteemed citizen of East Baltimore died suddcn-
y Of apopleXy at his late residence No 253 East
Baltimore street. on Monday. Mr. Noble wagpro-
pretor Of an oyster packing establishment At Canton
BRIDGE and visited his place Of business on Monday
morning IN the enjoyment of his usual good health
shortly a!tcr arriving there he began to feel url,yc
ana was prevailed upon, at the earnest solicitation Of
his son. to return home, using carriage for that rrr
pose. lie reached his home about II o'clock and
expired in the short space OF two hours. lie was
htty-two years Of age, and leaves an interesting family
amt large circle Of mourning relatives and friends
lie was a useful member Of the Eastern avenue sta
uon of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and was dis
tnsulshed for great probity Of conduct in all ais
dealings His funeral will take place from his late
residence on Thursday morning, at lOll O'CLOCK.
RoREERY.-On Sunday night last, as Mrs. Cazsady
and family, residing at No TO Jefferson street were
absent at church, her dwelling was entered and roh-
bed two gold watches, quantity Of slycrvarc and
ether property valued 1T about $50 The matter.
was placed IN the hands Of the police but no clue s
obiained to the perpetrators Of tho roBheTg untG
Monday night, when man giving his name a. Jl~hua
Read was brought into tho middle district station
house by Sergeant Robinson on the charg. OF drum
kenheSs. Upon searching hjm small gold watch
was found upon his person, which subsequently was
identified as ono of those stolen from Mrs Gassaiy
yesterday morning, after an examination before Jus
ucc SpIcer the accused was committed to answer tho
charge Of robbery. The watch was the only part Of
the property recovered.
CHARGED WITH IMPORTING CONvGCTs.-Captain
Squires, Of the British steamship COquettc, was AZ
raigncd yesterday before Justice Spicer charged with
the importation o. a number of convicts from Mas
sau n. p. He was taken in custody by Detectives
lIouck and Wallis at the instance of Geo. c. Alsund,
Esq, states Attorney, Mr.. Maund. from iutorma-
tion received, having been under the impression Ea
the accused had violated the Code of Marylaul Prh-
lie Laws by thus transporting convicts. The evidence
before the magistrate, however, entirely exonerotel
the accused, there being no evidence adduccd that
any person on board the vessel had ever been con
ricted Of a crime in Nassau or any other country
The captain was consequently honorably discharged
from custody.
ATTEMPT TO ROB \ MoyEY DRAwER.- William
Hoiton was arrested Monday by Officer Boon, Of
the eastern district, charged with attempting to rob
the money drawer Of Conrad Scp, on the corner Of
Monument and Bethel streets lie was caught IN
the act by Mr.. Seip, who called policeman ard ha6
him arrested. Justice Whalen, in default Of bail,
committed the accused for trial.
FTEE-YesterClav abOut - o'cI u G.. - l..
covered in the dwelling Of George H. Busch on the
southwest corner Of ann and Orleans streets 1t was
eXtngushed oy officer Fleming, Of the eastern dis
t:ict assisted by number Of citizens without giving
a fire alarm. The fire originated from q defective
Gue. Loss about $50
The HAVANA STEAMsHIP.-The agents of the Bal
tmore and Havana steamship line yesterday re
'eived information, by telegraph, of the arrival at
Charleston of the steamship Isabella on her return
trip from Havana TO this port. She leaves Charleston
his morning at 10 o'clock.
A Quick TRIP.-The steamer Cumberland, Captain
Jenkin, arrived here yesterday from Charleston, in
ixty hours, with cargo of cotton andsundre'. This
teamer has made good time on every trip since the
Establishment of the line,