Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-02
LOCAL AFFAIns.

The BALTIMORE CONFERENCE OF TnI
AErHoDIsT RPrscorLL oHuRcH.-Conferenoe va
called to order BY Bishop Scott, and prayer Of
The report Of the finance committee was pre-.
sented, and made the special order for to-day.
Several communications were received and
read. .'
Rev. Thomas Myers, from COMMITTEES on nomi
nations, presented the following as the list Of
committees, which was adopted
On pie n colisssrW; pIs'ty%;n' q. Park
On Periodicals and Church Llterasure--J. n.
Green, T. v. Leech, W. y. speake, J. W. Davis.
On ssminaries-T A, Morgan, W. N. D. Ryan. =.
Collins, IT, MeNsmar. On Eible Cause-J. Bler,
| J. W. starr, 8. Dickson. On Post 0fhces-w. n.
Laney, r. 4. Murphy A J. Porter. On Static
Iso...J .. Sargent, B, H. Smith, = Richardson, 3.
rec.iys Missionary Mcney--A.y. Myers, ", v,
4 Ward. To receive Money for Bduesf,onzi Board
ID. d. Owcn, @. W. Peismyss.
Nj. Lanaban moved that the Conference assume
| all pecunisry responsibilities arising from the
publication Of the Resister, which was adopted
by rising vote.
Rev. Geo. Crosneld, from Niagara Conference,
| Canada, Rev. @. p. Arys. Of tire Presbyterian
church, In this city, and Few. DR.. Monroe, CORE
spending secretary Of The CbuI Oh x;ension So
siety, were Introduced to .he Conference by
The repor! Of TIE stewards, aud the call for
collection wB1 TIC m de, a,,er which the differ
ent claims OF nemb' . Ald appropriations for
Rev. J. ?. W. Graham giving ri.e 10 considera-
BILE deba,e, IN which TIE Rev. Messrs. Phelps,
GLENN, Morgan aud Myers took part.
Under the eish'n qaesion Of the discipline,
concerning saperannuated preachers, the laid
over cases were taken up, aud David Trout, @. b.
Young, II. Leber aud p. D. Lipsoomb were con
tinusd In such relation. 81. -. = -.r--T
The order Of the day was the paper submitted
by hessrs. Edwards aud speake.1Y 4.E
Rev. W. b. Edwards advocated the adoption Of
the resolution, stating that he did 1t from con
yiedons Of duty, and that he had NO personal
DR.. sewsll offered AZ Q substitute tho action Of
the General Conference at the session OF lS6e, In
relation TO Especial tragsfers,'' which was ae-
copied by Rev. W. 8. Edwards. r.. -.r.rs
Rev. Mr. Lanahau then offered an amend ment,
that the entire action Of ,he General Conferences
ttnce ls4S be adopted, aud went on al some
Length, stating that II was uuse,stood that the
adoption OF the paper offered BY Rsv: Mr.. I'd
wards was pre- arraugcd affair. Mr.. L. said he
wss o posed TO any forestAlling Of the action Of
B''sop Amss then addressed the Conference at
length, defining the several kinds Of transfers,
and the position and conduct Of the Bishops in
relation to them. .rFr...H SD. 90 O.
Rev. A. ]. Myers moved an indefinite postpone.
mont Of the matter, which gave rise 10 much de-
Rev. Mr.. Lauaban withdrew his amend msnt.
The CbRir announced the following as the COM
mitsce on the Church Extension Society: Rev.
D. II. NADIA, VIM; Hamilton, W. krebs, J. M.
Il was announced by Dr. sewell that a grand
centenary meeting would be held at the Eutaw
street church to. might at ~ O'Clock, at which
Rev. DR.. Durbin and b. @. Crook, ID. D., Il IL ex
pected, will deliver addresses.
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PoLICE COMMISSIONERS - The regular
weekly meeting Of the Board Of Metropolitan Po-
lice Commissioners, WIS held yesterday after
noon at their rooms on Tenth street.
Superintendent Richards laid before the Board
his quarterly report, showing the amount OF bu-
quarter ending December 81, 1855. =.
In the detective department., which ia in charge
Of Mr.. B. NJ. Reed, 364 robbe-ies were reported
during the quarter 1853 arrests were madei the
property lost or stolen was valued h H2,2l7 ~ |
property recovered by the oAieers was valued at
eo, 20l 09j the value Of property turned over TO
the property clerk was S2S0oi amount Of
property turned over to the owner, o., SIC ~ |
Afterwards returned TO them, e57T OS o." |
Whole number Of arrests by the police during |
the quarter were e,2l7 Of which number ., lis
ried aud 4, 100 were single; s,7os could read and
write, and 250s could not. For offences against |
the person, S,277 males and $50 females wero ar
rested, aud SAL males aud 24s females were ar |
rested for offences against property.
The cases reported were disposed Of as follows,
viz 622 were committed 10 jail, IA gave bail for
court, "a were turned over to the military, ISIS
house, l40 gave security to keep the peace, and 1
in lo8 cases various light puuishInents were In
hlcted. Fines were imposed In Z, $50 cases,
amounting to ola 223.4s. In Washington, In
Guiding part % the county, the amount Of nnss
pad was ell 500 49, amount supereededi
b, 2sO. A.; amount appealed from, tSo.6s; nnes
imposed under act Of congrssS for selling m9gSr
to soldiers 1890 Total In Washington els, 900 %.
In Georgetown, including part o. the county,
the amount Of fines paid was u, lO7. 49, amount
superseded, s25ss. Total In Georgetown, u, :
lS5 %.
Also, during the quarter 94S destitute persons
were furnIshed with lodgings, Is lost children
were restored to their parents, SO sick and disa-
bled persons were assisted or taken to hospitals,
81 horses and cattle found Rstray were returned
TO their owners, and 2s hres were attended by
the police, w.. =
The property taken from prisoners and after
wards returned to them was valued at 80, 902 "a.
OF the persons arrested 1903 were born in the
United States, 1854 In ireland, 439 In Germany,
and the balance In various European countries.
In the sanitary department $3.50 nuisanoes
wore abated injured people were assisted ! =
persons were taken " Hospital, and l21 dead