The Portland daily press., 1866-12-13
MUNICIPAL COURT.

Refusing to do either, he was committed to jaiI t
John Sidney was brought up, charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods-the two coats which, a few davs
since, we mentioned as having been stolen by bows
from the houses of Mr.. Stanley and Mr. Pare He
furnished suretes in the of $500 for his appear
ance at the March term OF the s. j. Court. D. III.
Ingraham, Esq, appeared fer Sidney. Eu
James Hayes, for drunkenness and disturbance.
was fined S. and COSTS Committed. Hayes il an old
offender.
William French, for drunkenness and disturbance.
paid fine of SO and costs. t.rI
William Causer and George Webster. under search
and seizure processes, paid S22 &c each. ~.
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Meeting ia Relation TO Erecting "a Com
M sregationaI Church.
The adjourned meeting of members Of the
Second and Third Parishes, was held at the
yestry OF the Chestnut Street M. E. Church,
last evening, Mr.. Charles Small presiding
There were but one or two members of the
Second Parish present. Prayer was offered
by Deacon Crie. sssat a@at
Nj William E. Gould read the proceedings
OF the Third Church, at a meeting held last
Friday evening, a copy of which proceedings
had been sent to the Second Church, and were
as follows: li-.s aaE tiip ors3
Whereas, By the late FIRE the meeting house of the
ihird Parish OF the city was destroyed and by the
arrangement consequent upon the removal froia tle
lower part OF the city OF many families connect ed
Win our Parish, as well as by the losses
famed Dy manytof onr congregation, il has become
Wel-nigh impracteable to BULL in such manner as
VIII ensure an attractive house of worship aud Sc
cure pastor of ability. Therefore, be it
hesofred, That it is the feeling this church that
1t is most desirable Tor the sake of the cause we have
az heart more deeply than that Of any local church
Attachment, to seek for union with other Christians
IN the lower portion OF the city, and unite with
tnen IN forming one strong and influential church
our own chosen denomination. And inasmuch as
the Parish connected with this church has control of
funds to the amount of least $4,000 it is to be desr-
ed that this sum shall be consolidated with such other
lty now similarly situated, .-afa
ResolDed, Inat VIC as church do hereby pledge
ourselves 10 renqulsh our present name and organi-
zaton whenever nicn can be effected of the Second
and Third Parishes r. - = '''T
~ mHesoIsed, That we as church do hereby ask the
Ihird Parish to take such steps as will enable the
Parish to convey their entire property whenever such
preliminary steps have been concluded as will ensure
sc ereclon OF one attractive meeting house of the
congregational order, near the locality of the Second
and Third Parishes. 4,
Resotped, That we propose to the Second Church io
take actlon with ourselves and together with us anl
with such as will be gathered in build unto the Lord
house worthy of his name, leaving to the future all
aetais Of name and officers And to this end we ash,
sad church to friendly conference at meeting to
be held at the Vestry of the Methodist Church. on
chestnut nc Street next "Wednesday evening the 18th,
that union which is strength SgdF ~,
Mr.. Gould then read the reply of the Second
Church to the above resolutions published in
another place. go
Alter some conversation, Deacon Edward
Gould remarked that as matters now stood he
thought nothing was to be gained by uniting
with the Second Parish, and, under the present
state of feeling that Society could not be in
creased. He was in favor of opening sub
scription paper for the purpose OF erecting a
new church a.r4lf ID
Snmuel Lincoln, Esq, of the Second Parish
said so far as his intercourse with members Of
the Second Parish extended, the feeling was
in favor of uniting the two churches. a
Mr.. w. e. Gould said the Second Parish had
made an appeal for aid to the High Street and
State Street Churches and the response from
these churches was that the Second and Third
Churches should unite and that there should
be but one church formed. A committee was
appointed to convey this action to the two
churches and in consequence of this the Third
Church passed the resolutions at their meeting
on Friday evening. hi
After remarks from several members of the
Third Parish, Deacon Gould moved that sub
scription paper for the erection of Church,
be started, based ON raising not less than $1O,-
000 and that the corporate property of both
the Second and Third Parishes be applied to
further the enterprise .I
Dea Gould stated that the lot of land belong
ing to the Third Parish, at rs cents per foot was
worth $4 500, and they had cash in the Savings
Bank $500, making total of $10,3OO, besides
a quantity of bricks valued at two OF three
hundred dollars.
Mr.. Albert J. Merrill thought the proviso re-
lating to the Second Parish should be stricken
from the preamble of the subscription paper
as that Parish declines to unite in forming a
new church. i.t.L
To this it was replied that the action of the
Second Church was confined to a few members
The great body of pew-holders in that Parish
had nothing to.do with the action of the Church
The subscription list was then started, and in
few moments the amount of $3.50 was sub
scribed
| 1t was then voted that Dea. Edward Gould
Mr.. William Thompson and Mr.. Hazen Chase
be a committee to circulate the subscriwtior
paper. The meeting then adjourned. & l.l9