The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-28

CHABLEsToN BOARD OF TnADE-S SPECIAL MEET
1Na.-The Board waB called to order about half
past P. Ii. on Saturday evening last, the Presi-
dent, W. 8. HAsTIE, Esq, in the chair.
The Secretary read the minutes Of the last
meeting, which, upon motion, were approved.
Letters OF application for membership were
read from the following gentlemen: L. 8. X. BEN
NETT, JonN E. OAREw, CHARLES M. FuRMAN, A. J.
SALINAS, JOHN 8. RYAN, J.. 8. GIPBEs, THADDEus
srREET, s. G. BLACK, 8. 8, soLoMoNs and ALLEN
G1BBEs. rtt @asSrt
On motion of MIR. Morse, these. letters were
laid on tho table. - it 3,-s
Mr.. JAMES M. WILSON presented the following
memorial for adoption by the Board: N+,r
To the Honorable the Senate Of the United States
The petition of the Board of Trade Of the city of
Charleston, representing one hundred and fifty
firms of said city, respectfully shoWeth that your
been recently passed by the House OF representa-
tives Of the United States Your petitioners believe
this bill should it the eh and
the people of the United States. A war Of long
duration has demoralized the public mind'to that
condition to meet the law in the proper spirit.
The war debts Of some Of the States having been
already repudiated, your petitioners fear that the
passage Of Bankrupt Law will cause general
Contracted before the war. We are opposed to
the reputation of any debt, whether it be per-
sonal, State, or Of the Union. Your petitioners
declare, with pleasure, that an honorable course
has been generally adopted between the debtor
and creditor, and no evidence has reached your
petitioners OF any dispostion to press those who
are unable to pay. Your petitioners believe the
ineolvent laws OF the several States of the Union
will prove abundantly efficient in extreme cases,
| where parties are compelled to force settlement
with their creditors.
In conclusion, your petitioners pray your honor
able body that the bill in question may not become
| the law of the land; and your petitioners as in
| duty bound, will ever pray.
Mr.. WILSON offered the following resolution:
Resolved That the President and Secretary of
the Board of Trade sign the memorial just read
in relation to the passage of general bankrupt
Law, now before Congress-; and that the President
transmit the same to Washington Immediately, to
be laid before that body.
After lengthy and spirited discussion, in which
Messrs. @. 81. NOISE, r. 8. BRUINS and G. H. CoHRs
expressed their reasons for opposing thememorial,
and Nessrs. e. W. MARSHALL, NJ. STRAUSS, and II.
II. DELEoN argued in favor Of the measure, the
memorial and resolution were adopted
On motion, the Board then adjourned.
AFRICAN METHODIST CHuRoH.-We have been
intending for some time to visit the new building
in course OF erection, in Calhoun street, east Of
Meeting. Passing there few days ago we stepped
in, and in conversation with portly and yenera-
BILE looking freedman, we learned that he WAS a
native carpenter, the contractor OF the building,
and had himself 'architected" it, as he expressed
it.. We looked about us, and found the architcc-
ture to be Of the composite order, the Doric
largely predominant. 1t is not quite equal to the
Cathedral at Cologne, or the Minister at stras-
burg, but nevertheless, is highly credtable to
the native artist.
Rev. Mr.. Cain is the Pastor of this Church. He
ia a colored man,-a native Of Virginia. He or
ganized the Church in July, 1865, with a few mem
bers, and without any place OF worship He i'm
mediatoly set to work taking up weekly collec-
tions, and building this church as he got money.
The church is now nearly finished, will seat about
tMo thousand persons, and cost nearly $4,000
(which, by the bye, appears a very large amount
for such building).
This church belongs to the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, an organization entirely distinct
from the N. E. Church in the North Its Bishops
Ministers and members are all negroes. Bishop
Payne organized the South Carolina Conference iI
July, 1865, with IA preachers and 1000 members
The second session Of the Conference was held last
week in Savannah, now counting So preachers and
"a, 900 members. They have recently purchased
the Morris-street Lutheran Church in this city
; for $1,000 =.
We went to the Calhoun-atreet Church yester
day to hear Bishop Payne preach. His text was
Philip j, ell. The subject of the discourse was
The elements of power in Church, viz: Intelli
gent love, correctness of judgment, and persisten
holiness. He is good preacher, and handled
bis subject like practised sermonizer, using
great simplicity all the while and entirely adapt
ing himself to his auditory.
Bishop Payne is q native OF Charleston. DR.
BAcHMAN was his pastor during his boyhood ant
!, adolescence, and directed him in his studies. A
the age of twenty he went North, to prepare him
self for the ministry, carrying letters OF recon-
mendation from Bishops GADsDRN and CAPERs
Drs. BAcRMAN, PALMER, and others. He pursuet
9 literary and theological course in the Lutheran
;. Seminary at Gettysburg, under the auspices Q
DIR. ScHMucRER.
Finding on his graduation that there were bu
few colored people in the Lutheran Church, h,
joined the African Methodists, among whom h
: has labored for many years, and where he ha
- reached the highest honors his Church is able
=, bestow upon him. D.. ..... - is f.. .u,-..,ss'.
This church receives little or no aid from th
North, and, In our opinion, ought to be er
:, conraged by our people, inasmuoh as It bids fai
= to become the largest ecclesiastical organizatio
for the colored people OF the South. !, -.
IA RAID ON GRooERY sgoRE.-A gentleman
J. foreign extraction, named Mr.. STRONG, and wh
d keeps q grocery store I'D Bogard-street, inform
US that on Friday night last, or rather on Satul
N day morning, at about tSo o'clock, his slumbe,
J. we're disturbed by noise. Mr.. STRONG, after II
:. n while aittino M In had In q ,ood;totiya nootto,