American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-04-14
Methodist General Conference.

This body met at O o'clock, and re
ligious services were conducted by
DR.. +. w. Leher, Of Louisville, Bish
optKavaaaugh presiding.
leave of absence was granted Il
Dr. Craven, of New Orleans; ant
Rev. Mr.. Reid, of the same confer
ence, was, on account of ill-health
excused from the participation in the
exercises of the body. GE5Af
! One of the delegates from Texas
was granted permission to return
home, on account of reported Indian
troubles in the vicinity of his home
/ DR.. John Boring, delegate from the
Rio Grande Conference, appeared
and took his seat.
The Committee ON Revivals made
q report recommending sundry
changes in the discipline, referring to
the sessions of the General Confer.
ence. 1t lays over under the rules,
DR.. Myers, chairman of the Com
mittee on Changes of Economy, made
a report recommending change OF
the name of the church in conformity
with a resolution introduced into the
General Conference of 1868, propos-
ing to make it simply the Methodist
Church." The report was made the
order of the day for tomorrow.
The Committee on Boundaries
made their report No. l, granting the
Georgia Conference the privilege to
divide according to their own judy
ment, and that the territory of the
StateO of Georgia, now included within
the bounds of the Florida G Conference,
be receded back to the Georgia Con
ference. Also, recommending that
the Kansas Mission Conference be
divided and attached to the st. Louis
and Missouri Conferences. Also,
that the Pacific Conference be di-
vided, and the new Conference to
be called Columbia Conference. Also,
the Rio Grande Conference to be an
nexed to the Texas. ee -|3
A large number of petitions, me-
MORALS and resolutions, We're read
and referred to the appropriate COM
mitteeS. l.- ri
A committee of nine was ordered
to take into consideration the proper
instruction of children under the care
of the church, and to whom a rcsolu-
ton, introduced by Rev. Mr.. Regis
ter, OF Baltimore, should be submit
ted with all similar papers. -.
Rev. Mr.. Moran, of n. c., intro
duced lengthy paper in reference
to bringing certain persons to trial,
and prescribing the modus Operandi
thereof, and changing certain por.
lions of the book of discipline. o..
DR.. Linn, of Louisville, introduced
a paper in reference to the removal
of the publishing from Nashville,
Tennessee, to Louisville, Kentucky.
1t went to the Committee on Books
and Periodicals.
DR.. McFeIrin, of Tennessee, intro
duced a resolution instructing two or
more of the Bishops of the NJ. Il.
Church, South, to visit the President
of the United States, and express the
gratitude of the church for the resti-
tuition of their church property. The
debate was INDUCED in by Revs. Me-
Ferrin, Smith, Pinckard, Green, Lee,
of Virginia, Bennett and Cotterel.
The resolution was adopted, finally.
DR.. Wightman moved that the
General Conference resolve itself into
a Committee of the Whole" for the
consideration of the subject of the
proposed change of the name of the
Church, which motion prevailed, and
the Conference went into. Com
mittee of the Whole, with Bishop
Kavanaugh in the chair -.ra-
The Conference adjourned to meet
at O'Clock to-morrow.-Picayane,
18th inst. .s as