New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-25
VOLUME XIV.
New 0rleans 9ailp, Grestent.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1866.
Methodist Hpiscopal Church Conference.

The conference met yesterday at the regular
holr. p" l' '.1
The first business of interest taken up was the
memorial from the African church, praying that
certain property might be made over to it, .a w
As an amendment it was proposed to refer the
question to the annual conference. One member
urged that this proposed action would bring back
the colored people to this churh. An amendment
to this purport was adopted, and finally the
report of the committee on the whole subject of
African churches, was, with amendments adopted
as whole.
The report, No. 4, of the Committee on Books
Periodicals, etc., was called up, and lengthy dis
cussion ensued upon the subject There were a
majority report and minority report and sub
| sttute for the whole before the conference. One
proposition was to sell the property of the pub
llshing house, and to purchase books instead Of
manufacturing them for sale. In reference to
the proposition to remove the publishing
house from Nashville, one member said that
this would lead the creditors to seize the establish
ment. Another member was convinced that II
| would be better to throw away the "bricks
and mortar" belonging to the church III
Nashville, and establish publishing
house in Baltimore, Philadelphia or New
York, than to continue the former arrangement
Another member, again, pronounced the booi
concern success, and explained that out of wha
had been reckoned as its capital there was s65, COZ
| in debts of which not one per cent. had beer
paid, s2s 600 of payments for lawyers fees, cour
expenses and commissioners, 100000 for papers
80 much for bishops salaries, COO for losses il
tracts, s24 600 for Richmond loses ETC., ETC.. AMI
| he urged that the actual capital of the concerI
had been very small in comparison with what ha'
| been supposed. A quarterly review, again, wa
| referred to as loss forced on the pub
| fishing house besides which there hal
been too many editors and too man.
! agents employed Notwithstanding all this
it was contended that the object Of tn
| enterprise had been accomplished as far as fur
nishng even more publications than the chure
wanted. There are now on hand between thirty
| five and forty thousand good Methodist book
which could not be sold. On the whole
was contended the concern is solvent and in
better condition than ninety-nine out of hundre
| Of establishments who had encountered the wa
in the South with as large a capital In fact,
was pronounced the best engineered enterpris
in the South, during the war.
| The discussion continued up to the hour of ad
journment, without any result being arrived at.
The conference meets again this morning at th
regular hour-9 O'Clock.
| IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE Pro
PERT1Es To DAy.-Messrs Palfrey & Co., auction
eers, will sell to-day, at II o'clock, at the Mel
chants and Auctioneers' Exchange, tfty-eight lot
of ground in the Fourth District, and three lots i
the First District belonging to the estate Of Jaspe
Strong, and sold by virtue of an order of the see
| ond District Court. The location of these lots
| accurately described in the advertisement in ar
other column, to which we invite the attention {
the reader, remarking only that this is mos
favorable chance to secure property in a part Q
the city that is very desirable, and where rea
estate is bound to increase rapidly in value.
| They will also sell at the same time and place
square of ground in the Fourth District, divide
into twenty lots, and admirably situated in a first
rate neghborhood. 1t will be sold in lots to &C
| commodate purchasers.