Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-08
General Conference OF the A. VI. T.. Zion
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/ Chicsgr, read their report, which was received.
| and aItsr cons siderable discussion, was adopted:
l and II was decided to forward it. The princi.
pal secretary Elder Batter, resigne ed the seere-
| taTysl ip. Elder J. A. jon es was appoiE te
r. porter Tor the conferences. Ats O'Clock, p. No..
| the conference adjourned TO meet At ~ O'Clock
this NOR ming. The conference is sitting with
OF en- doors, and the publicis Invited Members
are present from most OF the Northern and
Southern States and the West.
Third DGy-The session opened with tho
rpadlpg or the scriptures by the srperinten :
dent, and devotional exercises by Elder Pitts,
OF the Virginia Conference
On m otion. Elders Batter and Davis were
contin ned as secretaries.
Elders W. p. Rider, of Wesley Zion Church.
OF washington, ID. C.. Il. Chase, of Galbreath
Chanel, and w. Decordeven. of Wesley
Church, Philadelphia. lay delegates, were adj
mitted 10 seats within the bar.
numher of letters were read from the fourth
district, asking for the election and return OF
superintendent Chiffon to said district.
E1der q. Cruson, lay delegate from Union
Wesley Church, of Was hington, was admitted
TO seat within the bar.
An address was read to the Conference from
the Society of Friends by Elder Jonathan Den
mis-, OF Washington ID. O., and COMMITTEES was
appointed TO prepare n reply to the came.
Some inc ulry having been made with refer
enee TO certain absent books of record of tn
proceedings of the Conference, Elder Butler.
one OF the secretaries. replied that he knew
Whtre The books We're, and would have given
the in TO- nation before had he been permitted
to 90 so Subsequently he stated that the rca-
son why the books had not been forthcoming
was because Mrs. Grimes held them in her pos
session till the Conference cancelled a debt
which was due her husband for printing. T..
Elders Moore and others hoped committee
OF investigation would be appointed to it.
9uire why Mr.. Butler had not told them of this
Mr.. Butler wished to know how he could
give the information while Mr.. Moore occupied
the floor, and said, IT m from Kentucky, and
the whole Confe:ence can't move me-" .r
Rev. MT washington claimed the right of
proceeding he
course Of Mr.. Butler, when several members
demanded an investigation. and subsequently
a resolution was adopted calling upon Mr.
Butler for information. After its pass ,ge Mr.
Butler said: when do you want the informa-
tiou p Several members" Right away
Mr.. Butler Well. you'll have TO bide nv
time. want three hours A rnembar-uWe'II
give you tive hours" Mr.. Butler.-"That wont
do must have three hours" Thereupon a
motion was mede and carried, that the Conven-
ton take a recess.
THE RIVER FRONT, May 6. Is6s.-Ca,tsr's
WhdD.-Sailed-Schrs Isaac Van Shudt, Capt
OXFORD, for Hayre- de ace. light: N. Tyler,
captain Owens, TO Georgetown, light; Jhon
Thomas, Capt. Smith, and Pandora Captain
Landlord, light. Hemrdndum.-The schooner
Jane r.. Patterson, Capt. Corson. sailed from
philadelphia on the 18th of April last, hound
to this wharf, with $50 tons of coal for Messrs.
Falconer.
Jotnson's Fish Wharf.-The arrivals of fish
to-day are merely of a nominal character, and
consist of but hundreds, where, had the weather
been otherwise, they would have numbered
thousands. Shad were disposed of at from SID
TO SIS per hundred, AM herring at 60 to no per
thousand. number of fine sturgeon, weigh.
ing from $50 TO 2C0 end odd pounds each, have
been reported, and found ready sale at SO to S.
apiece.
The steamer Arrow, having on board over a
hundred members Of the Medical Association
of the United States, proprietary representa-
tives of the Metropolitan, National, and Will
lard's hotels. attaches of the Diplomatic corps,
and a large number of citizens and strangers,
LETT her wharf at Tx O'Clock this morning for
Mount Vernon. Preparations for a pleasant
time were made, ana the excursionists will not
return till late this afternoon.
AT SiXth-street " hart. the schooner Lochiel,
Captain Haskell is leading with 1870 boxes of
cOmmissary stores for A. Hitchcock of New
York, agent for United States quartermas ter
and ordnance stores.
SOUTH WASHINGTON IMPRovENENrs.-The
spirit of building improvements is nowhere in
Washington more lively than in that seetlou
south of the canal known South Washing
tor: ON almost every street and avenue neat
little residences and business houses have been
recently erected and occupied, while a number
OF others (many Of which have already been
noticed ia The starr are in rapid process of
completion, and only need a few finishing
touches TO en- nance the des STABILITY of the neigh
borhoods in which they located. On II
street, between 5th and eth, three neat wooden
tenements are about being completed the prop
erty of Capt. Lewis ConnOrs and each con-
aiming six comfortable rooms and passages.
They front eighteen feet each, and run back
twenty-five feet, with a rear utchen addition
of fourteen feet depth. The carpenters work
vas dore by Mr.. Murphy the pasterers' work
by Messrs. Taylor & Bros, and painting by
VIM. NJ. Davis. Those buildings will be I'M
lshed about the LIST of June, and afford COM
Portable habitatlops for whoever occupies them
The Lincoln building, on eth street, be tween u
and streets, "a notice Of which has appeared
in the starr is going ahead. and will, be- an or
nHment to this business portion OF the ci ty.
MEETING OF THE MASTER BUILDERS UNION
AT the meeting of the M aster Builders Union,
held on Wednesday night, at Trades Union
Hall. VIM. Hines, VIM. H. johnson, Henry
Delinger and Robert Pierce were admitted to
membership. A communication was received
from the Jocrneymen Carpenters requesting
that the bosses grant them eight hours a days
work on Saturday, the same to go into effect
Immediately: and upon a motion of Mr.. Job
Angus to lay the document on the table Messrs.
s. j. Fague, w. T.. Brown. and - KIRK OBJ
JeC ted. A resolution was offered to the effect
that the Chair request "A meeting of the boss
Carpenters to take the matter under considera-
tion. Mr.. John Stewart expressed surprise AT
seeing statements made in the papers that the
Journey men Plasterer's We're receiving - per
day This. he said, was not the fact, for the
bose had as many bands as they wanted, and
were only paying ~ per day for them He
could not sec where the report originated, I'M
less IL came from the fact that one or two Jour-
neymen had taken work on their own account
and had employed help at s. per day.
D
MARINIs MAY FESTIVAL AND BALL.-Tha
approaching May festival of Professor L. G
Marini VIII probably surpass anything OF that
kind that has heretofore been presented TO tn
Washington public. The theater will be trans
formed into magn ificent garden and ballroom
Tdtieou1 riuante poses pLGstsqae ballet diyertise-
ments, GROWING the May Queen, Feast of
Flora, &c. Will fill in the commencing of the
performance; after which dances of all nations
with appropriate costumes, gotten up under the
immediate supervision of Prof. Marin, will
come of, embracing the court dances of Loui-
XIV, Spanish, Sicilian, Scotch, Creek, Tryo-