The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-18

PROTESTANT CHURCH. - The
cventh days session was resumed yesterday |
morning at nine o'clock. Amer devotional |
xcrcises by Rev. G. VI. Thompson, the fol- |
lowing business was transacted;
Rev. Joseph J. Clnry, conference steward, |
4 admitted his report, which was adopted.
Tho report Of Rev. J. z. Maloy, superan.
Iiuatcd steward, was received and adopted.
The report Of the committee on temper
nnco was received and adopted, recommend
ing the various ministers to redoublc their
efforts In aid OF the cause.
The report OF the faculty Of instruction
was received and recommitted to the faculty.
The report Of the committee on supcran-
nunted claimants was received and adopted.
The request Of Rev. Alfred Baker, to be
len without an appointment, was granted.
The report Of the committee on the Sab.
bath school cause, rcafilrming the resolu-
lions passed at the last conference, was
adopted.
A resolution offered by Rev. Mr.. Wilson,
substituting the church hymn book for the
Sunday school hymn book In the schools, was
lost after considerable debate.
The committee on missions reported rs
follows:
/. That Lexington street mission be con.
stituted a station, to be called Lexington
street station.
9. That Powhatan aud Union Factory be
embraced in a new mission, to be styled Pa
tapsco Mission.
3. That the following missions be con.
tiuued without appropriations, viz; Har-
mony, Kent Island, Newark and Potomac.
4. That Cumberland be made a station,
and that Delaware be transferred TO Lips
comb circuit.
5. That Frederick Mission be continued
without appropriation, aud he recommended
to the jefferson Benevolent Society for aid
0. That the following missions be con-
tiuucd, with the appropriations annexed, Wis
Alexandria, $500, Xiuih street, Washington,
$3.50; Broadway, Baltimore, 800; Choptank,
5000; East Washington, 500; lIarpcr's
| Ferry, 500; Williamsport aud Berkeley, 800;
Salisbury, 400; Flaskin, $50; total, 81 200.
An appropriation will BE- required to pay note
given by the board Of mission Of 81 800; to
meet deficiencies, exclusive ofnote, 81, 733. 40;
total amount required, s5, $3.50.
The committee are Of opinion that II would
he inexpedicnt to grant the request Of Milton
Quarterly Conference for change Of rcla-
ton. Adopted.
An additional report was offered, as fol-
| lows:
The committee have had under cousidern-
ton the communication from Salem station,
Philadelphia but, in view of the deficiencies
of the present year, think 1t would not be nd.
ylsable to change the relation of said station
TO that Of a mission.
new house Of worship in Philadelphia is
a matter of great importance; but the COM
mittcc, though sympathlzlng with the
brethren of Salem, think that the district,
until relieved of present financial cmbar-
rassmcnt, cannot be relied upon for material
assistance to any great amount. Adopted.
| The following reports were adopted: The
report of the Committee on Sunday Schools;
report Of the Committee on Statistics; report
Of the Committee on Supcrannuated Claim
ants; report Of the Committee on Temper
ancc, and the report Of the supcrannuated
fund steward.
The report OF the Committee on the Meth.
odist Book Concern was read. This report
was taken up item by item, cliciting inter.
, pied the time Of the conference up to the
hour of ad ournment at o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The debate upon the Book Concern report
was continued until 10 O'Clock, and finally
the yeas and nays were ordered, when the
report was adopted by the following vote :
| Yens-iG ministerial, IL lay members; nays
IL ministerial, IL lay members.
DR.. J. J. Murray, editor Of the Methodist
Protestant. spoke of his connection with the
paper. claiming that additional cOmpcnsa.
ton should be given the editors OF the paper.
number OF resolutions were adopted by
the conference, among which were votes OF
thanks to the railroad and steamboat au'
thoritics who had rendered courtcsics TO tho
members of the conference.
The report of the stewards OF the mission
airy fund was adopted. 1t shows that there
has been collected for home mission,
~ ,siI.43, and that the expenses have eN
cecdcd the receipts about 81 900.
, The president, after few impressive re
b. marks upon the sOlemuity of the task i'm
! posed upon him, read his list Of appoint
!. mcnts, as follows;
d Stations - East Baltimore, d. Bowers
o West Baltimore, J. J. Murray, ID. D.; Sout
h Baltimore, J. VI. Holmes; Washingto
J, street, Jesse Shreevc; Starr church, X. 5
!. Norris; Lexington street, J. E. Reed George
c town, l.. W. Bates, d. D., W. {. Lipscoml
G II. J. Jordan; Salem, Pa, r. S. Rowe; Lar
q rel, W. VI. Strayer; Centrcville, T. d. Va
. anti Salem, Nd, J. B. Jones; Cumberland
: II. Nice.
!. Circuits-Anne Arundel, J. W. Charlton
Bel Air, d. A. Shermer, o. B. Strayeri Bal
timore, d. W. Bates, L. J. Case, sup; Bed
c ford, James Thompson-onc to be supplied
Clarksvillc, W. W. Reese; Caroline, J. II
$ Elegood Cambridge, W. II. Lane; Cecil
, DR.. \. S. Eyersolc, George W. Beatty
r Chesapeake, J. W. Gray; Concord, W.
c Crounse; Dorchester, J. 7. Lassel-one I
Butler; Finkburg, W. 7. Dunn; Hereford
II A. D. Mather; Howard, John Roberts, II
c {. Hoyghe; jefferson circuit and Frederic
u mission, l.. X. Nichols, W. c. Ames; Kent
# I. Thomas Murray, c. o. Melvin; KennC
d dysvllle, II. E. Miskinson Liberty. Dr
/, +. Sweutzel - one TO be filled Lclp
= sic, a. d. Dick Milton, Alfred I. Me-
=. wins Ncwtown, J. Earle Maloy; Pip
{ Greek, DIR. David Wilson, J. +. Ward
4 sup. Queen Anne, 5. T. Ferguson
!, Somerset, Charles II. Littleton; Stewards
\ town, Il. Whynne aud J. Darby; Snow Hill
y W. ID. Ltzingeri Severn, g. ID. Edmondstou
II Sussex, j. NJ. Elderdice, +. 4. Moore, sup
ID Susquehanna, Charles 7. Cooked; ST. NJ
Is chaels, Charles NJ. Thompson and william
p. Poisal; Salisbury, J. 7. Graham; Talbot, |
IS E. Reese aud d. L. Greenfield; Uniou, SOL
Ic mon II. IIobltzcll Warwick, DR.. ID.
Is Ewell; Whulcyyille, j. Clay and Samu,
l. Clawsou.
Missions - Alexandria, b. +. Beusol
5 Broadway, j. X. Nichols Choptank, W.
Is Holmes; East Washington, ]. 3. P. Wllso
# Ninth street Washington, DR.. f. j. Drlnl
Il house, Potomac to be supplied Newark, v
l. 5. Hammond; Harmony, DR.. j. l.. i. EwCl
J. Kent Island, VI. E. Hysorc; Lower SUISSE
h Isaac T. Adkins; Teaskin to be SUPPLE
o Harpcrs Ferry, James c. Stewart; Wi
y Transport and Berkeley, j. D. Kinzer, one
be filled; Patapsco to be supplied.
Peter Light Wilson, agent of Wcstcr
= Maryland College. Joseph l.. Mills, SUI
If piled to Lynchburg, Va.
4 Without appointments at their own r.
y quest, A. Webster, D. D. John Eldcrllc(
: Alfred Baker
n Superanuated, J. W. Everest, 7. VI. WI
son, John Morgan, F. VI. Bryan, II. ]. Da!
> Thomas Lee, Christian Eyersolc, j. A. NJ
= Faddan.
Transferred TO the unstatloncd list, G. "
/. Simpson, j. NJ. Dennis.
:. Amer prayer by the Rev. DR.. Webster,
: Baltimore, the convention, shortly allt
, midnight, adjourned until next year.
SMAsm-uP.-Yesterday morning, about
. o'clock, while Mr.. James Monroe, ownt
i and driver of hack Il, was returning froI
b. the Seventh street wharf, where he tgd d.
posted some passengers, was run into nci
? the corner of Seventh and ID streets sout
+ by a four-horse omnibus belonging TO WI
+ lards' hotel. The shock was such as
throw Mr.. Monroe from the box to tn
street, by which he received severe injuries
The horses of the hack then took fright an
dashed of, running on the pavement an
+ ,-anst the porch Of house about two hur
lTrl yurls from the sCeIe of the collision