The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-10
Baltimore Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church south.

Reported for tho Baltimore Sun.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8-sIXTH DAY.
The Conference met pursuant to adjourn.
ment-Bishop McTyeire in the chair. The
opening exercises were conducted by Rev.
| W. H. Wheelwright.
| Rev. William H. Wilson, Sunday-School
| agent, made the following report: He has
travelled 5000 miles, preached two ser.
/! mons q week, and collected over $4,000 in
| subscriptions and cash, of which about
| 1850 was for Sunday-school purposes. He
| reported q growing interest in the Sunday
| School cause.
The committee on the publishing interest
| rcrort as follows: They cordially endorse
| the management of the publishing-house
at Nashville and highly commend the
| agent, DR.. 4. II. Redforl: they heartily
| endorse the Nashville Christian Adrocate
| and Sunday School Visitor, and promiseto
sustain them; they also recommend the
| Tome Monthly, edited by Professor Stark.
| and ask the General Conference to publish
| a tirst-class monthly combining the features
| of n review and q magazine: they further
saw "that we continue to commend the
Baltimore Episcopal Methodist, published
L DI new. VT. pIEut, NC WI VI IN pa
| ~tronace of our people, and to acknowledge
our Indebtedness to Or. Poisal in assuming
the p~ccuniarv responsibility of its publica-
ton at a time when We needed just such
a medium of communication: and also
| they commend to our people as worthy OF
| their patronage the Baltimore Christian
.iHrotuic. recently established in this city
nv Rev. Or. Bond and Rev. Robert \. Hol-
hnl. and that we take pleasure in acknow-
Lodging the very valuable services rendered
by DR.. Bond in defending us against the
assaults Of our enemies in the past, and to
express not only our undiminished conf
dencc in his ability az Il writer, but also OF
his fidelity to our cause
ISigncd) S. kEPLER, Chairman.
On motion. the question on tins report
was taken without debate. The report was
unanimously adopted.
DR.. BEDFORD addressed the Conference
stated this might be his last speech as book
agent. though he rather expected he would
be again elected at the ensuing Genera
Conference. lie urged the Importance Of
placing the right kind of literature in thu
hands Of The people, stating that the house
ut Nashville was aiming to do this. liz
also spoke against most of the juvenile lit
erature issued by the northern press n!
calculated TO poison the minds of the chill
| dren. From Nashville no books are ISSUED
which in any way speak Of the late war
He detained against the failure Of thu
ministers to sell our literature, arguing tina
il was one Of the duties Of the preacher t.
10 this. He stated he had made from = ,00'
10 81 900 in Il year by the sale Of books, ant
had. therefore, never been compelled t.
make sacrifices, even in a poor field. tie
urged tie claims OF the !Sundny-School Us
tor and Of the .NuShriNc Chr;$tjdn Adro
cate, and closed By IN effective appeal. b,
a~nccdotc, to give him many subscription
and to buy many hooks.
BY direction Of the Bishop the Confer
encc divided into two electoral colleges TO
the election Of delegates to the Generation
ference to meet next May al Memphis. I'll,
Bishop announced that the Conference wa
entitled to seven clcl ical and seven lay rc
representatives..
On the first ballot the following wer'
elected Clcrical-J. s. Martin, l2G votes
:. REGISTER, 9S; S. :. Roszel, 60; \. v
Wilson. SO. Scycnty-one votes were neccs
sury to Il choice.
The following were elected by the laymcl
as lay DELEGATES. fifteen votes being neces
sary to u choice: Joseph llen1rickson. %
7. J. Magrudcr. %; t. ". Massey, "a; "
7. Conway, %; Stephen Bradley. q; \
l.. Pitzer, 20; DR.. I. T.. Bond, l..
On the second ministerial ballot there WA
no election.
On the second lay ballot the f~olluwiu:
were elected rs a]ltcrnntc5: J. il. IL. Fig