National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-06
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.
sEcoND DAYS PROCE8DIN0s OFEHE
EINEfIEZH SESSION.

PASSING MINISTERS, cHARACTERs-ELEC-
rION OF DEACONsANDE LDERs-TRIALOR
REV. ALBERT JUMP FOB IMMoRALITY-
CONDITION OF DICKINSON COLLEGE
PREACHERS AID FUND :. TRANSFERS
FROM OTHER CONFERENCES.
tRepsrted Tor the National Republican,
The eoafsssnes reaesemblsd at the Fayette
street N. E church, in Baltimore city, yesterday
morning, q o'clock, Bishop Amss presiding.
Before pFoceedins With the business Of the day
half IN hour was spent in devotional exercises.
The church was Aensely packed with visitors
embracing elGrSe representatioaOf ladies ffon
the nost cultivated society Of the Monuments
City. Angvlilable fpsee in the galleries, aisles
aAd outside the bar Of the conference was occu
pied, and . most gratifying interest in the pro
esedinssof the body manifested.
Basi.sss being resumed the call Of
TEE WASHINGTON DIsrRIcr,
which was begun on Wednesday, was proceeded
with, and the characters Of the clergymen as
signed to duty in the District were palsed with
sader, Dr.. John Lansh.n, brought the charge o
and Moved that ep1 ~ O. r.
charge Of the case. Il was without discussion q
GdeFed, and the bishop appointed DR.. T. NJ
EdayW R Rev Wt Gss D asssh U,
Francs, r. ". Black and Emory Buhrman.
DIR. Eddy announced meeting Of the court to
sSs e S IT,
ton Of minister Of the gospel with woman for
illicit purposes The exact nature Of the specif
vas not made known to the conference It is gen
orally understood that MI. jump will offer no de-
fence, % that the committee win be saved all the
time and trouble Of . "Houston' case, and will re-
pert to tho conference the facts together with It'll
sseemmendation in the natter, to-day.
d.. LAnahau stated that he had received letter
he had signied his desire TO maintain his present
relation to the conferences BY receiving nominal
appointment" or else TO be granted . supernn
BIsSop Anes asked II Oh. Newman was labor
ing under any physical disquaiifieatten emitting
had heard that the Doctor had sustained some
tsTPo1..y injury by fall, bat this did act appear
Bishop Ames said he thought the conference
had better pass the case for the present.
sUPERNuMxRARY RELATIONS.
The question Of granting superHumerary relations
bsing again mooted further on In the proceedings
S e. hs sSs aoa ~ Vi. If The s as
supernumerary preachers" Bishop Ames said that
he saw present more supernumerary preachers
70 any ns9n Of
bodied men to ask this relation, and having Sc
cured It. then 60 into the various business avoca-
In 70
others. They will travel . thousand miles in
order to vote for delegates and oicials, and thus
e. f. e: Of the He
In the strongest terms. He wished those seeking
this relation at this conferences to understand that
them to Do he church work and
what compensation the people thought their lsbors
worth. IAIpi.use.
r.
ported the work Of the district 10 be in healthy
vigorous state. The preachers had labored ardu-
their Es.Ey
terest Of the Church has received due attention,
and prejudice has entirely disappeared. During
BEEN built SABBATH Schools s ssssSished d. and
new charges successfully founded, and 900 new
members gained. During the past year the Church
offerings 70 the missionary and other causes had
The characters Of the preachers Of the district
were then passed, and its donations reported.
MIscxl4Axsous BUSINESS
was then taken D, and Rev. W. H. Chapman,
IRON the COMMITTEES on preachers aid society sub.
society had disSsrsed SaSo allowed b. vote sa Of
the conference, also slso. special appropriation.
Plans are being matursd TO increase the funds
ayers Tor tn; ensuing year was nominated in the
report. It was by vote referred to tho committee
on distribution Of preachers aid fund.
DR.. Lsnahan asked BY what authority the sala-
ries Of the preachers are published In the minutes
Mr.. Dosh, the secretary, replied by authority
Of the conference and law Of the discipline from
which he resd item ., paragraph 10, on "statisti-
DR.. Lsnshan thought It was misinterpreta-
tion Of the law read, and asked the opinion Of the
bishop, who said he thought 1t was . matter ~
quiring the action Of each conference.
d.: Lanah.n hoped the practice would be dis;
onRtfDund uUfD4 III DubIfcAff0n shall ba ordered
The committee on memoirs submitted report,
Tor special memorial Services relative to Tie de-
ceased WIN. Harden, Francis Mccartney, Henry
v. Drakely, the wife Of Dr.. Henry Sllcer, and
Of whom have died during the year. Drs Eddy,
TIFFANY, Crook s9a aibs0n were appointed to pro
neEneS Ne eM4 ng ,r,n,..a . ,.,o,. finn, N.
COMMITTEES q Dfckinson College. showing the in
stitutioa TO b In satisfactory condition. but hav-
ing . less nnnber Of students than can be accom-:
The eSs 1s1Rs 70 .ss
Of Methodist young men wsre urged, and on mo-
tion Of Rev. dsoEEs Hildt, who spsks upon the in:
e sss .omnse. on S:tnson Go,is1 a.
rections 70 take under advisement whether some
means cannot b adopted to increase the number
Rev. J. Il. Dsshisls stated that neither he NOR
sry sermon, and upon request they were excused
Dr. HceSss presented Communication ftom
the Womsn's Foreign missionary Society, which
was read. 1t sets forth the noble purposss and
lsbofs Of the society - an auxiliary Of the Church;
II 10 doing the work Of undermining and digging
ct the foundations Of heathenism, which the
Church assails BY direct attack. II fs doing .
work which no other agency can accomplish, and
II securing the blessing Of reflex influence By the
employment Of smaller amount OF means than
can be otherwise employed with equal results.
An invitation was read from the Aged Womens
Home Of Baltimore for the conference to pay 1t .
visit.
The report Of the
BALTIMORE BOOK DEPoeIroRY
was then read, showing . careful and economical
administration Of its business by the agents dur
in9 the past year. The sales Of the year aggre-
gs,s 1N,os0.7b, against e1b,ooo for the preceding
year. The profits we're over ts,000 or t2,osa. 20
more :h y lsss ysar with net profit over all OK
A report Of the educational fund for the year
was then submitted, showing e6,19e.So ~ the
amount Of total receipts. This bad been e.
pended. except t2eS balance on hand. The assets
aggregate eloe eeo.2 par, and tlo7 7o2.s 90 market
Ths charaetsrs Of tho following superannuatsd
preachers were then passed Basil Barry, John
Miller, WIN. Prcttyman, 7. 3. Harding, L. b.
Young, Jas Bunting, John Baer, John W. Israel,
Henry fuflcng ard Henry Leber.
The characters Of the following named pfoba-
tioners Of the first class were passed, and their
examination being reported - satisfactory, they
Wero elected to the order Of deacOnS: III. s..