Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-12
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
Remarks ef Caairu.s. rs.rm.. n.
Day
Adjeurnment sf the Comm,ss..
Monday Nexa

mSeosy kexa
The joint Special Committee ,nx..,,..,.--
District affairs resumed their session ,h,. -
ing. Senator Thurman presided, and. ,r.,
calling the committee 20 order spoke "A fo,lo,rs.
Since our last public meeting. as known "a
e1 al, solstinkuished member Of the senate
has Dep rted this life. An order Il 20 he t.len
20 cay in both Houses Of Congress in reSsr1 ~
the funeral. Under these circumstances snd
,ns slss being the day OF the funeral OF en-
tNsoent llnore, We think a. would sosrcelx
be decorous for the committee % hold se..io1
.no bear the argument appointed for 10 d.y
Inere Is Sun smother reason with ali our
ANXIETY 70 speed the hearing OF the matter sub
mitted 10 usl Why We should defer the $500
lie question 90 be discussed IA one
ot very great Importance in the in
We should have q FUN Committee ON 80
hearing. One OF the me m bers OF the commi,,se
Is necessarily absent, having been appointed on
the com mtttee 60 attend the funeral or the a..
en- President. There IL q vacancy I'M IN. sens,s
branch Of the committee, owing 10 senarey
Boutwell, being excused. For tlrese reasons We
think u proper e. postpone the reading OF thess
srgumt nts TIL Monday next At half-past tvely,
We canRot meet earlier. because the room.
will be occupied by the committee 90 xhor,
it belongs from eleven 90 twelve. We shall
therefore postpone the reading OF the argument
until Mondsy, IT half past twelve O'clock Rut
We desire-in order To facilitate our investigE-
ion OF the subject, and that we may avail our
elves OF any leisure time that We NAV have he
tween now and then-that counsel shall furnish
- to-day, not a written argument, unless they
~ish Go do 20, but q brief OF the points they
make, and the authorities they recite 60 sustain
tlemi IN other words, we desire 90 have such =
bTiet az court usually requires on hearing ar
-umels OF an important question, and we he
neNe that You can state your points. We asa
10 argument, but merely tor the points upOn
when me argument is 20 be based. The com.
mlitee Then went into secret session.
- me ommittee were ia secret session but
CIV minutes and then AZ jOurned
n 4,
"a! ble with the clerk of the committee brief
u Noeh argument and the authorities they pro-
fpse 70 cite 70 sustain IL. IL Is understood that
udge Merrick and Mr. SheuAbarger will make
the argument on behalf of the memorialists.
Methodist Episcopal Conferences
Full LIST or APPoINTnKkTs BY THE sALTr
MORE CoNFERkpcK N. n. CHURCH.
Al the seventh and last days session of thus
BODY, IN the Fayette street church, Baltimore,
yesterday, Rev. T.. %. Haven, corresponding
secretary Of the general board OF edac alton
stated that they now had $780, 900 safely in
vested at seven per cent interest, ans were
lenalng toe proceeds TO assist In educating
Rev. DIR. q. Ill. Tiffany presented resolutions
on the subject OF the debt OF SIS, OoO OF the Me-
trololitsn church in this city, s2i 600 OF which
had been, or would he pad by his congregation.
and desiring that the conference might give
permission 10 obtain relief wherever n could
The resolutions were adopted.
The usual votes OF thanks were adopted.
Bishop Ames read the appointments for the en-
suing year, and the conference adjourned %
meet NJ Winchester, Va, next year.
The STAR published a special telegram from
Baltimore last evening giving the appointments
Tor Washington and GeorsetOwn, but the ful
list Is OF interest 60 many OF our readers We
publish ~ entire, rs follows
sta'ion, 3. B stat. weslsy Cnspei, " n. Ohat
nan nan; soT'h Baltimore, W; Ward; ssilOrs' OltT
Arnold; Mount vsrhsn hlsts, Tfos. Guar, Henry
bridg., A. :. Hank, Madison AveuGo,W. j s5eVen.
SD, Mount N,Tnon Mills, kos,eTt y Bishop, Wood
smith; Brock aEdvilIe, W n Bird; Bsitinore CIR.
nit X Gadden, J. z. Wright. HamPsteAd, J ".
=. - IN, ID nan W sslniinsie 1.N beech, New
Thompson; Thomas Chapel, W NIX HamnacE.
saFFS s Ms. r. CUMMING: g. 5S i1sS
" GwiLn, p. ", Shrinsri Calvert ID sill, G.
IN OOll,ge, member Of CITY station oGsrteriy Con-
EaN Bolinors D,srtc.-Johu Iauahan.P
hcr,h Baltimore, ; >. peaIe, .. v Leech, M D.
b. Bice, EXeter street, Thomas DausLerty; Har-
R&s sSa Kat sfh s g H.. s
}. ErOwn, q ID. Smith, Jackson Square, J. j,
street S fdssnS. Hen Street. Bee 3'I BaTt.
s sSet me- S.nsIR i.sSe. a MS,ssD
france; Canton, MSis y Case; GOysnstosn, 4 4.
Murphy; Maverly. A, W. Rudisill; TowsontOwn,
SieaI Fails, h MeSensT 'I 70 BE- supplied by VS.
e. y. sin n Long Gr.en, ST g Neal, East HsT
smith; Wet Hartford, q Clever, q. r. Weede
sprinss' e hieh.SGsoD: 10 ne .App,egs' Ss1t
Harrison. Charles McEIfreeh, Chaplain of seameni
Sni6n Bethel, member Broadway Quarterly Don
= Esa Boltislor, D,s,,ta.-wn,ord Downs, p. E.
,treet, 4. e, shipley; Emory, j. b Van Meter;
0ssOTne; sub%f,felS, J; Q: M2or.i oaton.yiIls
croniI: Patspco, w % Jiehm' RsS Tz'
Nest F.lIs, 4. 5. Fort; LiussuOre, " M. .Fergu,
70 be supplied BY G. K Bs.ferd; kddletOS a, A. J.
nSs S, .aP aSTSSFt s sSSd'D
Ii Carol, agent OF Book Depository and member
lain I :. a. and member Esst baltimore ousrteTiy
$500, D;s,y;,,-yr sr..L.
dry, h. a. Oleyelsad Wesley obapeI, Il. W. BlscE;
MetroPolitsp, o, II. Tiffany Fourth street, j. T.
D.sEe Gnicn, 5x 1sGts syfsnS ssS
shannon; GoI.ucb. }. Duey Moore: Waugh, Rich q
Mount Zion, L. q. Muller; eeorsetown, Is P
Cross. 7 I'VE %a. s e e !us
piled BY KldeT Turner; uniontox q. jas mcL.ren;
ssndy wilson Ei Ts Rds. e S5S
J n; DAVIS, W. N. West; Annapolis, ist charge, J.
W oofnsigs. X Young sSu lsI Rlye ssSsr6
Marriott; St Msry Asd Charles, y y starr; Free.
.fs % :: .6 &c 1s 5hI:I Ids
Il Metropolitsn quarterly conference,
HrRtSi.T DiSiri &c W. Cooper, E-Oun-
berlspd Cry-Ceuter street, J. n LiFhtborne;
Bedford street, A. n OOuriensy; south Oumber.
land, 5. N. Afford: FrOstburg, L. T. Waterman:
Frostbure Circuit, W. n. Reed; Mount Savage, l.
A. Thirlk, Id; Bridgeport, II. =. WestwOod. Iona
coming, p. b. Reese; Piedmont, J. g. Hagsy:
Bloomington, d. p. wesi: New Greek, Jne I'd
wars. Savage, Grant, 20 be supplied by
Iss1c Carr kadden Hsrtmansvfi e. 10 be supplied by
J John Far ow: MooTheld and Pendleton, 70 he sup
plt.d by Nv. Howard; Allegheny, II. q. Mcdaniel,
20 be suPplitd By VIM. Rogers Cumberland Valley,
ID. b; instead Hancock, 4. X. Anderson, J.. l..
sprinsf held, 10 be supplied BY 4 . Wilson: Berke,
ley SPRINGS, J. W. Saith; HecgesvilIe. W M
W slsh, q. W Cecil; Martinsburg J. n Ockerman:
NiucLester, l.. M Gardner; Winchester Circuit,
A. J. Gil, p. Wonder smith; shepherdstown, Henry
Nice; Hsrper's Ferry. J. II Marsh. A. X Riley,
transferred % West Virginia Conference. T. J.
Gray, Transferred TO Central Pennsylvania Con
ference. J. A. LippincOtt, transferred 20 Newark
Conference.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE NJ. Y. CHURCH SOUTH
AT the seventh days session OF this body at
a, on Tuesday, the characters Of
the ministers on the superannuated list were
eXamined and passed. The death Of Rev. w.
G.. Cross was announced.
DIR. McFerrin spoke especially Of the advance
made in missionary contributions, aggregating,
all told. nearly - O0O. The election of dele
gates TO the general conference resulted IN the
choice of Revs. s. REGISTER, ID. D., John 5. Mar
tin, n. d.. Samuel Rogers, A. W. Wilson, j. III.