Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-29
The Latest Booth story.

The late story printed in Pomeroy's Dem
ocrat that John Wilkes Booth and the rebel
one OF the forts in New York harbor were
fast frlends-swOrn TO each other; that Booth
being at Washington when Beall was con-
demned to death, and hearing of the SEN
tence the night before IL was to be executed.
went 10 see Hon. j. Z. Hale, then of the SEN
ale, al late hour, and stated his purpose To
see the President and save his friend that
night; That they went TO the house of Hon.
John w. Forney and got him to go with
them to the President; that Mr.. Lincoln re-
ceived them, and heard Booths appeal for
mercy and his confession of the conspiracy
between himself and others at Mrs. Surratt 3
house TO abduct the President, &C., and that
booth on his Bonded knees, and Frustrated
before the President, weeping like a child,
besought pardon for Beall; that an last "nity
won" the President, and he solemuIy prom
lsed the desired pardon, after which Booh,
hale, and tOTney left the President still m
Tears. Next morning, the story goes, when
Mr.. Lincoln stated his promise to pardon
Beall 10 Secretary Seward, that gentleman
demonstrated against II, and satisfied him
BOOM, aud that he did not. For this saws
me story, Booth killed the President
Col; FOrney positively coBtradicts this
yarn in the Philadelphia Press OF yesterday.
ana says he never saw Booth, to hts khowl-
&c, in his life. lie says "Mr. Pomeroy's
democrat, a well known ana highly enter
pislng western newspaper" is wrong, but
thinks he may have signed a letter asking
Tor Bealfs pardon. He adds that III Mr.. I'm.
coin mad made promise TO pardon BealI, he
WOULD nave fulfilled IL at all hazards ard
mat Mr. Seward, with his gentle aud gem
erouS bearing to the south, would have been
The last TO ask him 10 break his word.
GENERAL CONFERENCE VI. T.. CHURCH
ne A0y Meeting "a B0biBIore.-The General
Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
church Will hold its 18th quadrennial SIS
SION 10 Baltimore, commencing on Monday
next. Bishop James, the senior bishop Of the
church, Will preside al the Opening. The
sef sion will continue during me month OF
May, and many subjects OF interest TO the
church will be brought before it for com
sheraton, some of which involve important
qualifications in the discipline and pOlity OF
the church, but IL is not believed that any
radical change will be made in the church
constitution. The conference is COMPOSED
OF twelve bishops, who will preside alter
uately, and four hundred clerical and Iay
delegates and fraGeYnAl messengers. Dele
saa,, clerical and lay, compose the legisla-
tive body, and they alone vote. There will
iLcIuding one In India and one in Germany
and Switzerland. Twenty of the delegates
are colOred Llen. Missionaries are expected
from India, China, Japan, Mexico and other
foreign countries. There Will also be in
attendance number OF the ed tors OF
journals and periodicals published by
the church. The twelve bishops in their or
der nf seniority are as follows: T.. S. James,
y. Y; Levi Scott, Odessa, Del; Matt Simp-
Thos. Bowman, st. Louis; w. l.. Harris
Chicago: X. 8. Foster, Cincinnati, Isaac W.
Wiley, Boston; s. NJ. Merrill, ST. Paul
Mimi; l.. q. Andrews, Des Moines Iowa:
Gilbert Haven, Atlanta, Ga, and Jesse II
Peck, San Francisco.