The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-01

cate and Dr. Curry. editor OF the National Repository.
also addressed the Conference in the interests OF their
publications. Tho eelng OF the Conference was very
clearly manifested toward both OF those doctors Dr.
Fowler tue present editor Of the Adrccafe. wns re-
ceved coldly but politely without demonstration
OF applause, while DR.. Curry the former editor was
greeted with repeated evidences OF approval
Inc Rev Joseph Ayres was given superannuaie re-
aton Mrs. Rouse. OF Sussex street, invited the Con-
terence 10 reception at her house on Monday, from
fvc 10 eight O'Clock NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION
In the afternoon DR.. Van Zandt presided Rows
Palmer Tutte, Little. Boswell aud Morrow were APP
pointed committed 10 nominate Conference officers
DR.. j. NJ Reid addressed the Conference missions
lie urged that every pastor should take up collections
Tor this cause II each pastor falls OF only 80 the
treasury VIII lose $50 600 in year Inc missionary
Committee have appropriated $500 900 This year,
100000 less than was raised year ago. The coliec-
tons IN the Eastern conferences will about equal those
OF 1906, but III the West the collections Will tail OF
and the debt OF S262 600 Will hardly be relieved this
year and the work may be embarrassed There are
5000 missionaries In the Geld and they must be sus-
tanned
Rev. Isaac j. Lansing president OF tho Atlanta Uni-
versy addressed the Conference tho interests OF
education for the freshmen OF the South He regretted
that OF the POO charges tho Newark Conference III
failed to take . collection for this cause Slavery
made the colorcd people poor. They were forbidden
10 have schools, and to-day you cannot ind
schools In many places In tho South and ignorance Is
likely to continue Vanderbilt University, OF when SO
much has been said and written closed The blacks
Tho policy OF the South to-day Is, before, TO keep
the laborer In ignorance The immortality entailed on
the blacks was even worse than tner ignorance Ana
because o Northern man goes South 10 teach no
IL socially taoooed by Southern white men. ait.
Lansing lived years IN Atlanta. and neither ma
Christian ministerial character had been recor.
n,zed by any southern clergyman. The General
Conference oi the Methodist Episcopal Church mas
drawn coored line and received It's only robuko from
the President OF the United States, 3d. Hayes, and
the speaker stood with President Hayes against color
line. He would rather rot IN dungeon WITH the
black wronged than rido In chaI Tot with the
white man who wrOnged him. There arc l1o,ooo
coored members Of tho Methodist Episcopal CHURCH
In tho South, gathered IN during fifteen years tho
Roman Catholic Church las spent $l35, 600 IN
that section during 1876, and sixty Jcsuits nave
recently gone down there They opening
ircc schools for tho freedmen NIL over that land,
and he hoped tho Methodist Church would try and do
the same, and not report 700 charges In which no
collections for this shall be- taken up this year,
done last year Mr. Lansings address was ire
qucnty appauded Tho officers Of the several confer.
ence societies, temperance, tracts, Sunday schools,
education &c, then elected and after some rou-
tine business had been transacted tho Conference I'D
journed until Monday morning
A temperance meeting was hold in Heddng Church
IN TIC evening" which was addressed by Rev. Fletcher
Lumm.s, j. b Rooney aud othcrs. Tomorrow morn
ing tho Conference will receive resolutions aud report
OF committees, and Will probably adjourn on Tuesday
morning admit OF Bishop Peek getting TO Hartford,
Conn., 10 open the New YORK East Conferences there on
Wednesday.
AMERICAN PRIESTS IN BELGIUM.
The Belgian correspondent OF the Catholic Reoicac
writes concerning the recent ordination In Louvain
the following named American priests, whose parents
reside In this city vcinity:--On January 20. al
Tronchennes near Ghcnt HIS Grace Seraphnrs
vannuteli. Archbishop OF Nice and Apostolic Nunclo
10 the King Of Belgium, conferred the tonsuro and
minor orders on tho following Americans, all members
OF the Society OF Jesus belonging 10 tho mission Of
New York, and now pursuing their studies at Lou
vain:-James Pagan, William Gagnieur Francis X.
Sader, George Fargis, Raphael O'Connel and Joseph
Zwnse On former occasion the following Americans
were also promoted to the Same orders and at the
Kevency, Daniel McGoldricE. Francis W. Gum, George
Lucas. Michael O'Bricn and John \. \. OConor.