Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-12
New York East Conference.
Gehera1 Disposal of Busfness-Interes1
 ing Reports-Other E9roceedines.

Gehera1 Disposal of Busfness-Interest-
 ing Reports-Other Proceedings.
 Yesterdays session of the conference at
 Waterbury was opened with devotional exer- cises, led by Rev. William Platt. The fol-
 lowing gentlemen were continued on trial af-
 ter statements regarding their work and the
 extent of their study as shown by examina-
 tlon; Duncan McGregor, William H. Burt,
 William A. Layton, Benjamin r. Kidder,
 Henry M. Livingston, William R. Rogers,
 Arthur H. Goodenough, Albert c. Hoag,
 Benjamin O. Pilsbury, It was noted that
 MT. McGregor filled his church, a thing no
 one would doubt who heard his remarkable
 temperance production.
 The following deacons of the second class
 were passed: F. G. Howell, W. L. Doug
 lass, A. A. Lathbury, w. c. Wilson, W. H. Barton.
 The relations of the following supernume- rary olergymen were continued James A. Dean, J. s. D'Orsay, A. Ericson, A. s. Fran cis, G. Hollis, J. s. Inskip, W. A. Munson, T. G. Osborn, J. c. Thomas. w. L. Abbott ! was voted supernumerary at his own request, and Francis c. Hill effective. J. S. Inskip,
 on this list, applied for permission to the work in New York city, but as he is publisher and editor of the CAaTstiaao Sto71dGad in Philadelphia, it was decided to drop the mat 1 ter as he had his hands full now, doing plen- \ ty of preaching at camp meetings, etc. When the name of the famous Seneca Rowland was reached, the bishop said that
 he had received request that exceptions be ! entered to the vote of location so as to carry ! the matter up to the general conference. The ! bishop announced that the notice of his loca' ] tion had been forwarded to him.
 ! The relations of the following superannu- l ated preachers were continued: Ira Abbott, G. W. Allen, O. Brainard, A. Bushnell, s.
 H: Clark, R. Cooling, T. Davenport, D. De Hill, Moses Hill, W. c. Hoyt, N. Kellogg R. D. Kirby, H D. Latham, N. Mead, J. s. Mitchell A. Nash, L. D.. Nickerson, M. N | Olmsted, J. Parker, H. F. Pease, R. K. Key. ! holds, I. Sanford, s. W. Scofeld, 0. Silf man, F. W. Sizer, S. s. Strong, N. Tibbals, G. Waterbury, J. o. Worth and M. C. l White.
 The.death of Mrs. c. Brainard, the matror at the Day institute at Troy, was announced
 as well as that at Hastings, England l of s. Dunn, hitherto superannuated clergy. 1 man of this conference, in the 84th year o1 his age. Letters of sympathy awere ordered 1 sent in the name of the conference by the
 secretary to Brothers D. De. Vinne, w. C. Heyt, J. S. Mitchell and A. Nash. An inter esting letter from Daniel De Yinne, now 1T 1 his 9Oyh year, was read
 The case of w. F Smith, the brother ac cused of circulating obscene books, was re 1 ported from the committee, the report en l tire1y exonerating him from the charges as | not sustained by the evidence. He requested l to be made ''effective,'' that is, given a regu
 lar pastorate and his request was granted. l The Rev. F. P. Tower was introduced to I the conference to present the claims of Will lamette University, situated at Salem, Oregon founded in 1843-''the Wesleyan University | of the Pacific slope" He stated his needs and $675 were raised.
 1 Dr. Taylor, from the committee on the ! publications of the Book concern, reported the net capital of the New York concern I S1, ,O62, ,36O. .65; of the Western concern $355, ,496 IS; total net capital, $1 ,417 ,846 78 Net profit of the New York concern, $69, l O64 S5 : of the Western concern, $25, 46G. 13 l total net profit, $94, ,531. 1.98; gain per cent. 1 6 67-r0O, this being trife higher per cent l in the West than the East. The management | of this trust was commended.
 The list of periodicals published by the 1 concern number 22 and the sales aggregate l By the New York house, $216, ,O71.3O; by 1 the Western house, $324, 199 94-total pc. riodical sales $54O, ,271.14. In most instan. l ces the periodicals have increasing circula- 1 tions. Rev. Dr. Buckley, Rev. Dr. Curry and 1 Rev. c. F. Mallory spoke with reference to l the AdU0cate.
 Memorial services for the late Rev. Dr. Woodruff and other deceased members of the conference were held yesterday afternoon. ! ence last evening