The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-14
THESEMI-WEEKLY MINER
BUTTE. MARCH IA. 1855.
ON THE WING.

Never Before been East OF the
Missouri River-The General
Conference at Baltimore.
Special correspondence Of the MIsnR.
We left Louisville for. Washington
= City at about seven O'Clock p. n.
which deprived us Of . good view 9
the cities of Frankfort, Lexington
Mount Sterling, and other importan
towns In the heart Of the famous Blu
Grass region, until the return trip
We .breakfasted next morning .
Knawhs Falls, in West Virginia
after which vending our way aloni
the tortuous course of the Knawh,
and New rivers, with their wonder
full coal mines, we began the ascent
of the Cumberland mountains. The
scenery is somewhat rugged, the road
abounds with numerous tunnels,
and q distinguished writer has pro
nounced them mountains that are
mountains" But he had never seen
the great Rockies of the West. I
enjoyed the scenery, for 1t was diff
ferent from what / had ever seen be-
fore, as the country was covered with
oak, hickory and laurel trees, quite
unlike our Montana timber, but /
was quite disappointed in the magni-
tude of the mountains. They appear
like fair sized foot hills compared
with our great ranges in Montana.
Near White Sulphur Springs we
crossed the Alleghanies and were in
the bounds OF the Old Dominion. In
the afternoon we crossed the Blue
Ridge and were soon at Charlotte
vile, the home of Thomas Jefferson
and the seat Of the great University
of Virginia. Here we came to the
track of the Virginia Midland road,
and continue our route northward
through the great valley which was
once the Gene of some of the most
remarkable military movements and
events upon the records of civilized
warfare. I cannot describe the
strange emotions that stirred my
heart as the conductor called out in
succession such names as Culpepper,
Fairfax and Manassas. How many
thousands of brave men, the flower
of both sections of our great country,
marched out here with high hopes
never to return again. Virginia has
not fully recovered from the effects
Of the terrible strife, as an occasional
lone chimney testifes. We arrived
at Washington at 8 o'clock p. M,
changed to the cars of the Baltimore
and Potomac, and an hours RON
brought US to the great city of Balti-
more, where w had the privilege of
attending the Methodist Centennial
Conference. This was a remarkable
gathering. 1t was composed of 500
ministers and ley delegates from the
various branches (both white and
c0lored) of the Methodist Episcopal
church in North America. The first
general conference convened here
the 25th of December, 1854. There
were about sixty preachers and Ii, 900 !
members on the continent then. The
preachers came on horseback and &
clad in homespun, and their deliber- ,
ations were held in Lovely Lane /
Chapel, a building of humble preten- ,
sons. This body is composed of d. I
DIS, L. L.. DIS, college presidents, 1
lawyers, physicians, governors of
states, exsenators, congressman and 4
representatives Of almost every pro- b
and representing q member g
of about four millions. This Z
was held in an editce Il
about $500, 900, having a seat b
ing capacity of 1900. They came q
rom the Atlantic and Pacific slopes.
rom the frozen regions of the North,
md from the sand-washed shores of
The sunny South. The session was :"
harm onious, and the occasion full of :.
interest and inspiration. The senior =,
Simpson, of the M. E. ~
church North, and Pierce, of the M. :,
?. Church South, were expected to y,
lave taken an important part in the ~
proceedings. The latter was to have -
preached the opening sermon, but =,
10Th had died recently. Bishop Fos- =,
er preached the opening sermon, ~,
7hich was a mastery effort. Though -
hours in length, the vast assem- =.
ly of nearly 1000 persons was held -,
pe)lbound till the last. The essays. =.
and speeches did credit to ~
hose who delivered them. Doctor -.
. B. McFerrin, of the M. E. church, -,
outh Nashville, Tennessee, was, per- -
APPS, the leading spirit in the plat ~
'rm speeches. He has been a travel
,g preacher for sixty years and is
ill full of ready wit and humor, as
ell as enthusiasm for the cause of NJ
is Master. to
A
The afternoon session of the last I'll
linth) day just prior to the closing In,
Iercises was set apart as q love feast ha
Id it was the grandest meeting of "a,
le kind ever held on the continent, =,
in the world. The American. 10
le Englishman, Frenchman, Ger o,,
An, African, the Mexican and the on
ldian were all represented there. ed
aey all had one experience and told
Q same "old, old story" and as the
lghty chorus of fifteen hundred I
ices Joined with spirit in such We
md old hvmne 40 ~ Ch1ldrou ~ ~ Oh