May 18, Call for Memorials, etc. C. G. Truesdell, and to the citizens and ladies of Clinton. We shall ever remember this first visit of a General Conference to the western shore of the Mississippi as a most pleasant experience, and as an incident of deep historic interest. The roll of Conference was called for the presentation of petitions, memorials, and appeals: BALTIMORE. Lay Delegation. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. John Lanahan presented a memorial in favor of Lay Delegation, signed by T. H. Havener and thirty-two others, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented the memorial of Dr. G. C. Historical Soci M. Roberts, President of the Baltimore Historical Society, asking for a donation of books for said Society, which was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern. And also a memorial from the Trustees of the Metropolitan Church, Washington, D. C., which was referred to a Special Committee of five. ety of Baltimore. Metropolitan BLACK RIVER. Lay Representation. BLACK RIVER CONFERENCE. A. J. Phelps presented a petition in favor of Lay Representation from Oswego, signed by J. B. Edwards and twenty-five others, and it was referred accordingly. CENTRAL Oшо. Boundaries, Lay Delegation. CINCINNATI. Marriage Ritual. CENTRAL OHIO CONFERENCE. P. S. Donelson presented the action of the Crestline Quarterly Conference, remonstrating against any action by which Crestline Station shall be transferred from the Central Ohio Conference, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries. W. G. Williams presented a petition from G. C. Hackadorn and forty-four others in favor of Lay Representation, and it was appropriately referred. CINCINNATI CONFERENCE. William Young presented a memorial on the restoration of certain words in the Marriage Ritual, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals. DES MOINES CONFERENCE. May 18. DAY. B. Mitchell presented a petition for Lay Representa- Lay Delegation. tion from G. P. Bennett and nine others, which was referred to the Committee on that subject. EAST BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. EAST BALTI MORE. John II. C. Dosh presented a petition on Lay Rep- Lay Delegation. resentation, signed by Andrew Boyd and forty-four others, which was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. EAST GENESEE CONFERENCE. EAST GENESEE. J. W. Lindsay presented a petition from Clyde on Lay Representation, signed by L. H. Palmer and Lay Delegation. thirteen others, which was referred to the Committee on that subject. T. B. Hudson presented a memorial from Penn Yan, signed by D. A. Ogden and thirty others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. EAST MAINE CONFERENCE. EAST MAINE. S. H. Beale presented a petition on Lay Representa- Lay Delegation. tion, signed by William Hazleton and four others, and it was appropriately referred. R. H. Hurlburt presented a memorial on the subject of Boundaries, signed by D. Latshaw and fifty-three Boundaries. others, which was referred to the Committee on Boundaries. INDIANA CONFERENCE. INDIANA. B. F. Rawlins presented remonstrances from various charges of the Indiana Conference on Boundaries, and Boundaries. they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. D. M'Intyre presented a memorial on Lay Delega- Lay Delegation. tion, signed by I. W. Gallamore and six others, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. May 18. IOWA. IOWA CONFERENCE. C. A. Holmes presented a petition for Lay RepLay Delegation. resentation, signed by H. Rudd and twenty others; and one signed by I. P. Peter and twenty-eight others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. MAINE MAINE CONFERENCE. H. P. Torsey presented the petition of S. H. Bearce Lay Delegation. and twelve others in favor of Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. MINNESOTA. MINNESOTA CONFERENCE. J. F. Chaffee presented petitions signed by seventyLay Delegation. two petitioners for Lay Delegation, and they were referred accordingly. MISSISSIPPI. Conferences. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. J. P. Newman presented a memorial from James Against Colored Lynch, Presiding Elder of Jackson District, on behalf of the ministers and members of that District against Colored Conferences, and it was read and referred to the Committee on Boundaries. NEW ENGLAND. Lay Delegation. NEW HAMP Boundaries. NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE. G. Haven presented petitions for Lay Representation, signed by William Claflin and one thousand and thirteen others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. NEW HAMPSHIRE CONFERENCE. J. Pike presented the petitions of L. Beach, Jr., G. P. Wilson, C. W. Wentworth, L. Siloway, and two hundred and sixty-eight others, of Lawrence, asking a change in the boundaries between the New England and New Hampshire Conferences, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. G. W. H. Clark presented a petition for Lay DelegaLay Delegation. tion, signed by A. G. Burnham and nine others, and it was appropriately referred. NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE. May 18. NEW JERSEY. E. H. Stokes presented a memorial from Rufus NEW YORK CONFERENCE. Choirs. NEW YORK. bacco. of J. B. Wakeley presented the petition of Rev. W. C. Smith and twenty-five others respecting the use of The use of Totobacco, and it was referred to the Special Committee on that subject. NORTH OHIO CONFERENCE. NORTH OHIOo. J. F. Kennedy presented the petition of J. Fribley and nine others on the subject of Boundaries, and it Boundaries. was referred to the Committee on that subject. B. N. Spahr presented the petition of Lawson Wiles and thirteen others for Lay Representation, and it Lay Delegation. was referred accordingly. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA. V. Smith presented a petition on Boundaries, signed Boundaries. by John G. Robinson and twenty-seven others; and a memorial for Lay Representation, signed by E. C. Lay Delegation. Pearson and eight others, and they were referred accordingly, PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE. PITTSBURGH. S. H. Nesbit presented a memorial for Lay Rep. Lay Delegation. resentation, signed by C. J. Albright and twenty-one others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. PROVIDENCE CONFERENCE. PROVIDENCE. Daniel Wise presented the remonstrance of the Board of Managers of the Tract Society against the Tract Society. removal of the Society to Philadelphia, and it was May 18. referred to the Committee on Sunday-Schools and FOURTEENTII ROCK RIVER. Lay Delegation. SOUTHEASTERN Tracts. ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE. R. A. Blanchard presented two petitions on Lay Representation: one for it signed by J. E. Bassett and seven others, and one against it, signed by Samuel Simmons and three others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. T. M. Eddy presented a petition for Lay Delegation, signed by P. W. Dietz and twenty others, and it was appropriately referred. SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA CONFERENCE. F. C. Holliday presented nine petitions in favor of Lay Delegation. Lay Delegation, signed by Thomas Hargitt and four hundred and twenty others, and they were referred accordingly. TROY. Boundaries. UPPER IOWA. Lay Delegation. VERMONT. Lay Delegation. TROY CONFERENCE. J. E. Bowen presented the petition of George L. Clark and eighteen others on Conference Boundaries, and also the petition of L. D. Gay and eleven others on the same subject, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. UPPER IOWA CONFERENCE. W. Brush presented a petition for Lay Delegation, signed by Rev. John W. Clinton and ten others, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. VERMONT CONFERENCE. Bennett Eaton presented a petition on Lay Representation, signed by Col. A. M. Dickey and fourteen others, and it was appropriately referred. WEST WISCON- Boundaries. WEST WISCONSIN CONFERENCE. Alfred Brunson presented memorials on Boundaries. signed by J. Burlingame, John Bean, A. Hall, and eighteen others; also the action of Mineral Point |