Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-04-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

EPIrONE OF BUsISRss AND Personal Mar
arRRs.-A revival has recently taken place in
7the Presbyterian Church, in the village of Chris.
tlana, under the superntenlence OF the Rev.
! VIM. Aikman Of this city. About twenty per.
sons made profession Of religion
VIM. ). lliles has been elected President of
the Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Rail.
road Company, and Charles w. IIoWlaud. Sec.
'retary and Treasurer.
man named Angel Navarro, in attempting
TO pass from the smoking to tho passenger car,
Sof The O'Clock train, on the p. W. & b. Rail
stoad, near the Newark Station. last Tbnrsdav
safternnoon, accidentally fell aud was instantly
killed. He was native Of Mexico. and was
Aon his way to New York. Ills body was taken
in charge by bis step-falhsr who brought il to
this, city aud took the ten O'Clock train for New
York. lie Was about thirty two years old, and
leaves vile In Mexico to mourn his sudden
death.
Several persons.wers baptized in the Second
Baptist Church lust Sunday evening, BY Rev.
air. Dickerson, making, within the past two
months, about l76 to whom this sacred rite has
been administered.
Coroner Curry held an inquest last Friday
seveninR, over the body of Pasohal Clark. who
died suddenly at his residence in uedeeyile' on
the previous Wednesday MIR. C. had been en-
Gagged 10 his usual avocation and bad not com
planned OF any indspostion, with the execution
Of slight pain 10 tue side, until about an bour
before he died. Drs. Wilson and Webster ex
amlned the body, and expressed the opinioD
that his death was caused by disease Of the
heart, and the jury rendered verdict accord
ingly.
MEETING AT CEhTRKvlLLH.-A large, solemn,
and attentive audience met on Wednesday in the
" Tower Brandywine Church." to particpato in
the ceremonies in honor OF our late lamented
lChief Magistrate, Abraham Lincoln.
The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr.
Moore, in most impressive, touching, and elo-
quent discourse after which invitations were
given for any aud oil who felt so disposed to
make remarks or offer resolutions. Dr Chand-
Ter then offered the following preamble and res
olutiOns, which were adopted, and on motion
ordered 10 be published in the Wilmington
papers;
WHEREAS, Our late worthy and respeoted
Chief Magistrate has been suddenly removed
from our midst by the hand of violence - the
man who, in the most trying times of our coun.
try's history, has stood ut the helm aud guided
the ship of state steadily aud safely through the
surging pillows Of passion and conflict. with a
calm and sublime confidence in the principles
Of pubic liberty and Gods eternal justice-one
who the people had learned to love and honor.
est aflctoD, in the hour of our deepest gloom
and fearful doubts, and to whom all eyes were
turned 10 this hour Of brilliant military tri-
umphs, to meet and settle those important and
momenious questions now looming up before us,
and which will require the wisest craftsmanship
and most saglcious policy to adjust therefore,
RESOLVED, That we deeply deplore aud regret
the untimely death Of President Lincoln. and
that we earnestly cOndOle aud sympathize with
his bereayed family in this, their gr.at afliic-
tion
Resolped, That in the death of our illustrious
President, the nation has suffered an irreparable
loss
RESOLVED, That We here declare aud record our
confidence in him as u man Of integrity and true
honesty-as a wise statesmRn-and that we fully
aud frankly approve Of his administration Of the
past; and that we estimate it the more highly
because Of the trying circumstances in which be
was placed.
Resolped, That In Abraham Lincoln we recog-
niEe the honOred and popular President of this
great Republic and that we will ever cherish
in our hearts grateful remembrance Of his
many virtues, and the great services which he
has rendered his country, in leading us through
this appalling conflict TO a successful issue, aud
placing us in position to behold all gloom and
doubt vanishing, the curtain rlsing, aud the
promised land In view.