Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-02
-. church in Missouri-An Affecting: Scene.

rha Church in Missouri-An Affecting; Scene.
GFrom the Lexington, (Mo.) Express.
There was an affecting scene In the Confer
enee rooms Of the NJ. E. Church South, on
Thursday morning. This body, it is. well
Known, is now in session in this city. Half
their number as it was six years ago.is gone
Some, compelled by the violence Of the times,
sought safety in distant regions, some have
died ID their work, and several have gone
down to bloody graves The few that are as
sembled now, are men who have breasted the
storm, and who in the defiance of persecu
tiop and calamities they maintained their
christian integrity and fealty to their church
and to their God.
Nearly all who met to-day. are under indiet-
ment 'for preaching the gospel contrary to the
laws Of Missouri" While according to the
usages of the church Of their love, each is await
ing to be assigned to his appointment, he
knows not where, but it may be toa field Of
labor where ne shall fall martyr to that ma
Ignaut spirit which has already taken .the
lives of so many of their brethren. But to the
scene alluded to. s NJ
The Conference was attending to the examin-
alton of character The Bishop called the
name Of s. S. Headlee. There was a solemn
silence The members glanced mournfnly one
TO the other, and each seemed waiting for
another to assume the sad task ! of narIatiDg
his unnatural but not unhonored end A
At last the Rev d.. McAnally rose tby re
quest, and came to the stapd. Briefly, and
With deep pathos, he told the tragic story. :
Many eyes were suGused with tears, and many
heart heaved with emotion, as he told in
plain and simple words, how one Henderson
McNabb had sought, as others elsewhere had
done, to wrest from the church to which
Headlee belonged, a house of worship; how he
Was prevented by Headlee from succeeding in
his attempt; how Headlee was thereupon COM
manded by this same Henderson .McNabb to
preach at that house no more; how Headlee
regarded it as threat and nothing more, re-
paired to the place at his next appointment;
how he was met by McNabb at the place With
several armed men and informed that he should
not preach; how Headlee stroye to allay the.
excitement, and asked that for his conduct he
might be left to answer to the law; how Nc.
Nabb, pointing TO the armed men, declared
those to be his law; how Headlee finding he
could prevail nothing, obtained permission to
preach on his own land, some three quarters
Of a mile distant, how he started, with his con-
gregation, was followed by four of McNabb's.
men; how he fell, thrice pierced with bullet
Deep, too deeptor uHerance,. was the feeling
when it was told how at 10 0 clock that night
be expired, praying for his enemies, almost in.
the language of his Divine Master, who said
Father, forgive them. = And when, at the
close, the speaker told how, when he received
the mournful intelligence, the fountains OF his
own heart were broken up, aud he wept for
hours like an infant; and how others like him.
would in all probability seal their integrity with
their blood, the question that agitated1the dis.
eples at the last supper seemed trembling on
evsry lip. 'Isit |, is it II" This was the
sixth member of this Conference who had been
murdered in that same region of country, nor
could it scarcely be hoped that he should be
the last.
All who knew him bore unequivocal testi-;
mony to the earnest piety, the deep humility,
and the noble Christian spirit of their departed
brother, and it was unanimously resolved that
when the course of events should permit,
marble monument should be erected on his
grave.
The DEAD ALIVE. In the year lS49 a
young man left the city Of Richmond for Cali
ornia, where bis efforts proved successful, and
in time he amassed fortune. He, kept up a
correspondence with his relatives here until the
beginning of hostiIities, when, mail facilities
being cut off, his family heard no more OF him.
reached Richmond, and he was duly mourned
as a son and brother lost. His father, a
wealthy citizen, died in the mean time, and
his estate was duly administered upon and di
Slded among the remaining heirs Recently
inc goung man reported and lamented as dead
made his appearance here, we'll and hearty, as
agent Of an immigration society, and, was not a
little surprised to learn that he had been thus
summarily consigned to an early tomb. AS a
matter OF course he is entitled to share In his
la'her's estate, and the administrator much
aperplexed.as to how he shall act in the prem
lses-Rich. Dispatch. rs
NEURALGIA A correspondent writes to us
That having deri, ed great benefit from a simple
remedy for neuralgia, he thinks it ought to be
made public He says hehss suffered for over
8e1ty years, from attacks of severe neuralgia
~ ~ me legs, sometimes almost causing lameness.
mealcal treatment change OF air, and other
!euiedes being without effect. he tried change
VI clothing, and wore very heavy, warm, red
0 net Woolen drawers, and this relieved blm.-
Iur correspondent states bis oolnlon to be,
shal alarge amount of the neuralgia cases now
30 10 common, might be relieved by extremely
warm warm woolen clothing aud says that even the
heaviest and most expensive silk will not an,
sHers-Plila Ledger
a fashionable young gentleman in Detroit
changed his boarding .housc, and was given .
room Just vacated by a young lady. On Friday
morning while preparing his toilet, he espieo
anS n0.te which he supposed to contain hair, oil
tna sp as It was very nicely scented, he applied
Inc article freely. The application resulted ii
M Sls looks being changed to- a tsilyery hue, AM
he nov looks like a man OF sixty. Instead Q
sRalr Ral oil, it turns out that the youth found
s0o1tle OF Waggoner's French enamel.
hey Sylvanus Cobb, we'll known Univer
S..s'l Ssllst clergyman, h diedin Boston on Wednes
asy, aged 6S years. 8 z.ss'a z,.ss..ls . Il