Evening star., 1867-05-27

ley. Ite; Mr.. Bar. las; MT. Anderson, Al; MI.
Juneman, 80. Mr.. Moore, 43; Mr.. Davis, 22i
as, Mt.son' "a As An, Lori Mr Gha2,aG s,
the nominees. .,.-...---.-- ---
Mrssrs r. B. Owens and VII johnson
We're nominated for assessorship, and the bal
Ii ting resulfed--for Mr.. Owens, 50; Mr.. John.
son, M 81 49, Y,,,,,, ,e,,r., a rs.o,,.,,n =,
ear 1t the Guty Of all auti-radicals To sup
PR the ticket of the Dsraocrotio and Con
srvatiye Convention and the nominations
made q; this meeting.
A BOLD CONFIDENCE MAN.-Those tndefati-
e BILE detective off Gers, hIessrs ClaryUe and
McDevitt, have succaAded in making smother
inlport taHt arrest. 1t seems thai about he oth
OF this month Mr.. VIM. III. Sigston, eoniec- =
TONER, corner f2th and + streets made stare
men al Police Headquarters thai q man some
'ine preyious came TO hoard at Mrs. Turtons,
representing himself 70 b. a lawyer from Ten
nessee; that he soon msde Mr., Sisston's ac-
guatRtanGa, and rePreSen Ing that he had sold
farm and would have the money from The
sale in a feH DAYS got Mr.. = to advances linn
$50 IN cas- and u suit OF clothes costing S96;
that he had formerly boarded a. Mrs.
Smiths, IN the 'fcurth Ward. and had left
here, without settling has bill; that Mrs.
Smith subsequently saw hiR At Mrs. Turton's
window, and notified that lady OF his denn-
queHcy: and that months board being
due to Mrs t., she demanded a settlement,
her hoarder wanted two days time, but she
WAS pe peremptory, and claim ed his baggage as
security; a tussle eIsued. and he being pow
ertui man, succeeded in getting Off. Messrs.
Oiarvoe and McDevitt wers notified OF these
facts. and received the further inform alton
that the same individual, hose name is said
10 be Cicero Parks Cunningham, had called
al Mr.. jeremiah Matlock's livery stable, that
gentleman having advertised a pair of fine
bay horses Tor eale; that he negotiated for their
purchase, telling Mr.. N. that he was a partner
Of Mr.. Sigston's; that the team was hitched up
| and he drove II to Mr.. Sieston's, telling that
gentleman that he had just bought the horses
from Mr. Matlock; that he subseque went
to Mr. Matocks. and telling him he had just
out to 1t; hut that Mr.. MaIlock, who had his
suspicious aroused refused The detectives at
once went to work, but found that Mr.. u p.
post Office. and in a few DAYS letters for @. P.
Parks, or q p. CUNNING CHAM, were inquired
tor. and the detectives found that Mr.. q. was
IN Baltimore. g DING at once to that city they
obtained the services of Mr. Smith, of the Arm
OF Smith, Pierson & West, detectives, and
proceeded to the "select boarding house" Of
found Mr.. o. reclining on a sofa. They at
once arrested him. He tore up a letter, but the
detectives secured the pieces and put il to.
gstnef !. pnrports to be from his sister, Alice
sippi, May IA, 1867" and is in reference
to an expected remittance of ten thou.
sand dollars from his father, who was
cult1yating LOCO acres of cotton, &c. The &C.
cused is powerful man, about six feet two
inches high, stoop shoulders, with Roman
nose, short hair, and (appar.ntly dysd) black
on his finger a ring with q "June bug'' set
Saturday night, Cunningham mad q hearing
before J ustice Tucker, at the police nsadquar-
ters. Mr. W. H Sigston testified substantially
ss above, so far as he was concerned in the
transactions of the prisoner, who was com-
mltted to jail for hearing, but was permitted
to remain in the detectives cells at his own
request.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.-Dear Sir -
In an article published in the Star Of May 22,
pf an IS
In the fth street Church, some statements are
mace which are injurious to others and to me.
BY an unfair suppression OF the truth in the
latter part Of this article am made to appear
as the only or chief obstacle to an investiga-
ton OF these matters, and others are made to
appear as injured parties see king an investisa.
uon. The facts are that no congregational
meeting was thought of by these parties
until, at my suggestion, a petition was
prepared and signed, demanding an ninvestiga.
ton in an orderly way. After the session,
called together for the purpose, had granted
the prayer OF the petitioners then the Elder.
who had declared that ssthe examination of
proper way to get at IT." offered a resolution
calling congregational meeting at the same
time and place, and for the same purpose, on
his own sdmissien, as those named in the peti-
ton just granted. / pronounced the resolu-
tfon unnecessary, because all IL called for had
just been provided and ordered. This resolu.
ton, which seemed to order that which was
inevitable, was much as IL enc, discerning
the coming sun from a mountain top, should
bid IL rise. and try to make 1t appear to those
in the valley that the sun rose at his bidding
These parties also would have the public sup.
pose that they eagerly desired and sought
an in vestieation If this had been true whv
did they look with disfavor on the efforts TO
secure con gregational meeting and in yesti-
CATION, and why, wher the meeting was
called without their agency, did they not per.
init the books and papers containing the mat.
ter to be examined to go before the Committee
appointed by the congregation
Rev. Dr. tfurley is quoted as approving tie
course OF these men. DR.. Gurley can speak
for himself, but as he is absent from the city,
feel at liberty to say that DIR. Gurley sent for
these two elders, 9. b. Church and J. II Her.
ron. and on the 2ith of last month he told them
that 'rhey ought, at once, to say to the con-
gregation that they would sell this property to
the best advantage, and after being reimbursed
for their necessary expenses incurred In man.
aging it, they would turn over every remain-
in dollar to the ch urch, and put 1t in writinen
This they refused to do. He added that ..thev
ought not to be willing to stand in a position
which would surely awaken uncomfortable
suspicious in the minds Of estlmabIe men
whose good opinions they would desire to
have"
With pain and unaffected grief l am com.
PEELED thus to take public exceptions TO state
ments which candor and fairness in those who
made the statements would have made un.
necessary Justice to myself and to others,
and to the truth, seemed to require thus much.
Very respectfully, w. w. CAMPBELL,
Pastor of Seventh street Church
Washington, May 25. 1867. r '.ar -a-
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