Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-18
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aGA- Rev. j. N. Baxter was ordained
to the work of the Gospel ministry last
evening, and installed as pastor of the
Pilgrim Baptist Church of Newark
The Rev. Dir. Miller, of Elizabeth,
preached the ordination sermon. Rev.
DR.. Fish, of Newark, gave the hand of
fellowship. DR.. Holt, of New York,
made the ordaining prayer, Rev. Mr..
Seigfried, of Newark, the charge to the
candidate, and Rev. Mr.. Bergfelds, of
Lyons Farms, the charge to the church
STEVENS BATTERY. Work has been
resumed upon this war monster, at the
Stevens yard, at Hoboken, under the
immediate personal supervision of Gen.
G. B. Mcclellan, its chief engineer. Its
present outward appearance is that of
the partially formed hull of an immense
iron vessel, gradually being developed
into shape under the changing blows OF
the workmen's hammers. A very large
and deep excavation, extending from
the water front to the head of the
street, walled mp substantially with
stone, and finished with pumps, stair
ways, platforms, etc., containing the
huge craft. A temporary plank and
sides shelter the workmen and their
work rom the weather. The interior,
in it's present condition, defes all de
scription. Standing on plank, in the
centre of the vessel, and peering down
score of feet or more into the dark
space below, the eye describes what
seem to be gigantic tanks, monstrous
furnaces. vast pipes and chests, huge
cylinders, pondrous beams, cranks and
shafts, and verywhere rivits, bolts,
plates and screws innumerable. These
are the organs Of life, the vitals of the
AS yet uniform ed-leyiathan OF war;,
which is intended for national service
in our harbor defence. The muniticent
appropriation devised for this purpose
by the late Mr.. Stevens, directed by
the eminent trustees, and the we'll
known engineering skill of Gen. Nc
Clellan cannot fail to advance this en-
terprise to successful completion.
Mr. G. Winants, of New York, who
owns water front in Harsimus Cove,
east of Green street, Jersey City is to
bring suit in the Supreme Coart Of the
United States against the State of New
Jersey to recover possession OF his
property, which has been legislated
away to the Consolidated Railway Com
panies for $5OO,000 This suit will de-
eide the question of the right of the
the State to lands under water. 1t APP
pears that Mr.. Winants was in Europe
during the passage of the bill last year,
and he will take the ground, according
ly, that such an act is unconstitutional.
Daniel O'Brien, of Hudson City, an
insane man about 40 years of age, has
been missing from his home since Sat
urday last His whereabouts are I'M
known.
The Clinton Democrat states that
there are in that place seventy unmar-
ried ladies over eighteen years of age,
twenty of whom are widows, and only
thirty five unmarried men over twenty
years of age. That town does not pre-
sent very healthy aspect for married
men.
One thousand and forty dollars in
gold pieces Of the year 1876, or here
abouts, were recently disposed of in
Trenton, after having been boarded for
seventy-four years. The loss of inter
est in that time was somewhat over
$4,000.
Thirty one prisoners have beeA con-
verted in revival at Boonton, and
have united with the M. E. church.
Three prisoners escaped from the
State Prison at Trenton, on Tuesday
night, by cutting through the roof and
letting themselves down by ropes. q
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