Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-04

Winds a nd falling barometer, followediby rising
barometer and colder northwest Wlnot
ORD1NAucN.-Au ecclesiastical Cd uocl' was
held in the Princess street (coleredl baptist
Church, yesterday, to consider the prppT'ety Or
ordaining the Gospel ministry Hemp Y; hVo
inson, member of that church, iaauI VIE ha n
been called to be the pastor OF eof neu'an
Church Of that denomloation' 10 ms, wy ,r
The council was organized at IL O'Clock oy
tho election of Rev. Fields Cook moderator
and IL. i. Harris CLERK.
The candidate was presented 70; It''. oouoc't
hv Deacon Morton Washington, after which he
was ripidly examined on his yicws:ot gthe doc
tripes Of the Bible, call to tue 'ministfy. &c,
The council then by an unanimous vote de-
cided to ordain him. "":.f' "
The following was the order Of exm@ses ::
Invocation by Rev. Nelson ,Gorloa. Fau1ulcr
county, Va; hymn, lined by Rev. Marshall
Williams of this city; reading of The sep
ture lesson, Timothy, iii chapter. b9i isnv hir.
Matthew'S, pastor of the JOY street b'pt'at
Church, Roston; ordination sermSn! 'y Aev.
G. NJ. p. King, ID. d.. plnc,pal@hf he iacutty
OF Wayland Seminary-Iext Hebrews, XII
chaptcr, 2S verse ordinatlon prayer by Ivy.
WIN, b. Jefferson, 81 Baptist Church. Wash,
inqtop, d, c.; charge to the candidate 10y lteH,-
Fields Cook, pastor of the PRINCESS street.
Church; Beuellc.ion by the candidate. =.
MIR. Robinson has been a su!entiat Way
land Scminary,--a colorcd Theological school
in Washington, for several years a1d cames
to his new charge we'll recommended
THE WEATHER-Since three uiock thus
morning the rain has baenponrinc down II t,r
rents, and thesrcc and CUTTERS have been min
iature rivers. The rain is accolnpaneI by a,at'H
1t. ,t.r-r nllt In fh,NrA q
inc and disaereeablc, and pedesrlahlsm has
been confined to those who could not helpthem-
selves, About three o'clock this evening" the
wind shifted around to the west, and f'r time
blew perfect hurricane. while the rlin came
down like another delugc. The cit:c3s u the
gale this afternoon along the wharvrs 'f'Inr uear
being very serious, and much alarm L" r. tell tor
time. The tide had risen very hiEh, ana,
when tho gale came, the vessels in tht docks
were exposed to its full fore. The Isahnonsr
Thomas Rrowden loaded with Coal l,ir Wash
iugton, which was lying at areh''a Ia the
stream, was blown ashore on the tGts, bnt
lies in an easy, position. ,hr schooner "lr
Julia A. Ward, lying at 'ed'd WHAT,
broke loose from her moor,nes an! came nrar
being carried out into the stream, hut WAS
fortunately brought to at the crd OF the
wharf and brought back 10 her BERTH
Several long boats and small cr.it were also
broken loose, but sacured from damage. Tho
tile commenced to fall at 4 clock. and fears
Of further damage have been allaycd. Some
of The merchants on the wharf removed their
gods 10 anticipation Of flood.
CoMpLIMENTARY.-A meeting OF tho Board
Of Fire Commissioners of the District OF Co
lumtia was held last night and a report re-
ceyed from Chief Engineer Cronln on the
Patent Office fire. i
Commissioner Coliios offered the following,
which wcro adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the Board oil
Fire Commissioners of the District OF CoIum.
bia are rendered to the members of the fire de-
partments Of our sister cities, Baltimore, Md,
and Alexandria, Va, who generously and
promptly responded to the appeal OF the al
thoritics here for aid in supprcsSing the dsas
trous fire at the Patent Office on the - th inst,
and gave such valuable. assistance onIthelr ar
rival 10 battling with the conf ,grations 1T the
first named place and at the livery stables on
q street. 1t is no reflection on our own small
fire department to say that but Tor the generous
and efficient help of tho Baltimore add Alex
andria fremen both fires might have baeD much
more disastrous.
Resolved, That the Secretary Of the Board
transmit copies Of these RESOLUTIONS to the
heads of the fire departments OF Baltimore and
Alexandria.
CHARGED WITH FRAUD.-Thc vs. shinston
Star Of yesterday says:
REV. i. W. Brooks, caored formerly
member of Bculah Baptist Church, OF! Alcxan-
dris Va. but long since excudcdfrom fellowship
in that church, has been travelling through tho
Northern States representing himself as au-
thorized to collect money for the benefit oil the
above mentioned church. lie has been in
Philadelphia and New York, aud recently 10
Trenton. N. }. At meeting Of the deacons
OF the church held recently, he was denounced
IS a fraud and Deaoons John Clark. William
Green and John Wallace were appointed acon-
mittee to warn the public against tho fraudu-
lent representations of Brooks.
The mombcrs Of the church Ia this city de-
clare the above statement to be false, and to
have been published by those members who
were declared excluded from the Beulah Church
during the troubles there last. fall, which exclu-
sion was subsequently sustaiDcd by the Courts.
Rev. L. w. Brooks resides IN this city and
was sent on. by the church authorities TO solicit
aid for them.
CORPORATION CoURr -Juaye H. -M Lol0e
presiA;ag.-CoNwNUArloN OF YEs1E FRIDAYS
PRocEEDINas.-IIoo e's adm vs.. lIoof ct ais;
in chancery; report at commissioner OF sale
confirmed.
Louis Tressler VS.. Amos d. Osgopd; case;
Jury adjourned over until this morning
10 DAY-Same VS.. same, jury unable to
agree, juror Withdrawn and case continued.
Christy Shepherd and Garrett w. }. T..
Clarke; assumpsit; neither party requiring
jury, Judgment by the court for plaintiff
p. Corbct & Go. VS.. j. L. \ oung; dase, Ger
tilted account; dismissed on motion Of plaintiff
T.. Nj. Lewis, trustee w. Joseph Thornton;
assumpsil; agreement to submit cause on writ
ten argument during vacation. :
Boyd and wife VS.. Alexander ct ais. lin chan.
Gerry; report of Commissioner Chiffon confirmed
and order for sale OF real estate.
Francis Keys W. r.. j.. MARSHALL; as umpst;
jury and verdict for plaintiff for 500 and 10
erest. ...-s ,.... n. e,, .-ll
Makelyy VS.. Ridgelg ct. aIs.7 assumHsit; jury