Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-14
a Spicy Card from, Rev. Chas. King.

To tic cajt0i o. tic A!rzHndria Gu:stic:
have been II tee ministry for ~ year,, aDl
servo tho Church faithfully. T have had tie
satisfaction Of having witnessed the conyerson
of many hundred souls 10 God, aAd have 20.
ceived them into the Church communion snt
fellowship. I have never wifully neglected the
children, and the poor and needy have not Co..,
gotten. l have received and am constantly ,n
ceiving letters from persons 10 whom | hsy.
minisered in years that are past xpressing con.
fdence and affection, and, best Of all, l have
that peace which cannot DO taken from mo.
have not remained in the Il. +. Church becausa
l could not have found home elsewhere, hu,
having been caught up in my youth and Liter.
ally hauled into the Church. I have pressed Tor.
ward steadily, endeavoring to promote tie
cause Of piety and true religion. L have never
hesitated IN the discharge OF duty through :es-
Of consequences; l trust 1 never shall. Thu.
course OF life, as might be expected. hiss pro.
voked somo opposition, but guess J. csn sur.
vive 1t all. The greatest mistake | have eve!
made to my knowledge, has been in trying /,
make great men out OF small material. | give
this up-it cannot be done For HI indiviIu,i
ever to BIO man be must have had father sut
mother. Blood will TELL and so will spirit, too
The physiological and chronological present.
tons are but 60 many indications ofvsred srl
complicated character. havo found some true
men in the Virginia Conference; l regret tbs!
they hsve SO largely passed away, aud that those
who now constitute so large 4 majority .! The
Conference have shown so liLLo knowledge q
the deconces and properties Of life in tho lie
gal and foolish attack they have made upon m5
without any Cause whhtever, as their own AZ
tons have demonstrated After all their ilJ"c
ish Of trumpets and tho msnipulstions .! III,
press to do their evil work, it ends in my vlni-
cation and their condemnation. First. they ~
me TO locate, and, in turn sugges! that the bc:!
thing many Of them can DO would be to !skr
their Own medicine a Location on come GcoA
farm or shop would bs tho best place for thea
l think, in many instances. They pirate Mbou:
my 'unacceptsbility, and were unable 10 y;y.
ono solitary specification arhcreN l Was "uuat.
ceptsblc;" SO that tho paper they sent me, y
any school bog ten years old ought to know,
was no charge" at all, and any General Goa
ference would so Iule. But what WAS mos. Re
markable of all is that sll this sounding Of tram.
pets and splsshing Of ink occurred in a ohurt4
Wnere not single man Of them would bs sc.
ceptabie' as pastor in 'his lc0rE." II assl.&c!
to the charge, and thoy all know this to bu true
Alexandria tried to lobby into the Ba!tin r..
Conference so as to avoid baag burdene! VIZ!
these men, and only became reconciled TO thn
Virginia Conference with tho understanding
that they DO allowed TO obtain their mini:le'
from abroad. X little Of Burns poetry w|,u!i
be rather personal here, but it you'd D. nom
the tess profitable ito SEQ ourselves \: e.hers SEE
u.s." l advise those brethren t. "i0cate" Til,
best location" for many of them would b, H.
some good school house. where tt,ey might learn
wisdom sufficient to spproClsto the value o! y
mans character, and not t. be the OCCASION O.
filing tho whole land with scandal. The Mn,
issue comes at last, and these brethron who oh.
tanned holy ordera' under tho missionary rue
without much "wesriness Of the 1osh'' ove-
books arc ready for the fray, and our co0!rr
ence relation is TO be disposed Of by sing,
resolution, but upon little investigation ,
change comes over thom, and having ''marthat
up the hill! they quietly march down again
and the following ID certified to mo as their nc
ton in reference to my case First, tho conto!~
enco passed your character without dissenting
VOTE Second, the charge Of "unsccaptab!ii.y'
was unanimously withdrawn. Third, by u !'.r
vote you wcro granted continuance Of you:
present supernumary relation Now supp2s'
tney had done this at first, they would no: have
exhibited their folly end drown down upon the
tho reprobstion of all my friends whose ia NJ
ship is worth retaining. Such M insult ,o,ny
memory those who have suffered and toi' y viii
me in Virginia will not readily Forge II o,.g
desire TO have tho confidence and ,n.c,ioY Il,
the people they must SHOW then' ,oIv.s n.rl,
sorts OF men. IieHso, brotnren take due n,.
tlce and govern yourselves acc' ,rdinclv. | w.a
to express my grateful sctno' gloipments - Rey
Horny Clement tor tho Or .ristian spiri, ha ey.
hiD'ted tnroughous this NJ after in opposing en-.
city anu WfonE Others may have mosnl Wei.
out 20 all nv friends l say when Clcmen: come
10 your Dimes give m tho benedctions tbs:
you J" ,uld besLow W on me, for he has been ms
tr'' ut. l want to say word more rs - T!cai
-. tho III. K. Church in Virginia, tho Pro.'s!,'..
[ Epscopaian, the Presbyterian and moro c'pn
| cialy tho QuAkers, who have dealt s. k";y
| aud CONSIDERABLY with mo. l havc to Say, H'!
| bless you, and may we finally meet in th" h"'S
| emily kingdom. Be faithful to God. sA,"
| continue ~ wage WI, On tho demon OF inl'm
perance, and will cndeavor, by tho help oi Go!
| to gather the wanderers in, and by and by hP'
! TO have happy reunion with you III the h"'S
only world. l shall DO glad to hear from 80!
often. The grace of the Lord Jesus be VITA"
all. CHARLES KING. Washington, D.
| L. S.-As to those who WrOnged mo ~ pF!Lt'
William, if tho judgments of ri ghtcoui u"
| do not overtake them l am greatly mi:"pHT
bending tho Divine character. {. kIN'
AN ELEVATOR DISASTER. "A terrible s.
cident occurred at the Grand Hotel ycsIe'l' |
morning (Fcbruary III The elevate! b'"'
! while it was being worked, and three per-;
who Wero in tho car wero killed. The clcvs
was worked by water. A reservoir on the!
| Of tho hotel supplied p powerful stream q w''
| through largo tube. which acted on the enc
long piston and forced it. with the AID OF !"
| heavy counter weights, to tho roof. In dc:co'
| ing the water was gradually let out, 80 u, ~
LOW pSlOU W f9OuoMu Slnuu ~> Il
of the piston was II large casting, surmouH.e" y
broad platform on which tho car was p AcS.
At about eight g clock in the morning bN
and Baron ess dc Shack wero about to I'A''
hotel. The Baron went down from tho sec u.
| story By tho Staircase but tho Baroness. os.'
fl ty-six years of uge and somewhat inNrn' =, L
,ural'y perferred tho esisor and moro agTe' y.
.hod of descending by tho elevator. - =.
ring for tho elevator to BIO brought up - :"
second story. She took her place in tn ca,
cage, with superintendent Of tho brl'1iHS"
the man who worked the apparatus. ;,.n.
| TIE conductor touched the button, BIZ! 1A,:'
of descending tho car began to mouh: T
alarming rapidly. The casting whca G ..:.
the piston TO the platform on which the car 'y',
had broken. While the iorco OF water w.
meath tho piston and the car was ascsnC !%,,
| was not felt az tho piston ran up ana lI'.%'
| load as usual, but Immediately tho esc'p1 ~
was open at tho foot Of the supply PIPE I 49,.
ton dsrtod downward by itself win leat. .
| to the bottom. while counter w''Sh"b has,
| much heavier than the car and lt5 !oHl' r..