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—frr i.jpai - \ • > r„ ,• ’;;iyr c5t WffW M - • •! .Af.rrs mmyt VOL. IX., ■flNMHMWpVp ttfhim fk .'■i,.,,' it Aifcr.: V*l ■to-li'* -»-»i. A U FROMF. BY BiSHOP HOOD. My last left me at Denver Colorado. Denver is a flourishing city of 40,000 inhuhifonta. It is the capital of the state and * great railroad eentfn; This is the terminus of the Kansas dir of the Union Pacific Railroad, vision of the Union Jr acme Kailroad, 636 miles long, running from Kansas City, Mo. It is located on an open plain thirteen miles from the Rocky Mountains. This majestic and awe-inspiring range is in full view from Dong’gPeak on the . north to Pijte’s Peak on the south, while to the east and north a vast, boundless upland plain stretches oat before the gaze m enrapturing grandieur. We Jay over here about six boor*, but the Pulman oar passen gers do not have to change ears; the sleeper we take at Kansas City takes us through to Cheyenne. The sun shines hot and the heat; Jonns a fltrik ing contrast to appearance of moun taintope, which are covered with snow. What! snow on the 10th of Jane, when the sun is dimbin to cancer? Yes, these mountains are known as the “Region ot perpetual snow.” ! Our next important station is Gree ley, named in honor of Horace, Gree ley. •It is a town of 8,'50O inhabitants is also noted as a temperance town. For many miles after leaving Greeley the land is a nerfect plain and the road perfectly straight Sitting in the rear end of the car one can lode back at tbe railway as far aa the eye can carry. In the dim distance, the two rails , come together. If a freight train At 5:35 p. m., we arrived at Chey enne. This is the capital of Wyoming Territory. It is 6,041 feet above th® sea level. It is the largest town on the main line between Omaha and Salt Lake. Its population is bout 4,000 and is rapidly increasing. The hotel at the station is owned by the railroad company, and iB said to.be the best kept of any between the two oceans. It is the great center of the stock interest, and near the recent gold discoveries of the Black Hills. I pre sume this had,'at one time; as bad a reputation as any town in America. It bore the fearful sobriquet of "Hell on wheels." When the road was in building this was its terminus for a winter, and during that period roughs from every quarter gathered. Knock downs and robberries were common occurrences. Finally a vigilance com mittee was organized and a court? held by "Judge Lynch” put an end to about a dozen desperadoes, and no’w churches have come to stay, and the gamblers have gone away. Here the passengers who come by Denver change cars. Those Who come by Omaha do not. There is a rush oJ passengers who oame by Denver, tc get a good berth in a sleeper. Onthu occasion it if especially so, for a wash out on the Southern Pacific road sends an unusual number of passengers this way just at this time. Fortunately fbr us, our course lays npt' upon th< main line, and a Portland sleeper rtun upon theaide of arwrin^.and th stunted pines, like lone sentine teen up&tfae bleak hills. At £ stetion the “Twin Mountains’ seen on your left. There are two to your right, Ci winds its way m ph^ns Mow. gradual ascent averaging 67 feet to iTmite’Itte 38 m&swfcst ofUjiey enne and 2,201. feet higher, fad' y*fcj we raise so gradually that only those , who are used to the motion of the ewe notice the asoent The steady pull of two powerfol locomotives, Attests the the force it requites to make the as cent Snow sheds are frequent in this section. To prevent the snow from drifting in and filling iip the putt, sheds are built over the larger ones, formed like tunnels. There are said to be 4(1 miles of these sheds on the main - line of the Union Pacific.: To guard the smaller cuts, two or three lines of fencing are built '1* I"; . Night has now set in, darkness) pre vails and w» retire for the nielli and lleOpaoundly, for the night is cobl in this region .at perpetual snows.' Uajte, ve*y late on the third morning of our Ked uesert. near mis praceas an immense basin. 600 feet below the level of the country around it. The country here is a barren $aste and reminds us of the language of Pollock: “Where utter nothing dwells.” .Here utter nothing grows, nor is *%n of living creature seen. As we approach Green River, however, the scene chang es, birds are on the wing, cattlei feed upon the hill-sides and we realize that we are approaching a section in which tire earth will bring forth seed 1 after its kind. At the point where the railroad crosses this river, the valley' is narrow and enclosed on either side by high Wnft which have been washed into many fanciful shapes by the Storms of time. They, in many placed pre sent the appearance of columns, towers and battlements of easties tumbling to ruin. We took breakfast at Green River, and a fine breakfast it was. We did not reach it till after nine, and therefore had a good appetite., The water of the Green . .River, when its banks are not filled With freshets of its own or of its tributaries, is said to be pure and sweet and of the usual color of clear water, but that its peculiar apparent color is ow ing to the green shade through which it runs, ana which is seen in tno bluffs in the vicinity and which is supposed to contain arsenic or chloride of cop per, which beeomesdetached by drain age and fastens itself to pebble, stones and the bottom of the stream, canting the water, as you look at it, to bear the same odor. ^Theloenery along its banks is generally rugged, some times sublime. Its trtibufSnes nearly all. have fertile vafleyB, which are fating occapiedby Stockmen and which afford both hay iand shelter for stock. This river fo destfoedto become a pop ular resort for explorenyfossil hunters “Brown Hole" is a beau tifol scene, just below what is caBetf Red Canon. The water is calm, quietund as peace ful as a mirror, with reflection quite as distinct* ' Thh* ' ' * " on Green lifter, there is «■ great beauty. Its rmd cok Truly enchanting. The watew river appear as the purest ei the banks and sand-bars aw < tening whiteness. One perpen bluff ia about 1,300 fe#&b<! level of the river, and of a brij and yellow color. It is oal “Flowing Gorge,” and when i ated by the mil flood of nc sun-light, it welldeserves i\ about 350 feet," for about three when it suddenly turns to the h passes through an unnamed ti north are upon easeh other, iu confused and are utterly barren ahd and void of any living thing snakes, from which they are n BALTIMORE DISTRICT COIT . FERENCE. Z . ' The Baltimore District Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church assem bled in its first session, in Moore chap el, in Laurel, Md., Friday June 12th at 10 a. m. The Presiding Elder, W. H. Day, called the conference to or der. After the reading of the 23ard Psalm; the P. E. announced hymfc 980 which was sung by the conference and Elder Z. T. Pearsall led in prayer. The Presiding Elder then j made some general remarks regarding the work tif which he was appointedand requested the ministers to do aH that is is tl^ur power ftw the good of Zion. He farther stated that he now have put himself upon the altar of Qod to 1» sacrificed far His cause. He stated that the first business in order Is to Olect a secretary. On motion of Elder & J. Green, Elder Geo. R. Morris was elected secretary and on motion of Z T Pearsall Bro. J H Mason was elected recording secretary. ^; The fallowing were appointed Oom imittee on credentials i Eldars Z T Pearsall, J R Johnson andDeacon C H Wye ** *_ ... '_ V \ Union W«ley, J II Mason. Gulhwuth rhumb. Charles Biggs. Johnson. BurrvtflA Moses Wood; - Gian, McU Kelson Cooper. BewfeSfc&bn, SW Johnson. 1^**$ TlWall, J R Johnson, saoonCm Wye, Comm. ^ On motion of Elder Green, BjrothOi* Sims was made a member of ict conference. Motion of Pearsall, the same rules that rn the annual conference shall this district conference. P E then appionted the follow committee on Presiding elder’s y: If i Green, Mrs Selena Bungay ^:Tyler, C BT TysOn rnd J B Ma At this juncture there arose a; in Regard to a Sabbath ool delegate rejected from being appointed on any business of the con " noe.- iThe Elder gave his decision regard to the law, Elder Dyson exceptions to the ruling. On of Elder Pearsall, the follow resolution was adopted: it resolved that we bow with hum submission to the decision of the g Elder, and beg him to ap . sister Selena Bungay. Adopted. l motion of Elder J R. Johnson, 1 persons were ap qa the general illll, » Wood Mrs itm m yarm pr^a^t rt v. "Tf moat fce ehair. Bipgingby the confer* * and prayer by BeaconCH Wye .,ifoe conference On motion of Eh Pearsall the minutes were read l adopted with proper corrections, amittee on P. E. salary reported: We your committe on apportion ment, beg leave to report, that Presid ing elder’s salary be raised by levying one cent a member a week from each ipd every member jr that he be paid per year and this to include trav eling expenses. That each pastor col lect! and forward monthly or quarterly to the Presiding elder or pay the same at quarterly conference. J H Mason, N J Green R H Tyler, Selena Bungay, C H Tyson, comm. On motion of Elder Pearsall, the following resolution was adopted: that no minister Has discharged his whale du^y. w^° could organize a Sabbath sdbool m his work under Zion church and has failed to do so. On motion of Elder Green the lau rel matter was brought iip. He stated that something must be done for the Bishop Hood, Elders Pearsall and Cowles gavetheirnotesfoe the said money and that the aammbeonference which mat in Washington paidW, the Mldnefli after that note was paid and the church has not done anything yet for conference that their property; thafc the church Was about to be sold, and that he and On motion ofElder Pearsall, a een-, sure was passed upon each minister that filled to attend thtoaDistricfc con ference and that a copy bf the Same bef sent to the following named breth ren who failed to meet this conference: Elders j W Smith, J fl' Hector and Dsaopn Logan,.Johnson. On potion Elder GW 0$ey was excised for not attending this conference. . On motion it was ordered that, > the proceedings of thiadiatrict conference he sent to the “Star of Zion” for pub lication. ■ :■ >. -"ux h-'w't&vi ‘ On motion a *ote thanjfs w4s tendered the members and friends of Laurel for their hospitality to the members; of; t^is conference and to the ryNwidintf aldar "for, hia fiicmified man ■ JtT- 9 t: “ ! * © 'I £ *,■ TT1 ' 3 * ner in goymumg the confrirence^ ahdj to cur, secretary frr his feithfrl per formance of duty. On motion the next district confer ence is to meet in Gettysburg. Pa., subject to the call of the P. E. Coo* ference adjourned. / , u Wm. H. Day, P. E. Geo. R. Morris, See’y. MINISTERIAL DELEGATES* Wm H Day, Presiding Elder. Elders Z T Pearsall, R H G Dyson, J H Hector, N J Green, j W Smith, Geo R Morris, G W Offley, J R John soiu-—Deacons, C M ’ Wye, togan Johnson, Wm H Tilghman and J R Dangerfleld. EPISCOPAL VISIT JK SOUTH Mr. Editor: l thodght an item respecting nqy .episcopal visit to the South Carolina annual conference district would inter est the readers of our dear little “Star.” sermon before the students of Zion Wesley College. I arrived in Salisbury on the morning of the 30th and was agreeably surprised to reach there Justin time to participate in the cele bration of the memory of our feHetn Heioes of a hundred battle fields. I was met by President J. C. Price and Prof 0. R. Harris and other members of the faculty with kind greetings. We mingled with them in the celebration and; took part in the decoration attended by a large probe# rion accompanied by two &^bands of music* We marched to the jceme tary and there had appropriate monies, followed by strewing flowers on the graves. Thence the procession marched to the court house where ap propriate speeches were made* Among the speakers was the distinguished President of Z. W. College. He fir bright ray of the dawn of a new day for my race. s } ings, but not half enough for its demands. EflortS'dre being made to secure as spon«a;possiblethe i^ecessa ry buildings, which when securedlwill This young but glorioqs and Prom ising institution has a most efficient Faculty of nine Professors, all of them being Christian confessors, which adds to the fnSfituti6nr%apefti^ness. This fW&ty is composed ofg^u&t^ from some of the beet: institutions in the country. They Sj<e characteristic of energjr and enterprise. There are 160 students in the col |%)^ment I have ever witnessed in any institution. About oae-third of them afe females, whose deportment evinces a high degreeof refinement. Over one-half the students are relig ious. Surely, Ethiopia is stretching her hand to God. Our sermon before the students was preached m the church. The students Were assigned special Seats in the esting portion of theaudience, and they were indeed, an appreciative por tion of the hearers. Hay God guide them through all the future of a hope ful life. On Monday night June 1st, we had the pleasure df listening to an eloquent learned,^ philosophic and instructive address, delivered before the Hood' Literary Society, by Mr. J. C.Dancey of liorih : ■■ a grand production. On Tuesday we had to leave for the first appointment in our episcopal tour in South Carolina, which was Sj burg; thus we entered upon our tour, and up to date have visited and preaehed daily or nightly at some point as we Were traveling through the country, of which we will give an account in our atcdfc; <• a !>M , Lancaster, S. C., June 20th 1835. , ANOTHER CHURCH SAVED. Mr. Editor: One of Zion’s churches located 8 or SmitesfromClear Ron, Sampson Co., was saved last month. This church had divided and^ was on hanway to another denomination, and-had suc ceeded in moving the Sabhilh school ; tmt to their surprise, Rev. J. 8. Hen derson, of this county, heard of their intention8. EBtrJy o» Sunday morning he madebis appearance and addressed them upon ehnfch govem and promised never to again. This makes the f hfl opened ,v*., « river to, Cape his ^4^ it com i
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