Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-14


.;G.- HENRY WARD BEECHER RECON
3Uc.c::-TGne following is an extract from a
ser!~o@ oe!vero> by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
p G!-mcuth Church, n. Y, on Sunday last ::
:s Sa,C Il en- rs strong as ever in the
:sr y:ct;cH shat the true result Of the war must
Je ~:cogniZeG. Whatever went into the Con-
s,itriion OF account OF slavery must come out :;
IN; Ntat was kept out on account Of slavery
mrs. io put into our organic law; and | have
,.ee rec anG laboied for this as strongly, and
:onge- han many Of you But have felt that
i sn6clG: 5e done in the spirit Of love, not of
::etreG. - consider the doctrines brought for
Tfrt' IL 3le +iouse Of Representatives by Mr..
Cse .eas-th3ugh followed in their entirety,
lhanS Cod by very tew-I consider them to
Be ccct~;cca Il Heia, leading to destruction.
rae I!oIti: mad chance to show grace, and
Ior., a:lt riagnanimity. How | longed TO see
it 10th Congress and the President should
maze 5eca pressed to Union. had hoped to
zee :ae North showing her superiority 10
Christian nooleness and generous forgiveness
2Gt :. nave oeen disappointed 1t has not
beer CcAc. Gou can no more change rebels to
loy2l roan by casting them out and turning
them aW2y; than you can convert the wicked
by building up wall Of separation between
them and the good shutting them out from
hc 7ery influences that should be brought to
"c2g unol them. IF thine enemy hunger,
tet niIl il he Thirst, give him drink, for in
ncat. Ee not overcome Of evil, but overcome
e"! with good :" There, go: vote that You
have oeen talking it long enough: do it. You
haze been praying it long enough: try it.
osoCEEDINGs OF CONGRESS The Senate,
Yesterday adopted resolution asking the Pres
tent 20 communicate any information in his
possession relative to the departure Of Austrian
tro1ps for Mexico. The House amendments
70 ne joint resolution respecting bounties to
ooiclnt: soldiers We're concurred in, when the
4=:e?u.iye, legislative and judicial appropria-
10, bill was taken up, various amendments
:2r4r::et in, and the bill passed, a PROPOSE
10: to appropriate $50 100000 to pay loyal
owae7s ..og slaves mustered into the service Of
- 6csernmcnt was offered, but withdrawn
via >hc understanding that it would be moved
&C lace !. in the army bill.
re 2rincipal business in the House was the
consideration and final action on the Senate's
,c>ontrlerts to the joint resolution Of the re-
ccp2i'rcton committee Mr. Stevens, Of Penn
,y.rinia, concluded the debate, when the reso-
hut @ as amended by the Senate was passed.
ra:S &c, nays 33 so that it now goes to the
leg ,3r trscs of tie several States for the rati6
C?..ior ~ taree -tburths Of them ..-". -.os
cJnOUN UOUNTY-The session Of the June
Cor. o. Monday last, attracted an unusually
ln.ge rpmbcr OF persons There was a full
0elcc o.. Justices, and the following laws were
Gccp:ce 20 punish unlawful hunting &C.,
fec"tng ell the turnpikes abandoned and tax
i2s ,lc >ecessary steps tc take them in posses
>ior aS County roads Rejected the old Road
-,;- oeSsed Ct last session, and continuing the
OLE ore ApDropriating $500 torebulld Goose
rec. Fridge 81 OltEand Mills Appointing
coGG:rciorS 70 reorganize the militia, and hold
eao:'orIs iCr officers. :.
II :ie requested to state that the law ex-
tending ne Jurisdiction of single magistrates to
:;iCC a&G >een repealed; their jurisdiction now
Only a:.teaGcG tc cases Of $50. '
rol22 s:a.2p or seanps entered the sleeping
ep%rtrG:.t {. Thomas Gore and George ".
>';ei;,, ,:a: l,layiow's Store in this town, on
rr;ay n:sh last, aud abstracted from the
pocket 81 lie io.1ner about S400, and from that
oi The latter $50. Loudoun Mirror. H
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