Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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Church recently suspended from eldership ana
from membership Mr. George Ell. Stuart, OF
Philadelphia, one of their most respected
members, for the offence of Singing hymns
not approved by them, and for uniting IN
the Lord Supper with other denominations, :
The minority who voted against it have pub
lished card, in which they express their con-
domination of it as UNJUST in principles, un-
constitutional in form, unkind in the clrcum-
stances unworthy of the ecclesiastical body by
which it was passed, and undeservlng OF re-
gard by the Christian world :
The New York Sun says that Gen. Tevls,
who is now in the Papal service, may shortly
be expected to open Offices in this country Tor
the enlistment of soldiers for the army OF HIS
Holiness He desires to raise here q battac-
lion of one thousand to twelve hundred men,
and counts upon the assistance OF the Cathollcs
to furnish him with the means Of fitting them
out and transporting them to Italy. nj
Samuel Andrews has made long statement
10 which he confesses he killed Cornelius
Holmes in Kingston, Mass, but says he did 1t
to prevent an outrage on bis person by Holmes.
The confession was laid before the grand jury
yesterday, and has been made public 1t IL
understood that the grand jury rejected the
statement,
MajorJef. L. Woford, a Confederate officer,
who was General Dick Taylor's Chief of Ar
tiery, is the Radical candidate for Congress in
the Holly Spring, (Miss.,) District, while
Captain Charles A. Townsend, who was Fed
eral officer, formerly from Wisconsin, is the
Democratic candidate in the same district!
On Monday the cars Of the Camden and
Atlantic railroad brought to Philadelphia,
from various places along the road, one humid
red and twenty-five thousand quarts OF straw.
berries. Fifty thousand quarts were reshipped
to New York, and seventy-fve thousand quarts
we're for Philadelphia.
Capt. Charles Mather, Of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, committed suicide on Tuesday
evening by drowning himself. lie was about
forty years Of age, and has manifested symp-
toms of insanity at times. He has been an ac-
tive seaman, and had commanded an Eng lIsh
steamer.
The July dividends OF stock companies in the
New England States, payable in Boston, will
not vary much from those of last year The
Railroads will declare fair dividend, but there
will be falling off in the dividends OF manu-
featuring corporations.
The New Jersey, the Camden and Amboy,
the new Philadelphia Junction, the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore and the Bal
timore and Ohio railroads have now placed the
management of their through line in the hands
of Mr.. VIM. Prescott Smith, Of Ba ltimore.
The purchase OF the Mississippi and Missou-
ri railroad by the Pennsylvania railroad compa,
ny is announced. The road, when completed,
will furnish the Pennsylvania Central immcdl-
ate connection with the principal routes west
from Philadelphia to the Pacific.
In the sculling match which took place yes
terdsy, at Philadelphia between HamiIl and
Coulter, the boat of the former collided with
another boat, and Hamill was thrown into the
water. The Judges have decided that the
race shall be repeated this afternoon.
The Senate confirmed number of nomina-
tons yesterday among others that Of John
w. Caldwell, of Ohio, Minister to Bolivia;
Robert L. Mathews, of Indiana, to Naples !;
and Joseph Ii. Thomson, of Tennessee, Con-
sui tie ST. Thomas.
The population of Chicago is made up Of
9S, 964 Americans, 92,433 Germans, 1858
Irishmeu, $500 Englishmen and Scotchmen,
1892 Scandinavian and 9,l44 persons OF
of other nativltles. --..- :... ...:..
The Florida Legislature yesterday elected S.
". Osborn, y. S. Senator for four years. The
vote was 81 against is. Osborn and Welch,
(who was elected the day belore) are both ul-
ira Radicals.
In the Supreme Court Of New York State,
yesterday, judgment was rendered against the
Union Pacific railroad company for $4,550,0OO,
in favor of Ross, Steele & Co., formerly con-
tractors Of the road.
Eight tons Of arms taken from the Fenians
by the u. S. Government, passed through Bur
lington, Vermont, yesterday, en- route from St.
Adams to New York.
DR.. Nathans Jewish rabbi, not of the
orthodox pattern; proposes, 10 communca-
ton to the Christian Register, union between
Jews and Unitarians. .-. -
Last night steam fire engine, whilst en-
gagged in the extingushment of a fire in New
York. exploded its boiler, killing four persons
instantly and injuring twenty others.
The steamship Berlin, Of the Baltimore and
Bremen steamship line, arrived yesterday. She
brings twenty-five cabin passengers and 7S7
cmigrants, all in good health.
Dispatches from the West report the occur
renee OF very heavy rain storm on Wed
nesday night. Itdid much damage about
Cincinnati. a....
A Cheyenne dispatch says that Lieut.. Bell,
of the 18th u. S. infantry, was shot dead at
Fort Saunders, on Sunday, by private, who
was arrested and subsequently shot. i.
A delegation in the interest Of naturalized
citizens has arrived in Washington from New
York. .""
The difficulty on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road has been settled and trains are running as
usual. yst -..''
It is reported that Gov. Humphreys, Of Mis-
sissippi, declines to obey the order removing
L, of