Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-18
Seventh Congressiona: District.
The following is the official vote Of the coun-
les 10 this Congressional District:
AAJ0RITIES.
NJ l. D.
I>raxtoE's majority

Eraxtor's majority 1867
UNION or CHURCHES. In the Virginia Coz
ic:crcc, ~ +. Church Soulh, in session ia
Lynchburg, Oh Wednesday, Dr. i. NJ. Ice,
reported in substance TIC following -
lie WAC appointed et Tie last session cl the
Conference with savrra! others 10 negotiate
union between the Methodist Protestant Con-
terence end this. lie had attended 10 the
duties committed to tbs Committee.
The result was the acceptance en- tho part
Of the Methodist Protestant Conference OF the
proposition for unl0n with Us. nc terms OF
that proposition provided ior al organic unlon
Their Ministers 2uu members are received into
the Methodist Episeopa! Church South, IN tui!
fellowship aid equal slan"lHg With those al
ready in it.
DR.. Lee then announced The names OF the
| following Ministers who are here to be placed
upon the roll Ct the Conference, and assigned
! TO regular pastoral work, VIZ -
Rev Wa. McGee, Rev. Wa. 4. Groc:.oT,
| Rov. Fielding \. Davis, Rev. j. Mcclellan,
Re-. Il. &. Jennings.
In concluding the report he expressed ills
| great qualification at this consu1lirialion Of
union between the TWO Churches.
Dr. Lee said, however that s3Inc o! tho
churches and ministers hoid back, and were
not nov prepared for the nii9n, but nc thought
| they would all come into it alter awhile.
Rev. Dr. Edwards here introduced the ioi-
| lowing resolution a. expressive OF the views anu
| sentiment Of the Conference, and it Was unanl
lnnua!y adopted by a rising vcc.
"Rcscvcd, That IS an EXPRESSION q! our
| hearty approval OF. and concurrence IN, the
| formal organic union Of the Methodist Irotcs
tanl Church 10 the District 81 Virginia With
! the Virginia Annual Conference OF the Metho
dist Episc0pal Church South, we unite IN
rising vote, giving thereby cordial reception
| to the ministry and laity hereby merged lnto
| the union Of the two ecclesiastical bodies.
The adoption OF this resolution was followed
| BY some remarks from Bishop Picrc. cxpcts'
sive OF his great qualification at the consumma-
of thi. uniou lie saw 10 REASONS tor longer
separation OF the two Churches in the South
| who are parties To THIS union.
CuINA.-Rev. Mr.. Baldwin YOUR, Z mis-
| sionary lately returned from China, where he
has been tailoring Tor twelve years, Sprhc III
Boston yesterday. He said there were 10 Goa.
vers during the first ten years, but there are
now nearly two THOUSAND native Christians, ana
among them many ministers anu lay preachers,
who sometimes endure untold pcrsa cutlnns.-
game mission in different hight from that IN
| which it is viewed in this country. The Man
darns wanted the treaty OF 1860 70 remain as
it was, and not to be revised at the end OF ten
years. aud 10 accomplish this end their chl3l
head offered to Burin9umG the mission 10 i1I-
icgn countries, a3 10 Nani:.Tn 81 the INST class
would accept il. lie vas to rsca!"c $40 QUO. -
He was instructed to make Il rG;: treaty as
nearly like the old ono as possible. hut the
people OF china were as;oElshCd - Tic t:$t
reports Of his speeches that came 20 them, -
the effect that China wanted railroads. teie.
graphs aud all the modern improvements, and
offered to Americans the aside track IN taec
construction, whereas such ihings wcr1 tar
from being the real wishes Of The Man'!cr0S
OF China, and the treaty was iornd in colnrari
son with the old enc 10 differ only in this, that
| when China was ready to build railroads.
America should be allowed to furnish engineers,
&c., for tic work. The understanding Amorl-
cans had from Buriiu2ainC ) speeches ard re.
presentations id them, AMI !1ag'iSh ana
French afterwards, TO give directions that no
eunboals on the Chinese coasts should "Xaet
reparalon sor in Urles IN the sgGt but that
such Injuries should be reported t, &c .'llnls'
ter at Pa:iyl, and he should receive instructions
from, the home Government D@t:rc action
should be taken against China excepting only
such cases which involved lac i:ic Of foreign
citizens. She therefore, concluded that as any
injury she lnight do could not be punished Tor
nearly year, it was most favorable appor-
tunty to drive all the foreigners out CT China.
This is really the desire of all the Chinese, as
those on the spot cannot fail to sce and this was
tho cause OF the late terrible massacre there.
BRIDGES Across THE POTOMAC. Alessrs.
Campbell & Bros, The contractors Tor the
building of the stone piers Twelve in numbeF) o!
the new bridge scToss the Potomac, have cora
marced operations, aud the week will DC push.
ed as rapidly as POSSIBLE, to compilation.
large force OF masons are engaged on thc cause
way walls, and larger force on tic south abut.
ments Che foundations o! Two Of The PIERS
are being prepared for the rnascnly, aad rs
soon as they are ready the masonry vii! be com.
nienced. The piers urc to be built TWO at Z time
until the whole number ara finished. The stOue
to be used is irom the Potoulac river quarTlcs,
near the Chain bridge I'hc work will be com
pleted at the earliest possible moment, and in
pIac; of the Cd diIapidatci affair called
bridge, substantial structure will be Guilt
crclitablc to the railroad the contractors. and
the locality. Washington Republican.
The work of making the Cnain bridge tex.
porary pessablc by the CONSTRUCTION 81 al in
clined plane has been commenced, add ,Gams
will be able to cross in ahout TWO weeks Wash.
angtoa Star.
METHODIST Episcopal CHURCH. There
are DOW, as we learn from the Christian AdVo'
cate, seventy one Annual Co1crelces 10 the
Episcopal Plan Of Visitation Tor 1871" Te
find the following: