Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-05
ITEMS OF NEWS.

LII tue suit oi EuWard Tadelf0rd against tn
United States to recover damages for cotto,
seized by the Government at Savannah in 1868
the Supreme Court has decided in favor Of tn,
plaintiff, holding that the pardon extended te
him tor participation in the rebellion precudes
any inquiry whether his disIoyalty does no
debar him from recovery.
Interesting and successful experiments il
welding all grades of steel aad iron and of COD
per have just been concluded at the shops o
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at West
Philadelphia. The Company have purchas ed
CT Mr. Beazel the right to use il.
An Agricultural and Immigration Conyen.
ton, composed Of delegates from South and
North Carolina and Georgia, met yesterday at
Charleston to consider number of important
subjects relative tu the development of South
ern prosperity.
1t is said that the Senate Financial Commit
tee in impatience cf the slow progress Of the
revenue and tax bills in the House, have been
considering hiil for the reduction OF the rev.
enue, the Income tax to be preserved in its pre-
sent from.
Accounts from Winnipeg say that friendly
arrangements have been effected by Riel with
the Hudson Bay Company iu which the lat.
ter acknowledges the Provisional Government,
and furnishes the former with money and sup.
plies
The first detachment OF troops from Toronto,
Canada, for the Red River expedition, will be
ln readiness to start by the middle Of the month
A steamer with military stores LETT Congwood
tor Fort William yesterday.
Tuesday vas a day Of epidemic crime
throughout the country. Murders at Salt
Lake City, Bergen, Louisville and St. Louis,
and the hanging OF two men by Lynch law at
Helena.
Gen. Sheridan telegrapns that the Indians
navo captured several small forts near Fort
Sully. Dakota, and made prisoners of the garrl'
sons (9
Governor Geary has appointed colored nan
Notary Public in philadelphia, the FIRST of the
;aoe 9ho has held office in Pennsylvania.
James G. Clarke Of Baltimore county, was
Yesterday elected President Of the Western
Maryland Railroad Company.
Fourteen hundred vessels have been builtin
the u S. since 1865 and the list of construc-
tons is daily increasing
EVANGELICAL ALLlANoE-The meeting OF
the Evangelical Alliance which will be held in
New York next September. is attracting much
Interest in religious circles, and will be re
remarkable, among all previous assemblages OF
that kind On thig side ct the Atlantic, for the
ure3ence and participation OF some ofthe most
eminent of the representatives Of evangelical
religion in Europe. The preparations for the
meeting have been under consideration tor
long time, have been thoroughly matured, and
extend to every part of the world where there
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the proposed conference. The list OF those
iro.n abroad who are expected to take part in
it embraces representatives of the universities
OF Berlin, of Geneva, of Florence. Of Gotha,
and OF Halle, Rev. Edmund dc PSeaeasec, OF
Paris Professor Tholuak, of Germany, Count
Rernstoa, Count de Gasparin, Dean Afford,
the Earl of 'Shaftsbury, and many others:
Such an eminent assemblage of scholars and
di7ines from abroad of course will attract
an attendance from this side still more numel-
Gus. The consensus or articles OF faith OF the
Alliance embrace the divine authority or tne
Old and New Testaments, the light OF private
Judgment therein, the trinity, the depraVl1
of human nature, the incarnatiSn and the
.tonemen, justification by laith and eternal
rewards and punishments. The special topics
,rnnonnced for discussion cover wider range,
and relate to the most effectual methods of
counteracting infdelity the harmony OF science
o,d revelation, the religious aspects OF popular
e6ncatiop, the relations Of Christianity to civil
government, to philosophy, to social evils, to
nhilapthropv, and to other great interests OF
1pnankiod 1t is the first meeting of the
Alliance in this country, all the former meet
;nns having been held in Europe, whero the
ossociation was formed twelve or fifteen years
ago.-BaH. A M.
n e q C.NAL,-The stockholders o. TIC
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company met in
Annapolis yesterday. The State was represent
cd by Governor Bowie, Comptroller Wooltord
and treasurer Merryman; thu United States
bv William S. Huntingdon. the city OF
Washington by Col. James g. Bcrrett the
civ Of Alexandra by John w. Burke, aud The
nr;voto stock kholders by Mcssrs. W. w. Coreo
ran' A, B. Davis, j. H. B. Smith end George
Governor Bowie presided, and Benjamin Eau
cett acted as Secretary. , =, ~
The opinion of j. h. B. Smith, ESQ.,, as ts
the mower of the stockholders in regard to tht
anpoiptment of President and Directors or tht
Company, was read and approved BY the meet
ing. The precise object OF the ming OF the
opinion at this particular time, and tne ex
puneing of a by law of the Company 10 feies
cuce to tho time of the election OF fresldan
and Directors and their term OF office, does no
appear in The proceedings, but we are ADVISED
that it is a preliminary step in important an'
sweeping reforms contemplated BY the stock
holders. 1t is rumored that James 9. CLARKE
Of Baltimore county, will succeed Mr.. Gordor
ia the Presidency of the Canal Company at tn
annual meeting in juno
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