Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-10
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1870.

ALEXANDRIA, VA.
TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1870
A despatch from Nashville says that MIR.
Roach, prominent radical member of the Ten.
nessee Legislature in letter to his home organ,
at Knoxville, says that Brownlow says he would
improve the rivers and hsrbor, and proposes
to build railroads by the Federal Government,
without regard to any section-East, West
North, or South Had my way would In
struct the Government of the United States to
form strong Central Government 10 the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, and organize the States as
so many colonies or corporations as absolutely
dependent upon and subject to the will OF the
central power. Many States would wipe out
and extirpate the whole thing of State rights
and State sovereignty. While only speak for
myself, I believe Congress and the country are
looking in the same direction This is the
adranced Radical doctrine, as yet acknowledge
ed only by few Of the ultra leaders-but, II
the present progress be not arrested, soon to
be ayowed and acted upon. First to make the
States dependent colonies or corporations
then to establish consolidated empire-and
then to place it in the hands Of some ambitious
despot.
''Mo6ern progress continues. Where it will
end, no one can say. It's mentioned in theBal;l-
more Sun that Mrs. Burlegh has discovered
that children exist, aud that they are the vic
tins of oppression. She demands for the chill
dren sovereignty of the person and freedom
from invasion" The child must be permitted
to determine for itself whether it shall undergo
the Incarceration of the school ROOM and have
his action of ''falss Imprisonment against the
schoolmaster for forcbe detention. The right
of voting follows logically for the child who will
then become indeed an 'lntant terrible
1t is stated that the proposed caucus Of Rad.
i;al Congressman, besides the reorganization
Of the National Republican Congressional Com
mttee, is intended to consider and determine
how far the party shall be committed to certain
measures pending before Congress, among
them the tariff, The latter proposition meets
with opposition, and several members nave on
that ground refused to sign the call Tor caucus.
They allege that the tariff cannot be made
party measure.
In the General Conference Of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in Memphis yester-
day. various memorials and petitions were
presented. One from Richmond prayed for
the abolition of the Office OF Presiding Elder,
and the admission of the laty to the Council
Of Bishops for an inquiry into tue eSpediency
of restricting the veto power of the Bishops,
&c. The Conference will adjourn Oh 23l inst.
In the Methodist Protestant Conference, yes
terday, Mr.. Button moved a committee of five
be appointed to taken into consideration the
memorial from the Virginia Conference looking
TO certain contemplated action of the General
Conference in relation to the question OF union
between the Methodist Protestant and Metho-
dist Episcopal Churches. Carried.
Rev. Mr. Wall, in his sermon, on the day OF
Humiliation, at St. Johns Church, 10 Rich
mond, said that IF there was no special Provi-
dence in the calamity, then there was special
rebuke of animosities. God may work good of
the evil, by promoting by it harmony and
peace among US, making our land land Of
brotherly love-
The newspaper reports from all sections Of
the country indicate the best prospects Tor the
growing crops Of staples, cereals, and fruits. In
less some unforeseen combination of unlucky
circumstances should happen, the harvests will
be abundant, and from the South there are cs
pecially good accounts Of the season of plant
ing.
A meeting OF all the physicians sojournihg
and residing in Washington passed appropriate
resolutions on the death of Sir James Young
Simpson, of Edinburg, 1.-THE discoverer of the
anesthetical properties Of chloroform, )announc
ed by cable, and rendering their sympathy for
his family.
The Court at Annapolis, Nd, adjourned on
Saturday to the lst Of June, and the case of
Henry, alias Nimrod Richards, indicted for the
murder of Col. Lyles, in Prince Georges
county, in July, 1866, goes over until that
time.
A young adventurer who was the organist
at one OF what are called the fashionable
churches at Newark, N. j., has been public
ly cowhided twice in one day, for scandalous
conduct and made to leave the city.
Gen. Butler having returned from his visit
to Massachusetts. the Reconstruction Commit.
tee will consider the Georgia bill as returned
from the Senate With amendments.
1t is said that the Congress Committee On