Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-20
VIEWS OF THE DAY.
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Th. Committee on CinonS IN the House III
Deputies of the Episcopal Convention ycstcr-
day reported an amendment to the Canons de
sieucl To prevent the alienation OF any Of The
uropcrtv Ut the Church to any congregation
Jilfyriur from it in doctrine, discipline, or wor-
shin Tile House also received the report III
the Committee on Ritual Uniformity, rrovid-
ing that whenever any question rs 10 tic adj
ADMINISTRATION of the service arscs,t shall he de-
cidcd by the Bishop Of the diocese. ami if his
decisions are contradictory, the House of Bis
hons HAY be appealed IT, This WAS made the
special order Tor to day.
At New Orleans, Yesterday, torpedo cxpIo
sion killed one, and Wounded one severely, arl
several Others slightly. The contents Of il 81
loon III the vicinity were Sh:tttrrrE. lie tor
pe(n.s were manufactured by kluhcr X GuIl-
smith, New York. and were being discharged
from the ship Gcoree ilurlbut Two hun
bred cases arc still on board the vessel, which
will probably be ordered of.
The Canon adopted By The llousc Of Clerical
and Lay Deputies Of the Episcopal Convention,
to permit. in certain cases, the Use Of an abb
brcyiatci church service, is surpassed tn hG
granted for the convenience ptmlsSlonarlcs ami
of CONGREGATIONS worshiping in Il foreign tom
cue. 1t is not expected 10 effect any a''hre-
Walton Of the service in other caScs.
Col. Wilson and Gen. 3owcrnln Were yes
lcrday sentenced hy Judge Giles the iolHrr It"
pav fine of 81 $50 and to serve three years
in the Baltimore City JAIL and I'll" latter To
pay fine Of $2,3l6.12, and to Il four years
term of inprisonrucnt. The amounts in Gael.
case are those Of which they were convicted OF
cmbczziimg
An accident to the nanntIcss in New ork
Yesterday, made the Columbia again the c''ln-
nctitor with the Lvonia in the third OF the Sc
rics Of yacht races for the America 5 cnp.
| The Columbia was icatcH and the English
boat Won its first victory. Four Of the race,
arc yet to he sailed.
Two more Insurance Companies OF Ne"
York, the I.orillarl and Manhattan, were COIN
PEELED to suspend operations Yesterday hy re;!,
son OF their losses on the Chicago tire. One ct
them, the LoriIIard was among the largest and
supposed to be one OF the >oundeSt III the
! country.
General Lemon from Fort Garry reports III
tense excitement 1t Winnipeg on account vi
the recent gold discovery at Lake Shclonda-
win. Specimens Of dust nuggets anil quartz
have been brought to Winnipeg, and hundreds
are rushing to the new goI'! fields. AXE She
l.ondlwin is short l!.taucc from Silver l>!ct.
I.iSz;, the great master Of the piano and emf
ncnt musical composer, has Just been granted
letters Of nobility and pension Of six thou
sand forms ($3,OIO) ly the Hungarian govern
mcnt, and will live hereafter alternately ut
Wciuar and peSth
The vouchers upon which nearly Il million Of
dollars were sail to be paid to John II. Keep
or, in New York, have been found, and ne
prOnounccs the signatures to DC turScrlcS. lie
did not receive the money.
4 mail carriers party has been attacked BE-
tween Tucson and Camp Crittcndcn, Arlzona,b by
made peace
The election for mayor and city council OF
Baltimore takes place on the 4th "Wednesday
Of this month-that is, the 18th.
No rain has fallen at Pittsburg for about
two months, and the Ohio river is lower thar
it has been since 1925.
4 severe shock Of earthquake WAS felt in
Augusta and WiSccasset, Me-, yesterday.
Destructive fires occurred yesterday in War
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ENGLISH RAILWAY CONsOLlDATTON.-ThC
London Economist indorscs the suggestion o
Sir Edward Watkins for Il mutual understand
ing between the railroad companies Of the
Kingdom. whereby the business shall be con-
solilatcd and conducted rs by one company.
The Economist believes that the public would
| cain by this arrangement, and even looks with
complaccncy upon the consolidation OF com
netting lines, whereby passengers and freight
NAV be booked from one station to any other,
with return tickets available over all the routes.
There no doubt that such an arrangement
would be OF some use to the travelling and
business community, but would not the advan-
taec be dearly purchased by the creation Of
such settled monopoly?
1t seems strange that principle that Is loom
Ing up with sinister portent Oh this continent
should be invoked by the business men Of Eng
land as a special public advantage. We are
learning to look with intense suspicion and
alarm upon the consolidation Of American rail
way lines, and upon the destruction of that
principle OF competition which has hitherto
been relied on as Il safeguard against railroad
monopoly In the Old World, however, there
is not that invctcratc rcpugnance to monopoly
which distinguishes Western civilization.
1t is possible that the extension Of the prln-
ciplc of consolidation may work the cure tor
evils which it's partial application has produced.
Already has the ominous suggestion been made
in one Of our most staid and sober organs OF
public opinion, that the time will come when the
American people will demand and enforce the
resumption of all railroad franchises, contis-
eating them for public use. In France the
railway companies are allowed one hundred
years to realize both principal and interest from
the net receipts Of the roads; after which the
franchises expire and the road beds and rolling
stool, pass into the hands Of the Government.
The railroad has not yet developed its true
relations to civilization Another century of
progress may be necessary to reduce it to
proper discipline, and to rescue it from the
power Of interested aml corrupt monoply.--
Washington CIu"nic'"
TIE TOBACCO CROP has been cut and housed
and much of it is already cured. 1t has been
all along predicted that the yield Of this year
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