Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The case of st. Clements Church, Philadel-
phia, came up yesterday in the Court of Com
mon Pleas Judge Ludlow refused the appli
cation for an injunction to restrain the acting
Festry from forcing their resolution OF dsmIs-
sal against the Rector and his Assistant, on the
GROUND that the Supreme Court had already
taken jurisdiction in one branch OF the case.
The Judge, however, is ready to hear the case
if the Supreme Court declines.
The approaching Triennial Convention Of the
Episcopal Church, which is to be held in Balti-
more in October, will be the most important of
any since the formation Of the Church in the
Us 1t will be called upon to decide num-
Der Of questions regarding the ritual. eccleslas-
tical garments and services, thathave been refer
red to it from Bishops and Diocesan Conven-
tons for final settlement.
Ground was broke yesterday in Baltimore
for the tunnel of the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad \ train of construction cars and 4
locomotive we're on Tuesday dispatched from
| Baltimore to the point where the Potomac
Road crosses the Annapolis and Elk Ridge
Road, and rails arc now being laid on that por
ton of the road rs rapidly as possible.
From the books the Treasury Department
it appears that the receipts from customs for
the present year will exceed the estimates Of
| Secretary Boutwell, by sl5,000,O00. The esti-
mates were SlS5000, 900 for the year, and up
to this time the receipts have been SlT2,U00,
600, with rctuns to be made for May and June.
At the monthly meeting yesterday of the Di
rectors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. VIM. Keyser, was chosen Second
Vice President Mr.. Keyser is also Director
in the Western Maryland, and is President of
the Parkersburg Branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio Road.
The convention of the Grand Army of the
Republic met at Boston yesterday One hun
dred and fifty delegates were present from all
the Northern States, and Gen. Logan, the
president, made speech, claiming that the Or
ganiZatlou was not instituted to serve any poiit
ical party.
A meeting of the miners at Pottsville yester
day decided on arbitration, and immediate re-
sumption. Reports from the riot at Hyde
Park make it much worse than ut first report
ed. Yesterday troops were on the ground, and
quiet restored.
In San Francisco, the case Of DR.. Lpotal
against LivanovcSS, in Which was proposed the
right of the Chinese to testify in the State
Courts under the recent acts of Congress, has
been settled, the defendant paying the claim,
thus preventing the..question being decided.
Among the nominations sent to the Senate
yesterday by the President We're Joseph Belk-
nap,to he Supervising Inspector Of Steamboats,,
Max Woodruff, Assistant Secretary Legation
ut London, and John NJ Frances, Of New
York, to be Minister Resident TO Greece.
Hide cuttings without hair are. according to
4 decision Of the Treasury Department, subject
to ten per Ct duty instead Of twenty, as here
toturc assessed
In the Connecticut House of Representatives
yesterday L resolution was reported declaring
Marshall jewell r. elected Governor by eigh-
ty-slx majority
Mr.. George Bancroft. Ambassador Of the
L. ). to the German Empire has rendered his
resignation Of the position.
The steamer Berlin left Baltimore yesterday
for Bremen Included in her cargo were near
~ one thousand hogsheads tobacco.
TIE LATE J. NJ MAsoN--The Richmond
Enquerer has an interesting geographic sketch
Of the life and character Of the late JAMES VI.
Mason. written by Henry y. Wise, from
which We will make some extracts hereafter
Gov. Wise concludes his estimate Of the de-
ceased by saying that ''he was an honest man. a
highly cultivated gentleman, we'll trained and
practised lawyer. sound statesman. and pure
patriot.
In referring to the personal qualities of Mr.
Mason. Gov w. says :--''There was inexplica- |
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position. which made him seem TO strangers |
carriage. There was a geuality mixed with |
Il hauteur uncongenial ; hearty laugh con-
trasted with the sternest frown brusqueness
with 4 reticent and commanding dignity :
John Bull blufness with French-like air of
finished poteness Virginia old plantation
way with marked attention to nceties L zeal
Gus regard for conventional forms, and yet he
would violate them imperously His integrity
was sterllng-exact to truth his trmness was
his sense Of honor was of the high
est tone, and his every word and action was
guided by discretion always sound and ALWAYS
ID guard In the family, both of his father,
md his own home, he was the model of hus-
99and, father, son, and brother: among his
rends and associates he was supre me in their
confidence and he was among the few men
inown ever to have magnifed by the nearer
approach to him he was greater near to him
han he appeared to be at distance. :
BEES AND HoNEY.-The bee and honey
usiness has become 4 great interest in Nanse-
aond. Captain R. Arnold has about five hun t
red hives of the Langstroth patent, and is .
etermned to make the people see that there t
money in raising honey. Many of our peo- {
lie have caught the spirit of Mr. Arnold, and J
re raising bees largely. Mr.. James Phelps. J
/ the lower parish, has fifty or sixty hives. 3
ON which he realized about 800 pounds of :
oney last season, and ought to raise twice as O
uch this year Honey is worth twenty-five !
'nts per pound in New lork-.Su6oM .Snn 4
MIR. Anderson of Norfolk, on Monday ship o
I'd from his farm near that city fourteen thou (
nd quarts of straw berries, the fruits of one e.
ok from hlS moth 90, l.,