Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-20
NEWS OF THE DAY,
shono tho uerg age and body Of the Time

"7d shoao the uery age and body Of the Times"
General Moroncs has arrived at Sartander
to assume command OF the Afousist forces in
Gulpuzcoa.
"A party Of Mexican cattle thieves crossed
The Rio Graude near San Felipe recently, and
succeeded 10 running of eight hundred head
of cattle and fly horses. The citizens are or
gauiziog into companies, and threaten to cross
| the river
The steamer Salier, which replaced the Mo-
sell sailed from Southampton yesterday, after
taking on board sixty passengers of The wreck
ed steamer Deutschland. The German Consul
at Southampton assured the passengers that
the most rigid examination had been made Of
the Salier's cargo.
The United States express car 90 the St.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern train was en-
tered Saturday morning BY masked robbers,
who locked up the express messenger 10 u
| package chest, broke open the safe, aud stole
| abou, $l2 1000. There is no clue to the rob-
bers.
The Republican party have an executive
| committee composed of one person from each
| State. A few years ago Henry II. Wells, jr.,
| was appointed 10 represent Vrg inia in said
committee. Havipg removed bis residence he
has been requested to resign bis membership
of said committee.
The Cuban insurgents have been quite active
recently. On the Ion instant they burned he
town of Jaquey Grandc and on the 18th they
stopped a train OF seventeen cars loaded with
provisions aud ammunition, within a mile OF
Valmaseda's camp, aud after hel ping them
selves to what they wanted fired the train.
There are no pew developments in regard to
the Chicago Whiskey Ring, aud all inquiries
at the Treasury Department have thus far fail.
| ed to elicit any information as to what further
Investigations have been Instituted to unearth
the frauds. Genera! Baboock did not put 10
au appearance at St. Louis 90 Saturday, but
his counsel We're before the court. and after
some discussion, notice was ordered to be serv.
ed on Babc0ck to appear and plead on the llth
Of JANUARY.
Advlccs from Japan TO the 35th ultimo say
that the Mikado and his Government have tri
umphed over the revolutonsts who wished tc
involve the country In war. y burglary haG
been committed at the United States Consu
! late, considerable am cunt OF property having
hetu stolen. The Picking ca tie publishes
decree rcqrlrlug foreigners travelling in The
Chinese Provinces TO take cut passports A
band CT pirates recently made an attack on the
Dutch fort and Presidency a! McDando, CeIebe,
lsauds, but were 1rpuised alter cutting thu
house Of the r sidcut
Grants ChHr II ansl State Novelty.
The Richmond Methodist Episcopal clergy
are yet giving their views" in opposition tt
Bishop Haven's nomination Of Gen. Grapt
The Rev. j. j. Latferty, one of the editors Of
the Richmond Christian Advocate, says:
AS for taxing church property, this recon-
, mendaton w:s made in malice TO the Catholics
They are Democrats iii the M .n Grant turned
he Jews out of his camp under pretense of their
making OIL with coatrubnnd cotton, when i
turned out they had permit to capture the
rebel Ia s; but they were not dividing with
the father, Jesse Grant, as Was nominated il
the bond. The contract between tie Jews anc
Jesse WAS published. so the good Of the ser.
| vice marched the lsraeltes to the rear. To pre-
vent Representation, without constitutional au.
thority and bloodshed," Of churches, GRAM
wishes these religious places taxed. Taxing
property, as the President knows, Goes not keep
OFF sequcstraton without constitutional author.
ity." When they want McClosEey stuff they
will save the nations life again by transfusing
the Cardinals property in their pockets. The
President prophecies worse vic >edness in high
platon of so vast a property" will turn this Ia-
ton into sacri.iglous thieves. The next genera
ton will not be bum0lers. The gratitude for
the Gospel an4 the fear of the galow5 will save
these sacred places from plumber, l hope.
don't believe in taxing church property. Sheri.
dan, in vandalism, destroyed the instruments OF
husbandry. Shall civilized State scar the
breasts of charity? Such finance would in.
dict the Sermon on the Mount as Il lecture with
out license. Tax the Gospel? The lame would
kick the fellow TO jelly who attempts to stop
the hot spout with chunk Of ice. The rich car
pay taxes on chulch property How about the
missionary chapels in the Blue Ridge2 Who
has the check lo propose to toll the pittance paid
the preacher in that rugged tract for the benefit
of fat State officials on high salaries What
footpsd is sche ing to rob the Gospel going to
the poor? The church pays her tull quota OF
taxes in the prevention of crime, and the
costs" About the constitutional amendment
forbidding any religious utte-ance in public
schoo! room, we are not quite pagan mol
''atheistic," to need that now. Haven must
have soured Grant on religion" The Boston
bishop mas only blown his own chul cn-not
religion.
Rev A. G. Bledsoe, Rev. H. G. Cheatham
and Rev. t. a. Peterson also express them
selves in accord with the Rev. Mr. Laffcrty.
Ii the ministers continue thus to enlighten Us
in the pulpit on Sundays and in the newspa.
pers during the week their congregations
ought to raise their salaries
EXTENSION OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
! CANAL.-On the 10Th instant there was a meet.
ing at Westeropor,, Md, of delegates from AL,
leghany and Garrett counties, aud from Min.
eral county, 10 West Virginia. The object of
the convention was t. mature plan for ex-
tending the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to
Savage river. James Park, of Barton, Md,
presided. Addresses were made by Patrick
Hammi Horace R"sley and Alfred Spates.
The following resolutions were unanimously