Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-01
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
ALEXANDRIA,:
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY l, 1850.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY l, 1850.
CoSGREss. --The Senate had short ses-
sion, yesterday; transacted no business of
interest. and adjourned until Wednesday
next. The House Of Representatives, in
Committee, spent the day in listening to
speeches.
AS PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE TINES
and only in that view of the case-we
have to use a portion of our columns, for an
account of the recent Great Prize Fight in
England, which has, unaccountably, in this
boosted age of gh civilization" as it is
called, occupied so much of attention among,
and excited so much interest with, hundreds
of thousands in Great Britain and the Uni
ted States, not to speak of other portions OF
the world Our expectation and hope that
only the sporting Glass; as it is called-a
class, as a general rule, not the conductors
Of taste. or the directors of public opinion
would alone care for or be concerned about
this fight between two bruisers, have been
disappointed. The .teser has proved contagi-
Gus, and spread almost through all circles OF
society. The statements relative to the ex-
element in New York upon the receipt OF
the news, are, no doubt correct; and the
same feeling in proportion, and in less
degree, has been shown in all the principal
cities of the country. Thousands of copies
of newspaper caused to be printed in Eng
land, filled with details of the "bloody bat
tle," are circulating in every direction
throughout the land, to say nothing of our
own newspapers, containing long and ample
reports. These facts are not creditable, or
pleasant to reflect on. They prove much as
to the want of public refinement and intelll-
gence, that is disagreeable. Burke wrote
that in his day, ''the age of chivalry was
gone"-and had he lived in our times, he
might have added, after reading the account
from the London Times which we copy,
that of rufians and rowdies has succeed
ed" The article from the Times, is, per-
haps the best and most graphic account OF
pugilistic encounter ever presented for peru
sal-and, yet, what is it, but lively pic
ture of disgusting, brutal fight, between
two beings, with the physical proportions
and forms of men, but with the instincts and
pursuits of beasts.
We published yesterday, dispatch from
Washington to the Philadelphia Inquirer,
making statements as to the examination of
q Mr. Bean before the Covode Committee,
and of certain revelations from him. We
do not know what may be the actual extent
of these revelations" or what reliance can
be placed on them. 1t seems, however, that
parties quite as deep in the mud, as those
they are accusing, are in the mire, have sud-
denly become very s,oJf witnesses, however
reluctant" they may pretend to be. If they
knew of all the enormities they now divulge
and swear to, why have they not revealed"
them long since?
The recent case of the forcible rescue of
fugitive slave, 1.-THE servant of Mr.. Hansbo-
rough of Culpeper county, in this State, at
Troy New York, adds another to a long list
Of grievances on that score. 1t is such cases
as these, that keep up the hostility now
existing between the two sections of our
common country. Nor can they be palliated
or excused They are such violations of
law, and such invasions of the legal rights
Of our citizens, as justly to incense and pro-
woke. Can any thing but alienation, dis
trust, and retaliation be expected, if such
notification of law be allowed at the North?
Speaking Of the washington news" fire.
quently sent by telegraph, the Washington
Constitution says: Much innocent and harm
less gossip, which is merely worthless, goes
from here; but Il large portion of the des-
patches sent to the newspapers are delibe-
rate and malicious falsehoods, manufactured
with the intention to deceive, and published
with utter carelessness as to their truth. Not
one-third, probably, of all the newspaper
dispatches purporting to be made up here
have even a probable foundation"
Considering that the Democracy is ''uni-
ted, ;" harmonious" Democracy-a party of
well known and we'll defined principles
and party that is national and the same
in every section"-it takes q remarkably
long time, and involves very considerable
difficulty-as was shown all last week at
Chareston-to determine what those ''prin-
ciples" are-and to settle the question about
platform" even, on which the candidate
is to stand.
Several of the English journals comment
upon the Investigations ordered by the
House of Representatives into alleged char
ges against the Executive department of our
government, and generally support the Pres
ident in his Protest against these investiga-
tions.
Pneumonia, which has prevailed in the
of Warrenton for more than
six weeks, is we are glad to say departing
There are but few cases in Warrenton at this