The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-09
from The National JnteHiqencer. !
DISTRICT OF COLUuRTh

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
,hecent events having drawn the att ntiOn of tho
whole country, and perhaps of the world at Iarna
20 the National Capital of the United States. The
reader Wv " tHo
DISTRICT OF CoLUMB1A,
EStaohshed under the l7th clause. Stb section
ISL article OF the Constitution of the United States.
legislation in all cases whatsoever ,y pr snch Gti
mot exceeding ten miles sQuare) as NAV bv cass;n
Oh particular States, and the acceptance of Con-
gress' pg come the seat of the Government of the
United States &c. " ~
SIN pursuance of which nrovis;or tho Ct,.o 8
Maryland on December %, 1888, passed can act r.
cede 10 congress district of ten miles souara in
I'M: state tor the seat of the Government of the
"And the State of Virginia, on Dscemhor .
1883, passed AN act for the cession of fan villa,
square, or any lesser quantity of territory within
inns state, to the United States in Congress- Assem-
bled for the permanent seat of tho Ga 60 81 N
vernment' ~ eHei ai Uo-
These cessions were accented By ConrrasS 90
required oy the Constitution and the permanent
seaI OF Government established BY the sact for es
"a. .hoTuin9 the temporary and permanent seat of
the Government Of the United States annroved
July l6, 1890, and the act to amend tho sdna a
proved March 3, l79l 'D0 '"nie' ap-
Inc oistrlct OF ten miles square was according
y loeateo, and its lines and boundaries particular
ly established by proclamation of Gearge w.
Ington, President of the United States IN Mornh
o. i'Sl; and by the 'act concerning the District
VI ooiumoia, approved February p. 1901 Can
assumed complete jurisdiction over the said
Constitution '@eis Vi the
m, RErRoCEssGoY OF ALFxAYDRTA
ine occupation and retention of the Alexandria
~ nouse ana post ohce since the passage of
the secession ordinance by the Virginia Stato O.
Ventlnn, having been subject of general raroort,
ana discussion. we have thou BIT il nor ar,iss 70 IN
Tue nTSt TWO sections of the act of Con-
s'eys VI 7th July, 1916, authorizing retrocassion
TO Virginia of her portion of the District of C"I,
hia, with proper reservations;
ne " enacted Gy the Senate ana House of Reore
8entdt'res Of the United States of AmericG in r.,
Us ossemo'ea, mat, with the assent of the peope
Oh the county and town of Alexandria to he 49,
tanned as hereinafter prescribed all of that n"rt;
OF the district of Columbia ceded to the Unitsd
states by the State of Virginia and all Tho ~,
h Sno JIrsuiclion Herewith coded over the same.
De ana the same are hereby ceded and forever re
hnquished to the State of Virginia. ia full and all
so ute right and jurisdiction as well of soil as of
persons residing or to reside thereon
SEC z and be II further enacted That notb;nc
nereln contained shall be construed to vest in tbo
state OF virginia any right of propertv in Tho ons
ton mouse and post Office of the United STATES
WITHIN the town of Alexandria, or in the coil Of 80
Of coy receded, so as to fec, the rights
OF individuals or corporations therein otbarfy;sa
than as the same shall or NAV be transferred hT
such individuals or corporations to the STATE Is
Virginia" 'N0 o'a'e Oh
FROM THE Rio GRANDE-An Abolifion Rail
Brownsville and Corpus Christi papers conIai,
accounts OF boldiy-attempted and timeIv-frus
trated abolition raid on the Rio Grande in Zanat,
county 1t appears that about forty of the citizens
(haf breeds) organized, armed and marched unon
Garlic, the county seat of Zapata county, with the
OBJECT OF preventing the civil officers taking the
oath OF office prescribed by the Confederated States
constitution. After starting they were Joined by
band of thirty more, all well armed and organized
ms quite formidable force, after holding a coun-
Gil ana pronounclng in favor of the United States
government, was proceeding upon Carlo when in
tei,igence OF the lnsurrectiOn reached Col Ford
at LAREDO. Under orders from Col. Ford, CAPTAIN
n ., with twenty-three men, advanced upon and
menN Net tne insurgents-then numbering eighty
80 at point some eighteen miles from Carizo
wound;npn routed them, killing three and
,a G;uuSd,ng six Captain Nolan's Command sns.
Tin. - d. nfaWnsville Flag seems to think that cor
subseoueutlv besn OF this move, and saws he has
the river within twenty ro me American side of
netting AID Tor another attacE VI brownsville So
pecVise nuisance upon the Te,as oortiha mas
sh9uld De Immediately abated, Coat thionuer, that
~ is reported that another revoutian II may.
IN Mexico, with Meiia at its has peen
Is SAID to nave met and defeated Dobladn au, VINO
be in possession of many stronobolds w, ana to
the countrywide Orleans Delta Nav 'ughout
Gen. Scott is reported to have said that Soma 49,.
recently commenced reading to him some prono.i.
lions for him to leave the service of the Up;tsd
States, at which he was indignant, and would not
permit the reading to proceed.
The Louisville Journal of Wednesday, saws it
Mas received assurances that John Bells speech at
shsliie, the other day, vas misr eported and that
ana Tor the Union. ''''''.'A