Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-06
ALEXANDRIA,.
MONDAY EVENING, MAY G..

are in utter restitution, and wanting the COM
mon necessaries Of life, children crying for
bread, and women almost starving to death,
several Of the Radical papers Of the North, at
the solicitation Of certain Radical politicians in
the South, are urging the people Of the North
to collect and send on MONEY to the South--''to
pay the expenses Of Radical speakers, of print
ing Radical documents, and papers, end OF or
ganizing the Radical party =, And it is said
that agents Of the Radical Executive and
other committees are now in the North, col
Letting considerable sums of money for these
purposes Perish the people-but live the
party!
It's stated in the Washington Chronicle
that the judiciary Committee OF the House Of
Representatives, besides the impeachment IN
vestipaton, is inqairing into the validity of Ger
tain late legislation in Maryland, and the ma
ture Of the title to the Kansas branch of the
Union Pacific railroad, as conveyed i'll the sale
made iy Gen Fremont 1 he same committee
are having printed the secret" evidence taken
before them, relative to officers rardoned and
kept in service-the disposal If public roper
ty and its restoration to Southern owners the
delay in arresting Surratt-relatns to frauds
on the revenue-cnt cerniu. the Southern rail
rosds-anl the use of money for political
purposes. We hope, while IN this last sab
ject the committee have not neglected certain
appropriations made by the last Coayress. q
$50
The argument Of Mr.. Robert j. Walker, in
tie Mississippi Injunction case. REFERRED to 10
Saturday Gazette, is conceded on all hands to
have been of distinguished merit, and proba-
bly,, the ablest fort eyer ma1, by MIR W.
There is nothing narrow or contracted ahont IL
no qnibb!iOy 40 snbteringc 1t il plain,
tons il favor Of the political conI.r Of Mr..
W., or Of his previo cIreer We give
judgment impartially.
The New Express says, Bread is now az
high, if not higher, in this country than ever
known before. In 1916, when there We're
short crops both in the United States and
Europe, -four sold at SIS per barrel, and In
dian corn at SIS per bnshel, the currency then
being specie. Now good flour commands from
SIS to $40 per barrel, and Indian corn, we be-
leve, is rs high as in 1916"
The application made by Mr.. Jefferson Davis
for the writ Of habeas corpus. is published. -
It is in the usual form, and states the length of
his imprisonment, &C. The correspondent of
the n Z. Times says that bail to the amount
of one hundred thousand dollars tor the release
Of Mr.. Davis will be rendered, Augustus ScheI
and Horace Greeley becoming securities
The New Orleans Times, speaking OF the
Registration in that city, says More than hall
of the white citizens fully qualified under the
law are turned away, whilst every colorcd man
who applies is Immediately accepted and regis
tered
The building on Tenth street, formerly
known as Ford s Theatre, in Washington, will
hereafter be known as the Army Medical
Museum, and the records Of the Pension Divi-
sion of the Surgeon Generals Office are de-
posted there.
The recent account given of Paul Bagley
interview with Mr. Jefferson Davis, at.Fortress
Monroe, is said to be entirely false. Mr.. Davis
would have no conversation with Bagley on the
subject Of pardon or in reference to public
matters.
The uu,,tion as to whether Virginia or West
Virginia has jurisdiction over the counties OF
Jefferson and Berkeley, in the Old Dominion,
will probably come before the o. s. Supreme
Cont on Wednesday next
The Washington Chronicle says Gov Per-
point is in Washington.
The North Carolina fisheries are reported to
be very successful this season.
An Equal Rights Stale Convention is
proposed in New jersey,
Leonard Scott u Co., OF New York, have
published the April number of Baokwood' 5
Magazine. Its contents are; Queens Elizabeth
and Mary; Heman's Ancient Christianity !;
Japan The Army; Manhood Suffrage and
the Ballot in America a Letter never sent; the
Brownlows-continued; the Ministers and their
measures The articles on suffrage and the
ballot in this country will particularly attract