Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-02
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 2.


TH1s CITY has just escaped a great calamity
"a calamity which. had it befa'len us, would
have been much greater and deeper than many
people now imagine 1t is an escape, for the
time, by the adjournment Of Congress VIC
ardently hope 1t may be a permanent relief
from the late impending evil We refer to the
proposed additional dsmemberment OF the
State of Virginia, and the t1apsfer, without
the consent of the State, Of the city and coun-
ty Of Alexandria, to the Jurisdiction Of the
General Government This scheme was aotu-
ely, under false representations, and in tit OF
passion, and for punishment, without debate or
consideration, or time for discussion, or even
reflection, rushed through the House Of Rep
resentstives, in haste and in anger, and as
far as the votes Of some were concerned, in
malice 4 whole community. we're, 10 one
sense, to be sacrificed Fortunately by the
kime the matter had reached the Senate, reason
began to prevail, and the subject was referred
70 the Committee on the Judiciary, where it
now rests We verify believe that the consum-
nation of this project would be the nloat Sc
sious blow to epey material interest of AeZan-
1ria that was, or caR be, ever struck. We speak
aot now Of the present day or the present hour.
We are regarding the future prospects of the
city, and the future prosperity Of it's people
AS we are of those who have never despared
Of the fortunes of Alexandria, II let ulone-so
ne are Respondent, if her condition as frontier
Gown Of great State, important to the State,
IS changed into that of miserable dependant
upon the government, useless appendage, to
be treated with contempt. and turoed from BY
It's rulers probably, as a cold, heartless and
posters him With applications fer charity
There is no. one solid reason in favor of the
,hange-not one reason given, which looks to
1he benefit Of the government, or OF the CON-
1nunity Interested And, if those, who were
patient under the attempt to deprive them Of
;heir rights, or others who wer1 deluded into
iuvoring this scheme, under the pressure of
State ta:ces, would only reflect, that in case of
Retrocession the city would be so Frustrated by
the burden of business injary inflicted, that the
weight of Virginia taxes, would. in two years,
oe sighed after, as relief-they would be,
hereafter, first and foremost, in opposing the
plan which is designed 10 place Alexandria in
The very dust, and to ruin its standing. its bus
mess, and its people.
CONNECTICUT ELECTION The election in
Connecticut has resulted in the istelt Of Jos
&. Hawley. the Radical candidate Tor Gov
,rnor, and the defeat, also, Of three OF the
Radical candidates for Congress- Lin the Leg
slature, it is said, the Conservatives will prob
sbly have majority Of one 10 the Senate and
n the House the Radicals will have snail
majority. Though the Conservative majority
for Governor is smal-reported at 6O0-it is an
earnest, re hope that change in the tide
nss commenced at the North, and as such it is
q good sign, and will give great pleasure 10 the
friends Of peace all over the country
s CONSERVATIVE Convention met ct Nash
-lle, yesterday, at which one Of the principal
speakers was coiored man, The resolutions
adopted invite the colored voters 10 send dele,
gates 70 the State Cont ention \ mass meet
:ag of white and coored people was held at Sa-
hannah, Georgia, yesterday, and was addressed
0y ez Gov. johnson and others They adopted
resolutions approving of The Reconstruction
ill; declaring Congress the supreme legisla-
i've body Of the country, and in favor of the
registration Of voters and the call of State
Convention
The Baltimore Gazette thinks that % one
sc2ouut, it is pity that Congress closed it's
ssssiou SO soon--for the Radicals having, an.
oacently, finished, for the present, their meas
:l:es for harassing and devastating the South
and being quite at loss to know what to do
oexf, had hit npon the happy expedient of
.zuarrelliDg among themselves, and the con-
sequence was, that the public were beginning
70 get good deal Of information from Estates
evidence, 81 to matters and things past and
present.
we have brlet items OF news from the
South American Republics The difficulties
between the President and Congress of Colon
bia continue. The revolution in Guatemala
has been entirely suppressed. The other Re-
pub6ca are tranquil Tho negotiations between
South American Republics and European
Powers have not reached the conclusion OF
truce, nor has the proposition OF the United
States for conference at Washington yet been
accepted.
Two men, named Gorsuch, were arrested in
Baltimore, on Saturday, on the charge of be-
ing concerned in the murder of James Welsh,
of Washington, which occurred in Baltimore
Gu the night after the laying of the cornerstone
of the Masonic Temple. They were yesterday
committed for the action of the grand jury,
but it is not known what the evidence is against
them, or what the grounds of suspicion.
The Washington Star says: 1--WE hear that