Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-11
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE1l.

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TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE II.
EMlaRATIoN.-It is proposed to hold a
meeting, tomorrow, of such of the farmers and
landowners in the adjacent counties, as may be
in town, to consider and consult upon some
practical plan for aiding in inducing emigration
to this State, and this section of it, particular
". This subject deserves nay demands, at
unite in urging our people to be earnest in the
matter We have SO often expressed our views
as to the Importance of the acquisition of labor
and capital, in Virginia, in order to restore it's
prosperity, that it is needless, this occasion,
to reiterate them in our columns. Under the
changed condition Of affairs, we require labor
ing farmers, who can cultivate efficiently and
proGtably, such portions of land, as they can
purchase, or secure with moderate means.
Population will give us material strength, and
useful labor will give us capital, and ultimate
" wealth. Town and country are alike con-
cerned in the great work before us. Here, in
this region, contiguous to the best market, and
easy Of access to one Of the best shipping ports
in the State, the experiment ought to be
made. But much will depend upon the spirit
and lberality Of the land owners, who, in one
sense, have the result ia their own hands.
The value of their property can be enhanced
ten fold by an arrangement which would bring
labor, and successful farming all around them,
and ut their own doors. We, therefore, ex-
press the earnest hope, that some practical,
and successful means may be devised to effect
the great benefits to which we refer-bene6ts
which will eDure to individuals as well as to
the State.
MAxIMILIAN's s'last words" to the Mexican
people, are the end of the Imperial" rule
as far as be is concerned. They are words of
notification, shame, Indignation, anu,
properly translated, = of almost, Distraction
Upon Louis Napoeon's head he pours his
reproaches-and accuses the French En- peror
OF having abandoned him, cowardl7 and in
iamously." Mexico now commences new
career-relieved of foreign invasion, and of
an enforced dynasty Whether the future
will be any better or happier than the past,
remains to be seen-but the chances arc against
improvement, judging from the previous his
tory of that beautiful but unhappy country.
N. B.-We observe that some doubt is ex-
pressed as the authenticity Of the last words. "
Senator Wilson, in his speech before the
Anti-Savery Convention in Boston, in giving
an account of his recent tour in the South, of
the perfect freedom Of speech allowed there,
of the general good order and quiet, and of
his hopes of the ultimate success of radicalism
there, under the causes and laws now 10 force,
adds, that the Southern Radicals are more
Radical than their allies in Massachusetts, and
that she heard nothing but the very essence
Of Radical sentiment.
Speaking of the Military Orders relative to
Registration, which are not in conformity to
the opinion Of the Attorney General, the Ma
tional Intelligencer says, it has good reasons
to believe that instructions, founded upon the
ideas of the chief legal officer OF the Govern.
ment, will be given 10 due time, in more cat
egolical manner, and in such form as to render
compliance matter of military as we'll as civil
duty"
The Richmond Times on Saturday, was sold
at auction, and will be discontinued. 1t was
purchased by Mcssrs. Cowardn & Ellyson
proprietors of the Dispatch of that city, for
50, 200 1t has been found that the newspaper
publishing business everywhere, especially IN
Virginia, is entirely overdone. Large sums
have been sunk since the war, in newspapers
and many of them are not now paying expenses.
President johnson has made all the necessary
arrangements to leave Washington on Friday,
June 81, on the morning train, and arrive at
New York the same evening, proceeding next
day to Boston, where be will take part in the
exercises of dedcating the new Masonic lem
pie. He will be the guest Of the Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts, on this occasion.
Lord Monck, the Governor General of Can
ada, gets salary of twelve thousand pounds
sterling, besides house rents and other per
quisites He thus receives in money what is
equivalent, at the present rates Of exchange,
to about $SO,O0O or more than three times
the salary of the President Of the y. S.
New wheat from Georgia has made its APP
pearance on the n. Y. Corn Exchange. The
ripening of the harvest will advance northward
at the rate of twelve miles day In the tide
water regions of Virginia, the harvest will
commence by the 18th instant. New Southern
wheat and -four will soon be in market e.
According to letter in the Baltimore Ga
zette, Mr. Jefferson Davis, has been received
with much cordially and kindness in Canada,
and in some places with considerable enthu-
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