Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-04

Baltimore American, at once says, that il this is
SO, it believes that Congress will repuiiate it,
and hat the work Of reconstruction done under
such an Interpretation will be tine and labor
LOST.
Mr.. Scovel. III speech at Camleu, ~ j.,
gu Thursday evening, 10 favor of coloraa SUI
trage in New jersey and the North, said that
Gen. Grant told him ten days ago, that South
Carolina would force free suffrage On New
Jersey and the Middle States, and equality be-
fore the law. | told Gen. Grant We wonld
take the heathful medicine without Rebel
force !"
The Richmond Wing advises our Virginia
people ito realize things as they now exist. ;"
We presume there are but very lew, who are
free, white, and twenty-one,' who do not
have the painfully realizing sense" referred
to. At any rate, it would be very strange if
they were deficient on that score. We have
not seen the man yet who did not 'realize the
situation.
The registers in Washington, have thus far
recorded l4,74l voters in all the wards, 1864
white and 7,077 colored, giving the whites
majority, Of 597 in the city Tie colored
people have majorities in the first and second
wards, and will have majority in the seventh
ward The Radicals, however, count great
deal upon the white Radicals.
The n Y. Journal of Commerce in an ar
ticle on the National Bank system, its defects,
and the facilities it affords for the tabliSh-
ment of institutions of the wild cat species,
says 'The Selma Bank failure and robbery
indicate the necessity Of watching keeny-we
had almost said suspciousy- working of
the system
The May term of the Circuit Court for
Orange county commenced on Wednesday lastf
Judge Parker, Of the Frederick Circuit, presid-
ing We are pleased to learn that Judge
Parker, one of the best men and test judges
in the State, is in good health, and prcsides on
the bench with his usual ability and courtesy
The n. Y. Home journal OF only gives &C
counts Of the fashionable weddings in the
COMMERCIAL metropolis" but, actually pub
fishes the engagements existing between la
dies and gentlemen, with the names in full
This must be delightful to people who are not
progressiVes'' of the ''new era =
A number of horses were stolen by gang of
horse thieves, along the North Mountain, in
Shenandoah. last week. The robbers were
pursued, and abandoning The horses. made
their escaps-leaying the animals to craze in
wheat field
General Wilcox, commanding ii Lynchturg,
Virginia, has prohibited q Rives Pollard iron,
delivering 10 that city his lecture on The
Chivalry Of the South Mr. Pollard has
appealed to General Schofeld
The elopeuent case, in StsuutoD, is now
contradicted. The Richmond Dispatch, in
which the account first appeared, says that the
report arose from the Temporary removal of the
lady to another town.
# will be seen that the Military COMA anders
in the Southern States Or districts, are eSer-
ercsing their authority, ii warnings TO the
press, orders prohibiting lectures appointing
civil officers, 6So.. &c.
Alr Robert j. Walker argument before the
Supreme Court yesterday, in the Mississippi
Injunction Case, is said to have been very
able one-oBe Of the ablest ever delivered be-
fore that court
Col. James 3. Cross, formerly notorious in
the newspapers, has been at his old tricks Of
swindling in Chicago, and been again arrested
in New York.
PERSONS engaged in fish culture have sue
ceeded 10 stocking the rivers in Australia with
Salmon, and aechmatng the fish Ia their new
homes
Lonsiellow's translation of Dante's Inferno,
IS subjected to considerable adverse criticism