Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-12
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY. EVENING, MARCH Il.

ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH Il. )
THE Two Prophets friend who was
lately reading Moore's Laah Rookh, noted the
following passage y -. =. 80.
"On, brave avengers, on Mokanna cries.
[Veiled false prophet Of Khorassan
He was subsequently reading the recent de.
bate in the House Of Representatives on I'm
parchment, and noted the following in the
speech of Mr.. Stevens q member of that
house:
"Let me see said Mr. Stevens, shaking his
finger above his head-"the recreant who dares
to,tread back1upon his steps and vote on the
other side."G Is - -.
:@ea. 81! Unveiled prophet of Pennsylvania.
The fury and malice, the audacity and impu-
dence, the assumption of mastership, and even
the very language, are almost Identical in both
cases-in Mokanna and Stevens! Possibly q
comparison of the two worthless, after the man.
ner of Plutarch, might be edyying! Moore
merely imagined Mokanna but We have lived
to see and to know that there is Thaddeus
Stevens
We published, yesterday, a decision Of Judge
Fisher refusing a requisition from the "Gov.
of Virginia., on the ground that Virginia is
not;a State of the United States" Comment
ing upon this, the National Inteligencer says ::
"Some of the Judges Of the Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia appear to be ready and will
ing to 60 any and all lengths to aid the revolu.
tionary faction IN Congress. This decision Of a
judge of an inferior court right upon the heels
OF totally contrary decision of the Supreme
Court OF the u. s., mauifests degree of con-
temptuous contumacy worthy of the most tur-
bulent of the revolutionary leaders in Congress-
The decisions of the six out of the eight justices
of the Supreme Court Of the u. S. are to 60
for nothing, for the single intellect of one judge
The Radical revoutionists are the Only law
givers and these most righteous Daniels come
to judgment must interpret the Constitution
and the laws in accordance with the wishes Of
Congressional faction, and in arrogant dlsre-
gard OF the formally declared opinion of the
highest judicial tribunal in the country"
Gen. Williams Wickham has published
letter giving an exposition of his public views
and sentiments. He is in favor Of adopting
the Reconstruction acts'' as the only door for
getting back into the Union he is opposed to
reputation in favor of s'judcious" system
of free schools; Of electing judicial officers by
some other mode than by popular election; of
promoting harmony and good feeling between
the white and black races; regards the black
q 81 oil 10 ~
lation;" is in favor of accepting general suf.
TRACE without distinction )" and advises the
Radicals to bring to their support as much OF
the white population as they can-or they may
ego by the board" Gen.. Wickham is, in
short, we suppose, quite willing to sec Radi-
cal triumph in Virginia.
Ex-President Pierce is jealous, consistent
Conservative, living quietly at his home in
New Hampshire, but always ready when time
and place are fitting, to bear testimony to the
true political faith, and to give his reasons for
holding on to and maintaining that faith. Elk
President Pierce commands the respect Of all
who know him-and none more delight to do
him honor, and to show their regard for him,
than the old Wings of the South, who in former
days were his political opponents, but who now
show that old differences do not prevent them
from acknowledging their sense of his noble
and manly course in defence Of the Constitu-
ton, and his opposition to and disapproba-
ton of, the Radical measures of the dominant
faction in the section of country in which he
lives.
The Speaker laid before the House Yesterday
communication from Gen. Grant in regard to
the vote cast in Alabama upon the constitution
1882 voted for the constitution, and 1000
against it. AS the number Of votes in the
State registered is ITO, 900, it follows that the
total vote cast is some $4,000 short of the
number requisite to insure ratification. To this
must be added the number of whites dlsfran-
chised, which is very little less than thirty
thousand; and it is apparent that, even with
the colored vote nearly en- moSSe, this instrument
OF prescription for the white race is condemn
ed by a majority of over 10000 votes. Yet
this constitution Mr.. Stevens proposes to fast
en- unchangeably upon the people of Alabama!
At the monthly meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company yesterday it was resolved that on and
after the 10th inst a reduction should be made
in the present rates of transportation of coal.
The proposed reduction is forty Cts per ton of
two thousand pounds from Cumberland, and
Piedmont, to Baltimore, and fifty cts per ton
of two thousand pounds on gas coal from New
burg, Fairmont and Clarksburg, with CORES
nnndinr rednctions of WAYS rates upnn the