Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31
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FRIDAY EVENING" JANUARY 81.

ta,ag 90 Al1EA AlNDhI[-A.. 81
-. :. FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 81.
80 The Piedmont. Intelligencer says that 1T
cannot be much longer before reflection and
experience a, must convince people that immi
grafton to Virginia is greatly preferable to set:
ting In Z the far West. Comparatively speak
ing, Virginia, with its undeveloped mineral and
: mechanical resources, and it's indifereDtly cul-
tiyated agricultural lands is nearly as new a
country as the West The cheapest lands now
offered in the country are farms in the Old
Dominion = 4 he Petersburg Express says that
the speediest and surest road to peace and
prosperity, is to unite in persistent effort to
develop the agricultural interest of the State.
This can be done only by dividing the surplus
lands and selling out to those vino can and will
cultivate them. Itis!thesplain interest of the
land holder todo this. 5oea4 sas.Es@
Zff Houston tTexasA newspaper gives some
rather, sensible, advice to young, men about to
yisitthat place in search of business situations.
= It says: Stay away; there are. no vacancies
here. Stay where you are; pull off your coat,
tahe hold OF a ploao. {; Stay away from the cities
3Iimesare hard, ,stis true; they will never be
flush unless we all learn to depend on our Own
resources and work out our own salvation
s&sAn.English mechanic named Sarboy, is said
to have solved problem which has so long
sfoiled the efforts of engineers and scientific
zis, hu
magnetic needle of detecting the alteration in
the texture of iron, or cracks or minute defects,
Invisible to the eye, which have been a fruitful
cause of the breaking of railway axles and
other machinery. o,, &.s-=. .....,
In the Virginia Convention, on Wednesday,
while Mr.. Holmes, member, was speaking
privately to the reporter OF the Richmond Dis
patch, the inevitable 'sDr. Bayne" popped up,
and called out, Mr.. Chairman, thar's a mem
abersialkinato. areporter at de reporters desk,
an. move: we don t go no further before he be
made to. take his seat'''',: .a $40 81 ,.I,..g&a !
Attorney General Jones, iof Nd, has given
an opinion to Governor Swami, in which he
spronounces the civil rights act demonstrations
al; the negro appre ticeship laws Of Maryland
constitutional ]; Z and that the us. Circuit
Court had no Jurisdiction over the case in
which Chief Justice Chase pronounced CON-
trary Judgment To- -s::a -. T" .s So :. Z. /
- The New Orleans Picayune nominatcs Mr..
Jefferson Davis, isas the head Of an organiza-
ton to build the railroad through from New
Orleans, via Houston! IS. the Pacific" We
don think that Organization would receive
any favor in The way Of appropriations Of pub;
lie lands, from this Congress - -. z:i:a .55 .
asTbereportot the murder of Rev. Thomas
Baker, a missionary, his assistant, and six ma
ttive,teachers, by the cannibas Of Feee, is sai
to be confirmed. The unfortunate missionaries
were killed and afterwards ,deYourcd. u; |
), Many bondholders on the Atlantic coast,
.have-not ,theafaintest idea of how terribly 10
earnest, many in the great North West are,
about paying off the public Indebtedness 10
,grcenbacks, '..' $3.50 @ <' , : 49,, = H..
- I'm the Papat ConsistorY of March next will
takeplac a promotion Of Cardinals, in which
the Archbishop Of Paris and the Able Bona
parte, Roman prelate, will be included.
Mr.. s. s. 5Co1''s nomination as minister to
Austria has not been rejected by tho Senate
as reported. It has been reported on tavoraE
bly, by the Senate committee. @"iadz ".t.oaaG /
Is theresany countryin the world where so
i ~, n
government have been, and still are, commit
ted, as in this 3 a.. }. a.s..; a..s.ar 81. -
Mr.. Hendricks made a most able speech ia
the Senate, yesterday, against tho new Recon-
straelion bill. It is highly spoken of by an
who heard it. a"-@@25 a1~s&.
"A SoENE. In the Virginia Convention on
Wednesday, whilesa vote was being taken on
some clause relating to taxation, Messrs. Eastt
ham and Psrr entered tho hall and asked that
they. be allowed tovote on the motion 4"ti
Mr.. Sncad favored their being allowed to
do so. !, syg5.s .titI.t.- ~ =gs 81 !
!, Mr. Bowdcn said it could not be done under
the rules Of the house. Gt.. aln go ssl !
q Mr.. Snead then moved to suspend the rules.
Mr.. Bowden protested against the motion,
and said such action would be 1ishonorablc.
As soon as these words were uttered the par
tics started towards each other, and made mo-
tions as if they intended to strike. I
Considerable sensation ensued Mr.. Bowden
added that such course as that indicated iu
the motion would be beyond all precedent.
Mr.. Snead said If Mr.. Bowden said he had
acted dishonorably, he was id liar
The parties instantly sprang to their feet
and seized their chairs. l' :, s 49,
"A fight would have taken place at once but
for Mr.. Clements, who got between them and
prevented hostilities t' /
As soon as quiet was restored, Mr.. J. G.
Gibson arose and said as it was fashionable he
would move that Mr.. Bowden be brought be-