Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-15
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WEDNESDAY, EVENING. JANUARY Is

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY IS:
TIE Iynchburg News well forcibly,saYs
'Dne of the most amusing and ridiculous fea.
lures connected With. the present struggle for
political power, is the impudence with which
the Radicals denounce the opponents of Con
gressional reconstructionsa las disunionists. Not
withstanding the fact which cannot be denied,
that reconstruction would have been effected,
and restoration of Southern States to the Union
would have been contaminated long since, but
for the interference BY Congress with the sub
iiec., they still claim to represent the Union
party, while, in truth, they constitute the
only political party in existence which obstructs
and prevents the restoration Of the Union. "s7e
The minority report Of the. Reconstruction
Committee against the new reconstruction
bill reported by the majority and now before
the House Of Representatives IS signed by
Mr. Brooks, of New York, and Mr.. Beck, of
Kentucky, It is to the effect that the bill is
unconstitutional, oppressive, unjust and ''ssrey.
dictionary and incendiary in arrayingg Congress-
but one branch of the goYernme mt, against the
coordinate branches, in alltrespec.s the con
stitutionsl. equals Of Congress, and thereby.
ealeula.ed.if not int nded, to involve the;wbo!e
country in commotion and civil strife, the end
otwhich no human eye canforesee. - sasz.7s11oD
aThe New York World continues to give
statistics Of the number Of Rorkingmen out, Of
employment ut recently stated that 10000
wanted work il New York city, and now adds
that the depression 10 New England throws Out
Of work least at. 100000 people, in
Maine, 10000 In NewH pshire, $4,000 in
Connecticut and Rhode Island, and 100000 in
Massachusetts, The Northern peoples have
carried the game on until "tothis complexion
itthas come at last 1sati ia , e,..{yg t. <7stI
The. New York Times says, people are
ready to believe almost anything Of Congress
which can entertain such measures as have
lately been introduced. u And if people believe
this Of the legislative power, Of, the country
now made to override every other department.
Of the government how can it bei otherwise
than that business Of all kinds must be de-
ranged everywhere, because, 40 body knows
what is to come next. - -j44zsls n =.
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Hunnicutt 10 the Virginia Convention called
Mr. r, N. T. Hunter, traitor. Mr., Ffeder-
ick G. 8. Hunter, Immediately said sHunnicutt
vas liar" The next day Hunnicutt said
he used the term traitor ino political, not
personal sense In the past and not the pres
enttense-that il, Mr.. r; NJ r.. H., said be-
was'a loyal citizen now, he would believeit,
knowing him to be an honorable gentleman r,
i The attempt to. raise the hulk Of the frigatei
Columbus from her bed in the river opposite
The Norfolk navy yard, on Friday last, We are
told, sgain proved dead failure. izasAs!
before, when they had got her almost
aaoat, the pumps gave out, and the immense
mass slowly settled back to the bottom Of the
riv r.. In eight,or ten days the wrecking com.
Iany will again commence work -. ~. ~,
10 There. are so many States in and out Of
the Union now, that people do notaalvays re-
member exactly the number. There are thirty
seven, Including these oalled-which are, sis 9.
tie aforesaid ten" military districts 's There
is territory enough for twenty or thirty
more--tos say nothing of the new ones tina,
may be carved. out Of the West India islands
II see the .expectaut nations stand,' Sc. &c.
al'phss Virginia Reconstruction Cow ention,
tmauy Of the members now sitting at Rich
mond ,aseems to be Ignorant OF the specific
duties appertainingp to- bodies, called to
form organic laws The resolutions of enquiry
daily offered ty members touch every conceiy!
able sutjectot ordinary legislation and rarely
embrace topics within the peculiar province of
this particular body bta7aa st So essg<lrlvs
$ The excitement caused by the Senatorial
election, the, opposition between the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad interest, and the Potomac
railroad interest, and the prospect of the. in
PRODUCTION of several important bills ,in which
there is said, by the lobby members, to be lots
of money, give unusual life to Annapolis, at
this session OF the Maryland Legislature. :.
A correspondent in. Washington, writes to
the Radical paper at Richmond, that ""Johp
NJ. Bolts was on the floor OF the House to-day,
urging the adoption of Thad Stevens bill,
abolishing the Southern State governments
1t was but a day or two ago we saw an article
in the Petersburg Index, wondering where Mr..
Bolts was, in these days of political agitation.
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Whilst our own shipping interest in the U.
s. is languishing, that of Canada seems to be
advancing. The Montreal Gazette boasts that
its own city is ahead Of all the rest Of the con-
.tinent in the principal ownership Of the largest
and finest steam feet on this side the Atlantic.