Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-18
: NEWS OF THE DAP,
To shoe theve,y age and body of the Time

have IN contemplation Cne eTectlon OF q statue
in that city in commemoration of Mr. Wander
bits enterprise in opening up railroad and
steamboat routes which have SO greatly added
to the wealth and population of New York.
The work is to cost about a quarter Of mi mil
lion Of dollars. -
The American silver coins, which people SO
rarelyisee, are circulating in such great mum.
bers ID Canada that they are: drug 10 the
market $7,OOO,OO0 OF these. coins are now
circulating in Canada, and the Canadians are
anxious to get rid of then, land impose duty of
Is per ct. on further importations
The3C Charleston papers say that crowds OF
Northern tourists visit the ruins of Fort Sum
ter almost daily A regular packet runs from
the city to the ruined fort, and seldom fails OF
| full complement of sight seeking passengers.
Nearly all carry baskets, in. which they coiiect
| and carry away scraps OF iron ana othef
relics. l<!....t 4& e =, 80 j.. IT,,
Direct adyicss from Texas state that the
Convention had been carried by small ma
ioritv Of the registered voters. Three fouths
| of the votes were cast for the Radical ticket,
and the same party.elected eighty out of nine
ty of the delegates. Only ten blacks were
elected. .4ra ,51..r lps-jJ...s.<;4
The great Erie railway war assumed a new
and most exciting phase yesterday, in the at
tempt Of an organized gang of some forty New
York rufians to kidnap Daniel Drew and
others, his associates sojournlng at Taylor S
Hotel; but their design was frustrated. qo;>
The Conservative Executive Committee Of
North Carolina, met in Raleigh on Saturday
/ last, and nominated for Governor, Colonel
Thomas S. Ashe of Arson, gentleman who
will prove universally acceptable to the white
men of that State.
Gas wells are becoming numerous in New
Orleans. By sinking a tube at an average
depth of forty feet, q flow of combuslible vapor
is obtained, which burns with clear, brilliant
flame, sometimes shooting up to a height of
ten or fifteen feet.
Heavy treshets are occurring all through the
West. Bridges have been carried off, extern
sive land-sdes have taken place at various
points, and immense damage done. The tele-
graph lines have been thrown down by the
storms.
The train on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
railroad was blown off the track near White
river bridge yesterday, and broken to pieces
All ofthe passengers were injured, but none
seriously The cars were rendered utterly
worthless
In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Williams in
troduced bill (which was referred to the Com
mittee on Territories) providing Tor the estab-
lishment of temporary government IN the
Territory of Alaska.
A company is organizing in San Franc isco,
California, for the purpose connecting Marin
and San Francisco counties by suspension
bridge across the entrance Of the harbor from
Lime Point to place near Fort Point.
Advces from Lafayette, Indiana, state that
very severe rain storms were prevailing north
of that city. The rivers and creeks at food
tide were over-howed along the Wabash Val
ley which will cause great damage to property.
Arizona advices to February "a, have been
received. Business is GOOD, and the mining
and agricultural Intelligence is encouraging.
No election of Mayor at the second trial in
Portland, Me. The Democratic candidate
runs his opponent very closely.
There are heavy floods in the rivers III Can
ada, as we'll as in those of the Western States.
ALABAMA.-Th Alabama bill was taken up
in the House of Representatives, yesterday
Mr.. Stevens having failed to press it for some
days past, Mr. Boyer, Of Pennsylvania, made
a very compact and argumentative expose of
this scheme and Of Mr.. Stevenss report: and
so did Mr. Beck, Of Kentucky, in brief, pun
gent, and comprehensive report, which he
read. Mr.. Boyer referred to the fact that in
the Radical Legislature Of Pennsylvania only
thirteen ayes out of ninety members could be
secured last week for regro suffrage, and he
properly advised Mr.. Stevens to become a mis-
sionary in his own State Mr.. Loan, of Mis-
souri,, (Radical,) opposed the bill, upon the
ground that majority Of the population were
hostile to the Constitution, and made some
strong points Mr.. Wood, of New York,
called attention to the second section of the:
bill, undertaking to limit the future action Of
the State, and showed how similar condition
imposed when Alabama was first admitted, in.
1919, had been set aside by the Supreme
Court as unconstitutional /
And now comes the finale Mr. Stevens
gave up his bill. He put it on the ground
that when reported they did not have full re-
turns. He is now satisfied it would not be-
Legislative justice" to the people of Alabama.
OF course, everybody knows that no considera-
ton of mercy or fairness ever entered into that
bosom, and the question arises, What is his
real motive? Had he learned that tie bill
could not pass the Senate At any rate, the
bill was recommitted for the present; this foul
and loathsome act of oppression is stayed
The end is not yet!-Nat. Int. ~ 4.-@t 4. ::
TREASURE FoUND.-A gentleman from
Hanover informs us that widow lady, resid-
ing near Ashland, was rewarded Saturday by
the finding of a treasure valued at over ST. 900.
During the latter part of the war, when Han:
over was SO frequently subjected to the visits
of raiders, this lady placed in an earthen pot