Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-13
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10.

THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10.
The affair on the Washington & Alexandra
R. Road cars, which occurred few days ago,
has, it will be seen, been the subject of an out
break of wrath, in the Senate. We publish
an abstract of the debate" on the subject
The whole thing is ventilated" in the Senate
merely as Sensational and to increase ex-
element We are amused at the cute sugges-
ton of Pennsylvania Senator, who with an
eye "to the main chance, took occasion to In
innate business proposition When "bold
Simon drew neal" he expressed the opinion
that 'sthe remedy was to make new railroads
to connect with Washington, and he intended
to offer bill for that purpose. No other rail
road but this, or the Baltimore and Ohio road,
would be guilty of such an offence"
Gen. Hancock few days since, issued an
order removing from Office the members Of the
New Orleans City Council appointed by Gen.
Sheridan When the facts became known,
Gen. Grant ordered Gen. Hancock to set aside
his order To this Gen. Hancock takes excep-
ton, and telegraphs Gen. Grant that unless
the latter revokes his order, he Hancock)
must ask to be relieved efcommand of the 9Th
Military District. Grant refuses to yield, and
the matter has been referred to the President.
This was stated in ragraph in yesterdays
Gazette; and the dispatches today confirm
it. But, it is said, the affair may probably be
arranged, without the resignation of General
Hancock.
Mr.. Yardley Taylor, of Loudoun country,
has written communication to the Washing
ton City Council relating to the propositions
relative to branch of the A. L. & 81. Railroad
to Washington and Georgetown, and for rail
road to connect Washington with Cincinnati.
He thinks it would be wisdom to unite the
two schemes and he s'points out line, lead
through Manassas Gap in the Blue Ridge, al
most exactly on a line to Cincinnati. And he
then proceeds to give in detail the course of the
route he recommends, and to show what he
considers it's advantages for construction, d.
rectness, convenienees, &c.
It is generally admitted by impartial men
that General Grant has been laid out
in the late correspondence with the
President The Baltimore Sun remarks that
Seen. Grant, though having perhaps a very
clear and accurate conception Of military mat
tiers, seems, like most military men, to be out OF
his element, and founders about in very unln-
teligible way when he gets into the political are
na The same want OF familiarity with abstluse
questions and interpretations of law which he
exhibits on the present occasion were quite
manifest in the Sheridan correspondence with
the President and that display of incapa-
city for the comprehensions of civil affairs,
his acceptance of the folio Of the War Depart
ment was perhaps the original error in this
controversy
It is reported in Washington that the mem
bers of the Special Committee on Southern
Railroads feel confident that their resolutions
preventing the payment of all claims filed by
the various Southern roads for use or damage
during the war, and compelling prompt settle
iment for all purchases on the basis Of an agree
ment already made, will pass both the House
and Senate with great unanimity The Ten
nessee members are seeking to have special
exception made as to the railroads in that
State-but, it is said, it will not be granted.
Some persons in Wheeling have now under
consideration the project of establishing in
Cumberland, Nd, large nail factory, which
will give employment to about six hundred
hands. It is thought there will, also, be es-
tabhshed in Cumberland paper collar manu-
factory, and stove foundry. We wish capt.
talists would turn their money to profitable
use, by establishing such factories in Alexan-
dria !; the advantages and capabilities OF which
we have so often set forth and enlarged upon.
The most epigrammatic statement in Mr..
Emerson's writings has been lately quoted in
Great Britain, not with approval 1t is this
Twenty thousand thieves landed at Hastings,
and founded the House of Lords. -
LENr.-Ash Wednesday, the beginning Of
Lent, falls this year upon the Goth instant.
Lent contains forty days, exclusive of Sun
day, and ends on Palm Sunday, the 18th OF
April.
Judge Brocchus, in New Mexico, has re,
leased Col. Rynerson, Charged with killing
Gen. J. P. Slough, on bail, in the sum Of
$4,000.
The N. Y. Journal Of Commerce. hitherto
hopeful of the future, begins to lose confidence,
and to fear that the Radicals will precipitate
the country into further troubles and dangers
Va. DEMONSTRATIONS Convention.
Retrenchment was the order of the day in
the Convention, yesterday. A resolution was
Of the debates after Saturday, it having been
shown to have cost over 1000 to date.
Although it is thought that the new Con.