Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-01
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ty, from which it appears, as shown by the cen.
sus of 1850, that the average price of the lands
in Loudouni is s2s,; of Prince William $50; Of
Jefferson county, W. Va, s47 So; Of Adams
county, Pa, s25; Of Livingston county, N. Y,
s44; and of Orange county, N. T., $40. =
The product taking one third of the I'M
proved land as under cultivation is for all grain:
81, 81, ,29aa, l52, 26a, and Il bushels per acre,
for the counties in the order named above
The ratio of births to population is per cent,
o. %, q, 255,5 and q, respectively, while the
ratio of deaths ISL per cent. for Loudoun, JET
terson and Adams; 2 per cent, for Prince VIII
liam, Ii, for. Livingston, and Il for Orange
county: Livingston county is. about 240 miles
due north from Loudoun and Jefferson, while
Adams is about 60 miles, and Orange about
l20 miles. The winters in Virginia are proba-
bly, two months shorter for feeding purposes
than they are in Livingston county, n. \.
The annual statement of the Postofhce De-
partment for this fiscal year ending 30th June,
it is said, will show large deficit. In 1865,
it will be remembered, there was a surplus OF
1863, 49, 10 1866 there was deficit, the
first for several years, Of $965,093. In 1867
this deficit amounted to $3,99S, 455. In 1868
it will prove to be in round numbers about
S9,OOO,00O. This annually increased deficit is
owing to several causes. Among them are the
restoration of mail service on Southern routes,
1 IL. -. .
In letter to political friend dated the 23d,
ult Thaddeus Stevens says - have not de-
clared for Seymour and Blair, and never ex-
pect to d.. I have only declared against fools
and swindlers who have fabricated the most
atrocious falsehoods as to my position upon
the currency question -" Mr.. Stevens is evil
dentlyin an "enraged'' condition at some of
bis own party, who have been crossing his
path. This is as much as telling them that
they must not NEEDLE with him cave canem."
A warm interest is being manifested on the
part of the citizens of Baltimore. as well as
residents of other cities, for the relief ofthe un
fortunate sufferers by the late food, and the
contributions In their aid have been liberal.
In all, as far as advised, $3.50 have been do
rated, including the sum of $780, collected
By the Hebrew Benevolent Society, and the
appropriation of $2 500 by the Jedijah Lodge,
B. B. 800. !. - ...2.- E:'tG
The Norfolk Journal says it 'sshould be al
ways remembered that the Radical party does
not include the whole people of the North
probably not a majority by a. great deal, as the
vote for Seymour and Blair may show" The
South has thousands of warm friends at the
North, who have never been in favor of the So
called Reconstruction laws-and who are as
much opposed to the plans are purposes Of the
Radical leaders as the Southern people are. ..a
Several Radical Southern Congressman who
have remained in Washington have telegraphed
to the Legislatures of their States that the pro-
position to choose in Presidential electors by
the Legislatures Will be generally acceptable to
the Radical members of both Houses. Of
course it will That is the very thing they
want! ...-....... -.--.-. ~....
The Emperor Of the French says there is no
fear of a war in Europe, and the speech Of
Queen Victoria to the British Parliament says
there is no fear OF a war. According to these
statements, then, both countries will have lei
sure to attend to their own internal concerns,
without the danger of foreign complications. )"
According to the Washington Chronicle Sen
ator Sumner is emphatically the Great Sena-
tor-seH poised, courteous, constant, and full
armed for every onset and for every emergen-
Cyl This is a very happy and envitable posi-
tion-especially the attitude" represented
1t is said that the Secretary of War has
granted Gen Dyer's request for . Court Mar
tial, and has directed the Judge Advocate
General to prepare charges for the trial.
We return our thanks to the HarriSonburg
"Old Commonwealth" for: its complimentary
notice Of the Alexandria Gazette. Its request
shall, in future, be complied with. ... r:
1t is said that William Selden has been con
frmed as collector of internal revenue for the
Second district of Virginia, Notwithstanding
all reports to the contrary
We have received the August number of the
African Repository containing much matter
of interest to the friends of the American Col
onzation Society.
1t is reported in the newspapers that Mr..
Secretary Seward has expressed himsclfin fav.
or of the election of Gen. Grant as next Pres
ident.
GOVERNMENT DETECTIVES. The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette
says: The detective Reed who was employed
by Gen. Howard to proceed to Georgia and