Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-18
ALEXANDRIA,.
SATURDAY Z. EVENING, JANUALRYas
Senator Sherman wrote to his Radical friend i
ia The Georgia Reconstruction Convention, on

ground fsafear from the opponents of recon
j ss6fuction &c ahead Congress will unques
2 ttionably do all that is necessary for your pro
!, lection. What do you want? You. have the
matter in your own hands. sIf additional leg
isation is needed, state what it. is, and it viii
be furnished ~ 50g
.ssi This is very characteristics. "Send ON you
orders for ne,oreconstructions,t to suit your Tour
purposes, and; they, will be 8 filed" Estate
what Jon want and It will be furnished. "We
always keep on hand, ready: made garments te
/. suit any measure you take 60 ahead p
It is thus that the Radicals 10 Congress write tc
their Radical iugle men Z in tina Southern
) Statesh s. esEsz4 I'D ss<sa5s1a1e sfs.' . +fE- :
: It is said that the House Committed Ways
: and Means yesterday. adopted the following
resolution: sssResolved, sas the sense of this
committee, that one hundred and fifty. million
dollars soi revenue shall be Aconsidered5 as the
-swhoie amount of revenue to be obtained from
internal taxes. and that The same, as tar a.
practicable, be- collected from, first distilled
spirits and fermented liquors; second, tobacco
and manufactures Of tobacco third, stamps
fourth, special taxes; fifth incomes, sixth,
dividends !; seventh. Injuries and amuse ments;
eighth, banks and railroads; ninth,S legacies
and SUGGESTIONS leaving the least possible
: sum ito be collected from industrialjpursuits
5sor relieving that class 81 interest entirely"
. An old student Of Yale College lately visited
] hisalma,mater,t and was shown by aiprofessor
over fairgrounds. &C., and then invited to the
gymnasium to have q game Of ten pins Ten
pins, exclaimed the astonished visitor why
! Icame very near being expelled from college
for rolling ten pins, twenty years ago!" He
9 hadn't considered that this is Progressive"
. aret sT2a S,ts estl4i@ 80 l@' Sat@sfs g mr.
''aF In the debate in the House Of Representa-
tiyes, on the new Reconstruction bill, the
Conservatives have all the reason. all the law,
! and all the common sense, on their side; and
pro.eiitsby their arguments: -ba what does
itavail, against the party determination OF a
numerical majority ? What is resolved Jon, <1is
carried out, 20 matter what may be its. pncon-
additionally. Eosa ~ =ssa@sss 49,
-sisInlpu1snance of a resolution Of the General
Assembly, Of the Presbyterian Church, which
met 10 Nashville, in November last Friday
the;;24.h day Of January, 1863, will be observ-
led by that denomination, as day OF Fasting,
Humiliation and Prayer, Sin view Of the ex.
traordinay distresses Of Gods peoplein this
a land. ~ - j. stsEssT~4 70 s5g@.sset1tli
4 zflittli Ia. (. sIaIi s3agl 4~ 4 r
atatIt lie understood that the House committee
on banks and banking have nearly. finished
considering their bill substituting greenbacks
for National bank notes, and that majority
arein favor of reporting it. It is virtually the
same in its provisions as the bill agreed upon
{ by thesame committee of the 39th Congress.
Judge Underwood s speech in the Virginia
Convention on Thursday is represented, in! the
. Richmond papers, as very bitter TRADE, OF a
E similar character to that Of hisnoted charge to
his Grand Jury, some time since. tHeiwas re:
Piled to by Mr. Marye, and Mr.. Marye was re,
piled to by Porter and Bayne, radicals.
Ia. The abatement appearing in the Washington
correspondence the Richmond Register, that
Mr.. John M. Bolts was. on the Aoor Of, the
House, ON the 4 It'll inst, urging the adoption
Of Thad. Stevens bill aboishing The, State
Governments in the South. is without iounda
. tlon.avati aas is1lisl .-.-L5a axis ra-sf$ sssc
.s ,s .Wm., T. Hamilton. of Washington county,
was yesterday elected ON the first ballot,fU. S.
Senator from the State Of Maryland tor Six
:zyears from the 4th of March, 1882 1he vote
stood Hamilton, Sc; Swami, As; Nerrick, &
Pratt. /. Mr.. Hamilton was Representative
in Congress from Dec, ls4s, to March, 1855.
9e Coral jeWelry, which has Of late been very
iashionable,is said to be to a great extent coun
9 terfeit. Much Of it is prepared arti6cially
rom marble dust made into paste by using
silicate Of potash, and q little isinglass, fanC
eolored BY Chinese vermilion. 1s
Two. men have been arrested in Niagar,
county, New York, for being engaged ID man
ufaeturing counterfeit gold and silver cola, al
their implements, metals, quantity of the bo
gus coin, &c, we're captured. They we're sen
to jail !. go /...F 49,
~ Atelegraphic dispatch from Richmond state
that nothing important was doneain the Vii
q ginist Reconstruction Convention yesterday
md that it Was resolved tozhold morning an
i afternoon sessions. !" 2st2 81 ~ az.
DIR. a. G, Maekey, collector Of the port {
charleston, is the President Of the South ca
s ollna Reconstruction Convention. Ho is sai
ssato be engineering in the Convention in beha
g Of the Radicals 10 Congress. sa 'as.'z 90
The Ladies Of the Southern Relief Associ'
ton, in Baltimore. are to day, receiving sue
contributions IS may be presented by the CHI
s=dren Of Baltimore to the suffering children /,
tho South. ISL