Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-03-04

notices over Tour lines.
PETERSBURG, NA.-The following letter
from Petersburg, published in the Richmond
Whir, gives an account ot business matters,
Sc, there:
There is a branch Of our manufactures in a
very fourishing condition, which 1t would
seem ought to invite the enterprise ot moneyed
men. alluie to the manufacture OF cotton
goods There are now, and have been Tor
some years, eight factories in operation and
doing a large and flourishing business. 1t ls
true there have been periods OF depression
and such indeed, are to be- expected every year
10 almost every branch of busiucss-but per
haps there is no industry which stands on =
better foundation, present and prospective,
than the one in question. The eight factories
at work here spin nearly hall OF the cotton
staple brought To this market.
During the past week there has been no lit
tie excitement among the tobacconlsts in con
seuuence OF the seizure oil several factories, the
propretors Of which are suspected OF defraud
lny the revenue lt is rumOred that hve Of
the number have been closed. It's difficult to
Obtain particulars the business still being In
the hands OF detectives sent here by the Rev
.nue Department; nor have the names OF the
Inspected parties publicly transpired. IL is re
ported, also, that from fifty to seventy-fve bar
relsof whiskey have been seized-the property
of prominent distiller. la these times oipublic
decentralization, it may be- risking something 10
certify 10 the perfect integrity OF any man but
no men in the community have fairor reputa
ton than those whose names have been men
toned in connection with this affair.
During the week the cotton market has been
unsteady and irregular being alternately weak
OF firm, sometimes both in the same day. ac-
rordiug to the tenor o' Liverpool and New
York DISPATCHES. At the close OF the week 1t
was quite animated, with an advance in prices
above sDy thing that has been realized for the
last two weeks,
n ls distressing To note the condition OF the
;obacco market under all the adverse influences
lv which il is beset. Il may well be apprehen-
oed that this great branch of industry To which
Virginia owed 80 much OF her former prosper
,ty, is in imminent danger of being cut up root
aud branch by the exactlons ot the Govern
mept. At the least, If the restrictions are not
removed the manufacturing business will even
tually be transferred to the large cities where
the revenue laws may be eyaded with compare
i've lmpunlty.
poor Old CONSTITUTION. The Radical
leaders have torn and mangled the Constitu-
ton to such degree that they now hold it in
contempt, as they press on in the work oi
changing the character OF the government.
The New York Times says:
Senator Nye declares that It is bis Intention
heuceforth to leave the poor old Constitution
alone and attend to the pressing practical
questions demanding the attention OF the Sen
ate" Ii is to be regretted that General Nye,
n, we'll as a good many other Senators, had
not arrived at this decision sooner; they would
have saved the poor old Constitution agood
many heavy blows and some very damag inc
wounds, az well as the country q great waste OF
time, and secured legislation OF 4 practical sort,
OF which it certainly stands in pressing need.
PROTECTION ILLUSTRATED. The Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cal (republcan) publishes the following piIuant
sketch Of the protcctioniSt and his dupes
"l.et me illustrate, go, like an ass, into
the xe-handle business | find that it won't
nav. Axe handles can be bought cheaper in
canada than can make them, 50 hasten uF
to Congress and state my grievance. 1t IL {
great interest, says the sepuchral Kelley, anC
must be protected Ii Is a great interest
echoes Moorehead, Wilson, Sherman, Wade
X Go. 1t is great interest, shrieks the Irl
bune ct al and forthwith u law IS passed fore
ing every man purchasing an axe handle tt
pay me fifty cents Instead OF twenty five. Ih''
is called protection 10 Awercan industry. -
That is, it protects my industry at the expense
OF the wood chopper. But then he had M
business to be wond chopper Why don
be make axe handles? Serves him right.
INDIAN REMAINS. On Friday last, whit
Messrs Simpson, Knight, aud others. Usher
men. we're hunting in the woods bordering
Potomac Greek, they discovered an lndiar
mound about ten feet square, which had bee'
uncovered by the crumblng of the bank, an,