Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-16

regard to the dlSirancblSement, test oath, ana
probably some other Objectionable features,
stricken out. When this bill shall be passed,
it is believed it will be followed by an amnesty
bill, either universal, or with very few excep-
tions, TO take effect on the ratification OF the
Constitution. 1t is said that this adjustment
meets the appreciation of General Grant, Sec
rotary Scho6eld, and large number of the
most prominent radical members Of both
Houses of Congress"
The annual meeting of the Boston Social
Science Association was held 10 Boston yeSter-
day. There was great interest manifested In
the question of the price of food. After the
election of officers, which resulted In the
choice of Mr. Josiah Quincy for President,
the discussion of the question was at once taken
up. Mr.. Quincy made powerful address,
showing the causes that are at work to raise
the price of food. He attributed the principal
cause to the high freight charges made by the
railroads, and said, that unless the people took
some action they would Increase to such a rate
as to create famine in New Eogland. To
day few men like Fisk, Vanderbilt and
Drew, held the keys to the great watered gran
nary, and we could get supplies oaly at their
bidding He showed how S44 100000 in
Western railroad stock had been issued by the
railroad corporations, and that the consumers
at the East were obliged to pay the additional
tariff necessary to meet the dividend declared
on this fictitious stock.
The action of the Senate recOmmitting the
Sue Murphy claim to committee is regarded
as final decision so far as the present Con-
gress Is concerned. Before submitting the
bill to vote there was u canvass which dis
closed the fact that Senator's We're not willing to
absolutely reject Miss Murphy's claim, ard
yet there was SO much behind it, the aggregate
of claims of that character, running into hun
dreds of millions, possibly, that the majority
of Senators were opposed at this juncture to
establishing the costly precedent involved in
the case under discussion.
1t is alleged that since the issue Of the im
mense amount of bonds by the Government on
account Of the Pacific railroads, a number of
New England banks, which had ether issues
sury as security for their circulation, have sub
stituted the railroad bonds for them. The diff
ference In the market value OF these different
issues accounts for the movement This it is
understood, is to be made the subject of an Of
fetal Investigation.
An order Of the Supreme Court of the u. S.
directs that the" Chief Justice and Associate
Justices be and continue to be allotted to the
same circuits respectively as heretofore ordered
by the Court; and that the Hon. Noah
Swayne, Associate Justice of the Court, be,
and he hereby is allotted to the Fifth
Circuit, in addition to the Sixth Circuit, to
which he heretofore has been and now and
hereby is continued. "
The Washington correspondent OF the B1lu-
more Sun says, "the Senate judiciary Com
mittee has followed the lead of the House in
bringing in measure looking 10 cOlOred sui
frage, but in the shape not of bill, but of a
constitutional amendment; and it seems prob
able that this, after ALL is the manner in which
Congress will dispose of this question, thus
committing it to the final decision of the
States themselves
L. Edwin Dudley, Chairman of the Radi-
cal Central Committee, in Richmond, has, 1T
is said, on behalf of that committee, sent In q
formal protest against the relief from disabil
ties of Judges Shelley, Thomas and Harris,
and probably other Virginia judges, aud asking
Congress to relieve only such persons as may be
recommended by the Committee and our
loyal Governor" &c. A precious set of judges
we would have if this be needed by Congress
Senator Wilson, yesterday, addressed the
Colored National Convention sitting in Wash |
ington, and in the course of his speech assured |
them that their day was coming, and that
''he had no doubt that ere the fourth of
March an amendment would be added to the |
Constitution of the United States making all
men equal before the law, and allowed to enjoy |
all the privileges Of an American citizen
The Washington Chronicle has an article |
fayoring The removal of disabilities in the |
South, in certain cases. As preliminary, in |
all cases, it contends that an application must |
be made by individuals 1t thinks the time |
has not yet arrived for general rehet. -
The article In the Chronicle is of much mild |
er, and in more conciliatory spirit than is |
usual in that paper.
We have received the January number of
the Farmers Gazette, published in Richmond, |
conducted by S. Bassett French, an excellent
periodical, devoted to agricultural affairs
Also, the African Repository for January, full
OF matter interesting to the friends of the Col
onizatiOn Society