Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-21

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LAND SOLD FOR DIRECT TAxEs.-The
House Committee on the judiciary yesterday
agreed to report the Senate bill ''for the relief
of purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes il
the insurrectionary States.' The bill pro-
vides-
That no owner,IhiS heirs or assigns, of any
land sold for taxes under the provisions of the
act entitled IAN act tor the collections Of di.
rect taxes in the insurreetionarv districts with
in the United States, AID for other purposes, "
approved June seven, eighteen hundred and
Sixty-two, and Of the acts amendatory thereof,
shall be permitted to recover the same in any
action or proceeding against the purchaser at
such sale, bis heirs or assigns, without show
ing, in addition to other necessary facts that all
taxes, costs, and penalties due upon the said
land at the time of the sale have been sold by
him or them, or bringing into court and de-
posting with the clerk Tor the use OF the
United States the amount, with interest, OF
the taxes ard penalties due to the United
States on account of the land when sold, to-
sether with the costs and expenses OF the sale,
which sum, in case Of the recovery OF the land
by such owner, his heirs or assigns, shall be
raid by tho clerk into the Treasury of tho
United States.
SEC. ). That in all cases where the owner of
any land sold for taxes as aforesaid, his heirs or
assigns, shall recover the same from the pur-
chaser, his heirs or assigns, by the judgment
OF any United States court, BY reason of fail.
ure without hi or their fault, or neglect of the
title of the purchaser derived from said sale,
the Secretary Of the Treasury, on the payment
into the treasury by the clerk OF the money de.
posted with him as aforesaid, and on being
satisfied that ary purchaser, his heirs or as
signs, has been evlcted from or turned out OF
possession of any such land by the judgment
tf any Unitcd States court in the manner be-
aforementioned, is hereby authorized, out of
any money 10 the Trea ury not otherwise ap.
proprlated, to repay to the person or persons
entitled thereto sum OF money equal to that
originally paid by the purchaser of the land so
recorded, it ,hc same has been paid into the
Treasury.
VIRGINIA.-"M Mr.. James Wilson, OF Stat
ford County, Va, wrote eXtoiling the advant
ages offered TO settlers BY that section OF the
South. Hc said that his farm of five hundred
acres with three thousand dollar house on If,
cost him ouiy five thousand dollars. lie said
that land could be bought there for from tge
TO fifty dollars an acre. He said there waro
tant from two TO six miles from ldewater.-
Mr. Ds,urnell remarked that the reason these
timber lands had been so long uncut was fnat
the South was unhealthy, aud that unless the
land was ia the Shenandoah Valley, he advl: ed
no one to 90 there who did not want to de
The Chairman suggested that people sometimes
die at the North, so that the necessity OF oy-
ing could hardy te tScapeu ny le'o'i'''os a.
home.
Thc aboyc is taken from the Hearth and
Home published il New York city, as state.
meut made in Farmers club, 10 the State of
New York. The letter of Mr.. Wilson Is
correct orc and truthful in every particular
Mr. Dis;urne received his information from
4 source not very reliable, when he makes inc
very erroneous statement that he does, Concern
ing the h@ @alli OF this section OF the otatr.-
No county is more healthy then the county
alluded to, in tho above. There is a number
nj LARGE timber tracts of land in Stafford when
were preserved by their owners before the war,
10 consequence of their value, to inc large
estates owned at that time. 1hese lracts alc
high lands and of course cannot be unhealthy.
There is as an evidence OF lis hea!tE1u'ness
great deal of iron in the soil, and the springs
arc full OF this property. Another reason "uy
these lands are offered cheap is the searcny VI
labor now existing. to cut down aui prepare
the timber for market. The county CT Stei-
ford being occupied during the war, by the
federal army, the negroes nearly al itlt win
it and there is no labor to cultivate the large
tracts Iyice idle. Fredericksburg Nc7rs
SENATOR REvELs, Coorcd, in an address
to the co!orcd people ct Baltimore at bethe!
church on Sunday evening, gave some eHcsi''"'
advice to his hearers. lie SAID
"Nothiag would be more unfortunate than
that Tho hitter rceollcctions OF slavery should
b, ncrnc,uated; nothing is more TO be depre'
c,te1 than the stirring up OF resentments DC.
tween those who have formerly ncrne the IS
ja:;ou 10 each other Of master ano slave. As
a man who had seen something OF slavery, not
Is it existed in Baltimore, hut IN the cotton
States, where it took on its worst features, nc
would say, cultivate the NEST friendly relatlops
with ycur former masters, and never let 'nc
recollection CT stripe you have received 10
iluence your conduct.
I'm dscussiog political questions. use strong
arguments and sctt words. Nothing Is to DC
rained by iuduging in bitter and ABUSIVE zap
lrraep. whether ID the party caucus or IN toe
nubc meeting. While it was his advice 10
the ccle,ea people TO stick to the hepuelcsn
oafiv. % which they OWED everythlng'n nc also
advised them to refrain from saying or aoihg
,nvthin, ,b,, will intensity the hoshllty ana
rrrindices OF their political enemies, when IS
Already 100 great. Beware OF unprlnelpeo
office seekers.
THE ESoUTu-D1sABlLlIIE .-TheNew orS
Times has an article on ''Pplitcal Disabilities
in which, by process OF reasoning when VIC
comprehend, but hardly relish, Amnesty Is