Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-05
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1870
In this country there is much Of the merely
personal part of politics talked Of, and this is,

In this country there is much Of the merely
personal part of politics talked Of, and this is,
at the least or worst but an interior subject
though but very little OF the philosophy OF
politics, tho principles which should control
mems judgments aud regulate their action in
public affairs, is ever heard discussed The
question is. too often, with our people, will
this measure be temporarily expedieat, will the
other suit our purposes to-day, will such n
course work out such scheme for the present,
&C., &c., instead of, is this right or wrong, is
the other just or unjust. will the measure pro
posed be for the permanent interest OF the
country for the future; and is it constitutional?
The effect of all this is seen, every day, in the
deterioration Of craftsmanship and the dozen.
.card tendency Of legislation. This is called
progressive age'-but the progress is as often
downward as ''on." Everybody who does not
adopt Temporarily or expsdient policy Is
said in the language OF the policy poll
tioians, not ''to accept the situation. We
are lot of this peculiar policy school-but
We "accept the situation" submit to the situa-
ton, aud what is more and better endeavor, to
submit with the best grace possible and to
make the best of it we can-though very bad
situation it is
The National Bank of New Canaan (Conncc.
ticut,) was robbed last night by three burglars,
who entered tho bank about midnight and
gagged and bound the Waterman, and went TO
work to drill into the safe. They did not sue
coed in getting the blast ready until five clock
in the morning when they fired it. The charge
was so heavy that it not only blew open the
safe, but nearly destroyed the building, forcing
out windows, &C. The thieves seemed fright
ened by their own work, and did not wait to
profit by it. A large amount Of money and
securities was exposed by the explosion, but
only ZOO carried of.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Peters
burg Courier says: Several Of the present
iucumbents Of Offices, By grace Of ''Gcneral
ORDERS have already announced their deter
muation Of "contesting'' the constitutonaGiy
of the Enabling Bill, ii any attempt Is made to
remove them. Their plan is to bring action in
Judge Underwood ) court and by delay OF law
keep themselves in place, until the General
Elections come off.
The House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency had under consideration yesterday the
subject of issuing an additional fifty millions Of
currency, and the probability is they will agree
TO do 20. There is ditfereDc, OF opinion
among the members US to what form this mon
ey should be issued in, but the great probability
is that it will he in the old "greenback" shape,
The House Sub Committee on American
Commerce, charged with the DUTY Of making
recommendations for its promotion, will early
next week hear statements from the pInS OF
Boston and New York against thrr PROPOSE
ton tor the adjustment Of the compulsory and
halt piIotage system.
10 the House Of kepreseutaiv $, yesterday,
MIR. Butler brought up the bill to admit Lieor
gia on the same conditions had been ap'
piled to Virginia aud Mississippi on whrh it
was agreed that the vote shall br taken Oh
Monday.
President Grant has accepted, tits said, the
invitation oftbe citizens OF Eastern Connecticut
to attend proposed grand mass meeting on
Woodstock Common, on the Fourth Of July
next, in honor of the passage of the fifteenth
amendment.
BY the last accounts the Baltic Sea. as far as
the eye could reach from the pilots tower at
Swinemuude, was covered with il smooth sur
tace of thick icc forming an extensive skating
field.
A young girl, who was waylaid sometime ago
in Philadelphia by rufians who cut off the hair
OF her head and then released her, died yestcr
day from the effects Of fright
The British ship Monarch left Annapolis |
Roads yesterday, on her voyage home.
If Conercss adjourns 10 June, Gen Grant
will visit Long Branch the coming season.
Mr.. j. &. Southall has retired from his con
uexion with the Richmond Enquirer, not from
any political reason whatever, but because ''of
difference of opinion between himself and
the owners OF the paper with regard to the
course to be pursued by the paper, on the sub
ject of tho settlement of the private debts of
the people,.
EXCITEMENT IN a CHURCH LAST evening
q large crowd gathered at the Island Methodist |
Episcopal church to hear the Rev. Mr. Webb's |
Sermon 1t being the end Of the Conference
year, more persons were in church than ever
gathered in it before. To say it was jammed |
full is only to give an idea ofits crowded con-
ditiop