Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-16
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY lG. 1870
In the Maryland House of Delegates, yes

In the Maryland House OF Delegates. yes
terdav, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reso-
lutiops were finally disposed OF. A vote was
taken on the several propositions; first on Mr..
Streets message to the Senate proposing tho
appointmcnt of joint committee to lnVestl'
gate the matter in dispute, and it the company
di1 not nav the money found to be due in
twenty days after the adoption OF the report
Of the committee, then that the Attorney Cen
eral be authorized to institute legal proceedings
apaint the company for the recovery OF the
money. The first part relating to the appoint
ment OF o joint committee was adopted. The
second part, directing the Attorney General to
institute legal proceedings was rejected. MIR.
Hammond's amendment to Mr.. Merrick's res
olution, which gives the Company twenty days
grace after the report of the joint committee
in which to pay up, and then scire .tacias to
be issued on neglect to do so, was adopted
The original resolutions, as amended, were
then passed. The resolutions now 90 to the
Senate for the concurrence Of that body
1t will be seen that Mr.. Gladstone, the Brit
ish Premier, has introduced, In the House OF
Commons, the bill proposed by the Govern
ment, in relation TO Land tenures in Ireland
the most important and exciting subject now
before the British nation. In bringing the
matter forward he recapitulated the history
of the land question since 1888. The necessity
for its settlement was now generally admitted
He hoped thore would be union OF all parties
in favor OF the proposed reform. The best tai
ent of the Kingdom had been applied to The
solution of the problem. 1t must crafty the
Irish people to see England giving years OF
ungrudgiDg labor to the understanding and re-
dress of their grievances. The recent agrarlan
outrapes were not due to the revival OF this
question. They were not OF frequent occurrence
10 the agricultural sections, and We're rare IN
the purely Celtic, ones. Irish land tenures were
widely different from those OF England and
Scotland. The Irish landlord usually differed
from his tenant in politics and religion, AMI
, seldom lived on his estates The tenant wa
Lv.uI 90 :...pre~. the lan.l, Lut oiton de
prived OF the crops he had planted. The peopl,
believed that the soil was their own, aud had beer
taken from them by conquest and confscaton
During the last ten years, while the value o
labor had remained stationary, the cost OF iiviul
had increased agd the progress of Ireland hac
been checked. Halt century OF legislation
had done potLiog for tie small landho!dera OF
peassntry. The bi thus introduced, provides
for the security of tenure, the iaoitation of
transfer and rurchast Of lands fnr l0aus 10 Ten
ants desiring to pay, and to landlords to enable
them to reclaim waste lands The new law is
TO be administered by court OF arbitration.
improvements giving value to land are to be paid
Tor. Eiectments for non-payment Of rents are
to bar all claims against tenants. Notices to
quit are to be given to tenants one years time
from the end Of the current year