Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-03

strongly linpTesUateu Will euS aCQutotIiou eie
meut. 1t is to be hoped that this mania for
territorial acquisition will abato, fer the pre-
sent at least, and that the attention OF our pub
lilo men will be given exclusively to the adoption
of such legislative policy as will in the short
est period bring order out of our present deraDg
ed, and in certain sense, chaotic, internal at
fairs. We submit that what country stands
in need of most at the present juncture is men.
not territory"
Supervisor Presbry telegraphed to Commits
sioner DeIauo, yesterday, that Roache, Ban
nasch and Dryer, recently convicted OF dealing
in counterfeit revenue stamps at Richmond |
had been sentenced to one year each IN the Al !
bany penitentiary; Wesley and SiDiago to
three months for aiding and abettinc in the
circulation Of counterfeit stamps. The leniency
Of the court in imposing 50 light serteuc. OK
cited considerable comment, as it is under
stood the parties convicted were engaged in a
wholesale attempt to defraud the revenue.
Gen. Quesada, the late Comman der in Chief
of the Cuban army, has arrived in New lork.
He received hearty welcome from "the
friends of Cuba" and the depot at Jersey City
resounded with the cries OF "Vivo Cospcdcs.'
Cuba Libre." The object Of the Generals
visit is not announced, bat is of course, politi |
cal. 1t is said in private letters that Gen. Jor
dan has resigned the command.in-chiet OF the
insurgent forces in Cuba, and Aroma has been
appointed in his place.
A Washington despatch says that White
more takes with him to South Carolina large
sum of money TO aid in his re election, the
funds having been subscribed by Senators and
others. He says he has received numerous
dispatches from prominent men IN his district,
profferipg support and assuring him that he
can be re elected. On the other hand it is said
that Republican members Of the House dis
countenance Whittemore's efforts to be re-
elected.
The Democrats constituting the minority of
the Congressional Committee which investea
ted theSeptember gold panic concurred with the
majority in the resolutions which we're offered
in the latter's report The minority, however,
submitted separate report,in which they pro-
TESS not to have had light enough on the sub
:ect to enable them to join in the exculpations
OF the majority.
The Radical leaders hope for great increase
of votes in their favor, by the adoption of the
fifteenth amendment. allowing colored suffrage
everywhere. In Kentucky, Tennessee, Della |
ware, Maryland and some other States. they
expect the whole coorcd vote In the North,
too, all the coored people, they say, will now
vote for their party.
We have received the March number Of the
Educational Journal of Virginia. published in
Richmond, containing many excellent articles
on subjects connected with education. We
hope this journal will be sustained. not only by
the teachers throughout the State, hut by the
public generally.
President Grant does not follow the rule Of
his predecessors in not accepting iuvi,
tations to parties given in Washington, by the
citizens or residents OF that place. There il
something to be said in favor of the new rule,
and very much to be said in favor OF the old
one.
The Secretary Of the Navy, in compliance
with resolution of the House of Representa-
lives, sent in yesterday list OF ten detaulting
Psymasters, whose deficiencies amount in the
aggregate to G,SS4,75 There are others
who appear on the rolls az defaulers
The Judiciary Committee of the Legislature
of Maryland has reported a bill which cffrc;u
ally disposes Of those famous personages, John
Doe and Richard Roe. who have figured S,
extensively in legal proc ceilings for the last two
or three hundred years.
Tho Baltimore Sun says, "a Radical paper
atfirms that in France 'ambitious demagogism
has found is tomb" This is good news for
France, If true. We wish the same could be
truthfu!ly proclaimed concerning America.
The cold weather in Russia in the beginning
OF February is reported to have been intense,
and such as had never been observed within
the memory of the oldest nhabtant.
1t is said that the further prosecution OF
work in the construction of the Fredericksburg
and Gordonsville Railroad has been indefinite.
iy postponed.
The exploration OF the Isthmus of Daricn by
the expedition sent out by our Government,
has been commenced, and will be diligently
prosecuted.
1t is said that there is not an applicant for
Office in the whole county of Lunenburg Va.
The county is highly commended in the news
papers.
The theory that it was not the Bombay
which sunk the Oceda, but some other vessel,
which sunk too, is not probable at ALL
The ,sson OF the u. s. Circuit Court, at
Richmond, terminated yesterday. |,