Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-14

self the leader and the champion Il the Loyal
people of this country and denounce those who
did not come up to his :taniard?' Mr.. Sum
ner denounced Gov Walker and Mr.. Tum
tnll denounced "Pdrtcr, the tongressnian,
1t all amounted 10 nothing but words.
1t is believed by many that ~ soon as the
Virginia bill is disposed OF, an attempt will he
made 10 have the reconstruction committee
take np the question Of the proposed lutcrifr
ence BY Congress with the State Of T"hncsst''
In this ;gay the new isau. vii! be aqua:nIy fa!s
81 as to whether the Radical party III Conerasa
will take another step III adeanc. oil lis present
policy, and attempt to regulate The Internal
affairs OF i State fully REPRESENTED IN both
houses of Congress: II shr S:icmc Is carrl&d
out, the States vii! be nothing but province"
under the control Of the central government
and of what value would ir RecnnaLruc ion?
The Board OF Directors 81 the N"r!1!l. ANA
Great Wc.t.rn Railroad C"npan. hrlI
meeting Yesterday III Norfolk, to Consider ti'.
proposition male by r,>ponsbc New ORR
parties TO build the entire r1.d iron, N"ifo:h
TO Bristol Tenn A c0unitrr cnnHl%tIh" 81
Co.. 4. s. Flnnrnoy. +. VI. ,!"""s an G"Ionei
Jas. Mckay, was appointed to proceed t" New
FORK at once and close 'hr contract "n III"
baai: already communicated t" th' E1aId, l''r
the construction OF the road.
when the bill Tor the admission 81 rg!nla
vas taken up in the Senate, yesterday, til"
ones,iou being on the amendment "' Mr..
~, Niroi ar here
attempts to Withdraw il. ratification nj the
Fifteenth Amcn,mcnl, ii shall IL" lnuIeJIatc
~ excluded from representation, 1t WAS re
irctad yeas IL, nays ~ -Mcs-rs. Brownlow,
ramerou. Drake, Howe, Morton, O'!'orn:
i:cmcrny, Pratt, Spencer. Sumner all! Thnyar
voting yea.
It ia said that ut "Pre,iaent Grant'* Ircep.
ton last evening, the French Minister stated
TO Secretary Fish that he had received 4 dis
patch from Paris OF yesterdays dat" reforming
him tlat "all Vas quiet, aud that there were
no fears OF popular outbreak. And it is
also said that ia i conversation yesterday with
the Spanish Minister, Secretary Fisi. remark.
ed that the days Of slavery We're numbered in
the Island of Cuba.
Two letters one from Secretary Fist! aud
another from Attorney General llnar, on the
Cuban question, are published, the points Of
which are that according to Spanish presidents,
the u. S. might have rcsognz:,l tho bc.Ilgcr
rncy OF the Cubuns, bu. that it dill not, in nc
cordance with its own established practices OF
neutrality iu regard to insurrectlons in nalloEs
that arc at peace with 1t.
Mr. Josiah CoIston, died at Berkeley
Springs, his place Of residence, on Thursday
week. Mr. CoIson WAS born in Cambridge,
Maryland, in 1874. and was well known in
various parts of the u. s., from long ser
vice IN the navy lir had also resided many
years in Washington, ID. e..
The House of Representatives yesterday,
passed Mr. MnrrIls hill providing that 10
clerk in the employ OF III, Government shall
sul,scribrto, or solicit subscriptions for, u gIit
TO any official receiving i larger salary, nnr
shall any official accept il 2i' tram his su!nr
diDates.
The Potsvi. (Pa.) Miners Journal uc'ic
the model tt a nrw raiir"al AMI m!riiurry 10y
which IT l., ,.ia,m"l that 4 trp r,n ht made
from Liverpool via New york {" San Francisco
~ ninr days counting ill.,. time from New
iuik to San franci-c" Only lwn ili half
day.!
There was uvht session 10 the House Of |
REPRESENTATIVES, last nigh, to continue the lia
cussion on the virginia bill. 1t lasted until Il
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