Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-30

followed up tho defeat OF the treDch IN the
Vosges, and Inflicted on the retreatlns army OF
Garibadi further losses.
Speaking of the apportlonment OF represen'
tation, under the new census, The Baltimore
Gazette says :-"If the number Of Represents
tves is not increased, the apportionment vii!
probably be in the ratio of l65, 600 to each
Representative, which will of course make
great change in the relative number of Repre-
sentatives from dferen, sections. New Eng
land Eust lose the Northwest must gain
largely the South for the present, may hold
its ground. Even if it loses, the rapid Increase
of population which is likely to cccnr within
the next ten years will give to it powerful! IN
fuencs in Congressional legislation after that
period"
1t is said that Gen. Halleck, who commands
the Military Division of the South, with his
Headquarters at Louisville, Kentucky, is utter
" opposed to the employment OF regular troops
to interfere in the civil affairs OF the State, eX-
cept in very extreme cases. Even then be
thinks State power should be exhausted before
the power Of the Federal army is invoked. he
writes to the Department that he is as
sured by Federal civil eff GERS that the employ.
mept of troops in executing Judicial process
and enforcing tho revenue. seems to increase
rather than diminish tie spparent necessity CT
rcsorting to such force in civil matters.
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The New York correspondent OF the Phlla-
delphia Ledger says that there is hitch IN
the movement to bring out Gen. Butler as
Presidential candidate on the Alabama claims
Tor war with England) platform. Butler him
self has telegraphed the Committee OF Arrange
msnts for the public meeting that, Ga rehao.
ton, it would be better to defer it until it is
seen what ground the President will assume in
his annual message next week. 1t is accord
ingly postponed.
There's many true word spoken IN jest,
SAYS the proverb. Twenty onc years ago MIR.
Thackeray contributed to Punch . series OF
imaginary newspaper extracts descriptive OF
ENGLAND in 1869, from journals of the period.
One of these extracts announced the intended
marriage of one of the Queen daughters with
the eldest son OF a nobleman connected with or
related TO Cabinet Ministers aud great officers
Estate, including in particular the Arch blshop
of Canterbury. What he wrote in jest for the
England OF 1862 is almost literally truth in
the "Eogand OF 1870
The efforts which have been made for an in
crease Of salaries Of the Government employees
al Washington. and which will DO renewed dur.
ing the coming winter, give interest TO tue
views on this subject of members OF the Cab-
net and members of Congress Secretaries
Fish, Robson, Delano and Boutwell, and
Postmaster General Cresweil express them
selves 10 favor OF an increased pay and limi.
taton of the clerical force of the Departments.
One of the most striking evidences OF the
decline of the commercial marine Of this coun-
try, is noticeable in tho fearful sacrifices made
in the sale of steamships by auction aud other
WISE The Boston Traveller remarks "A
we'll known firm in this city has accumulated
fortune in purchasing at low figures ocean and
coasting steamers, taking out the machinery
and breaking up the huIls for copper, iron, and
other valuable material.
An order issued from the War Department
directs the Superintendent of General Recruit
ing Service at Cincinnati to forward five hun
dred recruits to Atlanta, Georgia, where they
will be reported, upon arrival, to the Com
manding General Department OF the South,
and assigned to duty in the 18th Infantry, to
aid in the reinforcement" of the Congressional
Election law, at the approaching election in
Georgia.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has re-
ceiVed from the Imperial Botanical Gardens of
St. Petersburg, e collection OF Russian apples,
embracing about four hundred varieties, in du.
plicate. These have come in perfect condition,
and are we'll provided with gratis, which will
be at once distributed to nurserymen and 9th
ers who desire to experiment with and propa.
gate from these promising acquisitions.
LEONARD SCOTT s. Co. have republished the
November number of Blackwood's Magazin
Contents Nuremburg, or how to build houses;
A Strange Correspondent; Poetry and Humor
of the Scottish language; Earrs Dene; New
Rocks: Prof Porter on the human Intellect
tho Great Collapse A very interesting number