Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-03
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870

The General Assembly re assemblies next
Tuesday, for the purpose of enaclng such laws
as may be necessary to render operative the
Constitution, under which the State has now
passed. This duty involves large amount OF
abor, much care, and the exercise OF great dis
erection. The largo number of officers to be
elected, the important trusts contided to their
keeping, the restrictions thrown around the
selection by the unfriendly legislation of Con
er.ss, render this duty more than usually
difficult and embarrassing. We trust that the
General Assembly may be wise, prudent and
intelligent in all its actions.
The Richmond Dispatch says that 1T will
require patience as we'll as industry to restore
the fortunes of Virginia and start her we'll upon
the way to that ply steal greatness which Is
her undoubted destiny. Gradual must be the
restoration to health aud the growth OF vlgor
that are to be steady and permanent. We
have all along cautioned the people OF our State
against the indulgence OF expectations OF any
great and sudden access of prosperity or I'M
provement in material interests, to follow
from Reconstruction. There will, we hope and
believe, be beneficial results, in time, and as
each year rolls round But we must not ex-
meet to lump all at once into what We so much
desire.
In the u. S. Circuit Court in Richmond, h.
C, Bond, Register in Bankruptcy, has applied
for the removal from Office of Andrew Ruther-
glen, assignee in large number of Bankruptcy
sales, pending in that court, on the ground
that he, (R. has not furnished proper bonds
az assignee that he has not made reports ac-
cording to law. that ne has not deposited
money received BY him, according to law, Ne
&c. "Per CONTRA" Rutherglou has applied for
the removal OF Bond, on number Of charges,
involving malfeasance in office, peri cxtor-
ton in fees, &c. &C. What an exhibition
The Baltimore papers are urging tho City
Council OF Baltimore to make IN investment Of
$500 600 in the LynchburC and Danvillc Rail-
road, upon the counties through which 1t Is to
pass, aud other persons or parties Interested,
raising million Of dollars. They anticipate
great advantages to BALTIMORE from the through
connection to that city, with central North
Carolina, by means Of the railroad already in
operation from Danyillc to Greensboro, North
Carolina, and thence to network Of railroads
embracing South Caro!iua, Georgia ard Ala
bama.
1t is said in Washington that the Approprla-
tion Committee of the House Of Representa-
tives has agreed to report bill transferring
the funds Of the several bureaux Of the Navy
Department to those OF construction and en-
eineerue which will enable Secretary Robe
son ,-shonll Congress sanction their action
to again employ the workmen recently dis
charged from the Navy Yards throughout the
country.
The President ard Directors Of the B. 4. D.
r. r., have negotiated lease of road run
ming from Newark to SanduSky, on Lake Erie,
III miles long. which gives Il direct connec-
ton with the western part OF that lake. The
Toledo Railroad Company offers to build its
road, and to lease it without interest to the
Baltimore road for ten years, and thereafter on
moderate terms,
The Currency bill passed the Senate ycster-
day. Amendments were adopted making the
amount Of additional circulation to he issued
forty FIVE millions, as originally reported by
the committee, and increasing the amount of
circulation to be Withdrawn from those States
in excess, from thirteen to twenty millions. The
bill now goes to the House.
The Gardiner (Me.) Reporter says: The
prospect OF short ice crop in the south has
created great activity in preparations Tor gath
ering on the Kennebcc, and large number of
persons are making arrangements to 70 into
the business. An immense business is to he
the result"
A resolution has been introduced in the
House OF Representatives. for reduction OF
the pay OF members of Congress now; $4,000
per annum and mieage-but it won't pass. 1t
is useless to press it. Retrenchnent, in such
cases, never begins at home, although it |
should.
There Is great thirst for office, just now, In
this State. There arc more Offices to be filled
by the Legislature than at any previous time :;
but there are also more applicants in proper
tion to the offices than were ever before known
in the Commonwealth.
The negotiations between the directors oil
the coal companies in the Cumberland region !
for consolidation have been concluded, and
it now remains Tor the stockholders to ratify
the articles OF consolidation.
There arc two reports from the committee on |
the subject, before the House Of Representa-
tiyes ia relation to the Tariff. The whole mat |
ter of the Tariff will be taken up in y week or
tWe,
British and Spanish vessels are reported to
have recently stopped and searched American |