Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-08
VIRGINIA ME- WS.

The Richmond State Journal says: ''Th'
| Alexandria Gazette is mistaken when 1t say:
the ladies who participated in the recent Wo
mems Rights meeting on Church Hill, IN thu:
CITY. we're not NATIVE here and to the manor
born" The pity is, then, that we we're mis-
taken, But we see in Il letter from Richmond
| that 1.-TWO strong minded women from fenh-
| sylvania got up the Woman's Rights meeting
| held here few days ago.
The other day, in the upper part OF Pdwha
tan county, man named Motley commit
ted suicide under the following circumstances
| He had the day before married L lady who had
| been divorced from former husband. and
while talking to her, he remarked that lie loved
her SO much that could kill himself Tor her. At
the same tine he borrowed knife from her,
| with which he stabbed himself MORALLY in her
prcscncG-
Alexandria Gardner, one OF the co'orcd muir
dcrcrs of Mrs Stewart and her o7erSccr John
Baker, in New Kent county, will be executed
next Friday. The principal criminal IN TIM"
tragedy, which added arson to double murder,
il now at large, he having escaped q second
time.
Philip I. Howard, Edgar Allan and james
Mcdonald, candidates for the Office Of Secretary
Of the Commonwealth, have all issued circulars
addressed to the General Assembly. Mr.. Al.
Ian says GCy. Walker has gone back on han.
Ruthergcn, assignee in bankruptcy, s~ears
that he will not abatc his wrath against ii. G.
Bond register in bankruptcy, but will pursue
that individual to the bitter end.
\ letter from Richmond says: Office seek
crs for every kind Of office are gathering here,
and also 1ueddlcrs and busy bodies To tJrln rings,
and work out schemes.
The Court OF Appeals meets again /" day.
TIE FRANKGNG PRIVILEGE Two bills were
introduced in the House yesterday to exempt
newspapers from the repeal. Me- lIafln fol-
lowed this up 10y the Introduction Of resolu.
ton to stop the further publication OF petitions
upon this subject in tue Globe. SORES ul pc
tilions were presented in the house, and
ninety nine out Of every one hundred had ref.
crencs to this llw All, too, were sent in on
the blanks printed aud distributed by the Post
master General.
All these petitions emanate from and are
circulated at tue instance Of postmasters. When
the bill comes to be considered in the Senate
it will meet with much opp osition, and the
Postmaster General will come in for share OF
ccnsurr An amendment will be added to re
duce the number Of clerks and other officials in
the DEPARTMENT. as the best way oil economic
ing. Besides, 10 large force OF clerks will not
be needed when the tons Of free matter that
now pass through the mails shall have been
cut off,
The LEGAL TENDER CAsE.-ll there were
any doubts as to the effect Of the decision OF the
Supreme Court in the Willard case. on the
Al nIlrnal
against the State, the decision 10 the legal ten
der case will set them ut rest. The law OF the
land is now clear and explicit. All money obi
cations contracted prior to February %, 1867
are payable in coin. Railroad corporations, IN
stead of paying large dividends to stockholders,
must pay gold interest to bondholders. OId
State bonds are coin bonds. Old mortgages
are coin mortgages. Old ground rents are
PAYABLE n coin. What will be the effect OF
such law We cannot attempt to predict.
Whether the public will or will not enforce it
remains to be seen. and whether or not it will
be policy for the different States to pass Stay
laws for old debts covered ty this decision Is
matter for their consideration. Bat. Gd=.
ALASKA. Since Alaska became annexed to
the United States, and Il !awess soldery enter
ed upon that Territory, we have nothing to
chronicle but scenes Of horror and bloodshej,
brought about sometimes by the csntious
soldiers and their dissolute commanders, and
at other times by the reckless traders who have
overrun the new Territory. The principal In
strument in the trade thus carried on has been
whiskey-no, not whiskey; it would almost
confer dignity upon the viillainous compound
that they barter to cali it by that name.-.San
Francisco Herald.
Rev. Henry Scer, d. D., OF Baltimore, is
now in New York, taking part in the inVestl-
cations OF the alleged frauds in the Methodist
Book Concern.