Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-18
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
TU ESDAI, JANUARY IS, 1870

Congress- it is said, announced recently, with
ont mincing words, that one Ra,licl! plan SIS
to transfer The power from the representatives
OF the people in the State Legislatures to the
representatives Of the people i'll Congress-
The Fredericksburg Herald in quoting this,
says that there was :: period in our history
when such language would have been regarded
as treason TO the Constitution aud To the
States" Yes, alas there WAS l time. Now,
it is read and heard, without much emotion.
But We do not despair. II liberty sto be pre-
served, at all, in this country, this and all such
doctrines and schemes, will yet BE- rejected and
denounced.
The Washington Star, in discussing the bill
recently introduced in Congress, providing Tor
a Territorial Government Tor the District Oh
Columbia, says: Every member We have
conversed with on the Subiec: comedies the
utter inability Of Congress to give proper at
tention to District Matters aud their di>ph*I
ton to remit their consideration &c any com
petent authority in the District.
The Washington News has some rurscnt
remarks. and rather "cathartc observations
on the late Congressional Temperance Society
meeting, and the speeches Of those prominent
On that occasion. Ii, also, takes occasion,
very properly, to advise the gentlemen engaged,
that there ought to be Temperance in dfhate AMI
action in the halls Of legislation, n we'll n IN
drinking wliskcy or wine, IL the case may lie.
1t is said that large immigration OF indl-
gent Jews may shortly hc looked Tor. l. Is
known that several hundred families are TO be
sent to New FORK from Western Russia, where
federation is no longer to be enjoyed. 1t u also
stated that the sub committee on the fu*S"
Prussian frontiers will soon organize 1 general
fund for the expectation Of Jews IL tnlS
country.
The recommendation OF the Secretary d
War TO purchase some ol the lands around
Fortress Monroe for the use OF the u. >. hr-
tillcry school, ut the prices named, startIcS the
public. 1t is said the figures Indicate that
these lands arc equal to diamond mines; 5000
for one acre is 4 toierab.y big ask and $1,000
for another acre is not far behind
NJ Schcc Do Fcrc one OF the Professors Of
the University Of Virginia, son in.law of
Judge Alexander Riycs, has issued book un
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has publishers in various parts of the country.
The book is in every sense a comprehensive
research Of the sea audit marvelS.
we are rJosced 10 near 'li''t 'HIc - S''l
and annexation OF Hah D"pl!hgd. we SnrrtS''
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We cannot tell what day may BRING forth
ro.rrt or 70 Jews ,,n,,aI;nss IN rio Senate RI.
lative to fine admission Of Virgipi,, Lui the
impression IN "a'i'!nzi"" y"s''f'ay'"a>' 'Ea'
Inc House Oil VIII pass IN l"c otha'c'
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vouiion in the state of San Luis pnlnsi i; IN
crcasinr," WcShoull like to know whcr ii has
been, or is, whcn some revolution ar olhrr in
Mexico is not increasing.
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