Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-26
N VA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1870

ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26. 1870
In the Maryland House of Delegates, yes
terdsy, MI. Merrick, Chairman Of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, to which was re.
terred the special message of the Governor ct
March Is, 1870, relating to the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, made o report thereon, accom-
panied by a bill to authorize tho transfer of
the stock by the State in the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company to the trustees OF the
bondholders of said company.
The Richmond State Journal is frank and
outspoken in its admission as to the present
condition" not to say 'situation'-l says !:
The States are nothiDg-no more than coun-
ties-and the general government everything.
You may not like it, but the war has made Ii 50:
State legislatures and governors are OF small
account, and will grow small by degrees and
beautifully less" in the present and future
political calculations Of this country"
To this complexion have WI come, at last
An exchange says 1t is remarkable how
many men 90 toCongress poor and soon become
rich. A salary Of $4,000 8 year affords the
means Of living extravagantly through the
sessions, travelling in Europe during recess,
and, after a few terms, putting by hundreds
of thousands
How happy the soldier who lives on his pay,
And spends half q crown ou' OF slxpepce q
day."
In the House of Representatives, yesterday
a discussion took place in relation 10 MIR. kel'
levi charges of sales OF cadetships by former
members from Pennsylvania, during which Mr..
Kelley explained that he only referred in his
statement on Thursday, to his immediate pre-
decessor, from the Fourth District, Mir. Mill
ward, who sold a cadetship for one thousand
dollars, and openly boosted of his action about
the streets Of Philadelphia.
It is observed that while the white people
Of this state, display a very commendabie spirit
of obedience to the laws. AMI acquleSence IN
results, and a great desire Tor Reconstruction,
the colored people in many places, especially III
Elizabath City county, exhibite' 'contumaclous'
state of mind, a refusal to ''acuuieSce' or
submit" and remain in 4 decidedly "unre
constructed condition
Movements are making in various directions
by land companies in New York to ~coIonize
the Southern States with emigIants from the
North and from Europe. Maryland aud Fir-
ginia find considerable favor, aud we'll directed
efforts have been made to ~colonizs North Caro-
lima, whittier persons have gone to prepare for
. number of emigrants expected this spring.
The Central and Maryland coal companies
have consolidated, and will hereafter do bust
ness in the name of the Maryland Coal
Company. The Cumberland Coal snd Iron
Company has been merged with the Consolida-
ton. Coal boats may be expected down the
G.. & o. Canal next week.
Senator brakes proposition on the Georgia
bill to quarter troops upon the citizens of those
places, reported tobe in a "distarbed" condition,
and to make the people pay for their support,
was actually listened to patiently and discussed
10 the u. S. Senate No! comment is needed.
The steam tug engaged in capturing some
schooners employed as oyster boats, who we're
taking in cargoes in the Patuxcnt river, con.
trary to law, took fire a few days ago, and
burned TO the waters edge.
In old times, the country gentlemen" in
Congress used to be urging business through,
in order to get home to corn planting"
More frauds and robberies" are reported
in New York, by the newspapers of that city.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Gen. Sickles, as Minister to Spain.
Every effort is being made by the Admins.
tration to procure the ratification by the Senate,
of the St. Domingo treaty.
Wild pigeons are now very numerous ia the
n%eighborhood OF Cumberland, Md.
Foreign News. !
General Sheridan's late campaign against
the Indians.i is severely criticised by the London
Times.
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