Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-27
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
FRIDAY, MAY II, 1870.

is still in jail at Burlington, and tho forces
which he led in the skirmish at Frelinghsburgh
on Wednesday, are badly scattered and demon
allied, having left much of their equipment IN
the field. Notwithstanding this bodies OF men
arc still moving towards the Canadian border
from tho West and East, and General Spear
is now said to DO in command. kilograms
from Chicago give information OF movements
into Canada through Minnesota, and state that
tribe of Indians is cooperating with them.
u. S. troops are being rapidly pushed on
towards the frontier. The Canadians arc con-
graduating themselves that the troubles are
virtually at an end. The Fepian invasions, OF
ganized in this country, are calculated to pro
duce much mischief, and cannot result in any
good to those who plan or lead them, Or tend
to the benefit of Ireland.
Ia the Senate, yesterday, on motion to
strike from the appropriation bill the apprc-
priation for the salary of the Assistant beg
lister of theTreasury, (Which was carried Mr.
Morrill, of Maine, said the office was useless;
and Mr.. Patterson remarked that there were
100 many o6css in this government, especially
in the Departmcnts-tha the business IN them
could be transacted by half tho present force;
and that when you 50 into them you lind the
clerks sitting back in their chairs reading pa
pers and smoking cigars.
Gems. Judson Fitzpatrick, Fitzhugh Lee,
and Jordan, and George L. Train are oil hold
ing high commands in the Fcnian armies,
according to the laundering dispatches. The
first has not yet returned from South America,
the second is attending to his business 10 Viz
pinia, the third is still in Washington, and the
fourth is in New York writing sermon fer
next Sunday.
In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, IN
New York, case was decided which settles
the question of large number OF contracts Tor
gold made during the panic of September last.
The difference between l 80 and l35 was claimed
on purchase, and the Judge decided that the
settlement must be made on the basis OF l3j.
The General Conference of the NJ. Il. Church
South, recently in session at Memphis, adj ourn-
cd yesterday sine die. In his farewell address:
age, 1T was probable he would not live to be
present at another General Conference.
The difficulty between Mr.. l.. Q. Washing
ton and COL HutchinS, in Washington, has
been adjusted by the intervention OF friends
1t arose from offensive remarks made in the
Senate gallery, in relation to the Southern peo.
pie by Col. Hutchins.
The newspapers talk about the bursting Of
the"Fenan bubble" Yes-but the mischief OF
it is, these bubbles keep constantly rising and
cost trouble and expense to the British End the
u. S. governments-and there Is trouble and
expense enough already.
The New York World, 10 leading article,
is showing how the democratic party, if it
makes no mistakes, may easily elect the
majority of the next Congress. But when will
the day come in which political party will
make no mistakes?
The Legislature Of Virginia has passed
joint resolution providing Tor the appointment
Of board of commissioners to ascertain ard
fix the boundary lines between this State and
the States Of North Carolina, Tennessee and
Maryland.
Two sons of Henry Clay yet survive hint.
II. Clay, cx-minister to Honduras, now rcsid,
ing on his place, Mansfield" near Lexington,
and John NJ. Clay, the raiser ofKentucky, and
one of the greatest turimcn living
In the House of Representatives, yesterday,
the Northern Pacific railroad bill was passed
by vote of lO7 to IS. The vote on the rmenl
ded.bi to enforce the 18th Amendment, is to be
taken to day.
Weston, the pedestrian, or ''Wa!kist. US
Artemus Ward would cali him, has, in New
York, accomplished the feat Of walking one
hundred miles in twenty one hours and forty |
minutes.
We have received from the National Publish |
ing Go. advance pages Of the second volume |
Of MIR. Alexander Stephens able work on the
late war. The book will soon b. issued, and is |
sold by subscription to agents.
The clerks in the Richmond Postotticc cou
plain Of the cxactions of the Post Master there |
Miss Van Lew, and several of them have |
resigned. The case has been reported to the |
Department in Washington
Brazil has not cmarcipated the slaves in that |
country. 1t was expected the Emperor would |
recommend it in his speech to the Chambers,
at their opening, but he did not
The ''relapsing fever still prevails in l'hia.
delphia.
Leonard Scott s. Co., Now York, have re-
published the May number of Blackwood's |
MAGAZINE. Contents Our Poor Relations
Trade Unions; EsrPs Dene, part seven; Cor
nelius ODowds papers; John, part seven;
New Books; the Education Difficulty. This
is very interesting number
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