Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-17
Letter from Hamilton.

CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazatc.
HAMILTON. July i6-Our strictly temperate
community vas somewhat excited last evening
over the arrival by the G:jj Train from Alcxau
dr, oil al officer Of the Internal Revenue De-
parln,.tt. and | am informed llat they have
reason to fear him. there Is no doubt,
there are >olIe parties engaged III the Illicit
slie Of ardent spirits 1t Is said the officers are
working up the ease, and should it be brought
To trial ii NAV be the means OF making Known
who arc the buyers aud drinkers.
The Very warm weather We are having l. be
ginning to serious Y affect the health OF our
| cpnlplnlty. There are Il great many cases of
'.cil"Icra morbn>, and among the old people
ami young children il is very fatal, a> many Il,
three chlrcn having been buried in one day
in the town Of Waterford. Tie disease has al
most assumed the form Of an epidemic
We are having fine growing weather and the
corn crop look> promising. The work on thcEx
tension Is progressing. how that harvest is over,
and a. the contractor has Increased the wages
per day, he will he likely to have hands
enough to push ahead more rapidly than here
tntOrc. MARTIN.
TIE SOUTHERN STATES The New York
Herald ha. a twu column editorial Oh The
Oppression Of the South by the Politicians, in
which it reviews the cruel IeciSaionot Congress
with its test vathS. d>lrauch>mcnl>, ku kIuX
laws and force bills. rtS"rtcl To for the purpose
81 establishing negro supremacy and OF carrying
the Presidential election for the Radlcal> Ii
calls upon President Grant 10 proclaim his
determination mot TO avail hmsclf OF hc M
MIX law IN the approaching clrctonS, and II
withdraw from the Southern States every Fed
rrai soldier not required Tor the actual lcgit-
mate purposes of the government. The
Herald declares that the Southern leop!c have
done ali III their power TO prove their wiling
ness 70 accept the lessons # the war and to obey
the laws OF their country, and promises in
future to watch for and expose all unjust legs =
latlvr or executive measures that shall be Gun
rloycd against THE white cector, of theSouth. :
II thus closes its article I'VE shall hold any
Administration in the future responsible for i
constitutional treatment Of that section of the
country, and shall regard an assault upon their
liberties and privileges as a crime against the
Republic
FINE LAND AND HEAVY WHEAT We saw
yesterday cargo of $40 bushels Of the finest
white wheat that has been brought tn this market
for many day 1t was produced on the
Pressure I>le farm, nov owned BY MIR James +.
Iipscopnbc of this city, and weighed sixty Two
pounds to the bushcl This was the yield of
fifty acres, upon which nothing but small
quantity of peat had been used as a fertilizer.
Though having passed only twice through the
machine, it is entirely free of cookie, Nc. The
lot will be purchased by a party in this city,
and shipped to New York as seed. By the
wav speaking of l'reSlue Isle. so named,
because it isalmnst an island. We would call the
attention of the General Government. and that
of the Comluittec on the James River improve
ment, to the fact that canal of less than a
quarter of Il mile cut through at this polut will
save eight and Il quarter miles in the distance
between this city aud Hampton Roads,
RnhmmH ArwS
COMMUNICATED.