Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-03-28

expected, viii! adjourn sine die tomorrow
night Several Of the members left the city
10y The evening train Tor their homes. and it
| il not absolutely certain shat there will be
quorum when they next meet.
The leading feature Of the Senate's pro-
ccadings in Executive scSslun was the con-
ijrmaton OF Mr.. Holloway OF Indiana. III
the CommiSsnner&hip Of the Patent Office.
The confirmation was strongly resisted as
yun have before been advised, but he passed
the fearful ordeal by Il vote OF twcnty-Inur
to nine.
All minor nominations arc lost sight of,
but the name Of Holloway rings in our cars
wherever we 60 Ilalloway's confirmed,
cries one: !iallowny's through Says another:
| iIoIlnwav'S ont Of the woods says 4 fourth.
and iIaloway'S triumphant, bellows oat the
next man We meet.
! Anxious TO obtain something interesting
Tor the Gazette. hurried on, and the first
| man ! encountered exclaimed ut the top Of
| his lallcway has proatrated his foes
---CaIen Smith, Indiana, Abraham Lincoln,
and llalloway are &0mr bnt john !. Hale,
the granite State and Gearso &, Fog% are
! no where.
| The President, said one, would not with
| draw Holloway, but cvi;rrrd the StubI'oraesS
audewns IS unYici,!ins ~ jackson. Senator
| Hale, TOO, was tee big to engage in Il great
| fight over Il nomination. liz moves too slow
| ". Fog WAS ont grnrr:.rd-H nnaparIa
| obtained ali his victories by the CELEBRITY of
| his movements. hnI enough Of tins Tor
one day, and sought re!'lg" in one Of the
rooms in the Capitol Ia escape hearing
again the name OF Holloway.
There are u dozen rumOr& about the srlec-
| ton hv the President Of persons 70 supnlant
the Marshal, Postmaster. District Attorney,
| Navy Agent. Naval Store Keeper; and other
offices OF the District Of GviGmba. Indeed
| lna Estates and tnou' OF th!a afternoon
austire!y announces the nomination Of Ward
| &. i.alnmon Tor Marshal, and Richard Wal
| Iaci! for Postmaster. To say t"r least this
announcement is premature. Three Senators
informed me (aftcr the adjournment to-day
| that the nominations mentioned above haH
not been sent To rhe Senate. That Mr.. Lam
| mon will be the Marshal. there is no doubt
| but wiio will be the Postmaster Is not 81 GER
! tain The same Senators informed me that
there were at least fifty contrnl@tion& to-day.
but none of much mportance-exccpt 10 the
recipients.
/ have been favored with the peru:al Of Il
letter from Texas, OF 81 late date. addressed
| 10 an old friend Of the editor Of tie Gazette
from which take the srhioned extract:
1.-The State having seeded from thc Union,
we are now known us the republic OF Texas,
and the lone star hnatH proudly over the cap
itol al Austin. The iia@ is represented by II
single star on Il blue @rnnndtha hn"
ground being one third u! the ieu:sth III the
ila@, wish IL broad red a:d white stripe. j."
see is to admire It."
Wiring abont Texas, am lorchly re-
minded 81 nusai,,!:s IN the c::ra;.r of this
distinguished public man. Ii !hc year ISL.
Sam. Houston enlisted rs private in the
ARMY Of the United States, since which time
he has filled the military Offices q sergeant
lieutenant, captain. major general aud the
civil offices oi representative in Congress-
Senator vi tho United States, G"ycgnn" ut
Tennessee President Of the lonc star repair
lie. and since Governor Of the State ri Texas
The latest intelligence from that State is that
old sam. tie - hero ii San .Jncntu, las at
last met with Il reverse. / committed" rap
rcsen1nc the di<union hosts, waited upon
the man Of destiny, and required him to alb
drate--to gracefully retire from the gnhcr-
Material chair, and Samuel reluctantly with
drew from hr cares Of State. Though All
vanrc,l in years. this man Of coura2" and
viii may vet make his mark in some way
somewhere.
The paragraph in my Letter, pu''lis q! IN
Yesterdays Gazette, in relation to General
| HhomaS Si,anklan,i ana the GDvcrnoY>!Iin IT
;,tah, represented that he was iii fall pursuit
Of the Utah Goycrmor&h:p. Ii >h@uid i;ay1
represented tia, his lricij< were IL. !"l par
suit 10 procure the noin;na;lon "a thai re-
>Iwnsblc position Ior tilA, as being .Irs: the
man ior the ,i!irt. hn having been formerly
engaged by the lion. Mr.. b,rnhI<el, the Ia'c
delegate from, that territory. - !hc counsel
Tor Cox. Brigham Young. HOMO.