Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-10-03
T1e Alexauaria Gazttte
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5.
The WASHINGTON Chronicle in ajeadlng eel


etly but earnestly and consclenSlouaIy to tnelr
allegiance - that many Of the Leaders III 'ne
late war are lending their efforts 70 the res'o.
ration Of peace and fraterna} feelings oe7"eeh
the two sections; that it has reason TO Delle'e
that stthe South intends to act III good iaiSh 20
the government. : &c. This being the case
tba nol;cv Of corciliatioa ard kindness, It IS
obyious, is the best for all sections ano 10i ''l0
complete restoration Of the Union
Aocors;ng TO the New York Tribune, the
President informed Dean Richmond that ne
sbon]d IN 30 wise interfere with New ORR
-nolt;cs: that be considered himself pledged to
ND marty, and that only those who approved OF
his present policy could be regarded as MS
friends. He further stated that the policy OF
reconstruction which he is now pursuing is not
an experiment. but the settled course winch
he has determined to carry out without fe1eG
ence to the wishes Of any party
The Jeesburg " ashingtonlau says - y
have never known SO little interest manifested
in an election, by the people Of this county,
and we believe in the whole Congressional
Districts, as we have IN the election which
takes place on the 18th OF October, (next
Thursday week.
During the month of September, just closed,
Governor Dennison, Postmaster General, III
addition to all other official business, put into
operation fifty of the most important routes
and reopened four hundred and fifty post
Offices in the Southern States
A letter from New York says: We are
RAPIDLY drifting back to the war standard, got
that produce or provisions are scarce, but that
hucksters and spectators and midd]emen are
in ssring," and combined together to fleece
the public Many families have discontinued
the use Of batter altogether.
# will be seen in the News Of the Day, that
! at the recent election Ia Connecticut, the pro
posed negro suffrage amendment to the State
Constitution, was defeated By large majority.
Hon. Montgomery Blair publishes an eight
column letter in the Constitutional Union, coz
corning various members Of the Cabinet with
whom he was associated il Dlr. Lincolns Ad.
ministration. He makes the following state
ment concerning Gen. Ice:
s:I.et me observe here that it was the fall Of
Sumter that produced on the instant the or(i-
nance of secession and filed Virginia with
troops from the Gulf States to carry it before
the people Its effect upon ordinary men
NAV be conceived by The influence it exerted
over General Lee My father was authorized
By the President and Mr. Cameron, Secretary
Of War, to converse with General Lee and
ascertain whether he would accept the COM
mand Of our army in the field. The latter was
written for and be met my father at my house,
where they conyersed for an hour Or more. 1t
was few days before the ordinance was pas
sed. Gen. Lee concluded BY saying that Sc
cession was anarchy" and added, If he owned
the four million Of slaves in the South he
would cheelfully sacrifice them to The Union
but he did not know how ne could draw bis
sword on his native State He said he would
decided. A committee from the Virginia
Convention, while the General and my father
conyersed, were hunting tor him through the
city. They met him on his leaving the house.
They repaired with him to consult The con-
versation as [ have since learned was about
some mode of settlement. The fall Of Sumter
settled the question for him and the Conyen-
ton
Gen. Briscoe, formerly Col. Of the l99th
Pennsylvania regiment, but until within few
DAYS past in command Of the Lynchburg Mill
tary District, was arrested on Friday last by
the detectives Of General Baker whilst robbing
the safe of the Depot q uartermaster at Lynch