Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-31
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 81, 1866.

ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 81, 1866
The johnson Departmental Club in Wash
ington-an association of Government clerks,
we presume-lately passed series Of rcsolu-
&ions sustaining the President and four of the
Cabinet; together with the following qungent
expression of opinion with regard to two others:
Resolved, That the replies of Secretary
Harlan and Attorney General Seed were char
acterlslc and leave no room to doubt las long
generally belleved) but that they are opposed
to the Presidents reimbursement policy; that
they are but clogs in the machinery of the Gov
arnment-obstacles in the way of the early res
toratlon Of the Union-prejudicing equally the
success OF the Presidents administration and
he welfare OF the country; that, as Cabinet
officers hostile to the avowed policy Of the Pres
ldeDt, they nanifesty retain their positions in
Dad faith for sinister and ulterior purposes, and
C embarrass: as far as they can, his attempts
20 heal the wounds Of the country. Being at
least, opposed to bis policy, they are incapable
Of rendering him that assistance and earnest
cooperation essential to it's complete success,
and should give place to others more worthy
people and 10 the Government, and the neces-
sites and welfare Of the country alike demand
:heir immediate resignation or removal"
I've say nothing now as to the propriety of
these Departmental Clubs, and only quote
the resolution as novelty in politics. consider
Ing the source, and, as we have remarked,
very pungent exhibition OF opinion, We won
der whether any Of the members Of the Club are
clerks in the offices Of Secretary Harlan and
Attorney General Spee6?"
A despatch from Rhode Island gives an &C.
count Of the inauguration of the Governor of
that State, and the demonstrations on that oc.
casion at Newport:
Proclamation was made from the balcony of
the State House. amid the thunder Of artillery,
that Ambrose E. Burnside had been elected
Governor and Captain General of the State OF
.3hode Island for the year ensuing The an
louncement was received with loud cheers by
:he assembled thousands.
We like this 1t has sonnet hing of the ring
c, The old metal It tells Of State pride and
Of State rights It is looking to Rhode Island
and net to the Federal Government. There IS
or is not in the Federal metropolis. Would
shat something practical, as we'll as denonS1o-
the, could influence the minds of the citizens
Of all the States, in regard to their State Gov
erlments
{ dispatch from St. Louis says:-''In the
Cld School Assembly the appeal of R. J.
Breckenridge was laid aside, aad the report on
the Louisville PrcSbyterv was taken up and
debated By DR.. ". l.. Breckenridge and DR..
humphrey in opposition, and DR.. ". II. K.
-lark in favor: but no action was reached It
IS stated that DR.. Breckenridge will urge his
appeal 40 further, in consequence of the As
sembly deciding that the Synod of Kentucky
are the on y respondents thereto, thus prevent
ing him from inflic'ing punishment upon dis
loyal men. The New School Assembly adjourn
ed sine die last night.
tIr Hamilton, Richmond correspondent of
the New York World, has the following refer
eace in his last letter to leading feature in
Virginia character: ''Peope and things here
seem to run in the old conservative channels, !
and public feeling clings with tenacity to the
Old landmarks of the past. The old papers, |
on their revival found themselves in possession
of the same old subscribers who bad always |
stood by them"
The National Inteligencer, speaking of tie |
attempt TO have the territory Of Colorado, |
made state Of the Union, at ibis time, with |
great deal said by TIC Radicals about cae man |
in Alabama having three times as n2@sb pow
er as another man in New England But these
same gentleman see nothing Objectionable in |
one man in Colorado having more than hun |
dred and fifty times as muca power as another |
IN New York ;"
Some Washington letter writer in the New |
FORK Tribune is seeking to stir up further trou-
bic about the disposition Of the rail roads and |
rail road property, IN the Southern States, |
which have been restored to their owners &c. |
Is there not mischief abroad enough already?
However, as all that has been Gone, has been
doae by the government itself the government
will no doubt sustain and Justify it's own action
The recent orders given hy the different
heads OF the Departments that discussing off
GERS shall remove all public moneys deposited to
their credit in National Banks, 10 the y. s. |
Treasury or Sub Treasures, have created quite
a rush On the Treasury
Mr Stevens has not yet followed up his |
threatened assault upon the Cabinet" Ru-
NOR says: there is getting to be feeling in |
Congress as well as oat of it, even among Re
publicans, y that there is about enough of Ste
vens