Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-25

The Petersburg Index has an account Of a
recent interview between Mr.. Davis and Mr.
fobn D. Kelley, from which we extract the fol-
loving:
= am glad to see you Mr. Kelley; your hair
s ghitcr than it was that beautiful Autumn
morning that you prayed by my bedside IN
Richmond Your heart too has been scared.
We'll, thank God, amidst it all, and by 1t all,
ye are ripening Tor the skies. Mr.. Davis,
he's it never occurred to you, that not victo-
,ous, but defeated causes, when founded on
ruth and honor, are finally victorious IN the
flow CT the ages? Who was the greatest man,
iiYhorirs at Caprea, sunk in the nfamies OF SEN
rrrjjsto, or the Nazarine, crowned with Thorns
nrd uttcring those words Of power amid the
apcDies of the cross: Father forgive them, they
now not what they do?' True said Mr.. Da
ris, no rood cause ever dies. Whatever was
>r1e in our theory of State rights will live and
BE- yet adopted entirely by our Northern breth-
zen. The American people are en1nently
.aouehtfll and practical, assimilating to them
saves truth from every point; witness their
yondcrful i'm improvements in the practical arts
Vou7know how tue Normans conquered the
3syons at Hastings-how they oppressed and
wronged them; yet in the course of three cen
turies the ideas of the conquered subdued their
conauerors and led the United Kingdom to the
CONQUEST of that very Frarce whence the coD-
0uerors came Centuries in the past were no
more than decades in the present. | have no
fear as to the ultimate triumph OF our prlncl-
Dles. purified from whatever was wrong or sell
fish in them, as YOU and | have been purified
Dy sorrow.
DO YOU remember Mr.. Davis, that ceupet
Of LADY Guion' translated by Cowper?'
'"Ehe path of sorrow and that path alone,
Leads to the place where sorrows are unknown"
Yes, remember it we'll 1t is the compend
of Christianity The world has neveryet fully
appreciated that aspect--the ECCE HOMO OF
Christ | have read more in the old books
probably than you have, Mr.. Davis, let me re-
cite to you an instance in the lie of Julian =
lie had oppressed and thwarted Cyril, OF Je-
:usalem, in various ways; at last on going to
the Parthian war, he met the good Bishop in
flock. lie then said to him, "Cyril, where Is
your carpenter God now?' The Bishop an
swered, "Perhaps, making coffin for the Ro
man Emperor. Il have never heard that be-
fore, but it is full of Significance and y terrible
rebuke to unholy pride and set-con6dence
Alter prayer, We proceeded to breakfast,
wnich had three covers. one each for MIR. and
;lrs Davis and one for he. The breakfast
consisted of some nice rolls and toast-gOod
:el, butter and q few oysters. Mr. Davis eat
Tely sparngy.
omitted to mention in itspropcr place, that
Eirs Davis net him at the door, put her arms
round his neck and kissed him After he was
seated, she brought him their little child which
lie kissed, seated on his knee, and as thought
by the motion of his lips prayed secretly for.
After breakfast Bishop Green of Misslsslp:
81, was introduced. Tie greeting was cordial
"a NJ lp1o o1 Nj rrant
.ielicacy to some family Affections of the Bish-
op-to which the latter responded with quiv-
oring lip and a fearful eye. [ ought not to
close without saying that he evinces the most
thorough spirit of forgiveness towards his enc
mics Like every sensible man he separates
The wheat from the chatE, and does not condemn
The Northern people in ass-nelther Demo
Gratis, Republicans, or Radicals are tends or
angels. They and We are poor living mortals
following the best lights we have, and should
De charitable to one another's faults.
There is no truth in the rumor that the pay
neDt OF bounties provided for by the last act
OF oSCongress has been stopped; on the contrary,
the Secretary of War iu late letter states that
he had instructed the Paymaster General to
commence payments at once.
The funeral of the Catholic Bishop j. NJ.
Ioung took place at Erie Pa, on Friday.
Bishop Dominic, of Pittsburgh, preached the
funeral DISCOURSE Over fifteen hundred peo-
pie followed the body to the grave.
Dr.. Ferris, the o. s. mail agent, arrested at
Louisville on the steamer General Buell., has
arrived and been delivered up to the u. ).
court on the charge of murder.
Cardinal Cullen, in Ireland, has issued a
pastoral on the Papal situation. He intimatcs
that the Pope will leave Rome On the with
Qrawal of the French troops.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has not ac-
c2pted the resignation Of Mr.. Chandler, the
assistant Secretary Of the Treasury, who is an
out and out radical.
man has been arrested in Washington, on
suspicion Of being the murderer of Mrs. Miller
IN Philadelphia.