Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-13
ALEXANDRIA.
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY IS.

,Hay from the State of Virginia the city and
county of Alexandria. 1t is 10 full in the Con-
sressional Globe, and makes n1aaly columns, or
re should re-pubsh it in the Gazette. With
Out passion, and divesting ourselves of all pre-
suGice, IS far as we are able, we declare we have
never seen case where reason, argument, law,
Ind justice, were more completely on one side.
We are only astonished that there should have
Seen ( single Senator, who after that debate,
~7cu!d consent to record his vote in favor Of
2lch scheme. Indeed the arguments of
IGessrs. johnson, Salisbury, and others who
opposed the measure, hvere unanswerablc. We
:eaily believe that most of those who had COM
oitted themselves in favor Of the attempted
sooliation, are themselves glad, now, that it
7aS not carried
Thcspccial correspondent of the N. Y. Times,
sa:Es, upon which he calls good authority"
tns1 General Grant will, in no event, be a
candidate for the Presidency, at the Presidential
election, and any use Of his name in that connec-
ION is wholly unauthorized and deprecated by
he General. With reference to the proposed
constitutional amendment, Gen. Grant has on
several occasions, in private conversation, said
hat he could sec no serious objection to the
amendment in itself, and he in fact approves
Of its main features, but nevertheless it is the
opinion Of the General that the Southern loyal
representatives should have been first admitted
t. their seats and an opportunity should have
o2cn given them to vote upon the joint resolu-
lion 10 amend the Constitution, before the same
:,ls submitted to the several State Legisla-
sures. In briet his views on the latter propo-
G:;iioo are Identical with those of the Presi-
ncnS. =
General Grant has issued an order directing
,he district and post commanders in the South
e.. States to arrest all persons who have heen,
& nay hereafter be charged with commission
o.: crimes and offences against officers, agents,
5.i;geng and Inhabitants of the United States,
Irrespective Of color, in cases where the author
les nave neglected Or are unable to arrest and
.;r2::s la parties to trial. The offenders are to
oe kept in military confinement until such time
IS { proper tribunal may be ready and willing
g ~ chem.
ne = ashington Chronicle says: THE city
:!oo flied yesterday with rumors of the resig-
aston 0! Secretaries Harlan and Stanton and
attorney General Speed, but on inquiry we are
yraoIeG to state that up to late hour last night
-l0:c CT these rumors were confirmed. There
Z { great contest between the Hon. A. w.
,2andal. and Montgomery Blair for the position
. Postmaster General, vacated by Hon. w.
Je;laiaor'
Speaking Of the two Conventions-th Ma
lonal Union and the Kadical-to be held in
Philadelphia, the Washington Chronicle says
- you'd be spectacle worthy Of the pen of
naskspcarc and the pencil of Michael An
.;elo, # these two conventions could be held at
Is same time There is an error here The
,ercii ofa Hogarth is probably meant, for the
cc!i1eStlon of the latter named asscmblage.
'.ii'"o Pictures Brownlow> of Tenn,
.ac Gov. Orr Of S. Care presented in the
washington Chronicle. Is the Chronicle aware
:.ac5, Aamets address to the Queen is almost
,soessarily called to mind BY such a presenta.
ion
Look here upon this picture, and on this )"
&C now one is like "a mildewcd car, blasting
MS wholesome BROTHER
::tHil be seen that the TARIFF BILL, which
,ceently passed the House of Representatives,
AHs been, in the Senate, postponed until the
st Of December next The vote for the post
Donement consisted of Senators of both parties
he bill was so Objectionable and the cutlery
agalnstlt, from all portions of the country so
great, that it had to be dropped.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says IF the Southern States are
SOY to respond to the call for National Union
Convention, it may be for the reason that an
uncertainty exists in the opinion of the public
:ness as to the political qualifications which
:sag be required by the convention. or those
7lc cell it.
l>:r. Wendell Phillips, in his recent speech
ce*o=c the Anti-slayery Society, charges the
:Tsjority in Congress most emphatically with act
rs merely with view to bridge over the fall
2:5etions, and with falsely pretending that they
~:?Sh the amendment to the Constitution to
;*sS, when, in truth, they wish no such thing.
&. dispatch from Richmond, dated yesterday,
2lYs: The State executive committees of the
%>ell, breckenridge and Douglas parties of 1861
7lll meet in Richmond next Monday to consid-
= he call for the National Convention at Phil.
aGelphia." ''''A ''' n''
The baltimore and Ohio Railroad is making
3;3nuous efforts to defeat the bill before the
52nate, which gives the right of way for
2:2nch Of the proposed Baltimore and Potomac
..*<ailgoad to Washington.