Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-29
ALEXANDRIA.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH %.

QlIu Will u tUaOe against all parties aUu CLASSES
not of his (Mr BIS way of thinking that he
was listened to coldly and in silence-and that
when Mr.. B. left Gen. S. remarked that if
Gen. Sherman had been there ''that man
would have been sent to prison. This is the
statement-what truth there is in it, we do
not know. The Richmond Enquirer says
there are various reports of the interview on
the Streets" The Enquirer also says:
1T is understood that Mr. Bolts declares
himself .'left out in the cold' by the s. s. S.
8. business The colored people will not touch
him, he says, because he opposed allowing
them votes. The whites will not vote for him,
because they know him so we'll. .
In reference to the proceedings of the Mary
land Radical Convention, presented to the
Senate, yesterday, Mr.. Reverdy johnson an
nounced that he concurred in one of the reso.
buttons passed by that meeting that the
Convention provided for by the recent Legisla-
ture of Maryland should not be convened In
the present condition of the country, and the
excitement which it is producing, and the
state of feeling IN Maryland, he said heshould
deem such convention not only unfortunate,
bat fraught with more or less Of danger to the
peace and prosperity of his State, and that he
should endeayor to impress this view upon his
constituents, ADD hoped to succeed in it" It
is reported that the Conservative members
of Congress from Maryland, agree in opinion
with Mr. johnson on this subject
In reply to reports that Virgins, Sta. e
Bonds are sinking in credit, in conseauenv, of
the Legislatu having made ne provision to
pay the July interest, &C., writer in the
Richmond Dispatch says: There is tax
bill in force whioh will supply ampr: means 10
pay the J!uly interest, and probaf, ly the Janu-
1lary interest also. Persons a',road need have
no fears that interest WI nct. be promptly paid;
and holders Of Firginis State Bonds arc ad-
monlshed not to sacrifice them for reports put
n circulation cy speculat.ors"
The London TlDs4s publishes an editorial
analysis of the speech of the Duke de Persigny
on constitutional government ia France Eng
land, and the United States In reply to the
Dukes charge that England wished for the
permanent disruption Of the American Union,
by means of the Southern rebellion" the
writer says ENGLAND shrank from aiding France
to break up the United States by supporting
the Southerners and by establishing Mexican
empire.
The National Inteigencer says IA bold
demonstration was made in both branches
yesterday, in favor of the power Of Congress to
control the question of suffrage in s the
States In the Senate, the Senators who have
stood forward as prominent champions Of uni
versal suffrage insisted not only on the power.
but the duty of Congress, to do away with all
State disabilities. The Radicals are rapidly
taking that ground.
A Richmond letter to the New York Times
says: II am Informed that it is the intention
of General Schofeld to take immediate steps
in the way Of the registration Of voters, as pro-
vided BY the Supplementary Reconstruction
bill. It is thought the Convention will assem-
bic in June, and if so, all the action necessary
10 the admission of representatives to Congress
will be had in time for the next winter session"
The Senate has rejected the nomination Of
Gen. Slocum, as Naval officer at New York.
The nomination of Gen. F. P. Blair, as Minis
ter to Austria has, also, been rejected The
President has rel nominated General Lowell H.
Rousseau, to be brigadier general in the regu-
lar army, vice Gen. Rosecrans, resigned.
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The Warrenton Sentinel says We are
told by nearly every farmer of whom we make
inquiry, that the prospect for good wheat
crop the coming season was never better in
Fauquier county" This will be good news
to ALL
1t is stated that some months ago, public
lecturer predicted chat the heaviest snow storm
of the winter would occur in March Well;
he made guess, and Guessed right
Small sums of conscience" money continue
to be occasionally receiveda at the U. s. Treasury
But still, nary book, nor picture, nor piano; no
jewelry, no household furniture
q. g. ten-forties, paying FIVE per cent. in
terest in gold, are quoted at 973, currency, in
Wall street, while Massachusetts five per cents
are at SO.
Ristori has been made to pay $500 damages
for not fulfilling an engagement she bad made
to play one night at Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Richard Timberlake, prominent citi-
zen of Warren county, Va. died at his resi-
dence In that county, last week.
Admiral John R. Tucker, of the Peruvian
navy, late OF Virginia, has resigned his com-
mission, in the Peruvian service.
The Chicago Board Of Trade have rescinded
the resolution to donate S., 900 for the relief of
the South.