Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-17
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH II.

itefVleWi With Mr.. ben. w ace, OF OnlO, anC
of q. talk he had with him; in which the Sena
tor was very patriotic, devoid of sel6shness
plain spoken, not half as ultra as he is repre-
.sented, generally, to be, &c., &c. 1t is nov
very evident that these talks and interview
with newspaper correspondents are for the
most part arranged and planned, and 'cookel
up tor particular purposes, and made to sui
particular occasions If convenient they car
be afterwards denied, contradicted, or explained
away. If successful in accomplishing Their
object, we'll and good--they then are allowed
ssto stick" las Sumner said to Stanton.
:. The Radical leaders, sometimes, for effect,
refer to the opinions of the late President
Lincoln, and pretend that they are sresiduary
legatees" of his political estate. Montgomery
Blair, in late letter, calls to the public mind
that Mr. Lincoln refused to sanction the Wade
and Davis reconstruction bill, which declared
the State governments of Louisiana and Ar
kansas null and void, and assumed the power
for Congress to set up governments in the
Southern States; and that, in his last public
utterance, on the 18th of April, he condemned
the action Of Congress in refusing seats to the
members from Louisiana and Arkansas.
Mr.. Cromwell yesterday introduced 10 the
q: of r., q joint resolution, which was refer
red to the Committee on Expenditures, pro-
viding that every Senator and member of the
House shall be charged ten per Ct Of the cost Of
reporting and publishing in the Globe all re-
marks and speeches made during the sessions
of the Senate or House, and in the Committee
ofthe Whole .S.@s
In the House of Representatives, yesterday,
Mr.. Bingham introduced bill to relieve from
their disabilities" Mr.. VIM. w. Holden, a
furious secessionist of 1861 Governor Brown,
of Georgia, who captured Fort Pulaski at the
beginning of the war; General James Long
street, Hon. Jas. L. Orr, and his brother, an
ex member of the Confederate Congress, and
others. .e,..
The public appetite now accustomed to high
seasoned proceedings Of Congress, is not salts.
tied with the ordinary ''doings" at the Capt.
tol, and requires new sensation" every day.
Cayenne pepper and mustard are necessary to
give any subject a RELISH March 23d, I'M
parchment day, is eagerly looked to. Until
then Congress will be s'plain boiled" quite in
spid
1t is said that no one enjoys the last 'glyce
rine" story, circulated in Washington, more
than COL Mosby himself-and that he joins in
the laugh at the folly as heartily as any joker
in Fauquier. But he cannot imagine why
they should want to run such rig, and bring
has name into the ''ring"? He will have to
protest against the liberty taken
The last letter (OccasionaD of Mr.. Forney,
opens in this wise: "A quiet Sunday finds US
full of gratitude to God for the courage and
harmony Of Congress, and for the prospect Of
speedy deliverance from the heaviest burden
ever laid upon people," There is ''twang'
about this, which brings to mind some of the
wittiest salies of Hudibras.
The Boston Post says: 'Senator Wilson
commenced his speech in Connecticut by say
ing, I come not here, felow-citizens, to tell
STORIES Glad to hear his veracity is improv-
ing by change of practice. - The Post, we
presume, thinks that Massachusetts, paper
can take this liberty with Massachusetts
Senator
The Impeachment Committee, yesterday,
for the second time, subjected to three hours
examination Colonel VIM. G. Moore, private
secretary of the President. 1t appears to be
the design of the impeachers to pump"
thoroughly all those whom they suspect may be
called as witnesses for the defence in the i'm
parchment trial:
The House, yesterday, by strict party vote,
ordered that pending the impeachment trial
the rules might be suspended at any time upon
motion Of the managers. This pu's it beyond
the power of the minority to make any show
of resistance to any project that may be pro-
posed "
The counsel ofthe President are busily en-.
gagged in the preparation of his answer to the
articles OF impeachment, and it is said that
they will present first q general demurrer, 10
which it will be denied that the charges as pre-
sented furnish justi6able grounds for On i'm
parchment.
A meeting of portion ofthc clergy and aity
ofthe P. E. Church was held in New York,
ON Saturday, to express sympathy with Rev.
Mr.. Tying, after the admonition was odminis-
tered by Bishop Potter, and to protest against
the whole proceedings in his case.
An exasperated parent publishes notice In
o Washington paper to the effect that he will
pay no debts contracted by his daughter, and
in conclusion assigns as reason, "I sent her
to the pump with the bucket, and she has not