Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-12
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CONGRESSIONAL CONTENTION will be
seen By the proceedings of the L.olpadopn CounT
" CONSERVATIVE Convention, held lin ieesburg,
yesterday, aud published In to-day Gazette.
tEias caH. il made for the assembling .ofl q
Convention in this city, on thu 5th proximo,
for the purpose Of nominating candidate for
the;U. 8. Houselof Representatives from this
district, and the counties comprising the dis
trict are requested to appoint delegates to the
same. as ~ -1s.t'- :. .c.;r.,If
A correspondent sends the Washington
Star long Communication recommending.
somebody for an Office, which the Star declines
publishing except at advertising rates =
Whereupon, the correspondent becomes in
digaant, and asks if public spirit does
not prompt the publication Of such matter
without cbarge.''''aTo which the Starr very
quietly, but very effectively; replies: Well
not much. # our printers, and r,makers,
and ink.makersw will agree ito .iakestheir pay in
the article Of public spirit, we Il think about
it. Printing a newspaper calls for cash and
a.good dealof it land to&be successful, must,
like any other business, BE- conducted on bust
ness principles" We dare say the ''corres-
pondent"'r never Thought of this:ag He had im
bibed the popular idea, that a newspaper was a
free omnibus for everybody to use, and nobody
to pay-except the proprietor a9:za4 s@21
"GoY. Hamilton, of Texas is again in
Washington, and is again ;sensationalizing.
He afirms, SO the newspapers report, that ''two
hundred and fifty Union mcn have been muir
dered in Texas since Gen. Hancock was APP
pointed to command there; that the Conyen-
ton there is the ablest body ever assembled in
the State; that there are fifty Radical members
Off fit to sit in Congress; and, finally, that un-
less President johnson is removed no Union
man can stay in Texas and live This Hi
suffice for one day from "Gov. Hamil!to of
Texas" We have, however, no 9.oubt as to
the correctness Of one of his assertions-and
that is, that there are "ffty Radical members
Of the Convention fit to st in Congress
Sergeant Frank Forester, Co. IT,, 10Th In
tantry, has been tried by Court Martial for
writing receptS letter to Col. Mosby, (already
published Inviting him to make demonstra-
tions," found guilty, and sentenced to be
reduced to the ranks, and to forfeit to the o.,
s. ten dollars per month of his monthly pay. -
Gen. Emery has approved the sentence, and
says :: $ The sentence awarded is evidently
founded upon the belief that the accused had
no malicious intent 10 writing the letter con
tanned in the charge against him, of which he
has been found guilty, and that he merely In
tended a practical joke. "a-qsQ ,s4a 20 aot.5.
The release of some Fenian prisoners BY the |
British Government is announced by the. Brit
ish Minister in a friendly note, addressed to
''My Dear Mr. Seward, y and the latter ac
knowleges the reception Of the note, and
the "pleasing Information given OF the release
of the so called Fenian prisoners, Magic, New,
gent, Leonard, Lee and Etzg ibbonl '-whiehlre
ply is addressed to ''My Dear Mr. Thorn on: .
This mode of address is not at all formal or
diplomatic it answers ijust9as well, # not
better, than the old style. :sIi4 ytia & .ad
The Sergeant, at Arms of the Senate will
place assistants through the galleries and lob
bies of. the Senate, to arrest any person who
may violate the rules Of order upon the pro-
mitigation of the decision in the Impeachment
case. An order was proposed in the Senate,
yesterday, but not then acted on, to rescind
the order for taking the vote on the impeach
ment at IL O clock, to- day.. ,9.g la2ioo@ie 80"
We have never known more thorough and
decided expression of condemnation Eof any
speech ever deliveredi in Virginia, than is pro-
nounced by the Conservative people, Of the;
State, in reference to the late address of Gov
Wells tothe Radical Convention in Richmond
Its whole Tone. and manner, as we'll as its sem
timents, are consideredaas particularly objcc:
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People naturally desire to know or to have
an idea of, the personal appearance of distin-
guished characters. The portraits and ,earica
lures Of the late Lord Broug ham, especially,
the latter, ESQ common9 have made His face
familiar He was d tall, thin man, with pale,a
inexpensive face. But the most remarkable
OF his features was his nose, which has been
described as "a: marvel, protuberant, aggres-,
sive, iBquiring, and defiant; unloyely, but In I
tellectual' This was most numerically carica-
tured by Punch, and on one occasion he was
SO exasperated at the cartoon; that he intro
duced the subject into the House of Lords as u
breach of privilege. ~
There cannot we'll be hesitating man in the
present crisis in Virginia The issue is too
plain to admit Of doubt too deep to ALLOW OF
indifference or lnkewsrmness. A man, in the
present situation Of affairs.-maY not be bolster