Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-13

alTlhe chances which God Almighty has given
US, Compare this with the oaetion rof the
Senate Igesterday, Suppose N r. Vadea logic
hadlbaaeh applied in his own case2 aiq
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Speaking of MI ohm II, Gsa1 large, jr,, Of
Efedericksburgr the Conservative candidate
for Attorney General Of the State, the Rich
mend Dispatch says he is worthy ia, be associ-
ated with Colonel Withers He is man of
sunbiemished reputation, spotless. character,
and, like Col. Withers, OF s = q 80
1.-THE highest style Of man-a Christian gentle
man. ns5aaG .ilg& l3YL13salgaHM
q sHeiS a. fluent nervous, 5and eloquent speak
er,; and an honest, candid, ingenuous and pure
minded eltlzen. 8Ih t1&& 3Jp
Every effort IS now being made by outside
pressure to operate upon 1.-THE tSebate:T T7tele-
grams from partizans, are pouring in, radical
meetings are being held, extremists are int
pudently proposing thato theireFacsory Sena1
tors should resign i some 1are gimplored, some
are threatened, SOHO violently denounced
And all this to Senator'S, SWORN to try case,
and tolrender a verdict according TO the law
and the testimony II Never was there such .
spectacle ia any civilized country, sa aG;a!ao9 |
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In the House OF Represe tatlyes, Yesterday,
s. Ir. Munger, member Of the Committee 8of
Investigation into thettreatment of Federal soil
6iers int Southern prisons, stated THAT he was
able to prove that the Confederate authorities
had offered three times their value in cotton
and stobaeoo for medicines be used forrthe
prisoners 1t Andersonville, under the 'eontsolo of
Federal surgeons. Mr. NJ. stated that be made
this statement simply as a matter of justice.
not zuaT IT, IL nfr
~ We should suppose that there is but one
proper course to be pursued BY Senators of the
g9lSa, when theycare approached by ain1ivid-
uals requesting them TO Tesign,s they VIII not
/ vote fortheeouviction3 of the President. That
course must be obvious. There is, generally
door that can be opened- land Igeneraly, too,
leg and b foSe th al can be- used and a kick
! vigorously applied in3 the right direction. can
7 soon clear reom ofan intrlderaot4,I 12v.i1
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60 A. ommunioation was received Yesterday
in tbe1H. sbf Reps. .from the, General of the
Army Sf1J containing Statement of the votes cast
for and against the State Constitutions in the
States named, as follows: North Carolina, for
e2;59O, against II $780, South Carolina for
IS, against q, 2SS;; Georgia for S9eo7, against
Il, $685. Louisiana, for Sc, 152, against 4S, 739;
Alabama, Tor 69,So7, against I JOE:
TIE iron 70 Clad oath'' which DISTINGUISHES So
many of the best citizens Of Virginia, is re-
squuired BY hHunnicutt. who wished ind anuary,
slS6ls tocapture Fortress Monroe, and BY others
alike himself, who. ifoseeessonri beenssuecess-
ful, would have been, as they were in the be-
ginning ultra secessienists and 7disunionists.
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The. Death Miss ICopley, the last surviv!
ioog, child Of John Singleton ,Copley, the dis
tinguished painter, and father of the late Lord
Lyndhurst, is announced. Her age was 95.
She was bora in Boston aud was carried over to
England by herTfather 5whenonly sn infant.
I'm spysof the prayers delivered in Congress
put Us in mind of the Manager of'a political
meeting, who opened the proceedings, with
this address" Citizens :-The Rev.
Mfr. will now commerce She; programme, by
addressing the audience il q prayer ,5. ..',
Col C5 F. Hampton, brother Of Gen. Wade
Hampton, a large land owner in Oconee county,
South Caro- Ina, has expressed . willingness,
with many other public spirited citizens, to do
nate lands to bona ffde settlers German and
other foreign emigrants ,yuut4atgsyH
After the manner of thezaudienceHi In the lob
bies ana the galleries of the French National
Convention, atjthe trial of Louis the Sixteenth,
cards sreiin circulation with the names offSena-
tors, to be marked, and counted, as they give in
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Some Of the papers head the notice Of the
trial Of the soldier forWriting the letter to Col
Mosby Ia soldier punished for joking Mos
BY, We think, the boot was on the, other
leg If WASH osbyswho 4:jokedo the :s.joker.''
The name of the town of South Danvers,
Mass has by a vote Of the inhabitants been
changed to Peabody, in honor Of oMr. George
Peabody, benefactor, and, We believe
nati1ejof the place. 1t0&ao
The Conservative Convention in Washing
ton has nominated Mr., John T. Given as the
Conservative candidate tor Mayor Of that city,
attbe ensuing municipal election. ...oE 5ll.:i
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Il IMessrs. Fessenden, Trumbull,a and Grimes
are said to be: in the daily receipt Of anonymous
threatening letters. We presume that they
regard them with entire contempt 51zs % be.