Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-28
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THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 81.

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Ga-4144 : $3.50. y = XGA1
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY a..
= y ALEX Ai.i5-I all contemplated Eroutes
from the, West to 1.-The Atlantic sea-board,
through Virginia, there are two points which
attractgreat Notwithstanding and sAlexan-
dria. W. speak for, ourselves. 4 a Alexandria is
contiguous to- the National capital the. seat of
Government 1t has aispacious harber inlwhich
the largest merchant vessels can receive, car
goes-a fine depth Of water at the wharves--
warehouses docks and Rharyes already built
noble river flowing withouto an obstruction,
to the bay, and4 every facility imaginable fol
Notwithstanding purposes. 1t Isl be!
sides, the terminus IN Virginia Of Important
railroads +-and the shortest sand best route
from the West ends r capitalists look
;tosAexandriaIupoo 10 s7ahmdt oaj agi@ 41ot
It is, certainly it must be admitted, very
discreditablea to the, country, that, upon, the
conclusions of q mostimportant State trial-no
less than the impeachment Of the sident-
instantly anainvestiga has been ordered by
both Houses of Congress- to, ascertain who OF
those who tried the case-Senators shave been
bought and sold! We don't know what they
will sag about such, q thing n,Europe--but. we
do know what those who have heretofore favor
edga Republican, government, and claimed its
superiority over other forms of government,
will Miiaks. There has been a great shaking
of heads, land much doubt ard misgiving, in
the old countries, among the friends of repub-
licanism for six years past, in. consequence of
the state of things on this side of the Atlantic.
Sensible people, there, are not deceived by
names They look at the reality. i u 5* p.
It is remarked In the New York Express,
that, of the vast amount of frauds perpetrated
by government agents; duringthe last six years,
or more, but very few if any, Of the delin-
quents have been brought to justice or been
punished for their crimes. Indeed, corruption
and pecnlation are so common as hardly to ex-
cite much attention. Government funds are
considered fair game and the grab. sys-
tenn scarcely brings discredit upon the grab
Der. IF he lines his pocket, and is detected,
no ''dives into the mud, there revels, and is
not heard Of any more. We believe that dur
ing the late war the government was cheated
out Of millions upon millions. And even since
the war, who can tell the amount? TX 9.
Dispatches from Washington state that the
nomination Of Gen. SchoGeld as Secretary of
War was takensup in the Senate yesterday in
executive session, but.its consideration was OBJ
jected to, and under the rule it went over. 1t
seems to be believed that the nomination will
be confirmed at the next meeting Of the Senate
in executive session Gen. ,Schofeld would
not be obliged to resign his commission, as
some seem to, suppose, in taking the War De-
partment. He can take leave Of Absences and
select which salary he Will accept that of Gen
cral or Secretary OF War: 49, "@a 500" ."t.A
A letter from Mr. j. W. Alvori, superin-
tendant Of the government Schools was read
in the African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Zion colorcd church, sitting i,sDW ashington,
telling the members SHAT it Nigh be Of essen
tal service if; in the. present critical state OF
affairs, the convention would, IN some formal
resolution, express their opinion OF Gen How
ard and the continuance Of the Freedmen's
Bureau. It would have great weight with
Congress, and perhaps be the means Of urging
through. the bill for continuing the Bureau
which5Snow pending beforethat body 4
The Government has commenced a suit in
equity against the Bank of the State of South
Carolina, the bank Of Charleston, the, sMer-
chants Bank S. G., and the irm of Hayne
& Son, of Charleston to recover the sum Of
sS,7o7 in gold, which it is alleged is what re-
manned Of the funds of the late Confederacy in!
deposit with, defendants at the close of the war
The bill further charges that the money in
question has been paid away to some person or
persons unknown, and prays for the usual pro-
cess Of discovery: ~ ~ - .'s.... 49, @
On the subject Of "spolitical discussions, -
and sdividing time, y with Radical speakers,
the Richmond Dispatch agrees with the Char
lottesvle Chronicle and says:-''We are salts
fed that every Conservative in the State will,
as soonas he sees the evils of the contrary
course, come up to the ground we occupied in
regard to this question whilst the: State Con-
servative Convention was in session. y; 50
The telegraph wires have been burthened,
for a day or two, with dispatches from Cincin-
natl, giving accounts of contemplated prize
fight in Ohio, between two roughs, and the ar
rest of one of them. This must be considered
by the telegraph operators as important
news'' tt pity they cannot find some
thing else out of which to make Geographic
dispatches -
The lecture of Mr.. CoWardin, of Richmond,
on the late Virginia Convention, delivered in
Baltimore, was decided success. His sketches