Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-07

The National Intelligencer collects, from va
riousssourcss and circumstances, the facts in re-
lationEto Hunnicutt, the Radical leader, show
ings"twhat manner of man he is, that he aoas
violent5an proscriptive enemy Of the blacks
that be was,a voluntary ';rebel' and seces-
sionist-that be proposed at an early day the
capture Of Fortress Monroe, &c., g., &c
Since then he has become the 'sidop' of the
extreme Radical party, having completely de.
luded the black population. But the Intelli
gencer properly adds to this sketch the remark
that what .poverzfor evil this man possesses is
owing entirely to some Of the Radicals who noao
denounce him : but at the commencement of
his career patronized aud fostered, and encour-
aged him !. We warned then, at the time, Of
the mischief they were doing. ~ -@.t
A few weeks ago the Washington Chronicle,
speaking Of the restitution of the Southern
people, said that the condition Of the South
was analogous to that of a shipwrecked crew
on desert island, compelled to supply their
wants with few implements saved from the
wreck-to chop down trees with Ratchet, saw
wood with a meat-saw, dig the earth with a
marine spike" Now that the agents Of the
Bureau" the Military Governors, and others
have proclaimed the misery that prevails, and
their fears Of the future, the Chronicle is dis
posed to be rather cautious, in affording relief
to, aad rather doubts the extent and severity
of. the distress "of the shipwrecked crew on a
desert island. Generous minds, in such a
case, neverhesitate to extend, freely and liber
ally, helping hand.
In the House Of Reprs sent.tves, yesterday,
Mr. Brooma'l introduced bill, which was re-
ferfed, torproyide tor the redemption of legal-
tender notes, It eDacts that the Secretary of
the Treasury shall c4use to be redeemed in
god, at the Uni ed stat4s Treasury, and can
celed, all United S ates |egal.ten.ier Mates pre-
sentcd for reclamation in sums no les than one
hundred dol lars each such rsdemp ion 70 COM
mence On hefrst day Of the monh following
the passage of the act, and during that mon,h
to be at the rate of one hundred dollars in
gold for one hundred an forty dollars in notes;
aid that the amount in notes shall be deer as d
fifty cts per month Tor every one hundred dol
lars in gnld, pntil it shall be reduced to on
hundred dollars, II.
Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, and radical,
took the extreme radicals by surprise yesterday,
BY proolaiming himself convinced that Mr..
Thomss, of Maryland should he permitted TO
take his seat upon the ground that he had
been chosen by Maryland regularly, and that
it istnot within the constitutional power of the
Senate to reject a representative legally elected
to represent sovereign State when that repre-
sentative is ready to take the oath prescribed
by act Of Congress.
All the orders aud declarations of General
Hancock, in his Military District, so far, have
been highly honorable to him-and show him
in the latitude of man seeking, really, to re-
store the reign of civil law, Of social order, and
as far as hecan, Of constitutional government,
over the country and people where, and to
whom, he has been sent, in the character of a
military commander.
The Pittsburg Daily Post has taken the lead
in Pennsylvania in urging the nomination Of
Hon. George FL. Pendeton for the next
Presidency. The Post supports his claims to
the Democratic nomination on the grounds that
he advocates paying the national debt in green,
backs, and is in favor of equal taxation.
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An exchange paper says, Charles Sumner
Mp. Banks, and George S. Boutwell, were al
born in j anuary land it might have added
that a'bigger Set we'll, no matter Lett
passi