Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-14

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sa11o ! ALEX AND RIA.
THURsDAY-EVENING, MAY a.
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q sssaa iiganaiats tie Chronicle at
sshIss Nrumbu ) hirsF essendepi and Mr. Grimes,
lasAst;; in almost the agony despair, i ex-
i asa Teindueed tosay With Socrates,
tosFrieads2 There are 20 friends ''t f. Un-
fortunate Chronielei Nol t never sought Or
!! fequired mere friends to eits paftyF IssalWays
demanded, always sxasted. ,sstayes! Once TO
shesitata or. douhf, Twas to- be sdamDed III We
-ste glad, however, tBatthe Chronicle concludes
It's TRADE sgainst the sreereants Il hdieated
Senator'S, by quoting thaadgice Of Poonius TO
itLaertes. sds aaossd avats ofls' eslas9s gu
egi,aitE5aab 80 so thSy9self Be true
9l9eA ffoiloR as the, night the day,
1hou canst not then be false to any man. man 70
a. the poiats That's the path. hdt
hss8gtors be- ssuseto themselves, and they may
Wsell listen to tie howlings and dennnciations Of
their traducers, q AS theidlsl wind, which they
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1877 {t5isY IL -. ..al. TEtI.ai,H 4.3ig
Reference having lately been made 10 q pub
lid speech, byjacandi datetfor the Office of Cow
eetfnors24 the great spirit Of John Brown stil
marching on, the Lynchburg Nirginian very
opportunity quotes, from a. speech made By
Edward Eyersts,,i id Boston, IN D december 1859;
ia which yeret 50 ID; ItsWas the design
of Bruwntoietllo oss the'hell. hounds ot a scr4
vile insqfr sstiop, and TO- bring on struggle
which for magnitnds, atrscit5, and % horror,
world have stood alone il tie history. Of the
world asAadds IS che @siigreat spirit'fI,of this
john Brown thatis now eulogeized, 5s'1 55s
iiaBresAy aud onaspsation are excellent fea7
tples an newspaper "a live newspaper. ~ :.
TIE, soathesn Gharehman says: It is our de-
sire have. the articles in this paper as short
as4possible We are confident Chat long ar
ticles are not read. May We not suggest brew
isy?.sA newspaper is net a book, it is not a
qualterlg dor lag magazine. No subject can be
exhausted in "a newspaper. Let there be then
a.deteIminstions On the. part Of correspondents
nottowrite4ong. articles; and we will try both
insditorisls aud Selections to be brief We. are
certain short articles are BEST as every reader
knows sasHtagA sf9R ~ a-S.'tsa 80
In the discussionjin the House of Represen-
tativea, yesterday,on the bin to admit Georgia,
North and South Carolina, Louisiana, and
Alabama, to representation, under their new
Constitutions, MIR, Robertson Of New York, de-
slared bis belief that all those unconstitutional
measures aI those mere partisan measures, all
the efforts TO sustain mere party, would failand
fail forever; and that the impeachment resolu-
tons would be expunged by the House, and
black lines drawn caronnd them, and around
those who voted for that greatest stab on the
institutions Of the country o.7arA
A New York paper says: s'rhe tax on
whiskey Is 3$$a2a gallon, and The cost of manu-
factnripgti 1t is about thirty cents,a gallon
The current price ofswhisEey ia this market is
now about one dollar and forty.fve cents a
gallon. Whoever buys #Aiskey at this rate
eaa2haye with his purchase, if he desires, an
official certificate Of the revenue officers that the
Identical Mhiskey which he buysfor one dollar
and forty. five cents a gallon has paid to the
Governmentsthe fulltax ofitwo dollars q gal
Ion. sfos 9ds fUssG 2cnoE 5Ai-l y5SA :. 49, =
Ont,he occasion of their landing in IRELAND,
the other day, the. Prince land Princess Of
Walesput down thedramaticand lyrical fiction
which has represented the Wearing Of the
Green" as q symbol Of disloyalty, to be punish
whenever exhibited. The Prince wore
SHAMROCK. in bis button: hole, and had a stupsn-.
dous neoktie Of the greenest OF ball green silks,
andtthe Princess was attired in green tabinet
,obe, trimmed with emeralds and green velvet
The Richmond Enquirer says, thai the Nspro-
posed Constitution Of y iirgioia, Would ANN
hilaiesegery aestigeoods cid Virginia and chop.
up hetssunties into Eng and
10 create Offices for sSastg multitude of carpet
baaaefsana blacks, who will aevour the sub
stance of pt9Ipsrlty holders, industrious me
ehanics, and working men. = $3.50 tt.t.i2 q .2sG
Senator Henderson, hasrepiied tos telegraph.
10 Inquiry from bis friends in 81. Louis, :wheth-
or he eondtvote for the ele9eath article of i'm
peashmsnt, that he IS Sworn to do impartial
justice, according toethelaw and the evidence, *
and that he witt Try to dot like an honest
manic .sesg3i. aidl.1a. q sa:5t2,f js sFsll.
They are talking Iabout nominating, ex-Goy..
Peispsint asa Radical candidate for, Congress
in West Virginia. They think, turn about is
fair play Having been rual eut BY the military
authorities they wish to4un him IN. But then