Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-16
ALEXANDRIA.

who were extraordinarily active against Gen.
Grant, and ultra vehement In opposition to
his election, and who have lately exhibited an
extraordinary alacrity, not only IN accepting
the situation" but in endeavOring to show
that the President elect is most marvellous
proper man. for the position to which he has
been chosen, and, upon the whole, the very
man, have justly received the censure of the
wise and judicious of the Conservatives, and
the criticism, if not something worse, of the
Radicals. The proposition to cast the whole
electoral vote of the country for Gen. Grant is
one Of these works of supererogation, which
can surely not be approved of, even by Gen.
Grant himself. So the "advice" now rendered
to him by some of his late bitterest opponents,
the recommendation by the same persons OF
certain men for his cabinet, the intimations
that he ought to do this, that, and the other,
are all in the like category. After what has
passed, there is nothing so becomes the men
who honestly sought to prevent his election, as
modest stiffness" 1t is their duty to Judge
him, fairly and candidly, by his acts not to
meet him with prejudice or i'll feeling and to
hope that he will administer the affairs Of the
government satisfactorily, and not in a spirit
of oppression towards the South. This is all
that ought to be expected. There is no need
to be fawning at the footstool of power. A
manly attitude is the correct and proper one.
1t will be appreciated by high minded and
honorable man. A contrary proceeding can
only excite disgust and contempt. And, we
are happy to know, that the great body of the
Conservatives upon principle-who had moth
ing to expect from the mere fauorS Of govern
ment, if Mr.. Seymour had been elected and
nothing to reproach themselves with for the
manner in which they opposed the election of
Gen. Grant, approve of and will pursue this
course. We have lived long enough to KNOW,
that it is not the extremists the oficious-the
violent-in political affairs, who are most to be
depended on, in times of disaster, disappoint
ment, Or upon failure to realize cherished hopes,
for consistency and moral courage-and for back
bone. 1t is the boasting, the pretentiOus, the
fire and fury men, who are the first to show
"weak knee" the first to cry peccavi-the
first to cave in Show us the men of moder
ate, but firm and determined views, and of
calm judgments-and we can trust them, and
rely on them. The rest is ''all but leather or
prunela."
The New York World publishes letter
from Baltimore, giving some details, going to
show not only Mrs Surratt's guiltlessncss of
any participation in the plot for the murder of
the late President Lincoln, but the impossibility
of her having had any knowledge of it. The
writer also adduces strong arguments to show
that DR.. Mudd, Arnold, O'Laughlin, Spanger
and John II. Surratt had no foreknowledge of
the assassination, and that of course neither of
these persons had anything whatever to do
with it. He argues, and if the statements made
prove true it would seem effectually, that John
Wilkes Booth, the acknowledged head and
front OF the conspiracy" only made up his
mind to the rash deed few hours before it was
perpetrated
Gen. Grantin New York, on Friday, declined
all public demonstrations He attended the
theatre, and was welcomed by the whole house,
when it was known that he was there, and
simply bowed his acknowledgements. When
some noisy persons called for speech, be
quietly retired to the back part Of the box in
which he was seated-and the call ended.
The Virginia Board of Public Works have
appointed State Proxies for the three lines of
consolidated railroads, the South Side, the
Norfolk and Petersburg, and Virginia and
Tennessee. 1t is understood that all the prox-
les appointed favor the reelection of General
Malone so that ends the matter.
A collision of two steam boats, at the Fulton
Ferry, New York, on Saturday last, was men,
toned in the telegrsphic dispatches published
in Saturdays Gazette. Five persons were
killed outright or MORALLY wounded, and
twenty seriously injured. Great excitement
prevailed.
The impeachment matter in Florida is now
before the Supreme Court in that State. All
quiet on Saturday. A colored man is candi-
date for Congress. The Democrats have adopt
ed for their motto, in Florida, Gen. Grants
words-"Let US have Peace.
The barque Satellite has sailed from Rich
mond for Rio. with cargo of $500 barrels of
flour, and will bring back cargo of coffee.
DEATHS FROM DIPHTHERIA.- the 9th
instant Charles and Amelia Medford, of this
city, lost an interesting child-their daughter,
Mary Theodosia, ten years old-by diphtheria.
On the morning of the 18th instant, two more
of their children-Charles Franklin and James
Frederick, aged respectively sevea and two
years-died of the same terrible disease; and
Saturday morning the afflicted parents mourned
the loss of yet another child-Grant Medford,
aged FIVE years, who was stricken down by this
dreadful scourge-making four deaths IN one
family in little more than week. The attilc-
ted parents have tho sympathy OF the communl-
ty in their bereavement.