Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-01
Foreign News.

in a verdict of guilty. Burke was sentenced to
! fifteen years and Shaw, to seven years lmprlson-
meut. The proceedings against Casey were
discontinued and he was released.
In the House Of Commons the debate on the
Irish Church was continued last night, Mr..
Walpole arguing against its destruction, and
predicting disastrous consequences If such
az act was. summated. r.
The intelligence from South America is most
unfvorable for the Paraguayans. The advlces,
which are quite credible, represent the Allied
troops as masters Of. the situation. Humalta
could not hold out, three days; Curapaity, it
was believed, had been abandoned, and Presi-
dent. Lopez was in flight. The Brazilian iron
clads had passed Humaita at a sacrifice OF 800
men killed and wounded
Mr.. Bingham and Mr.. Butler, two Of the
| Managers of the Impeachment, sat at the table
in the Senate yesterday. Mr.. Evarts, in the
course Of his argument, had occasion to refer
to the "propriety of speech, which had been
brough into question, and in illustration quot
ed the following extract from debate in the
House Of Representatives, not very long
time ago:
I Mr.. EvARTs said We have also report
in the House of Representatives Of a very
brief debate between two of the most distIn-
guished members of that body, who can as
we'll as any others, for the purpose of this
| trial, furnish standard OF what is called by
the honorable manager ''propriety Of speech. .
Mr. BINGHAM says: ~ $50
II desire to say, MIR. Chairman, that it does
not become gentleman who recorded his vote
fifty times for Jefferson Davis, tie arbitrator
1 in this rebellion, roars of laughter, as his
candidate for the Presidency of the United
States, to undertake to damage this cause by
attempting to fasten the imputation either on
my integrity or my honor. Lrepel with scorn
and contemp ut any utterances CT that sort from
any man, whether he be the hero of Fort Fish
er not taken, or Fort Fisher taken. Contin-
uous laughter. 10
'Mr. BUTLER after some remarks SAID
'But, if during the war, the gentleman from
| Ohio did as much as [ did in that direction, [
shall be glad to berecognize that much. But the
only victim Of the gentleman's prowess
| that know Of was an innocent woman, hung
upon the scaffold-one Mrs Surratt and |
can sustain the memory of Fort Fisher, if he
| and his present associates can sustain him 10
shedding the blood of woman who was tried
by military commission and convicted without
sufficient evidence, in my judgment.
"Mr. BINGHAM, with spirit, replied:
II challenge the gentleman dare him, here
or anywhere, 10 this tribunal or in any tribunal,
to assert that [ spoliated or mutilatcd any book.
But such a charge, without one title OF evil
dence, is only fit to come from nan who lives
in bottle and is feed with spoon.
What that refers to | do not know.
While the Court and audience were con-
vuIsed with laughter at the expense of the
| hoth
| sat looking at each other!
| In the House of Representatives, yesterday
Mr.. Brooks submitted the following:
Whereas it appears by the official reports Of
the high court of impeachment that, after the
House of Representatives on the 24th Of Feb
rua,y, voted The impeachment of the President
of the i. S. orhigh crimes and misdemeanors,
and after the articles of impeachment were laid
before the Senate, March2, and after the sum-
| mons was served upon the President, March
7, some of the managers selected by this House
to demand the conviction and eviction of that
President, for these high crimes and misdemea-
nors, signed letter, laid before the accused,
couDsehng or Influencing him while thus accus-
ed, to exert the war power given him under
the act Of August, 1856, through the navy, to
seize the guano island of Alta Vela, off the
coast of St..Domingo, valued at over q million
of dollars and whereas, such action upon the
| part OF our managers is, to say the least, eX-
traordinary, and of a character to involve them
in controversy, If notin suspicion and whereas
/ it is OF high I'm portancei that the dignity and
purity eff this House be maintained through
the managers chosen from among us especially
to represent US before the high court, and tne-e
| to accuse the President Of these high crimes
and mis1emeannrs therefore, be it I&A.
- ResolUed, That the aforesaid managers be
directed forthwith to appear before the House,
and to explain to the House the causes or
reasons which induced some of them, pending
trial threatening the deposition of the Presi-
dent, to sign such letter thus laid before that
President"
There being present no quorum to act upon
this resolution, it was laid over to be taken
up 10. day. .sr
The CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION. is
hoped and expected that the attendance at our
State Conservative Convention which assem-
bles next Tuesday, will be as full as possible.
The State Committee has cordially invited the
Consulting Members Of their body and all the
county Superintendent; and the people Of the
counties, who have appointed the latter,
should see to it that they attend, or otherwise
be represented by proxy. That the expense of
attendance may not bear heavily upon the del
egates, we suggest that it be borne at least in
part by the county executive committees, or
by contributions from the citizens. The ex-
pense will not be very large, as the railroad
companies have agreed to pass the delegates
at half fare Let all attend.-Itch. Enquirer
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MD.-The Cir
cult Court has been in session three weeks and
two days, and will probably close to-day A
great amount of civil business has been trans
acted-the Court most Of the time holding az
ternoon and sometimes night sessions. The
inal docket was unusually large, mostly cases
of petty larceny. Too much credit cannot be
given to our States Attorney, Edward W. Belt,
esq, for the zeal and ability with which he
prosecuted the criminal eases-combatting