Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-01
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A writer in the Baltimore Sun, referring to
the case Of Mrs. Surratt, (the full horrors Of
her trial and execution are yet to be detailed
for much happened DIT Of the room in which
she was atriedn-) says: If Gen: Hunter
tried to save her from hanging, he. previously
had daily heard. her clanking chains in the
courtroom as she was helped in and out, so
1nanacled that. she could, scarcely move her
limbs, and this, too, within the thick walls ola
ipenitentiary with a guard Of o regiment both
inside and out. "'saWe excuse no man who had
a hand in the prosecution, conviction, and exc
cution of Mrs. Surratt-as far as we can judge
from the evidence at the trial and the circum-
stances which have come to light since
amongst them the recent card Of Gen. Hunter.
>. In Senator Doolittle's Valparaiso (lndiana)
speech, we find the following: s'Three years
ago this fall, when Gen. Grant was in Wiscon-
sin, he held the same views which l now hold
on this question, and authorized me to state to
the people of Wisconsin and to the Convention
assembled at Madison, that if Congress should
insist on negro suffrage as the basis OF recon-
struction at the South, we shouldbe obliged to
keep standing army there in order to prevent
war, of races, This was before Gen. Grant
had been tempted" into the Radioal party
and inveigled by the leaders, under the prospect
ofthe Presidentship -. -.
The New York Journal of Commerce, in ref
erence to the report that the New York Dry
Goods merchants had resolved not to sell any
goods to the South, this season, except for
cash, says-'sIt turns out now that the repre-
sentation is wholly false. We have inquired
personally of ':the leading dry goods firms Of
New York. and they declare that they never
heard of this meeting until this paragraph Was
published, and thatthat they proposes to make
no change whatever in relation to their custom
in the Southern States. ,4 ~s5.-
The New York Times will be "sorry to see
aSeptember session of Congress, unless the
necessity for it be clear and urgent" which
necessity is not visible at this time. Never
theless, We are rather inclined to believe that
if the session is determined upon, and made
"a plank 10 the platform" the New York
Times will soon recognize the necessity, . and
mount the plank probably, however, say
ing that the 'splank," ought not to be there. 70
Masquerade balls are given at the White
Sulphur Springs. Weare sorry for it. 1t is
an attraction not Nrgiaian ''It didn't
use to be So in the old times, when these
Springs were visited by among the best peo-
pie in the whole land But times change, and
manners change. with them. Neverthe less we
choose to say that we had hoped that neither
"shoddy" nor 'masquerades' would ever be a
Feature" in the bills to draw crowd to the
White Sulphur Springs. 81:
The New York Sun alleges that Eve bogus
insurance companies in Jersey City have lately
shut up shop after issuing million of doll
ars in policies to parties in various sections of
the country. 1t is stated that one Of the com
panies had issued policies to the amount Of
S650,000, and the others to amounts ranging
from 100000 to s4OO,OO0 the total being
oyer million of dollars. III ,-a@
The Richmond correspondent of the Peters
burg Express says that the recent letter of Mr..
Robert Boiling, of Petersburg, to the Radical
meeting in Richmond, ''has excited the most
profound surprise and regret That such a man
could have conceiYed and uttered the senti-
ments which this letter contains, no one there
could have been persuaded to believe. 4"
Mr.. Forney is writing letters from Pennsy.-
vania predicting, great Radical triumph in
that state, at the ensuing election The &C
counts from the most reliable sources are d.
reclly in opposition to these predictions of Mr.
f., and speak in the most hopeful manner of
victory at the polls for Seymour and Blair. ;.
One of the political tricks of the times, by GER
tain Radicals newspapers, is, to represent
prominent conservatives as having expressed
their determination to- support the Radical
candidates We have several instances Of con-
tradlctions Of these representations in our ex-
change papers received to-day.
law suit is now pending before the Circuit
Court, in Louisville, KY, involving the rights
OF an heiress, aged about A. The contestants
are the alleged father and the Ursuine Acad-.
envy at Louisville. The case, it is said, will
involve several important questions of law.
Francis Granger, of Canandaigua, N. Y,
died at his residence in that place last week.
He has for years been identified with the poll
tics of Western. New York During Mr.. Fill
more's administration he held the position Of