Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-22
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate dis
cussed, yesterday, the bill providing for an cleo
ton 10. Virginia, but reached no conclusion.
The committee will resume it's consideration
to-day. -. -. 100.
The newspapers are publishing copious ex
tracts from the report of the Especial commits
sion: appointed to- investigate and report, fol
the information Of the President, upon the
civil and military administration in the military
department bordering upon and west of the
Mississippi" which Mr.. Stanton kept snugy
locked up in the War Office since. 1865. And
adelectable disclosure it makes Of Gen. Buffers
acts and doings while in command in New Or
leans! Cotton, sugar, steamboats,. were al
used to gorge the capacious maws of some gov
eminent officials. Butler figures as the "head
and front"
A local article, in yesterday Gazette, spoke
of the busy appearance of our harbor, owing to
the number of coal and other trading vessels
now hero East night the vessels, with their
lights up, made fine show all along the front
of the city. 1t was pleasant to look upon this
''opening of the harbor'l to the old trade
And we hope to see at our wharves, ere long,
not only coasters, but larger vessels, bringing
importations and taking away expectations,
from and to-, foreign countries. The work has
commenced in several instances we have al
ready noticed in our columns. =
J. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
have determined to report against the confr-
nation Of Dawson as Minister to Russia, Nc
Clernand to Mexico, and Rosecrans to Spain
The Committee are .averse to displacing John
P. Hale, who sat many years in the Senate
with some of them They agreed to report
fayorably in the case Of Mr.. Watts, of Phila-
delphia, as Minister to Austria. The Finance
Committee determined to report in lavor Of
the rejection Of Mr.. Cooper as Commissioner
of Revenue, and Mr. Wells as Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury. w. 49,
Baltimore was visited yesterday morning, be-
tween one and two clock. by a copiou5a rain
storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The rain fell continuouslyin torrents for sever
al hours, number Of streets being flooded
The wate- on Liberty street rose to a height
hardly uembered before. Many of the
streets in the western and central sections Of
the city were flooded; many cellars being mum
dated, During the storm several houses were
struck by lightning. n
When those who claim to be representatives
from Alabama came forward in the House Of
Representatives yesterday to take their seats,
Mr.. Brooks objected to one of them, because
he was resident Of the State Of Maine not Of
Alabama Mr. Dawes asked Mr.. Brooks
where he (B. was born. Mr.. B. immediately
replied, II was born in Maine, l cmigrated to
New York thirty years ago, and when settled
in New York broughta trunk - There was
burst of laughter. j.-.
A letter from a subscriber In Fauqucr says ::
"The harvest, the hot weather, and the uncer-.
tainty about whether there is to be an election
in our State, have had the effect of lessenng
But, at the proper time, every man will be on
hand and do his duty. The lull is no indica-
ton that our people will not form ranks and go
TO the polls, if any polls are to be opened"
Horace Greeley is highly incensed with Thad-
deus Stevens, for the opinions he expressed in
the House on Friday last, in favor Of the pay
ment of fve-twenty bonds in currency. He
tells Stephens he is fit ally for Blair and Pen
dleton-reads him out of the party, and bids
him not "to stand upon the order of his going,
but to 90 at once" Pray where is he to 90 :?
That's the question. ....s. -. I'll
Over 200 more emigrants from Scandinavia,
Holland, Eogland aud Wales arrived in New
York last week 10 the Norman agents from
Salt Lake City, to whom they were consigned,
and sent by rail to the West Over two thou
sand more of the same sort are daily expected.
The Georgia papers reafirm that great
cruelties have been Inflicted upon theEprisoDers
arrested by military authority In that State,
and confined In Fortress Pulaski. They have
andinstrument of torture called the Sweat
box. '.7',-. sa~@
A banquet in honor of Mr. Reverdy johnson
was given in Annapolis yesterday. In reply to
toast, Mr.. j. made speech full of interest
ing recoections concerning the former times
and men of his native city
I man in Wilmington, N. c., the other
night, shot and killed his own wife, installing
her tor burglar. The husband and wife were
both up. in the dark, alarmed by what they
supposed to be robbers. III
The, House of Representatives passed the
Funding bill at late hour last night substan
TALLY as it was passed in Committee of the