Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-18
NEWS or The DAY,
'71o.sAo.o the re,y age and body of the Times.

AConseryatiTe meeting was held in Kansas
City on Saturday night last, at which resolu-
tions were passed declaring the defeat OF
impeachment an evidence Of returning justice
and impartiaIity, aud ensuring the defeat of the
party which started this corrupt aud revolu-
tionary movement, etc. The meeting adjourn
ed amid cheers for justice, the President, and
thcConstituiion.
Margaret Chambers Mcknight, Of Philadel-
phia, recently deceased, bequeathed to the
American Bible Society. Philadelphia, $1,000
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, $500; Philadelphia Education Soc-
ETY., $500; Union School and Children's Home,
$780, American Tract Society, Philadelphia,
$500. The remainder of her estate, after pay.
ing certain private requests, is to 60 to the
Union Benevolent Association.
I Secretary Seward has written a letter to the
Russian Minister requesting that the two mem
bers of the Legation who recently participated
as principal and second in duel near Washn-
ton be recalled by the Russian Government, land
the other principal, Mr. Lawrence, Minister to
Costa RIGA, has been requested to resign. Mr..
Seward declares that they violated an act Of
Congress.
Judge B. F. Pope, Of Alabama, died on the
7th, inst. He was recently arrested by Lieut..
Williams, it will be- remem berod, but was dis
charged by General Meade, who severel y re-
primanded his subordinate for his assumption
of authority in making the arrest. Judge
Pope it is said was consistent Union man
throughout the war. III
It is now understood the Georgia Legislature
IS composed Of three parties Democratic,
Radical, and Conservative Independent. The
latter hold the balance of power, and their pro-
eliyities SO lar are decidedly Democratic. Mr..
Gordon and u. S. Attorney Fitch will proba.
bly, receive the Democratic nomination for u.
S. Senator's.
This week will, be an eyentful one in Chca-
60. Besides the General Conferences Of the
Methodist Church, already in session, Con
vention Of Methodist advocates Of Lay repre-
senta!ion, the Soldiers and Sailors National
Convention and the Radical National Convcn-
ton vii! assemble there. 80
Patrick Murphy, a laborer engaged in alter,
ing al old building at the southwest corner of
Washington and Second streets, Hoboken,
found six thousand dollars in gold and silver
pieces, which had been secreted in vault six
feet by four, underneath the rear part OF the
tstructure. s,,4l
By!atest adv;ces from Paraguay we learn
that the Fortress Of Humaita has been sheled
by the allied batteries and That an assault is
menaced by the Marquis de Caxias with his
army. Two Paraguayan gunboats have been
sunk by the Brazilian batteries above Humai
ia. ~.
Bishop Beckwith has decided to ia Ike up his
residence in Macon, Ga, and the citizens have
| already subscribed over $1,000 for the purpose
of buying and furnishing house for him.
They intend to raise $40, 900.
The Trustees Of the Douglas Monument
Association have decided to remove the re-
mains of Senator Douglasto the saroophagus,
under the monument on the Sd day of June
next, the anniversary Of his death.
The sseventeen-year locusts' have made
their appearance in all sections of Maryland,
and some farmers have suffered considerable
injury from the visitation in, consequence of
the hogs and pigs eating the locusts
General Meade has agreed to pardon the
young men from Green county, Ala, who were
tried by military commission at Selma, and
sent off under guard and handcuffed to the
Dry Tortugas. 10 50
The Soldiers and Sailors Convention in Chi
cago have agreed, in Informal caucus, to nomi
! nate Grant for President, by reclamation and
partially agreed on Wade or Curtin for Vice
President. -
The conservation of Rev. VIM. H. A. Bissell
D. D., as Bishop Of the Episcopal Diocese Of
Vermont will take place in Christ Church,
Montpelier, on Wednesday, the Sd day Of June
next.
From Washington we have reports of the
members of the Cabinet having signi6ed their
willingness to retire from Office, and specula
tons as to the Presidential policy.
The Impeachment Managers are to COM
mence to-day the inquiry as to alleged improp-
er or corrupt means to influence the members
ofthe Senate upon the articles oflnpeachment.
Lord Broughams successor as Baron OF
Brougham and Vaux is his brother William,
who was born in 1905, and has two sons, the
eldest in his thittieth year.
The President received on Saturday and yes
terday large number Of dispatches from all
parts OF the country, congratuatlng HIM on
his acqulttal.
A salute of one hundred guns was fred on
Saturday io Boston, Massachusetts,, and in
Hartford, Connecticut, by the friends of Presi-
dent Johnson.
Gen. Buchanan will make no further an
nouncement of the election returns in Louis
lana until Congress acts upon the Constitution.
The weather is reported pleasant at Alaska,
aud the health Of Sitka good.
Reports from the mines in Idaho are favora-
bic, and labor is in demand.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, represents
Gov. Brownlow, as very i'll on Saturday
Am Inlpudent s'Demand Esebuked.''
The following telegram was sent to Washing
ton last week, directed. to Senators Pomeroy