Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-13
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The President, yesterday, sent to the Senate
the nomination. Of Reverdy johnson, Of Mary
land,s to be- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
; Plenipote to England, in the place OF
Mr.; Adams resigned. IT is customary to re-
fer Executive nominations to appropriate COM
mittees, fol, examination, with occasional ex-
ceptionsoof those relating to. members or ex-
members Of that body, in cases where it. is ip-
tended to show marks Of Senatorial respect by
advising and lconsenting Ito the Presidential
appointments The Senate on this occasion
dispensed with the .formality, and Mr.. John.
.son s nomination was confirmed. -sasa FAzs
-. Mr.. Butler, Of Mass, has, to say the least
of it, a very remarkable. procivhy toward is
''dificulties" with every body with whom bio
comes in contact. His, career is a history Of
,ubs. and snags.lo Before the war, during the
war, and since the war, his angularities have
grated against politicians, generals, lawyers,
witnesses, fellow members Of Congress, plain
citizens, and epauletted commanders, He
must have an unhappy disposition, or is the
victim Of Hcruel fate.,1s Certainly. he cannot
always be right and the rest Of the world
always wrong. In matters in which he is con-
.cernedJo2 - "a cas- 21& @:aaf29 SO
~ The Baltimore Commercial in remarking up
on the amnesty ordered by the Austrian gov
ernment ia Hungary, says, it hopes the Presi
dent will ere long, issue a proclamation Of
amnesty here too,l even if it should ssgrav-
Ell sorey those Messrs. Butler and Ste
veDs-andi their immediate admirers. By SO
doing he would win still further the approba-
ton of good and wise men everywhere. Let us
not, whilst so loudly assuming to be the lead
iogahght off Christian civilization, allow our
selves to be sbamed by Hspsburgs and others
hitherto deemed The types of government vim
- The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sunsays Of, the bill introduced into the
Senate ia relation to the Washington Munici-
1al elections that if such a measure is
passed, the useless farce of going through an
election in Washington might as well be abol-
ished, and Congress declare by resolution who
hall be the officers. The true title of this bill
should be "a bill to provide that no one elect
ed to any Office in Washington city who is not
Il member of the, Radical party, shall be allowed
10 hold said Office s s2 e.. : -. s..
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Mr.. Brooks, of New York, in a speech in
the House of Representatives, yesterday, said,
Loyalty had begun to lose the definition given
TO it by: photographers, and now, in the opin-
Jon the majority, it meant Radicalism. He
would not apply TO it the definition which
Doctor johnson had applied to the word spa
tiiotism' But he would say that loyalty had
become synonymous with allegiance to the par
ty in power, and with Radicalism. - " =
The Georgetown Courier tells US that Mr.
Henry D. Cooke, of the firm of Jay Cooke &
Co., is charitable, public spirited citizen, and
gives, his aid freely to benevolent institutions
We have no doubt of it. Our criticism was
OF directed against Mr. G. personally, towards
whom we can have no feelings of unkindnessl !;
it was in reference to the unnecessary putting
.cf a newspaper article, and the ascription Of
wisdom, because of riches. aEd
The jealousy which exists between East and
West, and which has cropped out so much
tt late years, WAS we'll illustrated yesterday,
in the Senate, in the colloquy which took
place between Mr.. Drake and Mr.. Wilson,
the former accusing New England of being
boated with wealth obtained during the war,
at the expense Of his section, and as having
The desire to do everything against the 10
terests of the West. .a.;a
}Hunnicutt is clamorous for an early election.
He warns the authorities that postponement
is dangerous and hurttul to the Radical party.
He tells;a concerned that the probability is
that many Of the negroes s'may leave the
State in search Of employment, who would be
induced to remain if they knew definitely when
the election would take place.
The recent duel near Savannah Ca, be-
tween two colored men, and in which one was
killed was conducted, according to the news
papers, in strict compliance with the code,
:ndiu all points, was the etiquette observed.
Pistols, distance, seconds, &c, were AL right.
1t is thought there will not be another duel
in that section for long time to come.
Congress has passed the act to admit the
toto, ~ North on6 South H,ro};no Gonrp;o