Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-07
ALEX A.N..DRIA.
THURSDAY ~ g EVENING & MAY i

lsy:5,s RADICAI ~ CARNATIONS Hba Is1uieai Con
j, Iyen,ion at Richmond, yesterday made nomina-
lions, for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
There was a full attendance, all the counties
being present ThestWo races were about
Il equally divided on the floor. James B. Glenn
8 ents,. of Portsnlou presided. GoY.s Wells
/. was nominated for Governor by the following
vote Wells, 1853; HawShurst, As; sHunnic att,
H. Pierpoint, i6.a ,IamesgH Clements was
i dominated for Lieutenant Governor. Both
the candidates are, in politics, what may be
called ultra Radicals, both fayer the proposed
5 Constitution, and both are for having the
State organized and controlled under that Con-
! stitution and Radical auspices After hearing
ashort speech from Gov. W ellis. the Conven,
tionu, adjourned until today. elIs $500 s4
The Baltimore Sun says 1.-THE spectacle
which now, three years after the close of the
e war, is being exhibited il Virginia Of The re-
moval Of long tried and faithful officers because
they cannot take the IRON clad oath, is certainly
not calculated 4 to facilita te the reconstruction
sentiment or to render efficient the administra-
ton of the government. It is said that Gen.
!, SchoGeld is not acting, on his, own promptings
. In this matter, but has his policy marked out
-ifor him at w ashington He has himself .em-.
phatcally expressed so the late Reconstruction
4, Convention, his conviction Of the practical i'm
possibility Of administering the government Of
Virginia with theaprovision OF the iron-cIad
oath OF Office in it, and he must see daily illus
Z trations of 1T in the wholesale work which the
y official guiotine is now making s..g5a =
80 In the House Of Representatives, yesterday,
Mr.. Stevens made personal explanation upon
Alta Vela, but this being very offensive in its
imputations upon Mr.. Nelson, one of the Pres
6 iident's counsel. the reading of the paper was
arrested. Next came a proposition from Mr..
Jenckes to investigate the facts of late duel
Ia between an attache of the Prussian Legation
and an e.. United States officer, with a view to-
s demanding the recall of the attaehe-a not
]e over reputable proposition which was object
cd to, and therefore not entertained. The
House refused to consider Mr.. Cary sresolutiou
:af for Withdrawing the tenth article Of impeach-
!ioment, by a vote Of 1o7 to 90. 81 -. ~.
Sir Morton Peto who went through this
q country, Tin cloud of admiration" as a re-
puted millionaire, it is stated by the Boston
Transcript, was, in reality, then, bankrupt
that his power consisted in his debts-and
& that he was sent over here by his creditors
to shift, if possible, his debts on to American
shoulders, orto get up here an excitement as
to the value Of his American investments,
which would react on England, and enable his
creditors to negotiate his stocks and bonds in
u theeLondon market.
% The National EntelligeDcer says, that ia its
opinion, both Donnelly and Washburne told
truth of each other "Whcn rogues fall cut,
honest men get their dues" hey belong to
that fraternity or ':riug,of Congressional har-
pies who have brought about the discreditable
condition Of things now existing here, until
membership, on the majority side at least has
almost become burning reproach. Econo-
my Is a dodge used to attain concealed ends. y
The late hail storm which We have already
noticed as having occurred in some Of the
counties on the lower Potomac, both in Virgil
MIA and Maryland, was very severe 10 Princess
Ann county, Md, where it is asserted many
OF the hail stones were as large as 4 small egg,
and where the wind OWES In the houses were all
broken, people E bruised aud injured, a young
calf killed. &c,,&c. ssls9 a
MIR. Donnely is not now so we'll pleased with
his invitation TO the House to takela drink, as
he was upon the evening that he made it. He
says he was unfairly reported and that he did
not intend to indicate his purpose to seek,
reconciliation with Mr.. Washburne, and he has
intimated his purpose Of making an explanation
to that effect. 4,ssa sG
Many OF the newspapers continue to assert
that Mr.. Fessenden will speak and vote against
conviction under the Impeachment land that
Mr.. Grimes, Mr.. Trumbull, and one or two
others, are doubtful. But, whether Tor effect
OF not, we cannot say, the Radical papers and
leaders affirm that the thing is settled, and con
viction certain 80 s..ss
We have no further accounts Of the recently
reported horrid affair at Ship Island, either in
confirmation or contradictions If there is any
truth in the matter-or even any foundation
for the rumor:7--it is time We had heard more
oft All the newspapers give the name of
Gen Mower 10 connection with tho report.
The opening of the Erie canal, in New
York, it appears, has let out over one hundred
million bushels of wheat, which has been fro.
zenin all the winter. The greater part of this
wheat, it arrives in New York, is being
shipped to Europe ,Gel. sss.i an alsts 1as.a
Mr. Burnham WardWell, the new Superin-
tendentof the Virginia Penitentiary, made
speech to the officers OF that institution, upon