Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-28
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA.
The Washington Chronicle, as, no doubt
representing the views of the Administration
in Washington, is out strongly in favor OF the
election of the Wells ticket in Virginia, ana
hopes for the triumph of the extreme Radicals,
IL saws: ''Gov. Wells leads the column Of
the pronounced friends Of the Government,
and stands squarely BY the Administration OF
Gen. Grant" We have always known that
the President and the administration were il
favor Of Wells and his party. Without mean
ing any particular offence, and in full accord
ance with our Conservative principles, we take
leave to say, that it is very strong reason, with
lis, tor opposing the election OF Gov, Wells,
as We are not predjYosed TO view iavorabIy
the politics or the political wishes OF those
now having the control Of the government, or
o! adopting their candidates because
they happen to be in power
Mr.. Forney, 10 his last Occasional letter,
comes to the conclusion-not very original
one, by the Way--that 1T would be pltilul
Il two great nations could not talk TO each
other Of their mutual relations, just aS two
men Of business talk about theirs, with perfect
GOODNESS and sell-respect-it is only the bully
who threatens blows" This is what the Con,
servatives have been saying all along, with ref
erenee to our relations with Great Britain And
they now ask, if men of business talk about
their affairs iu the style and manner that Mr.,
Chandler ard Mr.. Sumner did when Hcy made
speeches on the Alabama claims? We sup
pose that the concluding sentence in the para
graph quoted must have been especially in
tended for the use ond bchoof Of Mr.. CHANDLER.
There seems to be considerable opposition 10
the employment OF Sunday next as the day ior
decorating the graves OF Federal soldiers who
lied in the late war. The ladies' o! st. Louis
decline to take any part in the ceremony, on
the ground that it will be deSeerstion Of the
Christian Sabbath. In this feeling cergynen
and religious bodies in different localities seem
TO concur, bur particularly in New \ York, where
expression has been given to the 'eutucnt ri
opposition from the palpit and in the press,
secular and ecclesiastical. Ga the other hand,
the Grand Army Of the Republic Association,
which controls the order OF exercises seems de-
termined to adhere, at New York and other
points, to the date, Sunday, May f0.h for the
ceremony.
1t Was ali very wrong Cor any portion ot he
1ritish people to express sympathy with the
Southern people during The late war but 1t ~
all very right for people in this eOuuiry to cx
press sympathy with the Cubans in in>urrcc-
ton against the Spanish government and lcr
resolutions of sympathy to d. offered 10 Con.
eress 1t is in this way, that those who are
now regulating affairs here, produc' an uniIyor'
able impression upon the European nations
Bnt few weeks ago, there was the most open
exhibition Of belligerant disposition towards
Great Britain. Now, the whole clan OF lead
ers" declare that nothing but the most paeifc
Intentions were ever entertained
The two General Assemblies Of the i'rt9by
ierian Church, known Us the Old and New
School Assemblies, in session in New York,
have virtually effected reunion OF these two
branches OF the Church, and hrOu.h together,
10 4 concert Of church action hereafter, organ
cations that have been separated since lS.s.
The reunion will not be entirely effected until
the meeting q the two Assemble 10 Pittsburg
IN November next, but tie temper of the two
bodies and Of the membership they represent is
cordial and unanimous ON the subject, that
the steps yet to be taken are generally consid
cred as merely formal.
Sir James Simpson, the Professor Of Sarge
~ in the University of Edinburg, has exam.
ined very infinitely, and from every poi1t Of
scientific interest the case ot the Siamese
Twins, and has decided that they ought not
to be separated. Sir William Ferguson,
another eminent surgeon, has carefully exami-
ned the twins, and eoncurS in the general opin,
ION of surgeons thai any separation would be
most likely attended with fatal consequences,
not so much on account OF any obstacle pre-
Sented by the structure Of the uniting band is
the moral effect Of the disunion on the Two
Lrothers.
Mr.. Thornton, the British Minister, has
asked Secretary Fish to release the steamship
Quaker City, on the ground that she is owned
by an English subject. Heoffers to 20 security
Tor her until she reaches Jamaica, for which
she obtained clearance. Mr.. Fish has writ
ten letter to Mr.. Boutwell, requesting that
the necessary order of release be issued but
the latter considers it a new question, the YES
eel having been ibelled by 4 court. He holds,
therefore that N muSf he submitted 10 the
Cabinet.
The Cheyenne Indians, so far, reuse to
move to their reservations. Gen. Sherman
writes to Gen. Sheridan that it would be we'll
to issue an order that all Indians upon reserva.
tons will be treated with kindness and liberal |
ity, ard that those refusing TO go must expect
to be treated as in hostility to the government.
tie thinks the government will be compelled to |
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