Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-18
NEWS OF The DAY
"7e sho,o the very age and body of the 7s"'e''


nm for about mile, when suspectiDR that all
was not right, he came after us iusl tilt. we
went to quarters, and loaded the guns and
waited for him to come up. We logged at our
usual rate OF speed. six knots, and the French,
man after Us with his crew at their quarters.
We came up on the starboard quarter, and as
We thought he intended putting shot across
our bow, we lowered the pivot ports and run
out the ll-inch gun, when he showed of aud
went away"
The successor to Secretary Cox has not been
appointed yet, but it is regarded as settled that
Mr.. Delano will be called 10 the place when
General Cox retires, which be will do in about
a month from this time. AS consequence,
various states have been arranged tor the ln'
ternal Revenue Office. Among the names most
prominently mentioned for the Commissioner
Ship are those Of Deputy Commissioner Doug
lass General Cowen, Supervisor for the South
ern District Of Ohio; Supervisor Presbrey, and
ex Deputy Commissioner Parnell.
Advices from China state that the uneasl
ness among foreigners is increasing. Mr.. Hart
and family have Withdrawn from Pckln, and
others are likely to follow. The conduct of
Minister Low, who has resided in the hills since
the massacre, and of MIR. Wade, who has never
been at Pckin more than forty eight hours at a
time, is severely commented upon. The hos
tility of the Chinese to foreigners has been IN
creasng recently.
There arc rumors OF the carly retirement OF
Mr.. Akerman from the Attorney GeneraIship,
an1 the appointment OF Senator Williams IN
his stead. 1t is also intimated that should
Senator Morton refuse to accept the EngNsh
mission, Gen. Schenck will be asked to repre-
sent the Government 10 that important posi-
toU.
Our Government has not yet been officially 10
formed OF the seizure OF the St. CLAIR flats oy
the Canadian authorities. AS soon as AUTHENTIC
representation shall be made, proper action Will
be taken IN the premises.
j. B. Trainor. of the firm cf Mauby & Train
or, Wall street brokers, has disappeared, IN
debtcd TO various parties to the amount OF
$50 900, secured by recent transactions IN New
York Central stock.
POLITICAL PERSECUTION Everybod re-
members the fable of the lawyer and the far
mer, in WcbSter's Spelling Book, and the
| moral developed in it, of the difference be-
| tween being the proprietor OF gorlng bull
| and being the proprietor OF go1ed OK. 1t IS
familiar truth, Of which the experience OF
every day assures US, that
|
It's rarely right adjusted"
We have 4 new illustration OF this principle
10 the course of Radical journals in Virginia,
which dcprecate aud denounce persecution TOT
opinion sake, while the party 10 which they
belong and whose measures they support and
endorse, practlct 1t to an extent aud With a
relentless severity never before known in the
history If this country.
a single example will suffice Here is the
State journal OF Richmond announcing with
vrtuous indignation that the "Walker guio-
tine has been erected, and that two RepubIi
can officials of the York River Railroad Com
pauy-Co'. Dodamead and DR.. Smith have
been elected from their positions. Both arc
officials. and the State journal charges, with
what truth we are not informed, that the direct.
orr dispensed with their services for political
reasoos solely, and to make room for Walker
partizsns.'
Now this all sounds plausible enough, and
we feel at first some promptngs OF an lnclna-
ton to sympathize with the Indignation aud
participate in the sorrow of the Journal But
10 the same column in which appeared the
article, from which We have made the extracts
given above, We encounter, little lower down,
the following paragraph. namely The bolt
ers Of Missouri are TO receive their just de-
serts at last. 4 clean sweep will be made
among the of6ceholders of that State, and the
iactous followers OF Schurz will no longer be
enabled to draw their sustenance from the party
which they have united to defeat. The gov
eminent has quite enough to do in looking out
for its friends, and cannot be expected 70 give
either aid or encouragement to its enemies
| This is Radical consistency with vengeance
It makes all the difference 10 the world, it
seems, whether the victims of political perse
cution are the Radicals OF Virginia, who stlug.
gled to impose The most Infamous disabilities
on the white people of the Stale, or the mod
crate Republicans of Missouri, whose chief
offeDse, in the eyes Of the Administration and
the Radical party is, that they have declared
in favor Of amnesty. The former. thinks and
says the State Journal, ought not to be per
secuted AID turned out of their fat places !;
but the latter should be ''guillotined," and
receive their just deserts. "-Lmchburg VI
glntan.
RAILROAD MYsTERIEs.-It now appears to
be settled fact that the Baltimore and Poto-
mac company will complete their road through
Maryland to the Potomac river near Pope s
Creek Obtaining charter for an extension,
they propose coming on direct to Richmond,
through kirg George, Caroline &C.
This it is said will be the great South.
ern Through Freight Line. 1t is iptmated
that they next will seek for great Through
Passenger line, aud to this end will dlveree
from the Freight line at point in Caroline