Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-13
ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA, March I3, 1855

ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA, March Is, 1856
Our report of the recent municipal election
here, it seems, did not please our dear Know
Nothing friends. One of them puts on the
garb of his dying master, gets hold of the
Organ handle, and turns away at terrible
rate, calling the Star and its reporter varie.
ty of names, and at last vents its spite on that
harmless bundle, which, failing as it has been,
according to Know Nothing authorities, for
two years past, has, in sixteen months, out
lived, IN the hands of single agent (being
quite as large now as at the commencement
Of that period,) ten Organ agents.
Now the Alexandria reporter, whatever
may be his party predictions, endeavors to
| give fair statement of every case that falls
within the purview of his reports, and is ever
ready to disavow unintentional error, by
prompt corrections, but the report of the 9th
| of March, though hastily written, contains no
misstatement; and, however unwilling to
| handy epithets with " Sam" he is more than
ready to review the article in question: and
test it by the taets. We reported, list That
a majority Of the commissioners were Know
Nothings; this " Sam does not deny mere
ly pleading. in mitigation, that the Democrats
We reported second That the commission.
ers and officers in charge of the polls were in
many cases candidates We give now such
| as we recolleet. First Ward-Conductor John
Thompson, candidate for reelection as watch
man. Among the commissioners G.. Ii. Man
kell, Esq candidate for Council. Second
Ward-ConductOr Joseph Padgett, candidate
for re-e election as police officer Commission
ers, Henry Mansfield, candidate for assessor;
Il Avn, 60 ALL yU
Conductor, W. L Penn, candidate for super
lntendent of police. There arc others, but
these are sufficient to demonstrate there was
no misstatement there.
We reported third That citizens, natu.
rallied within two years, were denied suf-
frags This Sam" sustains saying: "The
| commissioners believed that they must reside
two years in the State after they are natural
lied before they are qualified" When the
Know Nothings of the Commonwealth Sc
lected candidate for the highest law office
| In their gift, it is fair to presume that they
selected the most Competent lawyer in their
| organization, and yet their recent candidate
| for Attorney General, John N. Patton agreed
| with the State Attorney General, our circuit
| court, and the circuit court of Washington
county, that the constitution requires no such
| additional residence; that the commissioners
were united on this subject is not true We
oiO outAOIikou W The
| commissioners did not agree to place the DIR
| tum of Ii. w. Davis above judicial decisions,
and the plain words Of the constitution.
We reported fourth: The citizens, long res
ident natives, whom misfortune had obliged
to accept a pint of soup or a load of wood
were olassed as paupers. This was by far the
meanest of Know Nothing developments-an-
other example of that spirit that makes alike
the Washington National Monument and the
- snt- Al
ment to uphold its falling power. In these
cases insult was sometimes added to injury;
and one Of the commissioners threatened to
leave the polls If such browbeating were per-
sisted in. Didn't " Sam see flor we under
stand he was there) this example of "the
harmony"
We reported fifth That the opposition, e1.
pecting nothing, made no rally. Whatever
may have been the attempts of individuals
among the opposition, C no rally was made. &"
The larger portion of the Democrats preferred
to give the present government rope enough
to hang itself, and opposed all union against
1t. The meeting at Exchange Block, which,
If 1t were in the "cock- loft" was an o,sn
one, and no man went from 1t sworn to deny
that he had been there. But it failed TO unite
the opposition, and on the day of election,
whilst the Know Nothings had one ticket. the
opposition threw away their votes among four;
hence we said truthfully, no rally was made
by the opposition.
We had not the slightest idea that our dear
Know Nothing friends would get go angry at
the truth but if We have given " Sam" an
opportunity to show his zeal on be half of his
new masters-alike candidates and commits
sioners-and thus increased his chance Of
keeping his place, We have done good deed,
menting, we are sure, more thanks than he
has given US for il.
VIII or
Young Mems Christian Association, were ter
minated on the evening of Tuesday, by a
nne lecture from B. Johnson Barbour, of
richmond. The theme selected, "The Rela-
tions between Christianity and Human Know
iedge, was discussed In q manner which
ADDS new lustre to the literary fame of the
lecturer and We are sure that no audience
which has assembled in the Lyceum hall has
been more entertained and instructed. The
associ alton under whose auspices these lee.
lures have been delived, deserve the thanks
OF the community for the series Of intellectual
treats, with which month after month thev
have entertained our people.
The military spirit Of our young citizens.
excited by the relations with Great Britain,
begins to display itself. A new corps of vol.
unteers, 1.-The Alexandria Rihemen," has
and is making ample preparations to insure a
fine corps of citizen soldiers.
Our City Council met ON the evening of
Tuesday, appointed committees, directed the
city printing to be awarded to the lowest bid.
der, and an inq uiry into the expsdiency of
public hospital, and transacted some other
business of minor interest.
Navigation below US, notwithstanding the
skim of ice on the morning of Tuesday, is
clear. The Baltimore packets orc
about to resume their trips, but the Alex
andris and Washington ferry route is yet I'M
opened. AMI.