Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-30
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30.

Interests OF the South. The National lnte!ll-
gencer, commenting upon the past says
THE South has heretofore depended upon the
forth not only for cotton goods, but every
ether article the product OF the loom or the
eryil or the lathe Or of any sort Of machinery
o. manual labor-from rat-traps and toysup to
steam-cngncs. Not fashionable carriage
cor hardly common light wagon or buggy,
was made in the South Nearly all the manu-
features Of cotton used in the South were pur-
chased in the North. Not even a broom
basket, or bucket, or axe handle could be OBJ
:aiGed without paying tribute to Northern thrift
enc industry. 1t was not enough that the
-Iortn should have the chief profit derived
rom the cotton culture Of the South, but it
must also be really forced to take the entire
profit upon all articles Of consumption which
the South received in return for their staples.
In addition to this, the South depend upon
:he Northwest for bacon. -four lard, batter,
and even for corn meal
There is too much truth in this picture, and
to look upon it should, Of Itself, induce a
change. Why should not the Southern peo-
Die make and manufacture at home the articles
above enumerated? \ new era FIR industry
hes ore0e! for the Southern States and the
sooner The people accommodate themselves to
ii the better for them and for the whole country.
,?he Loud0un Mirror referring 10 the aboli-
ION of military law, in the country, end the
ending of that "hideous SYSTEM" under the
terms Of the late Proclamation, says, eve defy
any man to look back uponits history and point
SIT an instance in which arbitrary arrests over.
riding courts by martial law, and shutting up
newspaper Offices by files Of soldiers accom-
piiShcd the slightest good, Or FASTENED, by a
single day, the successful termination of the
way"
large bodies Of Delegates to the SOUTHERN
Radical Contention have been appointed from
he NORTH aud WEsr-from the New England
States-'' the bluest of the blue''-New jersey
-New York, Indiana, Wisconsin,, California, &c,
&c. This is new way Of getting up a ".Soatb-
on Loyalists Convention" Wonder if & pat
2nt right will be obtained? But the North
ern and Western delegates will be just as
good opponents of Southern sentiment, as those
VINO may attend from the South.
The Richmond Wing speaks hopefully and
cacourasingly Of what the Southern people
have done since the war, after all their calami-
lies, in reinstatiDg themselves, and preparing
icr renewed efforts to retrieve their broken for
tunes. by patient industry. They have had
many dscouragements, but they have borne up
manfully. God bless them, and enable them
Gnce mere to be pros Terous and happy
1.:r. Alexander Nelson writes to the New
York Tribune to enquire Of its editor what he
means ~ "In1partial Suffrage" He asks if it
includes AL men and all women 2" and if yes,
"at what age?' Mr. Nelson adds that for his
own part, he knows some people better qualified
to vote at Is than others at no. and some wo-
men moIc emitted to the elective anchise than
many men.
IN Philadelphia, the President Vas compile.
nented with serenade by tie Tailors' Asso-
citation. The President in the course ola speech
returned the members his sincere thanks, and
sale that there was no position in life which
could make him Indifferent to, or cause hin, TO
forget, his own early history, and that he had
worked with his own hands for his own support
..%he Raleigh Progress says: AT the Petit
grew Hospital, now used as a United States
barracks, Sherman famous battery is station
&C, and is commanded by parrenuc officers,
whosc highest ambition seems to vie with each
other in natreating the men whom fortune
has placed under their charge
The Nationa Intelligencer ST. The mass
OF the people of the South will not be repre-
rented at the Philadelphia Rump Convention,
but only those who desire to rule over all the
people. 20 admit the propriety CT this would
De to taboo republican institutions.'
The Petersburg Index, Of yesterday, says
tlaj @, it had already surmised the use Of the
name 81 =. Il. Chandler, member Of Congress
elect, from :nc Norfolk district, Virginia, as
member Of the Radical Convention, was un-
authorized
:. =. .:ar7um, Of Fairfield county, Conn, is
one Of iaa Delegates to the ",Southcn Radical
Ion-ant:on, from the State Of Connecticut.
The iGe; Of putting out government per
Ct. !oaa, which was abandoned at the time of
he giea& panic abroad, is again revived.
arrangements arc making in Washington for
4 public reception Of the President upon hisre.
turn ;:ca3 Chicago.
AGS5~ 20: iETe'7s, Miscellaneous Reading, New
Advertisements, &C., see first and fourth pages
.! the Daily Gazette. Reading on every page.
Cholera Reports.
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