Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-13

whose devoted head itshould break, burst upor
US n all it's fury, threating utter extinction
bit "mirabie dictu' we survive.
s'The mountain labors with prodiglous throes
And, lo a mouse ridiculous outgoes.'
70 be sure we were taken 70 task Tor want
proper Difference to old age; for talking abou
''away up in the third story &c., and Mr.
Mckenzie was willing to assume his part OF the
responsibility was not tatraid OF clay or devil,
and had no apologies to make tor he part III
teok explained that he was a loyal man, ane
confessed he saw no hope tor loyalty save, in {
Territorial condition. He thought that vher
Editors were invited here they should shoN
more complaceney.
Mr. Tucker denied he had invited the Ga
zette:s reporter, but he was. perfectly willing
that what he said and did should be fairly re-
ported D5sa
Mr.. Mckenzie was nos afraid either-knev
that al! be said would be reported braDcheo
off, and said that he did not believe the Alex
andria Legislature or any of its successors were
legal, and that no lawyer would hazard bis rep
utation by an opinion that they were.
70 which assertion Mr. Tucker aad the chair
excepted, both declaring that all the lawyers
with whom they had consulted, decided that
the Legislatures were legally constituted bodies.
Still harping on my daughter Judge
Underwood had read the Gazette for thirty
odd years, and had never known it to be sour
rilous, ner to pervert facts, and hoped it would
continue to maintain It's former character.
Notwithstanding the subject had received
more attention than it should have, in the opln-
ion of Mr. Lysander Hill, that individual
thought that an insult had been offered the
chair, In the report referred to-, which the meet-
fho Of bo
meeting were to be reported 1t should be cor.
B, W. Hunter wanted to know what constl-
tuted an old citizen-no response.
The chair did not consider he had been In
suited
AS an interlude, and to prevent us from being
swept away-for the tide was lashing and foam
ing, aye, verify frothing ME- Willoughby
called for the reading of the memorial that per-
sons present might sign; and some four or FIVE
strangers affixed their autographs to the docu-
ment. af] II
Judge Underwood stated that he had pre-
vented through Gen. Terry, the execution Of
certain iniunctions to prevent cutting wood on
lands bought at confscatlon sales, issued by
Judge Baker, of Norfolk, and gave that gentle
man rap for having once sentenced woman
for teaching negroes to read, contrary to the
then~laws of the State.
A stranger and, we judge from his accent, a
foreigner, is going, SO ne said, to write to Rich
mond TO let the people there know that Alex
andria is still alive which information will
be received with much satisfaction by our friends
down there-and there is q union spirit here.
We have seen several notices in the Richmond
papers already of the existence Of this spirit
here-but not the most complimentary that we
ever r. ad.
Mai. Silvey declared he was Scotch Irish, y
was no better that Virglniap, nor Mr. Nc
Kenzie, would resent the appeation of ankee
as applied to any Of his friends extolled the
New Euglanders and gave 10 his experience as
to how he became converted to the aboiltlonlsts-
which was not by arguments, but by a mob
AT this point we were requested by Mr. NC
Kepzie to note the fact that there were IS
persons in the meeting including, the guard,
one outsider, and the reporter tor the Gazette
The Chair again enlightened the bretheren
" some incidents in his life in Clarke county
how he had been suspected of circulating aboll-
ton documents when be was distributing
Bib!e, and Testaments; and how the negro
could not find in one Of the Bibles, anywhere,
that servants must obey their master-a friend
suggests that these parts were omitted IN THAI
Bible.
Somebody, who said he came from Lynch
burg was for combating these Virginians-s
ny,,Il,i and arrogent race, they must b. made tC
s.succunb, although they did not appear to
be much t;succumbed" Just yet He did not
believe in our loyalty, and thought that all this
| nraise Of Andy Johnson is d blind.
: Mr.. ChappaI who had lived at Manassas fol
seven months, but whose family had not been
called on bva single person-whlch made it very
loneIy up there all was for fighting again for
social e1uality-provided it is not with the
mnsket He wanted tocoerce people into
eoo;,j >, we'll as into political equality MIR.