Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-14
ALEXANDRIA.
.s;;iL,n,JaDAY EVENING, JULY IA.
meeting was held at Winchester, last Sat

IL. mace IN address on the subject, in which
',e c:sted that he thought no harm could result
fer - appointment Ct delegates, leaving with
lem discretionary power rs to their future &C.
t;c... lie expressed his cordial appreciation Of
20 notives anG objects Ct the proposed Con-
-a>tS;cn. RESOLUTIONS we're unanimously adop.
Zee: aproiniing Delegates to a State Convention,
;r* recommending District Convention to be
reid "a Winchester, OF tie Oath OF July, to ap-
point delegates 10 the National Convention
cne Winchester News says I'VE de do not
lrcr ~neSher Distric: Convention will be
held, as me papers in the other counties OF the
::cia,ric; hsEc Said but little upon the subject.
che Convention for this county was not largely
offended, perhaps owing to the gathering Of
TIE w:leas crop However, it was very respec-
table il. point Of talent, and was composed Of
many OF OUT most worthy citizens.
The Valley Firginjan, thinks, upon the
whole, ;'.re s:tuasion' in the South is lmprov-
Ing. Cur people are working tie negroes are
bcgiaine 70 understand who are their best
GrienC$, anJ ere doing well-better than could
DC expected The prospect If the grain, cotton
end tobacco crops are good, and provisions will
DC cheap snt: plenty. The same kind and pro-
tect;rc croviGenca that watched over Us, while
it dcc!t &c naTdly, IS we thought is now help
iug nc i, thousand ways, and in spite Of the
Eadicai3; II spite Of act being represented
nor; IL spite Of tayatiou, the South will revive
a.ni prosper. re; us all be patient, hopeful,
anc '>rl! together.
The :.5nch6urg News records the defeat in
zoe Sancte, OF the late attempt further to de-
spoil lie State OF Virginia, as an event for deep
an6 heartfelt congratulation not alone to the
people Of Alexandra, but to Virginia also
The I,evs says THE old Dominion has
surely Been aeSDoiled enough i,y the looping
OF, .: ccrce Of her iaires counties, and attach
ing l!:cr 70 2 section with whose people there
is &c identity OF feeling, and but little commu-
ni,r 0: Interest; and that she has not been
furth?: outraged aforGs occasion far earnest
rejoici1G.''
= aoecial orier for the mastering cut Of those
o1;oe:S o. white TROOPS On duty in The Freed
meas Bureau, whose regiments have been
i:,c3:elct OFT Of service several months since,
WIS yesterday issued from the War Depart
:le2, he order directs that all volunteer
oza.ioa.;c, 2c5 officers Of the Veteran Reserve
Cores, Oh duly in the rrccdmen's Bureau, be-
lonsia5 C regiments of white troops, are, by
r,.tve 9? this order, mustered out aud honor
al" discharged the service oftAe United States,
on >ccornt OF thcir services being 10 longer re-
oui,ol
NJ fredericksburg Herald says Tho
ccv7t$ .: Spotsylvania has, undoubtedly, more
.cCa:e! aolGiers buried in her soil than any
ct1e: county in the South. We hear that
;;,3CC%% lave already been exhumcd and RENTER
rec Il The new cemetery on Willis Hill, but
.@osw23ose the lens of thousands who fell at the
=. i. and he Wilderness, will hardly be
brought &c Fredericksburg for intcrmon;.
The :;ostDonement of the tariff bill until the
.ewt ce92ioG: 81 Congress. seems 10 give much
satisfaction. The New York Times says -
ccca;:y 5y postponipg until another session all
ac.icn anon ine tariff Commerce may again
9rcataa :iee!y. Industry may bless its good
iG1tur5 a being saved fro;n the clutches of
ln0nooolists.
re Richmond Times says. military men
oi :aoce:n days have seldom had the gift Of
orator., and neither in present nor past times
lay3 orators made good soldiers The truth
>: he les: part Of the remark has been amply
3.:eapiied during the late war, and some sue
1es2svi generals Of the United States are COM
.:'e2ol1G 20 illustrate the former
* laga accounts of two vegetable products
2reci:c o. grass, FROM which it is supposed
ta-,t'ie .abC:cc may be manufactured. One is
: sIiss naive 10 New Zealand, the other a
*e5i"e Chine grass. These are said, both to
&c likely C succeed in the manufacture of
>lcta: co3e, &c.
cue! ;:as fought this week, near Mem pi,is
'e..wee2 Alonzo GreeDlow and A. 3. Taylor,
o. :;st city. The latter was killed at the first
H-e, The recent reported duel of Messrs
&C anG IUayo, at Richmond, Va, turns out
6 &c Only a sham affair, gotten up as a
)r>a::cei joe.
OF, ). Y. Leftwich, n. G. elect from the
e,5,*.; district of Tennessee, and strong union
A.: throughout The war, has addressed letter
g &c members Of the Tennessee Legislature,
'..g:1G tnem not 70 ratiiy the constitutional
>.na1Gaent proposed by Congress.
ne Washington Chronicle is in favor of an
,.2encmeat 10 the constitution, making the
A:~eoideDtia! term sixiustead Of four years, and
re President ineligible for re election during
.,'e'7e years after the expiration of his term.