Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-21
1rTTFR FROM LoUDoUE COUNTY.

and conduct of one OF our most widely khu"h'
and heretofore highly esteemed citizens, oce'l-
MED the attention Of our Court from ueSuay
morning to Saturday night and the jury iol"a
him guilty, and assessed his line ut 9l'o, p"'
the Court set the verdict aside, and awarded !
new trial which will come off in the second
week of November Court
The Courts may now sit fifteen days aud ici-
on;as NAV he tried at al! the terms of our
County Court, or twelve times year; but
misdelneunors must be tried only at the quarterly
terms, unless the Court shall designate some OF
the other terms for the trial OF these cases. -
| The Court has the matter under Amusement,
and it is probable that December and February
will be designated in addition to the regular
quarterly terms. (N BAH the monthly
terms are made misdemeanor terms
Unless this be done, the business OF the
County Court must lie turned over to the C't-
suit Court, to the great delay OF Sultors, as tins
meets only twice in the year Bat certainly
twice wear is far preferable to the uncertain
ties Of courts, whose whole time will be occl'-
MED with criminal cases
We have had very heavy rains, and the corn
| has been somewhat beaten down, but hear OF
no devastating floods, snch AZ have occurred
between Alexandria and Richmond.
| Only one violent storm has occurred IN our
county this summer, and that was very h'lci'
limited in the scope Of its damage.
The Friends Quarterly Meeting at Goose
Creek commenced on Saturday, and ended to-
dav. and that, With a Bush meeting neal Union,
ut which, it was supposed, Mr. Nlunsey womb
breach, called into requlstlOn every horse anu
vehicle that was for hire in LeesBlug.
"rhe forty days Of hot sun and dog lnnc IN
the months of July ana August, So essential
to good corn crop, have been upon nS, and
the Weld of corn and fodder will be lnmense.
[ heard gentleman to-day say that Il field Of
his, on the river, had corn which would prob
ably be fifteen feet high over The entire held
One losd Of wheat was sold for rs. The
quality varies very much.
Corn IL to-day IS cents hlaEel, ana demand
fair.
Col. John Leslie, on Saturday night, lost 4
favorite dun horse that he has been riding Ion
ten years. He thinks he was stolen by Il lame
man, who disappeared At the same tune from
his premises where hc had been kindly i"r
nished with employment.
The labor question is settling itself; the de,
mand il great and the lab0rers Of 10th coIolS
work well, and in the main with Il tar degree
| Of Seadness.
There are certainly the germs Of two parties
among the coorcd men, the independents,
who will, after Il while, act for themselves ~
they are now BEGINNING to think for themselves,
and the Crowd working Gall unconscious oi me
deep sla, cry into which they have plunged
| themselves) in the interest Of l lev woniu-ba
leaders, They will, after WHILE maybe at
this election, range themselves with opposing
parties. AL'oul",
| Political Affairs in Prince William County.
TCorrespondence Of the hiexandria Gazette.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNrY, VA, August
10, SG7.--lhe soiourner in this county hndS
few things to chronicle. that would interest the
general reader. Politics are at Il low cbb, save
amongst the few radicals who endeavonnf
to insil into the miEds Of the cooTed popua-
ton the peculiar political ideas Of their party
The only proinlnent leaders AMI rrnnolcrs OF
party strife here are, as with you, lmpprird
for the plilpue VI hired by promise: nf uf1Ic",
under the new regime. The lew men who ale
prominent ia drilling the c)iOrr,l people into
the radical manGnyre1 are, Without exception,
men Of Northern birth. The active spirit ol
| these malcontents is one -, Northern
man, WHO held IN Office in Washington during
the war, and who now aspres TO he leader Of
the 'new party f., the blacks arrayed
against the whites Marshalcd by him, the
negroes hold secret meetings, and form 'Ioyal
leagues, being promised, according TO their
own confession, shorty acres OF land, il they
vote the radical ticket, and as an additional
inducemcnt to activity and ialthtulness, they
are told that unless the radicals carry the State,
the old slave party will get into place and
power, and remand them (the colored peop!e)
into slavery!!
The result of these teachings is to foster u
bad 81 irit on the part Of the blacks toward
the whites; and Il distru:t and suspicion has
arisen, injurious to both races Documents are
freely circulated amongst the c0Ored people,
ezhortine them to stand by the party that re-,
deemed them from slavery. documents headed
with questions like this: Question. Who freed
YOU? Answer. Abraham Lincoln. Q. Who
was \. Lincoln? A. A Republican lead
er of the radical party .. Then as the radi-
Gals freed you, for whom should you vote? A
For the radical candidates. From all these
things the native whites stand alooi, dcpIorng
but not interfering in any way.
Registration was conducted here in Il man.
ner peculiarly original. Many who presented
themselves were met with the question Did
you sympathize with the rebellion? p and il an
affirmative answer was given, the applicant
without further questioning, was peremptori!y
rejected One applicant was rejected % the
ground that he had bought goods from block
ade runner during the war. But OIL the proof
being produced that the blockade runner Was q
prominent Union man, and had been allowed
! to register without question, the objection was
oVerruled
Crops are looking fair, the late rains having
produced marked effect on the corn. The
people here struggle against many difficulties,
unreliable help being drawback to extensive
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