Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-24

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No 8 Le9aSb 1a E g.,;u. fr 90 '
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No 10 Guilford l4' to
2T90 992
There were about :, 800 colored people in the
county 10 1860, and for there ought to have
been 100, but | estimate that fully 500 nave
,rft the ,ouuty Their registration is therefore
full
There were about 5000 whites, and this
would make their voting population equal 10
2 900 (ot whom not exceeding POO are dlstran-
chised \ and it would then seem that about 2UO
ri our qualified voters have failed to register
Before the war; districts l, ,, and ) were
larrer slave holding districts, and there the
freedmen may now be found tor 1872 whites are
coupled with EGG colored people, or exactly =
to /. Nos 5, G. and we're the abodes OF
white people before the war, and there were
very few slaves, and now LOAF whites are
couoled with l79 colored men, or about TO l.
The colored man seems to have identified his
interest with that Of his former master, and
now GETS that employment from him, which
furnishes him food and clothing, and the means
of educating his children. Ought there to be
any conflict OF interest between TIE employer,
who must have laborers, and the laborcrs,
who must lave employment?
cannot see how there cali b., and VAN
prudence aud good temper ! do not believe
there will be. "a,
At LovettsgiIle, a coored man, aged l0o was
registered, thus eyincing his desire Iu be recon
strnctel, of which he must have been sadly IN
need indeed as much so as the worst OF OR
rebels. Twelve others beyond - years OF age
were registered there; and at HlllsDorouRh,
Isaac Camp, aged 30, came forward. From the
position of Il day laborer he has risen to that
Of large landh0ller, and this he has achieved
by inlonlitabe energy, combined with excellent
good sense.
Two brothers, named Potts, aged TO- regis
tered together; they have lived together al
their lives, within five miles of flIllsborough,
and, il was told ,uc, they were born together.
The registration has been fairly conducted. 1t
is thoueht that some colored people under 81
have been put upon the lists, but 1t Is almost
impossiile Tor them to know their exact ages,
and there must he very few Of that class.
The wheat IS said to turn out better from the
straw than it did last year, and the red wheat
is Of better quality. 4 fine rain this afternoon
has helped the already good prospects Tor l
corn crop. ALGOlS.
REPRESENTATION FROM "REDEL' STATES.
Mr.. Mason, the Democratic candidate toi
Governor of Iowa. in an able letter, says:
but the right OF rebel State to represen-
tation is no longer an open question. 1t has
long been settled by the acQulescence OF the
very men who now, Tor purposes OF their own
most vehemently deny such right The State
cd IN SPnnfp
the United States throughout the war. Not
Western Virginia only, but old Virginia, the
| backbone of the rebellion, the foremost among
all the revolted Suites in furnishing men anC
| money and generals Tor the war; and yet at
the very time when her Lees and her John
stons, her Jacksons aud her Stuarts, hel
| Ew4lls and her Mosbys, we're Drawing aDc
often defeating our armies III the held, lnVaG
| irg the loyal States, placing the capital CT thi
| nation in Jeopardy, and causing our che
| officials to keep an eye to the means OF then
own e:cape-while all this [ say, was belns
done. there sat John S. Carlisle in the Senate
chamber, the representative of that same Plr
yinia. voting, consulting, detating-the peer
Of the Summers and Wades Of that body, with
his seat lust as unquestioned as thclrs-untl
the end of his term Of Office in March, 1865
when the war was virtually at IN end.
BISHOP DoGOETr. -Rev. David S. Doggett
D. D., Bishop of the Episcopal Methods
| Church, South, occupied the pulpit Of the
| Broad street Methodist church on Sabbath
| last a. large congregation was present tic
| stated at the close CT the services, as reason
for not again filling the pulpit at night, that
! he had lust returned from western tour. -
| During the three months of hla absence ne ElaL
| travelled over five thousand miles, preached
more than fifty sermons, and held meetings oil
various kinds in number almost nnumerable. =
| The Bishop is much wcaried and worn from
| such long continued and incessant labor, but l!
in GOOD health and looking unusually We'll -
| Few men in our community ENJOY the esteem
| and confidence OF the church and the people II
greater extent than Bishop Do2gett, anc
none are more worthy or deserving. We trus
that many years Of usefulness are yet in store
for him. 49, Richmond Dispatch.
MELANCHOLY SUIc1DE-On "Wednesday
distressing suicide occurred at the Hoffman
House, N. Y. c. O. Woodman who had regls
tered there on Tuesday, was found shot through
the heart. He left several letters as to his in
tended action. Immediately after writing he
must have taken the pillow from his bed, lalc
down at full length on the floor near the win
| dow, aud resting his head on his left arm. or
tho pillow, opened his shirt and placing thu
nuzzIe Of revolver close against his breas
with his right hand, shot himself through thu
heart Death must have been instantaneous
| Woodman, was about 81 years OF age, native
Of Boston, Mass, where his widow and thre
children reside III was man Of respectable
connections He was quite q literary man. |
il supposed that pecuniary difficulties, togclh
er with some domestic unhapplness, the natur
| OF which is unrevea!ed, caused him to COMM
| this fearful act.
COMMUNICATED.
What Alexandria ought to be, With her nat
ural advantages, cannot be disputed One va