Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-02
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY. EVENING, NOVEMBER /:


nest, so comfortably during and stree the.
war, by financial operations, has, itseems,,
81 =. built himself palatial residence near Phila
delphia-''a high, massive, feudal pile with
deep mansard roof upon the dizzy rim Of
ak the castle,' This is the s"nest, and ills we'll
goaGned with greenbacks. He has, also, built a.
;schurch hard by,4.' with the American flag
painted over the altar A jenkins" writ
80 ing about this, in the Cincinnati Commercial
according to the Baltimore Gazette, from
which wo obtain these particulars declares
80 whilstlookiug at that novel altar piece he
~ felt himself insensibly prayingrfe Lord stand
VSnp for the flag under which Mr.. Cooke and
~ made all, our money : .'sI sr a
If We were toibeleye: all we seein' the news:
aGpspefs, we would come to- the conclusion that
the meetings of,the Cabinet are open to news
s1opapef reporters, and that what is said and done
at these well known 70 outsiders
81! oithose WhotcOmpose the Cabinet Every
day we read of the proceedings at the Cabinet
ass meetings. Now as We all know thatreporters
are not admitted, and that the, President and
Secretaries for obvious reasons, do not furnish
accounts of the business transacted, we are leds
to the conclusion that more than one half! of
these newspaper stories are manufactured
items, or sheer guesses3 yaG yaHA4
Tile Chief Justice Of one of the courts of
s-Delaware yesterday gave as his opinion that
the Civil Rights bill Of Congress, SO far as it
y assumed to regulate and control the admission
soor Teiectionso OF testimonyin The State of Della,
,oeware, was imperative and void. One Asso-
scate Judge eoncurred in this opinion, and an
5esother dissented.t The comment upon this legal
decision, in the Baltimore, American, is, that
.-s3 Delaware is politically in the same condition
las Maryland 80 And, therefore, as matter Of
;; COURSE it must be reconstructed! .'seaq<e
The Richmond papers publish aportion Of
the report made by Gen. SchoGeh 70 Gen.
Grant, relative to the apportionment OF the
Z isEsctien districts in Virginia The Gen. takes
,obthe position thae the State could not have been
arranged in districts, without throwing the
teacontfol of a majority into the hands Of the
negroes. With reference to keeping open the
polls in. Richmond for three days, ne states
-. that he was not solicited to do so by the Ruai
i !cals but Determined Onithe morning OF theihrst
day Of the election, at the suggestion OF the
sswhite citizens, to keep the polls open until all
1.-THE registered voters had an opportunity to
+, cast their votes. { u al ,so
The most difficult part of the Radical pro
egramme is yet to be, accomplished and that
which will produce quite as much opposition
from some1of The eRepublicans" as from the
:, Conservatives 81 We refer to the design, to es
70 tablish by authority Of Congress-. colored suf-
- irage iil az the States, no matter what may
ei be the wishes and Judgment of hcqpeople iof
the States: We shall see, as the game pro
neeeds, how this project is to work, yin various
ways. 90 - i Asg
- Its believed that the provisions Of the Con-
stitutions to- be adopted by the Convention in
this State, will be manipalated,i not prepared,
after consultation with the Radical Leadership
Washington; and be made to conform, not to the
:, wishes Of the whiteipeope Of the State, but to
the plans, purposes and intentions Of the DOM
inant political party. We hope that this may
not turn out to be so-though We should not
u be disappointed atSalmost anything. iEfs1
i ]. For the first time, for several years. Thad-
deus Stevens fails to make a sensation Or an
atys'impresson,' even upon his town party " III is
ecent manifeso on suffrage is, confessedly;, the
poorest and weakest Of any of his political pro.
auctions indeed, many do not hesitate to
n speak ofit as twaddle.'.z has none Of his
usual senteDtiousness- nothing of force orivlg-
ors.Itis the dull talk of man not bright in
intellect orwellin health. q. -
:, I! The New York Commercial, a. republican
journal, declares that the annual stea'ings from
the government would more than supportits
Legitimate expenses and leave margin toward
1.-The payment Of the interest ofthe national debt.
I5sGeorge Smith, tried in Norfolk, for killing
Martin Madison his wife's paramour, has
been found not guilty, and discharged from
Imprisonment. aa !....s., 80 "A
5sqis Belle. Boyd is an actress, performing in the
theatre, in Norfolk. t5 s .. ...5. s.5,
]. FREDERIcKsBURa AND GoRDoNsYlLL.E r.
R.-The old officers have been reelected Pres
ident, G. NJ. Braxton. Secretary and Treasurer,
,1a9As! Az Little.i Directors, M Slaughter and |
w. r. Hart. si1as.a - aat, sis
1900 The President Report showed that the cap
it'll stock was increased to one million Of dollars
aud the privilege of issuing Bonds and borrow
Ing money was granted by the Legislature, and
permission also to make Char lottesville the
western terminus, If desired. s y No.
The present value Of work already done is
estimated hy an instrumental examination at
go four hundred land fifty thousand dollars,
and the outlay of one hundred andE for
ty thousand dollars would make the road
bod ene forty m leo raadu FIR the sunnrStrEc-