Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-03

VIOLENT LANGUAGEAND i MISTAKE The
correspondent OF the Petersburg Express, CIV
Ing an account of the scenes on the first day OF
the Radical Convention in Richmond, SAYS:
inst then 2 thick necked, pluggisEl looking
co11ny white man, with cross eyes, named Ba-
ler aud hailing IRON Norfolk, leaped upon the
stand, and called upon The CONVENTION i" vote
il down. We did not come hele he SAID, to in,
yite John Minor Bolts toapeak, nornoD9dy' ana
especially not John Minor Bolts, Tor ne believed
that he came here for no other purpose ''ia'i
to misrad the party if he could. tie was
man he had no use tor; he wanted nothing 10
do with him He never was true Union
man While |, he added, was lighting the
damned hell fred rebels, john Minor Bolts
was Tviup in luxury hclc. And when he lived
on his farm, he would shake j. damned ret,el
han one day aud a Union man y the next!
This created great excitement, pro aud con-
rho sneaker was called TO order repeatedly,
hnt refused to stop or to leave the stand. Hev-
eral attempted to pull him down, but he
squared off and sWore that fr Would not
! ston. but would lick anybody tia! lnlcllfreh
| with him tie went on dtnonncing En't> Il,
great rate, the confusion continued, ana
in the midst Of it Patrick, formerly ii drug
store porter in Petersburg, bur now oil
| Ricbmnod Jumped mp and exclaimed, i"
| Baker called Bolts REBEL 'ClL down It ar
von'. = damn rebel yourself | know what
| rse talking. Bolts Is IA gentleman
Baync pul ont hit hand toward tie lra'r
Patrick and paciIied him.
The motion to invite BoLt" TO speak Wa
then put TO the convention and deiealed .~
| Baker retained the stand, and conlinneu to
| launch forth inyective, when Hayne stretching
forth his hand again shouted u rise t" a point
of order!" His indstinct tone occa*'"ned "A "A
slight misapprehrnsou, and CRIES Tor water
commenced. As Baker looked rather pale ANA
out Of wind, they thought 1t was il desperate
c,se and in no time a hall dozen buckets o!
w,trr were on the way up, much to the conIu
| sion and astonishmpnt Of the little ones they
| were taken from, who were diHpo>ing al the
| LIQUID at five cents 4 lin cup 1uil.
III SAY" repeated The venerable Baync,. l
rise TO il point OF order am rernLlIcan
myself, and radical and ! am opposed TO Mr.
Bolts But motion has been made to invite
| him here 10 speak and that motion WAS %ord
down My point Of order Is that the GENTLE
| has no night to speak against Mr. Bolts, since
| by the action Of the convention, he is not IN q
position to reply 1T is unfair it Is wrong
| Under the same circumstances, It would not
become any member Of this convention to speak
even against jeff. DAVIS.
The old man S counsel finally prevailed, but
not until after much disorder, which came rear
several times ending in a general night.
RAILROADS IN TIE VALLEY. -'rhcrc exists
no longer doubt as to the Immediate con
struction, or rather Reconstruction, OF our
line of railway through the heart Of the Valley
! Of Virginia. We say Reconstruction, for
before and at the commencement o! the late
unfortunate war, the trains on the Manassas
Gan Railroad ran through regularly every day
from Manassas junction to MI. jackson, and
would soon have been running to lIarrlsonbur@,
the road having been finished To llmprrVlIIr,
and almost the entire grading completed 10
this point Nothing but the war could have
prevented this ''cOnSumnatl0n dcvOuly to be
Wished" But the war came without our con
sent, and the long cherished hopes 0! our pco-
. ple we're crushed the ruin and wreck OF the
substantial bridges on the line III the road in
the Valley being left Us monuments OF the ter
rby destructive power Of war ltlS, perhaps,
due TO the truth of history and to the credit oi
. the Federal armies TO say that The destruction
Of the bridges on the Manassas read in the
Valley was done by our own troops, hy order
of Gen. Jackson as "a military necessity. -
Whatever the CAUSES howcTer, which contrI-
buted to the embarrassment OF the movements
of our Railroad, they were sufficient t" compel
its intelligent President and Directory 10 lock
: elsewhere than to their own resources Tor The
completion Of this great line Of Improvement
,, to HarriSonburg. That help has been obtain
ed: hence we announce, with entire confidence.
that our lonr-detcrred hope OF railway com
munication with the outside world, IS at last
] l ,,,ro .,,n ia ., rr.tifn1 We sneak al