Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-04
LETTER FROM PRINCE WILLIAM CO.

.rCorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
BRENTsvILLE, April 2.-The April monthly
term of our County Court adjourned yesterday,
having dispatched the business before it in one
day. Nothing was done worthy Of special no
tice. The attendance was large; and farmers
report the wheat crop in the county generally
as promising. The severity of the past winter
is un paralleled within the memory of the old
est inhabitant On account OF weather and
high waters we had no courts in February and
March. The destruction of the bridge over
Cedar fun, near this place, causes serious IN
convenience to the people of the lower end OF
the county, and is detrimental to ALL IN retard-
ing the public business. 1t is to be hoped that
the county authorities will take measures, at
the next levy term, to provide tor the conatruc-
ton of substantial bridges over Broad and Co.
dar runs, so as to render the county seat at all
seasons accessible. In these tight times the
"Ways and means" are the only difficulty, and
although your informant, a while back, stretch
ed the blanket when he told you that squirrels
here were good for drinks, it Is not the less
true that money don't grow on our trees, Just
at this time? Our criminal docket Tor the
Spring term of Judge Thomas Court will be
small. Mr.. Chas Wright, our efficient lallor,
has only two boarders at present.HaVis,
charged with assault with intent to Kill, and
Mccall, sent on for horse stealing. BY the
way, Mr.. Wright is the only public ottlcsr IN
the county who held on" during the war,
barring lew alterations between the OUTSIDE
and inside, as the fortunes Of war changed. -
Good order prevails among US, which i; the
desideratum under a military regime. we have
few open political agltators lhtlihatlons arc
whispered of petition to General Schoheld'
in circulation among some malcontents, re-
questing him to supersedee the county authorl-
ties Such proceeding has no justification In
ANYTHING which has occurred, or is likely to &C.
cur, and can only emanate from those who sup
nose that General Schofeld's present office is
that of an erterna5aator, and that they are the
benefciares under the trust which he holds.
From all we can learn, the General does not so
understand it. but regards the existing Provl'
sonal Government as ''of the people. and by
the peop7n, for the people to be abolished only
in case If gross and general failure OF the
ends OF Justice under it, and only to be con;
trollc1 in individual cases Of patent outrage and
wrcne. In other words that he desires TO ex-
erci>e his extraordinary powers as a fI1rnd, moi
as an eaeny, and military propagandlst OF po-
ltiea opinion If so, we have reason to tehcl-
tate ourselves upon the lucky hit which gave
the General to District No. l.
In politics nan sunt | heard more political
talk at Fairfax, the other day, than | have
heard for long time. There they have col
ored candidate for the Legislature, whenever
the election occurs, in the person Of Mr.. Thos
Sinkfeld, who has aram supporters. Mr..
| Sinkfeld is said to be conservative, and rejects
with scorn the pretensions Of the radicals az
false negrophisls He denounces the radical
appeal for the suffrage Of hts race, and the
pretencc that the cOnqnerng Federal army was
an army OF Hbcrators. In his poor child case,
(which case was reported to me, lie monrnInly
urges that they sought to bind even the spirit
CT the dead.
So it goes ''from grave TO gay, from lively 10
severe"
Great days are the days We live in!
I'INCONNr