Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-21
WRGLNIA NEWS.
\ ssloyal" Bureaucrat. in Franklin co


ssloyar' Bureaucrat. in Franklin county,
recently prohibited candidate for the Conven-
Etion from running, on the ground that he was
ia Conservative (''Reber'), and informed Gen.
Schofeld Of the circumstances The General
replied, ordering him to revoke tue order I'M
mediately.
In LyEchburg, on Saturday, the jury in the
case of the Com VS. David E. Booker, Jr.,
charged with shooting and manning MIR. Glass,
brought in verdict of guilty, and fixed his
punishment atItwcnty four hours imprisonment
in the city JAIL and a fine OF $3.50
Norfolk once did thriving business with
the West India islands, and it is again rcvlvlng.
Flour and slaves arc going on board vessels
bound for West Indian ports in large quaint
ties. Alexandria, too, had once Furnishing
West India trade.
It is said the Court of Appeals will, to-day,
announce an opinion declaring the Stay-law un-
constitutional The question came up on pro-
ceedings of Franklin Stearns. Judge Jones,
member of the Legislature when the law pass
ed, did not sit.
The Congressional Committee on Southern
Railroads held a meeting in Richmond, on Fri
day, and examined the officers OF all railroads
terminating in that city, and OF the Norfolk
and Petersburg and Southside Railroads.
At Richmond Friday, au officer of the lu-
ternal Revenue Department seized 5000 lbs.
of unstemmed tobacco, which parties were
about to pack away in hogsheads, IN violation
of the revenue laws.
Gen. Scho6ed announces that he will give
no official opinion as the eligibility OF candl
dates until after the election.
WHY THE CONSERVATIVE SHOULD Vote
We have received, through letters and other
wise, inquiries which point to the existence OF
q disposition to refrain from voting. we
think that such action would lie highly lmpru-
dent, for if it should fail of its object we should
have given up the whole position to Radical
control and be utterly without ability to coun-
teract or undo the work Of the Convention. BY
voting and voting against Convention, and
at the same time for delegates, We secure all
the chances. First, of preventing It's assem-
blage; second, if that Tails OF having far
proportion Of Conservatives among the dele
gates and third, Of showing auch strength
as will deter our opponents from extreme
measures Should we refuse TO vote aud The
Convention still be called, We would be power
| less, but in pursuing the latter plan, we may
not attain our first object and still hold the
reins Every Conservative vote! -feiersbWY
Iuder. ......
LET The CoLoRED People THINE W hen
MIR, Lincoln took the oath of office he nsed the
following language in an address: .-..
CT declare that have no purpose, directly
or indirectly, to interfere with the institution
| OF slavery in the States where II EXISTS. !
have no lawful RICH: to do so. | learn that all
amendment to The Constitution has passed
| interfere with slavery in the STATES, and
| am willing to make it express ana irreyCcl
ble." II !.
And later he wrote
III slavery will save the Union, will main
tain slavery; If emancipation will save the
Union, [ 90 for emancipation; but the prescr-
walton Of the Union is all and ALL ....
| Understand, black men, that with the ac-
knowledged leader Of your loud mouthed friends
slavery was secondary consideration you
mere instrument to be used for Interior pur-
poses, while the Union mot the negro vas all
in all. -Ietcr&bury Express.
4 NOBLE DEED. The following is from the
Land We Love "a Northern man married in
our native village Southern lady, and died
soon after the marriage. The window discov-
ered in looking over her husbands papers,
that she was indebted to an abotionist at the
North in the sum of 81 900 She told her ad
ministrator that there must not be stain upon
the memory of her husband, and proposed sell
ling her house and lot to pay the debt He
wrote to the creditor, stating the destitute con
dition Of the widow, ard her honorable inter
ton. For an answer he received letter in
closing the note of the deceased husband as
present to the widow The lame OF this gen
crous creditor was Gcrrit Smith, of New York. y
In private letter he says, 1T is time Tor men
to quit hating and learn to love one another.
CONGRESSIONAL RAILROAD COMMITTEE
1t is stated that the origin of the resolution
appointing the Congressional Committee now
in Richmond in the performance of the duties
assigned them was consequence OF the charge
that the President had corruptly and wantmly
sold property at mere noinina prices to rebel
purchasers, &c. 1t is known, however, posi-
lively, that Mr.. Stanton testified before the
| impeachment committee that he is responsible
for the sale of the property; that he advised the
| disposition Of it in the manner it was sold, and
| that he did this for the best interests of the
country, as the railroads were then costing the
government over million dollars per month.
DR.. Lieber, OF New Y ork, lately OF the Bureau
Of 'RebelArchives, says he wrote to Gen. Grant
| congratulating him upon issuccess, and saying
that it was rarely that history had ever devolved
upon one man SO many great civil and military
| responsibilities. Gen. Grant reply, according
to the Philadelphia Post is the most radical
he has ever written. In it he says he trusts he