Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-24
THE OLD SToRY-"A renegade worse than

ten Turks" The South has such cases asthe
following, in relation to present Ultra Radicals,
who are 'fercest' fee-upon Southern
people. A correspondent Of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from Buchanan, says that
the record of Mr.. Mayor Chahoon, by military
appointment Mayor Of Richmond, and who
was before the war a resident OF Buchanan IS
by no means "lo-il." The correspondent
adds:
Your correspon dent has seen, in the hand
J writing of Mayor ChahoOn, and over his own
signature, certain document, written IN April,
/ 1861, in which he expresses the Warmest sym
patty for the South in the war just begun, his
adherence Of the course Of the North III at
tempting to slbjugate the South, his earnest
wish that the South might succeed in the con-
| fct his willingness to take up arms IN defence;
of Virginia but for the tact that his kindred all
| lived in the North, and he could not tight
against them, and his earnest prayer that Just
God would prosper the righteous cause OF the
South and bring it out victorious. How his
Worship can reconcile these sentiments winch
will be proven on him if he denies having ez-
pressed them) with the oath be has taken, or
| with his expelling worthy gentlemen from office
/ avowedly on political grounds, can only be
| explained by that new code OF ethics which ob-
| tains among carpet. baggerS' and 'scalaWags
! ''This section seems to have been rather
cursed with such men, The man who, during
! the war, was known far and wide through this
region as the war preacher, who used from
! the nulpit to call the Yankees 'he-h0unds,
l demons incarnate,' and such like, and to eN-
4 hort men, women, and children to rally and
fight them to the bitter end, is now the negro
1 leader Of this whole region, and is regarded by
| the people as the most dangerous man amongst
them. He made speech recently before the
| Home Mission Society in New York, which
which was regarded by Southern men present
l as not only base SANDER upon his section, but
far more Objectionable than anything sand by
/ the most ultra Northern man. He has his rc
ward in fat salary from Northern society
and liberal perquisitcs from the negroes, over
whom he has the most unb0undcd influence.
| In the debate in the House Of Representa-
tives yeterday, Mr.. Washburp spoke decidedly
against the scheme for distributing arms to
! the 'loil citizens North aud South-thc lat
| ter especially. He said Il tell you gentlemen
| beware before you pass this measure, lest it IS
not an incitation to civil war and insurrection
| in those States " Great excitement in The
House. Mr. Boynton, of North Carolina,
said
cit is proposed now to send arms to North
Carolina, that the people may use them against
each other. Great God We cannot afford to
! fight each other. Keep away your arms do
nothing to rrtatc our people, but do every
| thing in your power to asSuugc and heal the
excitement there We want 20 arms. | warn
| the House that if arms are sent there we will
| be ruined We cannot live there II We need
anything in the way OF arms, IN God name
send an amy Of the u. S. there but do not
arm neighbor against neighbour There: never
| was more miSchiev0ua measure than this
proposition to arm one class OF our people
against another.
WASHINGTON ITEMS Mr.. Harlan intro
duced in the Senate on Wednesday 4 bill which
authorizes the city of Washington to issue: by
vote Of its councils, registered or coupon bonds
in denominations Of fifty dollars, one hundred
dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand
dollars, payable in Ten years from the date Of
issue, bearing interest at the rate OF SIX per
centum per annum, payable semi, annually, to
pay the floating debt. ...-.
Mr. Blackford, agent i'll the city, OF the 1lu-
tual Life Insurance Company, OF New Y orEl,
has received certificate from the President Of
the company that the late Mr.. l4cutzc ar
fist, had an insurance upon his Life for Sl5, 600,
which will be promptly paid. This will be the
bulk OF his estate ..... ..
a colored boy was arrested yesterday, charged |
with committing several robberles at Willard |
Hotel |
The Schuetzcn Vcrein has decided to hold
st
3lst.
Florence Poe, a relgcuse of the Sacred |
Heart, died on the 10th instant, at the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart at Havana, Cuba. |
The deceased lady was the daughter of the late
George and Emma N. Poe, Of Georgetown, |
D. @.
In letter from Mr. a. II. H. Stuart, of
Augusta county, Va, to the Conservative |
Ratification meeting held in Baltimore, last |
night, he says:
1T is especially incumbent on the members
of the old wing party, the followers OF Henry |
Clay, to dismiss from their minds all prejud!ccs !
against the name Of Democracy, and to lend
their aid in the good work of constitutional res
toration.
'All wings who value consistency and con-
stitutional liberty, should rally with enthusi-
asm to the support Of the platform and the
nominees Of the ljew York Convention. Who
can doubt where Clay, Webster, Crittcnlcn,
Clayton, Corwin and Rivcs would stand in the
approaching election, if they were among the
living?
"Old party prejudices and animositics
should now be forgotten, and all good men
all friends OF the constitutional lovers Of lib
crty regulated by law, should now stand sIloul,
der to shoulder and register solemn VOW new
err to relax their efforts until the party now in
power shall be elected from the high places
which they have abused and polluted, and the
true principles Of the constitution shall have
been firmly n. established in the administra.