Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-08
Letter from Richmond.

Letter from Richmond.
| Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
RICHMOND, Va, May =.
The nomination of Wells for Governor by
the Radical Convention has given some dlssat-
isfaction. Hawxhurst, and his friends. say that
the Freedmen So Bureau was too strong for
then, and ,theircolored adherents are sser7iger
Gus on the said Bureau, averring in language
not the most choice that the sd Id thing
Unjust be broken up
/ Hunnicutt was indignant at the result. In his
paper Of this morning be says:
I "We make no report Of the packed Ccnven-
tition of yesterday, because our reporter was
leiected from the house. We think it time our
lifriends should understand the true spirit and
character Of the ''decent, respectable party
with whom we have to do. We have tried to
act in good faith.to all men. but if men are bent
! and determined to crush as out, and nothing
else will satisfy them, we will fight them to the
| bitter end 1t the country must be delivered
| up into the hands of it's enemies, let them have
! it all their own way. We warn the people OF
their danger" 49,
Notwithstanding all this, and all that Hawk
| hurst says the nomination will be generally
supported, and Hunnicutt VIII find it eonve-s
nient to 't'come in. Ga.z9@z3 $50 S5tj.:G 81
The Hawxhurst wing Of the party in, Alex
andria is represented In the Convention by
Tucker, white, and Syphax, eolored and the
| Wells wing by Millard, white, and Beckley,
Golored. III T1ftl'fiff4 sssia 5i@1sie0tt
t The Convention meets in Metropolitan Hall,
which is generally we'll filed there. always being
Fla, goodly numberof spectators. to witness the
truly rich proceedings The white and col
ored delegatesamingle freely, and while there Is
some shrewdness exhibited on The part Of the,
| speakers, modesty and good sense are not dis
tipguishing features The colored delegates
feel their i'm Importance, and delight to hear
/ tbemselsestalk, which they do upon everything
texeept the question under consideration con
4 sequently aboutevery Eve minutes 'pint" Of
order is raised which as frequently, has no
''pint in it-and then there is much disorder
Clements Of Portsmouth, the President of the
| Convention, makes fair presiding officer He
says he is native OF Westmoreland county,
| but has resided for long time in Washington.
An attempt was made to-day by some friends
of Whittlcsey, candidate for Congress from
1.-THE Alexandria District, to make q compromise
with the Hawk hurst wing, by which the latter
would support the former for Representative
from the District provided Whittlesey' friends.
would support Hawxburst for the representa-
ton from the State at large. The friends Of
+ Hawxhurst, headed. BY bis, brother Job, de-
clined the offer, and as consequence the
Whittlesey men off again, and did all in
their power to defeat the great defeated" in
which they partly succeeded, but in SO doing
| Platt, white, of Vermont, but recently of Pc
tersburg, was sacrificed, the Hawxhurst men
going nearly as unit for Crane, of Winches-
ter, and electing him over PIatt, who upon the
first ballot received the highest vote
Bowden, too, who had been assured Of his
nomination, was defeated, and g. W. Booker
nominated, much to the disgruntlement' Of
the former a,.,1. - aA.t5l.
By way Of diversity in the Convention this
Afternoon, some Of the delegates got up a fist
fight, in which Lemuel Bowden struck Porter,
the candidate for Congress 10 the Norfolk dis
trict, severe blow in the face. Several of the
delegates inspired by the sight, pitched in, and
for time it was thought there would bea gen
eral row, but after few minutes the belliger-,
ents were parted, and quiet restored. = = - =
I. IS Notwithstanding t he publication made
by Hunnicutt this morning, at the winding upot
the Convention, this even ing, he appeared and
made furious" spec CHI, pledging himself
soul and body" to sup port the nominees
His speech was warmly applauded.
Bowden and Hawxhurst are very sore, but
it is thong their Won nds will have oil poured
into them, as has evidently been done with
Hunnicutt 20 -
G. Il. Moore, J. IT, Plat, John. Hawxhurst,
and G. Whittlesey were appointed as delegates
to the Chicago Convention. ,J2 n
~ The delegates from the 7th district to the
Radical Convention held a caucus this evening,
and fixed upon the last Wednesday in May as
the time, and Culpeper Court House as tho
place, for holding Convention to nominate
candidate to represent the districtin the House
OF Represen' oatives. ,,a-s3gg. .i-5eexsigz- az
Gen. Lee is in the city looking remarkably
well, He receives hearty welcome from all
who me. st him, Very .unobtrusive, and SO
quiet o. id gcntle,nanly, he is the true type OF
true = irginia gentleman. &tis 49, -
"A. .aong the Aexandrians in Che city are Col.
e.. Nv. Brent, E. E.. Smith,. and Hugh Lal ham.
Hon. John fletcher is here, looking remarkably
I''like himself gal osd3 a3voi jtaso bo1&.@1. =
Business in the city is quite dull, and the
merchants are complaining. Si.Iha saxosi u
TO the reporters Of the city papers your cor.
respondent is indebted for many acts OF kind kind
| ness, and especially would he return his thanks
to Jas. p. Cowardin of the Dispatch, aud Dr..