Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,.
We read appeals to the young men of Vir-
ginia, as to their duties, in the present condi-
ton Of the affairs ofthe Commonwealth. The
best Of ali advice is, what we have reiterated,
for years-yo to aoork every one to 60 to work
to earn, by labor, support . 3d&jI 80
Professions and situations, and occupations,
resorted to, in. the expectation that they will
produce an s'easy living are not now what
are, desirable, or what will realize that expecta-
ton. They are for the most part, filed to
overAowing-and additions, except in extreme
cases, rarely meet with success. But hands are
wanted for the pillow, the loom, and the anvil
tor mechanical trades-for labor in the field
and in the workshop. = se@.-s .a.,a,s9 =.
~ The middle and even the aged, generally, in
our State, have SET a commemorate example to
our young men. They have not become dis
heartencd or dispirited, nor have they sunk un-
der the cares and responsibilities Of dependent
and helpless families. When the crash came
they rose from the ruins as quietly as they
could, and went to work =! That was their ex-
ample. G2T L.'e5@-.I -.,4 80. lei
Nor have they relinquished their exertions
because their patience has been tried since the
war, and because the return of prosperity has
been delayed-or even because; the success they
had hoped for has not followed their honorable
efforts They bide their time yet; full offaith
and hope. So let the young men act. Let
them remember that work, always honorable,
and always to be respected, is now doubly to be
respected and honored. To be a! good me-
chanic, or good manufacturer, or good farm
or, now-is to have 10 ones hands the assur-
ance OF support at least, with every prospect
of future prosperity, if not wealth. These are
the men who are to build up their own fortunes,
and the fortunes of the State. -
The Office of Sergeant at Arms, in both
wings of the Capitol. at Washington, must,
according to all accounts, be very lucrative
The National Inteigencer says: 1t is un-
derstood that the Sergeant-at-arms of theHouse
has charged for over two hundred thousand
miles Of service since the meeting Of Congress,
in summoniDg witnesses for the impeachment
and other investigations, for which he receives
10000 above and beyond his regular pay, and
superadded to FIVE dollars per head for every
member absent on call of the House. In
other words, he has been, constructively, nearly
nine times round the globe, without ever leay-
ing the Capitol building, and it is paid for at
the rate Of ten cents per mile. The Sergeant
alarms of the Senate was equally benefited,
and, perhaps in even agreater degree. +"
The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Gazette says, that there has been quite
stir created at army headquarters, by the
reported action Of Lieut.. Edmund Ryan,. com
handing the military post at Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama. The complaint is that Ryan, with the
assistance of squad of soldiers, forced the
driver OF stage coach to take free passenger;
and this, too, after General Meade's order
turning over the government to the civil power
1t is understood the matter Of complaint will be
properly investigated sa96aa II ya1oa
The administration, it IS said, has treated
the action of Congress, in taking the so-caled
TecSSS, as dl dOSolute' auJoohhlaedo al oontShi
platicn Of the constitution. Some radical
members Of Congress have construed their &C
ton as being, for all legal purposes, 10 effect
the same as though both houses had but ad-
journed to resume business the next day after.
This difference of opinion involves the cases OF
nominations and appointments to office, under
the tenure-o of. Office law E E@.-a. .2-Qz@.
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The Central Railroad Company invite COLI
tracts for the continuation Of their road to the
White Sulphur Springs. This movement is not
under the charter Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company, but under special act OF
the Virginia and WestoVirginia Legislatures
empowering the Central Railroad Company to
use the bed OF the Covington and Ohio railroad
from Covington to the White Sulphur Springs,
in order to complete the railway to +; ose
Springs &: ~. ss4.- i ann. Da4 a>&a
The new sensations in Wall street, New
York, at the close of last week were the disap
pearance of NIr. Samuel Strong, chairman of
the arbitration committee cot the open board of
brokers, with an alleged deficit of $4,000 in
his bank account land the robbery OF the Star
Insurance Company, of s40,000in bonds, by
some person or persons, as yet unknown. But
New York has a new Sensation almost every
day. -.c, az
The official statement of the public debt, as
published for last july shows an increase for