Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-28

Communication of the Grand Lodge Ia the
city of San Francisco, California, was taken
up, considered and finally adopted, there being
but few dissenting voices. The resolution
provides that in case the cars on the Pacific
railroad are not running through between Oma-
ha and Sacramento city by the ls5 of August,
1862 then the Grand Sire is to convene the
body at Baltimore.
Posters were placarded about " ashington
on Saturday, inviting the colored organizations
there, to go to Philadelphia. to take part in
the Radical demonstration Ia the latter city.
The Washington Chronicle, strange as it may
seem, says this is democratic trick. " But,
why trick? From Radical "stand point"
what is there wrong in co!ored people attend
ing Radical demonstration in Philadelphia
1t does really look as if the room Of the colored
people was considered better better then there
company, at the North.
Mr. Edwin NJ Stanton, who has been per.
due ever since he left the War Department,
where he "Suck'' for so long time, has. sure
enough, emerged as speaker in the political
campaign, commencing his ''abors' at Steu.
benvle, Ohio, where on Friday last, he held
forth. He is very warm for Grant and ColfaS,
and, of course very bitter against the ''rebels y
There is nothing, in the extracts we have seen
from this speech, but the usual ''clep-trap."
Gov. Wannoth, Of Louisiana, has aston
ished his colored friends in that State-and,
probably, out Of it too. His veto Of the
Equality Bill as it is called, 1.-THE principal
features Of which we have already published)
was, it seems, entirely unexpected. The veto
states that the Experimental class Legislation"
proposed, is most inoprortuno in the midst Of
the passions and excitements OF the hour, and
only calculated to do mischief instead of good
The eastern fishermen complain that they
have not been very successful this season in
making large clutches; and the Leith and New
haven fishermen on the east coast of Scotland
depiore the great scarcity of cod, haddock and
other fish, the catching Of which has been their
main stay. French advices state that the
French fisheries off Newfoundland are pract-
c4ly played out. This may, or may not, be So
The case Of Sarah Rachel Laversop, better
known as Madame Rachel, (the enameler) who
has been on trial in London for a long time, for
conspising to detraud Mrs Mary Barrodale
of large sum OF money, has been determin
ed. The Judge sentenced Madame Rachel to
five years imprisonment at hard labor
We hope those good people in Rockingham
county, vino were so confident of 'going up, !"
yesterday, at o'clock felt satisfied to-day
They must bear the disappointment with as
much patience as possible. La the meantime,
as it is said many of them, paid up" they
must take that in lieu Of going up.
Encouraging accounts have been received in
Washington, for the last few days. relative to
. the political canvass in Ohio and Pennsylvania
The Radical presses and orators are making
large brags aud doing much boasting-but the
Leading Conservatives in both States are very
hopeful.
At recent meeting OF the Petersburg Railroad
company, q resolution was adopted expressing
qualification at the prospect of the progress aud
completion of the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad, connecting at Aqua creek with the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road.
Hunnicutt declares that he sis no candidate
for Governor, nor for any other Office in the
State" However, he has succeeded in arous
ing his co!ored followers to a state Of dissatis-
faction with nominations already made, and it
may be that there will be new convention.
a mass meeting and procession was held by
the Democrats Of Indianapolis, Indiana, on
Wednesday night last, in which it is estimated
forty thousand persons participated. Speeches
were made by Generate. P, Blair, Hon. George
H. Pendleton and others.
A terrible whirlwind occurred in Nicollet
county, Minnesota, on the 18th inst, which
swept away the buildings in its path for thirty
miles, and in some places, tore up the growing
crops from the roots Fortunately no lives
we're lost.
Adelina Patti, now Nine. Ia Marquise de Caux,
h1s bought large lot on the Boulevard Alma,
in Paris, where she is going to have residence
built. She paid thirty -fige thousand francs Tor
the lot, which was recorded in her own name
The National Labor Congress, which was in
session in New York last week, adjourned on
Saturday to meet next year at Pittsburg. The
salary of the president OF the congress was
fixed at 81. 500 per year.