Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-20
Plot against Virginia.

Plots against Virginia. 3
Tie black boa constructor is closing around
Virginia. The long delay has been employed /
in manipulating and lubricating The time
has arrived Tor the last construction. The tele-
graph yesterday morning informed us that the
tVirgina delegation hadmet the Reconstrue7s
ton Committee and requested that tile election
be Immediately" held in=-Xirginia,= and that
said election be held upon the registration
already made"-Which registration excludes at
least twenty thousand white voters lndepen-
dent of those disfranchised by the reconstruc-
ton acts +. 80 49,,
Who delegated these persons? What right
bad these delegates to make any request Tor
Virginia? How long have they been in Vlr-,
ginia2 How much sympathy have they tor
the people of Virginia beyond the money they
draw from our pockets How much sympathy
or respect have the people of Virginia Tor
| these delegates What right had these dele,
| gates to request, on behalf OF the people OF
Virginia, that twenty thousand OF the tax,paY-
ers amongst them shall be deprived OF the
right to vote accorded to them in the acts or
Congress.
| They have no sympathy with the people OF
| Virginia, nor have the people of Virginia any
with them. Their visit had neither political
right nor honesty as an object !: and OF course
| they found congenial spirits in the Reconstruc-
| ton Committee, whose whole office is to con
coct evil and perfect schemes for outrage.
We say we are not surprised at this move
ment. We have been looking for it. The peo-
pie of Virginia should not be lulcd into the
expectation of any forbearance or mercy at the
| hands of the ruling faction in Washington, or
| from the imported officials who fill the Offices
of this State. There is certain amount OF
heartless tyranny, which. in the dispensatlon
of Providence, they are to perpetrate. But
while We can check them by neither remon-
STRANGE Dor threat, VIC should exert all the
power and influence we have to ward oil, as
far as possible, the evils they intend for this
proud old Statc.-2ach Dispatch 4 4 -.f
THE VIRGINIA STATE DEBT-In our issue
Of Tuesday las, we put down the State debt In
round numbers at $43 900, 900. A correspon-
dent says we ought to have added nearly two
million more for the debt due the Sinking
Fund. This was not in Guided in our estimate,
for the reason that it was only debt due from
one department to another Of the State Gov
eminent md was not debt in the sense in
which we were discussing the question. The
| following statement embraces that debt
| Amount Of old registered debt So. 004, 29S SO
Amount OF old coupon debt l2,973,OOO %
Amount Of new debt funded in ,.-..-%
! terestly o." ,..i e. J3G E... g.. &C, S44 957 %
be funded j" 100000 90
Amount of interest due to first .,r,~ g..
July, 1868, on new debt fund r5g, T.
ed and yet to be funded F." 79l ,24G OO
Amount Of unpaid interest to lst
July, 1865, on old debt, the sEl
legal rate being six per cent,
and only four per cent. paid CSC, 900 90
Amount OF interest due on old"
debt to lst July, 1868, which 81, ...-
viii not b. ,aid 9Sj,449 90
r.. ...u an. S44,755,9l5 SO
|
Balance in the Treasury 18th
June, 1867 ...1 -: $4,000 90
Balance in the Treasury 18th
June, 1868 = l.,g =. ...a.s. 197, 900 90
| | css interest due and uncallel fer 10000 60
| j..
80 Bqanca =.a- 1000 90
Rich. Dis. ....
THRElgs. Of a MoD-T feeling against
Reujcn 2. IIerldon, the alleged murderer of
| Miss Ilumsdcn, appears to be increasing in its
intensity. aud .h.cat, Ale understood to have
been made 9; forcing the jill at Orange, c. H.,
for the purpose OF procuring bis person.
| 1t is reported an assault was 10 have bccn
made on the Jail on Saturday last, and il SUCCESS
| full, he was to be brought to the scene OF the
| supposed murder, and there executed. It Is
said only some dozen Of persons met at Orange
| g. II. on the day appointed, land that hundred
| or more having been expected, the scheme was
abandoned There is no doubt that the report
was rife, in the lower end Of the county as to
the supposed rescue from the officers OF the
| law and determination to wreak speedy ven
geance, for large number OF persons assem-
bled on Saturday last at the spot where the
murder of NJ ISIS l.. is supposed to have been
committed. -r...... -.-s -
| If our counsel is worth anything we would
! urge these people to abide the law, Do not
| let the heat of excited passion and the deluson
of divided responsibility, lead to the commits
sion of an act which under existing circumstan-
ces even most lenient friends must pronounce
/ crime If Herndon is guilty the law provides
| his punishment. If innocent of murder, he
ought not to be punished for an act of which
he stands guiltless. fredericksburg Herald.
! CAUTION has been ascertaincd that the
young Englishman, Andrew Casey, who con-
| verted about $50 of Mrs. Roane's money to
his own use on last Saturday, walked the same
| evening to McIver's Station, on the Orange
| railroad, where he purchased a ticket to Alex
andria, and got aboard the freig train about
| night. AS he may still be hanging about that
| city, we give him the benefit Of a brief person
| al description, that the good people Of Alexan-
| dria may be put on their guard against him.
He is of medium height, slender build, about
| "a years of age we should suppose, smooth
| face, rudy complexion, rather verdant in gen.
eral appearance, and proclaims himself a farm
| er and gardener by occupation. Has BEEN in
this country only five Or six months.-Lynch.
Republican. @-s