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NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.

JOHN HocKENEYER, manager OF the WASH
ington City Garden, announces that this pop
ulsr place OF resort is now open to pleasure
and picnic Iarties.
IMPORTANT registry notice In another
column.
MEssRs. II. Burns Il Co, No. $40 Pennsyi'
vania avenue, have a large and fine assorted
stock OF Boots and Shoes, for spring and sum.
mer wear.
JOHN F. ELLIS advertises Pianos, Organs
and Melodeons for sale.
MEssRs. q. T. PEnRIE 4 Co., the well known
grocers, corner Of Ninth and streets, call the
attention OF our readers to their full, choice,
and well regulated stock OF groceries. which
they offer at popular prices.
W. q. MErzRRorr Il Co, have card In an
other column,
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MERCHASTs' ENCHAsoR.-There was con.
siderable activity manifested In the grain mar!
ket yesterday, snd prices were we'll maintained.
The offerings OF wheat reached about 8 200
bushels, with sales at t3.l7 for choice red, and
" 80 for fair, Corn was active, with offerings
Of 5000 bushels, and sales at sl.os@tll2 for
white and yellow.
PROPERTY SAILS Mr.. Bowling, auction.
Ger, sold, on Saturday, 4 lot on Valley street,
at the Intersection OF Brown street, fronting
twenty-five feet, and having a depth OF one
hundred and ten feet, with two story frame
building thereon, for i've hundred dollars, to
Mr.. T. Brown.
CANAL ToLLs.-The following are the re.
ceipts for tolls on the Chesapeake and Oh 10
canal for the week ending Saturday; On tolls
ascending, tOol7 on tolls descending, " M 50.
Total, t3,374.25.
ARRIVAL OF FisH The schooner Six
Brothers, Capt, James Morgan, arrived yester.
thousand sh ad and herring. The cargo was i'm
mediately disposed of at prevailing prices.
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JOS. II. BARRETT, Commissioner.

Ne 70, iSr 10 acres, isspcd under tho act Of
"a s!isi:s III. & s fs'
February il, isiI in he nam. q Pssr!st Shea aud
Ss fS aS sS Acres ss' ..aea under the ss, of
February II NJ. IL the names Of the heirs a,.laW
NJ 80, for 100 acres. i:.ucd under The as! Of
as sSS's.y @ isG Sat; s lSsH sl'
S,oIsi f"T iSS %sr%s: y gsS under the sct Of
granted June \, iS,s May iss D'''' anu va"
r Ia acres sn%a HSds5 The sSt 81
widow Of Jacob Ballet, aud was granted July
81" i,,CS7. Tor In acres. issued under the act OF
March = SSaS ~ b. Rio name n Of csshsripc Bloss
No p.esi. fot igtseres. is;ned under tho act Of
S Sss4 SFy sS9 SS9an Ss:
granted December i. 1850 May ,. isSs NN ""'
VA. grained January 9, 1851. May ., isss,
March & he Of ' HsnnSS f 9c m RSi VI
4 Ghg''i ia Fritz and was granted March,, 1857
No G,iSl, for lep acres. ts.ped under tn. act OF
Mass : s u M he SI & ASTh% Walden
No coll, Tor 100 acres, issued under the act Of
@s.TG ipI n s 49, S e Taylor and
March ). lst', u tho name q Christian Hanson.
March SiS, d ,Ss Ha,aso5 JSSs Benton aud wa a.
March ISIS, in ths names o. tho rancT children Of
ts ,des ICES hdwaA granted oe'o'
No s,Oe, fof 10 acres. issued under the act of
widow OF Jonathan Lemon. and was granted April
No 6, eSS, Tor la acres. issued under the Get of
MISs j. ss n'S Nae 5nsS crS'p'H' and was
No, 81 so, for lGO acres. issued under tho act of
March s T. the P5ns s & SMSSgo sAsrrera
"!S II. tST iSJ acres. issued saaer tse .c, ..
March S IL q Ihe S name "a Sssps s sAea' and wns
sSs0 ~ 3. a. Tor 10 acres. ..acd under til. nc, Of
s @ jo. saS Z. s. aS for
30, s2.ss, for 100 acres, issued under the act Of
MSFS @ ran sS 1as Saa S.S hn.ss'
No ST. ts, for leo acres, Issued under the ri of
SidGT e IhSHas Anssia. aud was granite. Deem.
W. srSh!!s Ted June Z 1856 June Is, fSSs A's
sepsnbS S tSs nam % hinder the Sst Of
ana was slaatsd February g. iss JSas WE is
ssps@S S Of William S1fsr III g. k r. o.
a. %S fFiS as Sss i t.s sSa under ,A., NJ
March = I'M ia 10 ,hS pane Of Alsxandsr Berry
"'''' ""S " '-ssS9 nAIch o. laos July u, ISIS
rs TUE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
! OF COLUMBIA
Geo. T. Msslu. :, :, na. Eqa'', po's's
me trustees IN this cause having reported thAI
wy mau sofa the west mart Of lot No In square
40 ~ Ias described In the said pTocCeipgs) with
tng improvements, In pursuance Of the decree, 10
| Wllnam Il, Webb, for the sum Of $3.50. and that
me sAa Weob had compiled with the terms II sale
| y Is this 18Th day Of April, ISIS, ordered by the
Court that the said sale be- and the same Is hereby,
| fauned aud confirmed unless cause ~ the contrary
! A, D. oLlN, Justice,
| A true eopy-Test:
spS'lThsw X. J, MElGs, Clerk,
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ADDITIONAL rPoiSTNESrs OF MUNICIPAL
OFFicERS.-9en. Schoheld has made the fol.
lowing additional appointments of city ON.
GERS: Council-Samuel Baker, First ward, vice
W =. Moore; q. d. Shirley, Second ward, vice
Geo. Simpson; A. 9. Harmon, Third ward vice
J. b. johnson; Frank A. Reed, Fourth ward,
vice J. II. Nails; hsh Inspector John Brad.
ford, vice VIM. A. Stewart.
RELIGious.-Bishop Johns, of the Episcopal
Church, confirmed a class OF twenty.eight at
Christ church on Sunday, after evening ser.
vice A number were confirmed by him At st
Paul's and Grace churches, also, the same day
COUNTY CONFERENCE.-The delegates com.
posing the county convention Of the Republi-
can party, reasscmblcd In this c,ty at s o'clock
Saturday night and nominated the following
delegates to the state convention: Mcssrs,
Chas. whittlesey, II, d. Beckley, Josiah Mil.
lard, II. II. Lyles. Altcrnates, WIN. Arnold,
James Clsgett John o. Underwood, and Geo.
p. Douglas. As candidates for the House OF
Delegates, Mcssrs =. N. Garwood and George
l.. Seaton.
MARKgrs.-Wheat,S u. po6t3.o5 for red, and
s2.9oG3.lO for white. Oats, sbGs7. Rye, t2d2 .OS.
| Eggs, % cts per dozen. Lard, 20 cts. per pound
Corn, 81 .05fpl .0s. Market duh and declining for
corn. Active for other grains,
FIsH.-This article sells rs follows: Shsd
| per hundred, tl0Gl2. Herring per thousand,
81. Owing to irregular arrivals the market is
| unsettled.
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EQUITy CouRT = Judge Wy'ic,-The court
was occupied during its session yesterday by
an argument In the case OF Altman vs.. Hunt.
ley. Merrick-N. Wilson, Chapman, and
Hughes. Bill to dissolve u copartnership for
carrying on a mail contract In Montana, and
enjoin liuntley from drawing the contract
money from the Post Office Department. A
temporary injunction for this purpose had
been granted, and the case came, up yesterday
on a motion to dissolve that In junction, and,
also, on a motion to strike out amended and
supplemental bills, These motions were argued
by counsel, and held under adviscment.
Wood ct al. vs.. Wood OF al. Decree ratify-
ing commissioners sale.
Wheeler vs.. Slagcl ct al. Order appointing
W. u. Lassclle guardian dd Mcm.
Langtry vs.. Estill Decree changing terms
OF sale.
Berrant VS.. Runsomc. Order confirming
auditors report and directing distribution.
Hesslcr VS.. Dixon. Order directing the case
to be heard in first instance before general
term.
Adjourned.
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GEORGETOWN MATTERS.

oRDHxs for the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN in George.
town may be LEFT at the bookstores Of Messrs. 7.
NJ. X. Mills 4 Co. date Crandelt's,) is Bridge
street. or at hessrs o. T. Getty 4 Co. ., LOO
Bridge street, where copies Of the RsPupLrcAs
may be obtained daily
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

wAsHISUrOS, April 10, ls5s
On the petition Of REBEcCA X. 6ILLgTr, ld.
minstratrix a the estate OF Thomas W. Gillett,
deceased, Of Chicago, III praying for the extea
sion OF a patent granted to John Matthews, as as.
signee Of the said Thomas W tillett, the 18th day
Of July. 1854, for an Improvement In Apparatus for
Corking Bottles, for seven years from the expira-
ton Of said patent, which takes place on the 18th
Il is ordered that the aid petition be heard at the
Patent Once on MONDAY, the I'D day OF June
next, at u clock, IN and all persons are nothed
to appear aud show cause, II any they have, why
said petition ought not to be granted.
Persons opposing the cxtcnsOn are repaired to file
10 the Patent Ohce their objections, specially set
forth In writing, at least tcstg days before the
ofhearingi all testimony died by either party to be
used at tho said hearing, must be taken and trans.
mIted in accordance, " Ith the rules OF the otaee
which will be furns he'd on application.
Dispositions and other papers, relied upon as tes.
tmony, must be nled In the Office t1stv days before
the day OF hearing the Arguments fany, within tsn
days after nling the testimony.
Ordered, also, that this notice be published In the
EEPuBLIUAS and the InteliOsHctr, Washington,
d. c., and In the Tribune, Chicago, Illinois.
week for three successive wccksi the first OF
said publications to be at least sixty days previous
to the day OF hearing A. NJ. STOUT,
apl6-ThN Acting Commissioner Of Patents.
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TIE LuITENi GASES,
Henry .. ReayeF, vending lottery tickets.
This case WAS submitted to the jury sworn on
Saturday, who returned q verdict of guilty,
subject to the opinion of the court in bdnc.
upon the exceptions filed In the case Of J. II.
VIM. O'Brien, II. Rudderfofd and George II.
Dyer, same charge. All these parties sub
mitted to q Judgment of guilty, subject to the
OF law raised by Messrs. Merrlck and Fendali
In their exceptions filed In the Fowler case.
Tho jury were then discharged, and the
court adjourned until this morning,
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ALEXANDRIA MATTERS.

To orR SrBsCRiBERs IN ALR1ASpRIA.- Mr.
George W. Jones, No. 81 North Alfred street, be.
tween Queen and Cameron streets, 10 our author.
ited agent for the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, in
Alexandria, and will collect for subscriptions
and solicit Advertisements for this paper, from
the hrst day Of February.
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apl-wSw Acting Commissioner Of Patents,


WAsHlNGrON, April ", lse,
On the petition OF LAyISIA l.. BARrLgTr. adj
ministratrix Of the estate OF Russell D BARTLETT
deceased, " Bangor, Maine praying for the eXlen.
sion o. patent granted 70 the said Russell D.
ment in Machine for Making TIA" Heads " Shovel
Handles, for seven years from the expiration Of
said patent, which takes place on the 18th day Of
July, 1853:
Patent ONCE on MONDAY, the I'D day Of June
next, ut ~ clock, m aud all persons are notified
to appear and show cause, u any they have, why
said petition ought not 10 be granted.
Persons opposing the extension are required to
file IN the Patent Ohice their objections, specially
set forth In writing NJ least ttoenty days before the
day Of heaTngi all testimony hled by either party
to used =! the said hearing. mus. be taken, and
office, which will DO furnished on application.
Dispositions and other papers, relied upon Ms tos-
timonS, must be fled IN the office ttoeaty days be-
fore the day Of bearing the arguments. II any,
within ten days after hling the testimony.
Ordered, also, that this notice be published in the
Republicdn and the Intelii0encsr, Washington.
ID. 9. :, and In the Wig, Bangor. Maine, once i
week for three successive weeks the hrst Of said
publications to be at least sixty days PSsySSs tC
the day OF hearing. 4, u, STOUT,
spl7.Fst Acting Commissioner Of Patents.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
~ UsITED STATES PATESr orr

wAsHISGroS. March -, Isis.
On the petition Of wARRES SHAW and PAkLEY
@. GREEN, Of Wales, Massachusetts. praying 10
the extension Of patent granted to them the 10Th
day OF June. 1864 for an Improvement In TenteTiug
Cloth, for seven years from the expiration OF said
ls6S:
II Is ordered that the said petition be heard OF
the Patent oilics on Monday, the Slh day Of June
next. At " o'cloCk IN ;and all persons are notified
said petition ought not to be granted.
Persons opposing the extension are required to
Ole III the Patent Oice their objections, specially
set forth IN writing, AZ least t0eHfU days before
the day Of hearingi all testimony hled by either
party, to be used At the said hearing, must be
taken and transmitted in accordance with the rules
Of the ONCE. which will be furnished on appliea
ton.
DISPOSITIONS andother paper, relied upon as testi.
fore the. day OF hearingi the arguments, II any.
with n ten days after Ill ne the testimony.
Ordered. also, that this nOtiee be published In
the REPrELIcAS aud the IGteiiigsnctr, Washing
ton. d. c., and in the Republican, Springfield,
Mass, oncea week for three successive weeks the
hrst Of said pub icatons to be al least sixty day.
previous TO the day OF hearing.
A. NJ STOUT.
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WASHINGTON Cooperative ASSOCIATIONS
The above association met last evening at
Woodward hall for the purpose OF electing a
treasurer In place Of Mr.. Brown resigned. Mr.,
Charles u. Parkman was, by unanimous con.
sent, elected as treasurer of the assoc iation.
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FIFTH WARD II sGIsTRATIoS.-ln this ward
the registration OF voters commenced yester-
day, and s2l voters were registered, Of which
40 were white and All colored, making a ma.
Jority VI one for the colored voters.
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LINCOLN AvENUE.-In the House of Repre-
keiJtat.pes, yesterday, Mr., Farnsworth, of III,
Introduced q bill to change the pane Of Four
And-a-half street, in this city, to Lincoln ave.
nue.. The bill was referred to the Committee
on the District OF Columbia.
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Adjourned

CRIMINAL CorRr-Judge CdrHcr-rhis court
transacted the following business on yester.
day:
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PATENTS TO Bg IssUED.-For the week end
Ing on Tuesday, May ., over 900 patents will
be- Issued from the Patent Once, During the
hled,
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WEDDING PRESENTS
large assortment of
FANCY SILVER WARE,
Comprising all the NEWER STYLES, designed G,
WEDDING PRESENTS.
NV GAIT h BRO, Jewellers,
ap25.St 25l Penn. avenue
TO ALL wHoMIr MAY CONCERY.

DEPARTMENT OF rHR INTERIOR,
TENSION OFFICE. April Is, Isis.
Application having been made under the act OF
June y, $50, for the reissue Of the following de
serbed Land Warrants, which are alleged to have
been lost or destroyed Notice Is hereby given that
at the date following tho description Of each war
rant new certificate or warrant Of like tenor will
be reissued. II NO valid objection should then ap-
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CHoICE STOCK OF Cashmere Pants Goods,
just received from our tailoring depot.
A. SAKs h Co.,
No. jl7 Seventh street.
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CLOTHING POR SrRING.-Mes5rs. Stephen
Co, $40 Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth streets, have just received an extern
sive and well selected stock OF youths, boys,
and children's clothing for all ages, from three
years and upwards, for spring wear. Spring
will soon be here, and 1t behooyes our readers
to provide themselves with clothing for their
children and themselves, at the low rates which
rule at the establishment Of stephens h Co
before the rush comes. \
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TRASsPERs or REAL EsTATE.-The follow.
ing transfers OF real estate have been reported
at the Real Estate Exchange of Il: NJ. Hall,
corner of Seventh and ID streets Lot II, in
square 1908, at 1900; lot /, In square 1859 at
2, In square sl6, at sl, 200; part Of lot 4, in
square ITO, north Is feet on Eighth street west,
at 1895; lots 3, !, and west one.half Of 0, in
square $50, at 1856 sub. A, In square 7ol, at
S525.
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BuRGLARy,-on Sunday night, some un.
known party entered the cabin OF schooner
Signal, captain Shrceves, at Seventh street
wharf, and stole lot of the captains clothing
and bed clothes, to the value of $50, The cap.
tain Is rather unfortunate, as his premises
were robbed of a lot of dishes, cooking uten.
tials, and yictuals, about three weeks since.
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TRANsFERs OF REAL EsTATE.-Ths follow
ing transfers Of real estate have been reported
in the Real Estate Exchange of X. NJ. Hall +:
The north part OF lot and part of lot in 50.
423, at $500; part of lot in square'i57, 20 feet
on d street at $500; part of sub. IS In square
40, at $3.50; port Of lot ! and In square SIT,
in square 5i5, % feet on N street, at 1926 part
OF sub. 8 In 50. 1856, north 90 feet on Sixteenth
street west at 80 sos 6sj 10 feet on Water street
at k3T2 IL
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Bins 0Pgsgn.-At noon yesterday bids were
opened at the Mayors offl0o for grading and
grayeling street north, from Firstto Seventh
streets east. There were twenty-one bids In,
the lowest of which was that of Mr.. j. q.
Stafford, who proposed to execute the grading
at 1874 cents per cubic yard, and grayeling at
ranged up to 10 cents for grading and II cents
for graveling.
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rs TUE SUPREME COURT OF THE pIsTRICT
i OF COLUMBIA "i'

l OF co
Matilda Lloyd
Geo. T, MeGlue ct al.
The trustees In this
they had sold the west
No, l2l las described IN
the Improvement, In
the ssIdWesb had coin col
y Is this lslh day of
Court, that the said sal
Iathed aud confirmed,
De shown, on or before
| A true eopy-Test
epS-lThSw
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sinner OF the Freedmen's Bureau for this Dis.
trict, has appointed A. p. Clarke, an agent Of
the Bureau for the District OF Columbia, at a
duty at the employment office In charge of
Mrs. ], ). Grimm. Mr.. Clarke Is n member OF
tha Hoard ofCommop Council Of this city from.
the Fifth ward,
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GRACE CHURCH PARISH OrPICERs.-At a
meeting of the congregation of "Grace Church
Parishb the following gentlemen were Sc
lected wardcns and Vcstrymen for the ensu-
ing year:
w Senior WardsnIIoshua SGSkssy. ,gGiSr
Yeatman, s. d. TAYLOR, Cornelius Jacobs,
Charles Hadaway, J. l.. Kidwell, q. Neale,
George Taylor, and q. I. Hurlburt
O. +. Hurlburt was elected register, and
Cornelius Jacobs treasurer.
At an election for delegates to the bio
cesan Convention, to be hold In Baltimore
May 9th, q. +. Hurlburt was chosen, with
Joseph N. Gordon as alternate.
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PudiLrsTIc YoUrHs.-Two ferocious youths
named Fitzgerald and Robertson, mailing from
the Northern Liberties section OF Washington,
have been accustomed to pay visits to the
day evening a difficulty arose between them
which resulted In Robertson drawing a razor
and cutting Fitzgerald quite seriously across
the right shoulder. These boys are not more
tn an Twelve years Of age, and have for long
time been regarded as notorious characters
Robertson made his escape and Or. Morgan,
ofthc Island, dressed the wounds of Fitzgerald,
which are not considered dangerous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-19
Tl,e Elections last Tuesday.

AS the returns come in they appear far moro
favorable to the Conservative party than the
reports by telegraph. The largest vote ever
poed was cast in the three States OF Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana. In the first, in
vote of upwards Of 100000, the Radicals have
majority estimated at not more than 10000.
That is certainly very small figure, and the
Democrats allege that more than 5000 illegal
votes were given in Philadelphia, which can.
not be cast again at the Presidential election,
as the voters will be needed at hcme. In 1910,
at the October election, the Democrats had
majority Of about 5000, and yet in November
following the State voted for Gen. Harrison.
Ia the present election, the Conservatives gain
four members Of Congress, and tail to gain
several others by very small maj rites. Three
Radicals are reported elected by majorltles OF
IS, SIS and so! -..
In Ohio, too, the first Geographic reports are
found to be highly exaggerated. Ii is now be-
lieved the Radical majority will not much ex,
coed 10, OOO-and 5000 Of that composed OF
outsiders. Three members of Congress are
gained. The Cincinnati Enquirer expresses
great confidence in being able to carry the State
at the Presidential election. The Hebrews, 1t
says, who arc all opposed to Grant, voted the
local Radical ticket, and their numbers are
sufficient to turn the scale.
In Indiana the Conservatives have done
still better at this present writing 1t IS not
quite certain that their gallant standard bearer,
Hendricks, is not elected Governor. 1t de-
feated, it is by majority less than 1000
Three members of Congress are gained, and
this, too, in the face of gerrymander which
seemed to preclude all hope Of electing more
than one member from the State. One district
was made to stretch four hundred miles, and
to include most of the large Democratic eoun-
ties The gerrymander extended to the State
Legislature, which accounts for the Radical
majority in that body 80
The result is that in the three States, in a
vote of nearly million and half, the Rad
calls have majority of little more than $4,000
and much of that alleged to be fraudulent
| As a mere reconnaissance IN force, as Demo
cratic paper terms it, it is magnificent achieve
ment 1t is certain there are a great many
people at the North opposed to the benign
policy" of the Radicals, and q majority party
confronted by such minority as this must be
somewhat on it's guard. And this result has
been achieved where the State governments and
State patronage We're i'll the hands OF their adj
versaries-where the Federal patronage was to
q great extent exerted 10 the same direction
where the shoddyists and contractors, OF every
hue, VINO made money during the War-Where
the whiskcy and all the other rings were CO.
operatng-and where, above all, the prestige
Of Gen. Grant prevailed. 1t is very evident
that without that prestige the verdict OF the
Northern people last year on the Radical policy
would have been rho verdict now. -R'chmo"d
UHi0
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lCOSIMUNICATED.


In the Gazette of Saturday, [ noticed, that at
the request" Of several citizens Of this and
three adjoining counties, d gentleman of this
place has announced himself candidate for
Presidential clector. Now, with all due defer
ence, submit that proper respect for, and
confidence in the State Executive Committee,
who, take it, have the good of the State, AS
we'll as the party, at heart, and who, from their
positions, are most competent to judge, should
have induced these "citizens of the three coun-
ties to await the action Of that body, believing
that if they deem il advisable that electors
should be appointed, they will recommend 1t;
but if in their Judgment such course Is lm-
poIitic-of which there seems to be no doubt,
under existing circumStances-thcyW will main
tain that proper silence which has already
won for the 17eat men Of the State the esteem
and respect OF the whole country. In times
like sIicse the very best counseIs should be IN
vokul, and the wishes or desires Of few-by
whatever motive actuated-should yield to the
wisdom Of those to whom the people OF the
whole State have entrusted their political al
fairs. Let US not be rash, or seek rash coun-
sels. Let not impetuosity bctray Us into lm-
prudence, bullet US obey the weli-known maxim
of teSttn0 Lente, and, let us act wisely.
.......a ONE OF THE PEOPLE
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 18th, 1868.