Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-16

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ALEXANDRIA.
Happy is the man having to labor, daily, FOL
his support, who can now work within doors,
sheltered from the glare of the sun, and its
scorching rays He may not be as comfortable
as he could wish, but he is comparatively COM
Portable. And it is a happiness for which he
should be thankful and grateful. Let him con-
trast his situation with that of the "toiling
millions who are otherwise situated, and he
will bless God for health, and strength, and the
means of enjoying the blessings which kind
Providence bestows upon him.
One objection against Gen. Grant is, that
whilst, at the outset he was not such Radi-
cal as the leaders and ultras wanted-if, in
deed, he was a. Radical at all--he has since his
induction into politics, and his being brought
into the political arena, been made Radical
Of the patent stamp or, at least, Is held out by
his peculiar friends to be such We assume,
therefore, that he is not a Radical from con-
viction or on princip le-but from 'circumstan-
ces" And, this is fair ground of objection.
Yesterday, in the H. Of R., Mr.. Garfield re-
piled to the augment of Mr. B. F. Butler
the day before, in relation to taxing u. S.
Bonds. Mr.. Butler rejoined and intimated that
Mr.. Garfield knew no more ofwhat "a termi-
nable annuity (of which he had been talking)
was, than a Choctaw Mr.. Garfield replied to
the latter remark by saying that, if he did not
understand more than Choctaw, he trusted
that he had little better manners than those
of a Choctaw Ia treating an opponent.
We mentioned day or two ago, "the Sutro
Tunnel" The New York Times says, 'per-
haps the most impudent job OF the session is
that which proposes Government loan or
grant-say, more correctly, gift outright-ot
five millions, to benefit certain silver mining
companies in Nevada" And yet is persisteutly
urged by the persons interested-and there is
no knowing what may be the result
Hot weather brings business to pause and
politics to stand still We question whether
an argument upon political subject, how
ever ably handled, could have been endured
for the last five days. An enthusiastic 'SRati-
fication' meeting, where everybody thinks
alike, is the only thing of o political nature
tolerated Cooler days and more pleasant
nights will doubtless cause revival.
Rev. E. H. Knowles has discovered that
Switt's description of storm, in the voyage
to Brobdingag, is copied from Sturmy's "Com.
pleat Mariner" PIP II, Is, in his Mariners
Magazine The Dean had wit and invention
enough of his own, without resorting to plaig-
orism. Probably he only used the paragraphs
quoted because they furnished him with nauti
ca phrases.
WILLIAMSON, called Violet Williamson, is
said by the I,yuchburg Virginiau, to have been
candidate for the Office of Judge of the Eff
teenth Judicial District of Virginia, and to
have have been backed "by Gov. Wells and
other Radical friends" Hc had his quietus
from the military authority, and was not ap-
pointed-Mr. Upton receiving the appointment
The New York Times says: Since Mr..
Summers extraordinary anxiety to secure c2l
ored Senators has been made public VIC under
stand that several capable negroes Of Boston
are preparing to contest with him for the va
cancy which will occur in a few months in the
Massachusetts, Senat0rshlp.'
The people of Virginia, and, indeed, Of the
whole South, owe it to the Democratic party
of the North, to do all that is in their power to
give success to the ticket now before the coun
try and to abstain from every act and every
word that can in any manner tend to leopard
that success.
MIR. William Prescott Smith, the railroad
route agent between Washington and New
York, is about to make number of new ar
engagements and improvements for the accom-
mediation of travellers. ..
The extreme heat of the weather has its CT
feet upon business, and prevents activity
This is, usually, the dull season everywhere;
nut, the weather adds to the depression in
trade. a..: III. 80 ..l-
The number of fatal cases from sun stroke
reported in different quarters of the country, is
unprecedented. Work under the direct rays
OF the sun is dangerous in such weather as we
have .r.
The third party movement" it is probable
will amount to nothing. Those who will not
support Seymour and Blair, will support Grant
and Colfax.
Great attention is now due, and should be
given to horses laboring in the sun. ''The
mercifu man is merciful to his beast"