Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-20

MIR. sRIDGWAY's SPEECH. AT Amherst G.
f., yesterday, it being Couoy Court day,
Hon. r. Ridgway dsligerod az able, eloquent
and effective address hithe political situation
Ito large and attentive assembIageof citizens
III the course Of his remarks the. Speaker al.
}nded< Is his consistent opposition to secession
from the Inauguration of that measure; and
TO the fact that he had always been attached
TO the Constitution and the Union, as they
were. at the same TING he was >bltterly apd
.uincompromisingly opposed TO negro suffrage.
TIe denounced the socailed Constitution in tie
strongest terms; Exhibiting ali Of its odious
Gestures ia the most effective and impressive
style. Mr.. RidgWay advised the eelored peo-t
ME to reject the constitution, and to beware OF
the adventures rand mercenarics, who Wirei
stirring UP strife among them, with o view to-
their own advantage Finally, he, appealed IN,
| noble and eloquent words to the white men OF
Virginia--her true, sons and legal citizens, to-
vote in solid column against the infamous IN
strument of their ruin.-Lynch. Kip
TIE Potomac FISHERIES The fishing sea-
son has about closed on the Potomac, as we
learn the proprTetors and renters have cut
out at the Tuhlb, Marlboro FoWkes, Aiken
dale, Cum s, Walters, Whipsewarsen and
Peyton's Point The fisheries at Deep Water
and Pratt's Point are still in operation. ga.3d9
Mcssrs. Waller, Downey & Cunningham, at
| stWaller's," have cleared about $4,000. Guy,
at the Gum 8, isreported to have done quite
well, as also UaWood Iat Eowkes, Lewis 10 Ash
ton, at Marlboro and Captain Pratt, at Pratt $
Point ,-q.s ,-r-,
The season has been 4 poor one along the
upper Potomac, there having been but few
| fish caught above Freestone Point-the3 lower
part of Occaouan Bay The lover Potomac
| fisheries have yielded one third more than last
year. ,,r--,. .,.E-cy fr5.r>gcrn,
As an evidcGc, Of the uncertainties Of the
| trade we hear-that one firm, largely engaged,
| has lost from ten to twelve thousand dollars
| this year-Freder1cksJurg HernH. n,j.g l2z
A CURIOUS ORDER. Some two or three
months ago, Mr.. Robert W. Hart observed a
watch seal dangling from the pocket Of color
ed man which seal Mr.. II, had lost several
wears before, and at once demanded Its re5tl-
tuition. The negro declined giving up the
| PROPERTY when warrant Was obtained and
the case tried before Mayor Slaughter. AS
there was 10 difficulty about It's ratification,
| numerous witnesses tcStitylng to the fact, the
| Mayor restored the stolen property TO. ,iAr
| Hart, and the colorcd man was uluctcd IN
costs 10 the amount Of one dollar and ten, cts
| The curious part is, that a few days ago, Mr.
| Hart received official nolice, by order OF Gen.
Schofeld, directing that the costs OF the suit
should be refunded to the colored man In whose
possession tie stolen property was found AS
the costs were not paid to Mr. Hart, but to
officers of the CommonWea,h +, it strikes, Us as a
novel proceeding. that he should be called up
| on TO nay for the legal restitution OF his own
property Fredericksburg, HeraM. Q Jaa-l
TIE CONTEST IN FIRGINIA:-Lcttcrs, and
information otherwise received from various
sections Of the State, assure us that the can
vass against the monstrous Constitution"
! proposed by the late scaIiawaggerie, is being
! actively prosecuted. The people ara being
aroused as they never haVo been since the
termination of the late war, and not often be
| fore that The spirit manifested IS one OF uo-
nuenchablc hostility to the thing, in any shape
| 10 which it may be presented, and the tenor or
our cores pondcncc leads Us to hope that IN
stead Of 20 900 or 10000 majority the people
of Virginia will Indignantly reject the work OF
Underwood ami B ,yae, ofHunn!cutt and Keso,
| of Hne and Porter, anlSP latte, by u majority
approaching So 600 or more.
This is ali very we'll eXc2ilentEy g0od-but
We beseech our friends not TO weary in their
we'll doing, nor let their labors lag for sing ie
moment from now until the contest Is over
| Richmond Enquirer. -..../4Gy
THE INyEsTIGATIoN.-Th House Managers
| of Impeachment are pursuing the investiga-
ton ordered ia relation to the influences