Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-01
ALEXANDRIA.


by his aide, made, to all intents and purposes,
an official PRONUNCIATION Of the result OF the
Virginia election The heading of that publ
cation, thus officially Issued, was as follows:
Summary of the number Of registered votes,
the number OF votes polled and the result OF the
election on the question OF the acceptance or
rejection of proposed constitution for the
State Of VIRGINIA, held on the sixth (6thl day
OF July, 1862
The following is the clause OF the act OF Con
gress of April 10, bearing upon this subject:
THAT if either of the said constitutions shall
be ratified at such election, the Legislature OF
the State so ratfylng, elected as provided for
10 this bill, shall assemble at the capital OF said
State respectively on the fourth Tuesday after
tho cifcia PRONUNCIATION of such ratification by
the military officer commanding in the State.
Thus the case stands.
The Lynchburg Nir0inian says
Eve do not know whether, in view OF the
avnwed purpose OF our military autocrat to
purge the Legislature with the test oath the
Conservative members OF that body will think
il worth while to make the journey TO Rich.
mOnd on a FOOLS errand, to 20 away as they
came and, without their presence, there can
be no quorum. Certainly, as the law stands,
u
meet at Richmond on the fourth Tuesday after
the 18th of Augustine day on which the
official PRONUNCIATION OF the ratification of the
constitution was made Shall the Legislature
meet then, or not2 That Is the question To be
settled by Gen. CANDY alone. Shall the law OF
Congress, or the law of Gen. Candy, govern ~
Gov. WALKER-A special dispatch from
Richmond is published in the Norfolk Journal.
as follows
RICHMOND, Aug. 30--From an authentic
source | learu that Gen. Candy has applied fer
instructions from Gen. Sherman to install Gil
bert &. Walker, the Governor elect. tits stated
that the Commanding General is actuated 10
this course by the urgent necessities or the
people, Of whom Mr.. Walker is now the proper
guardian. During the coming month proxies
will have to be appointed for the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Virginia and Tennessee rail
roads, and it would be unjust TO allow Gov.
Wells to make these appointments which
would hold good for the next twelve months,
General Candy repeatedly EXPRESSED himsa II
very tavOrably to Governor Walker, aud II /,
presumed that he will be inaugurated at an
early day. Il.
The Richmond State Journal of yesterday
IN reference to the above has the following
''Of course the announcement is premature
Reflection will teach any one that no such pro
ceeding as the appointment OF Gov. Walker
out OF time will take place. The usual course
of procedure has been altogether different
When the Legislature shall meet, and shall be
ready to proceed to business, then, of course,
and not tin then, will the Lieutenant Governor
be inaugurated, as necessary to complete the or
ganizatiou OF the Senate; and then will the Gov
ernor be iaaugurated and installed, as necessary
10 the iul constitution OF the law making pow
er, and as proper completion Of the lnclplent
State Government. The public may confident
ly expect the Inauguration Of Gov. Walker
when the Legislature shall be found ready and
competent to proceed to business; and we
think We hazard nothing in saying that it is
useless to expect his Inauguration before that
event"
FAITu.-The Richmond Dispatch, speaking
of the situation in Washington, says;
''For the best reasons we feel an abiding
ftjth in the President and the Cabinet and
we arc ready to trust Congress also, should
the question be carried to that body. Indeed,
the President himself has given assurances
that the test oath shall not be put upon Nir
ginia.
o! man, great is thy faith" Such miser-
able sinners as we arc acknowledge with due
humility, that we have not grain OF it. cit
is too high, we cannot attain unto it. BY
the way, when, and to whom, did the Presi-
dent give the assurances spoken Of?
An able writer on the coal subject, in the
New York Financial Journal, argues to show
that The principal cause of the exortitant price
of anthracite coal is the mouopolizng comb
nations Of the operating coal companies and
the transportation companies. lie thinks 1t Is
not likely that the present prices of the latter
will long be sustained, but We have no reason
to hope that as long as the present demand Tor
it continues, 1t will again fall to the compare
lively low price at which it was sold in former
years.
Elk President johnson has lived 10 realize
the truth of the Eastern provcrb, about chick
ems coming homo to roost His course in his
early career as President, in relation to the
officers OF the Confederate army after the sur
render-tortunately opposed by Gen Grant !;
his action in the Surratt case and his pro-
camatiou Offering rewards for the apprehension
of innocent persons, falsely accused concerning
President Llncoln's assassination, still re-
membered greatly to his disadvantage
LIZ Gen. Grant has any appreciation OF tuu 10
bis composition he must himself laugh at the
persistent talk in some of what are called
Conservative papers, in favor of his pol
icy" his course, and his party, in the face
OF his uniform action with and for the Radical
party, and in despite of his authorized declara.
tons that Re disapproves OF the course OF those
Republicans who don't go with the Radical
PARTY.
1t is announced that John S. Garlic, again
OF Western Virginia, is in favor of removing
the political restrictions" upon the people of
that State and that it is favorable sign
as he always IS along with, or tries to get along
with, "the winning party
The Reunion" at Gettysburg was such a