Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
Yl,C Virginia senators.

tLc caucus * the Walker moUtc17 OF the
Legislature c.os,l last night, after midnight,
having nominated for 4, $. Senators John +.
Lewis, Of Rock;ncham, and John ". Johnston,
IT Washington county Ir Lewis is 4 native
OF Rockingham county, and is fifty years OF
age. lie was . member Of the Secession Con
yeuion, and voted against and refused to sign
the ordinance o. secession He was Union
man through tho war. and as the candidate Of
the Walker party for Lieutenant Governor he
I'D his ticket by over 1000 votes. John W.
Johnston t. . native Of Virginia, and is q ne
phcw OF zen. Joseph l.. Johnston lie is q
lawyer by profession, aud was appointcd as
Judge ot Washington Circuit, by Gen. CANDY,
Go the ballot on which Lewis was nomiua-
ted, the vote stood: Lewis, -; Judge Edmund
PendIcton, Of Winchester, 81.
Ga the ballot on which Johnston was
ncmidStcd the vote stood: Johnston, Go; Pen
dleton, 81; Robert l.. Owen, 10; Joseph
Sesar, >.
A caucus Of the Wells Radical members
last night nominated for L. S. Senators l. ii.
Chandler, late /. :. District Attorney of Vim
GINA, and Dr. Alexander Sharpe, at present
Marshal Of thc District Of Columbia. The
caucus also AZ pointed committee to carry TO
Washington the protest recently adopted By
the Radica. members OF the Legislature
against the legality OF that body.
4 TuoRoUU RAuJcM--Tac Richmond
Journal, in the following, iui;cat, ;ac yicw, and
feelings OF genuine thorough gong Radical,
Commoating on the manly rcmonst,1nc' OF 4
contemporary, it says:
"The Enquirer aud Examiner las the iacrlt-
itu1e 70 complain 70! tue mid AID hcnlgnaut
administration OF cur State aitAit- ly the mill
tary authoritll, What right have YOU TO
complain OF aoylhng? /, n Democrat Is per
miitod TO !ive he ought to tc grateful for the
boou-espCcIa..y s,Cec the defeat in PcHuSylva
MIA AMI Ohil. ii We hal our way, We should
IRON clad them AL oyor,-rlyct them without
and within, aud c,juch the riyCts We would
dose them with tcrro- cyarjc acid, They should
no; eat, sleep. speak, write, suct2c, breathe
fresh air, have the Use of G,e or water, or di",
withou; taxing tie iton clad. We would make
che editor q! thc Enquirer take 1t every mora
ing before he began his editorial laborS, and
the business manager shouldn't send cut a DILL
unless te made IN lrOu-clat oath 10 It's correct
ness \ S;ug.c >UbScr,btr;o the paper should nt
read it without takiug the iron clad, and II
they refused We would AZ once c0nslGn them 10
the mGItyrdori invoked ty Nh TravcrS Darel,
am OruCr NE o. SoulctS 10 puJ them through
q passage Of arms, as the mprcitu and kind
heart SpariardS call il. just give Us Que
hour OF Imperial sway, and the Enquirer would
think Peruvian earthquake OF the l5y of
Judgment had c3mc.
This may be al ID tca Lu5 /, has very much
the appearance as II ',be wish were father to
the thought aud that, il opportunity offered
there would be more realty than fancy.
SOUTHERN PRoGRgss. Building railroads and
cotton factories has become lively business in
the Southern States, says the Richmon Wing.
There is scarcely single thriving town Of 5000
inhabitants in Alabama and Mississippi that is
not preparing to erect mill for making coarse
cotton or wooden goods, The leading topic of
interest at Corin;h and Huntsville at this time,
Is the effort to raise by subscription money
enough 10 erect factory in either place. But
raIlr0adinC Is the leading excitement IN Aiabs-
mn, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and
Texas. New roads are planned. and some of
them being built, 10 each of these States 20
place cotton regions within reach Of markets |
from which they are now almost debarred, or
that are accessible only by expensive carriage. |
tea Forrest has charge of one Of these road, |
in Alabama, End Is pushing it forward with ener- |
~ and indeed, many Of the most enterprisinC |
ex Confederate officers in the South are taking |
the lead in works of internal Improvement and |