, 1869-03-04
Relief of Alexander County--Va.
1fons MATTER.
From Our speeial Correspondent
sFR11a1H1p, Krch :.

maids, forgot the Lake Front bl1t, and was
a child once more. The uncommecl1 Covt
nodded gay assent when the lecture. bade
them stick to thele bargains, and he suilcd
across the aisle at Doctor Mack. The soeia-
bic Stanley ND1led, for be thought of -shose
nice and coed ;tellons, the Tiggins helrs Ind
when The lecturer told how naughty men
who eot'drune vent te ths penisen.ia1y, tho
members Of the dtm Of Casey, Merritt Il Co,
musmuted In soft responte the Da1oe Of Buck
msstcr, whilc Childs, gently dissenting re-
peated those Of Dyer snd Hammond.
It was perfectly halmouious- Nobody 4
spoke above whisper. There was the com- I
undls.urbed, from ladies' and RsutlcmenN |
down 10 ~ thank Jou for your kiad a.len-
don" After the performance was over, xhe |
expressed herself ~ both gratIded anQ sur- |
Wised " the eoLduet Of tbs members pres-
ent. She had heard such naughty things, u |
Legislature. Ghe hsd heard those Nno COM
posed It. spoken Of As thteyca and corruption
ists, and she wa2 delighted to see tbcy were
not such ruftians. During her residence In
Springfield she should certainly be constxnt
IN her attendance In the legl.lAlive halls,
Representatives,, who confirmed her in her
purposes, and stated that there was 60 place
Whsre ladsea could better inform their minds.
Improve thei, tastes, Rcd cnizrge thar iuIel-
iects, than IN the gallery Of tho House. Bhe
expressed belief that bach vas the case. xud
they parted 10 meet no more.
Yesterday morning, punctua! To her PROM
lie, the was in the House gallery, and she
rcmKtned there fnr about 81 hous, Hhea sne,
With the other 1adlea who were there, arose
md fed, as If from Seldom OF pest-hnnsc-
fed without turning around, and with fingers
10 their ears.
AEAsrf sPKEcu.
In order to explain this fully have to 70
back little ways. a few days hso bad
occasion to refer to the person called Mc1-
r1tt, who Taa elected from Marion County,
and after men'lonine hs eiTees,ve pecullafl.
ties, went on to speak generally Of hts lcsls-
latiTc ACTON.
When his friends eaw this they urged Mer.
ritt to make d personal explanation, 4ince
| they judged that such statements weTe cal
| 4 common article. He at drst declined, sta ing
| that the facts we're Substantially correct, sad
that, therefore. he really did NOT know how to
make the desired explanation. ac was re-
luctant, but they were urgent, and he lua1ly
tS sx.esa IL thst = # tney would wrlte hin ons b
AID Young MN on the Rtg.x<r, nhose name
| Go not know. wrote him one, which was
read At the oflca and very much psalaed-
Casey delivered it to Merritt on Saturday,
latter set 10 work to Learn it, which be speed
lily did. In order TO III II more firmly ii his
memory, be spent Sunday In repeating 1t to
whomt oever he c3uid yet hold Of, and TINS
heard frnemenls Of IL before It WAS delivered.
As often "a be met msn, be would drag him
between the vail and himself, spout his per-
fouai explanation and ask him what he
| thought Of 1t. Toe victim ia question-who
nitcu wanted to 80 to church. and who would
much ratte1 hare beer stopped By Tie An
Gent Autner-gcneraIlT replied that 1t vas
/ H,,A nd 3n Att ~
he went, what manner ol men lived in Marion
I Eouuty.
il You ice he warmed up to ths work - hs
went along. and BY utehtfall be had tnv> >uted
, something With which to conclude the ad
oplS Informed US that it WAS original aut
crushing. He rcheassea his osatlou ca Hon
day mofn!ne to an Adttghteued chaoabesnYid
aud, soou af cr the House met, obt aimed th
floor. He nade the Clerk read the obnoItou
: article, and then went on With hls haran.,ue
Al;tr having denounced, Acc-rdin9 to man
: uscript, gentleman who did not write th
letter !u question, he concluded with his Owl
) original remarks, which were 50 ahaueiessl
!. ltdecent ard bestial In Their nature that it
Z impeasloie further to ailude 10 them. H
. b, bad used lhe1n there. Lie dared not hay
, uecd them, Fare IN the House Of kep,cecuts
tfyrs OF The State Of Illinois.
II WAS on account Ct these remarks, sue
= = ~ the drunken utY ht wanderers of Wei
4 strecs do not Use. that these ladies hnsr'c
q do? Nothiug at all. Tbs Speaker rat quls
= In his cbalt, and the rnetnbers laughe
= ecs: s:alicalty. I have been tn + vAriet
OF legislative bodies, large aud smal
+ East and West. some OF them tcrr
1, ios1al and quite rough, but ! never ;,
sF EutEc would lot have been sutnmAri J q
II peued II he h2d not mmcdl4, ely and ahjec
Ii npo!npfxrd. Nor hare / trer seen OF
{, whe7c obsccLe 1es,s, insulting la1enAg-, aud
T. common courtesy, arc as frequent, or pass
=, unltbnked, Us they do here. teit mort!as
~ beyond ncaeure when heard those Wor,
= which cleared the galleries. but to which Il
= Speaker listened unsepsoying, and 1t whss
y, The u.embers laughed; those stud5ed iod
~ c<ncacs which he would not repeat IN pflya
TO his associates, hnt1cscryed tor full hou
1n Al the cars Of Womrn.
eh He IL understood pow, sud yesterday MIX
IN noon, when he soeo 70 speak on the Sta
I'd Aou*e bill, It wss the tiRnAl fur tno deus
ts III Of every lady present. The mnubt
.es listcned n. entvely for auotner .'juke
H. Now, maintain, you bare no right 10 c1pt
dsecnt legislation from such men,
let ALEXANDER COUNTY.
IA The bill for the relief Of A'cxa nder Couu
~, Is IN the bands Of the House Committee
~ the judic'ary. knd the prospects arc 80
,,' o,, which this application Is bassd arc not
~. much The number, OF Eanpersa asoere IS !
'b- In, eretstrs county tenat annuilly one out
Il every hundred Of Us popuf.tion to Jo1tcts
ith Is clalrn, that this remarkable m,rtalit,
not due to any peculiar ttntulncss on the p
Of of the settled iuha bitants Of the county.
ars /. tie result II The large number Of csi
rr. Ohio and Mlssltppl Rivers, 4, the c. ri
h. koad, and who there fall away from gra
nrr The nemnriallsts sAy that they impose ! p
IN atty On railroads and kteAmooats bring
49,. such pcssoLs there. bnt that under that
NJ W thcf have collected only about $50. vi
us' With thelr criminals and their lexrc<, Il
aas ce1talnly arc N bad way.
Gcd euxrRtEs-
Burnett's resolution, directing the c.
kn~ milec on Printing to Investigate into
lft'- contract tor copying the laws and journ Al
et- the present tcslon. which was made BY
Tne late Secretary Of State, vent TO the 9
ne mitsce on Printing, wblcE, at this late
., tho sessIou. is rot LIKELY to act on II.
4. do eee that there Is much nom for corr
Es ton In the contract uhith !: Is proposed
8! some uf It Into large hooka, Is but four G
! ~ ~ lolo, which Is certainly cheap enol
oa3 Lower bids were made, and one Was pa
81 At nine mills Io11o, but no name acc
,tsi panied Il. lsuppose that the Secretary
so night enduRh to let The work At The lo'
- paytnE price.
| 81 Ihe rrtotutiou otlcrcd Yesterday By
'slls Parker Ia relation 10 The upequ8l distrthu
the Of the patioual currency WIZ \ copy OF
ats one pyetetted In the Ohia Legislature. au
, o. tho Clerk fgst rad II, 1t went :. Resol7ct
!heir The Representatives ri the people Of the I
.a,r. OF Ohio" 1t VAS tntToduced+ nos with
,no idca of accomplishing Anything, but IN Q
s.d that the Democrats might not E.t bold
-,.c ard make pArty capital FROM It. The res
~ ~ tions relative to Mound Cliy passed Wit
~ serious objection. There were 1 few :
-. ~ cast against II, eo1nc BIZ lev men who
eaA'1 ac,iuat everything, and some bF men
ome possibly E1d special 1cakoRs.
> ou The bill prohibiting the sale Of liquor '
lu three miles Of the Chamralen Indus
School was reported back hy the commi
. Knfckerbcekef submitted minority r.
IONS and dcfc1 ded warmly the right OF tue p<
u. OF prtaua tud Champaign to sell lie
oecn This broreht Dr. SseoEE> 10 his fret
hoped thxt the students Ut this school y
aeeE. not be corrupt. bailey thtrCed that
II ~. wefe nov, on the floor OF the, Housc, run
1tnee | ers from The cities In QUESTION, WHO wtft
Ing to fpduet e. the action oi the II
estde | The respectable cltiEeus favored the 4
which It was p1oposfd to take The
sna,d c,xts voted very tolidly for tree liquor. 4
restriction on Il bat the better sensc Q
,a a.. House prevailed, md the uln.F1sy stpok
s~ept out OF the Way
IL now seem. as ii tho House would
-. s. jouEn ! week t1om Fpday.
FYuIs-GroW1uG IN ftfcAiRan-
seo' RI xpee.s f,r <he cosnsne Sesss
no0@ Co11yfpoucenes Q. rn-*hsea<o Tr,bul
r.. Jcs1rH Nleh.. Fxh. =,
80 80 There are few 1nauties often rnade
rxro to trult growing which would
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