Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

mond. They are growing from the breast WORKS
thrown up by the Confederate army, and are
the only legacy left by the poor fellows VINO
we're on the advance line. Having eaten the
fruit while on picket duty, they cast the stones
aside and now they appear in one continuous
lima of beautiful trees, which yielded an aoun-
3ant crop the last year.
In Norfolk, Portsmouth, &C., the results
show general dimiuution Of the coored wore
and a corresponding increase OF that OF inc
whites. There is lamentable lack OIL prompt
ness in registering among the conservatives III
Richmond. The nomination oil a dual tlcKet
for the primary election has caused temRoraa-
~ division OF the conservative house IN illcn-
mond.
card OF number Of merchants and capt
| talists of Richmond invites the merchants q
n orfolk, Petersburg and Lynchburg to unite
with them in meeting the merchants, planters
and traders of Southwest Virginia ana r-na'
Tanneasec .'in q social land friendly conven-
t;on ~ he held ct the MONTGOMERY White
SuIphur Springs on the '2lst OF June next
The Light Hous. Board gives notice that
the erection OF screw pile light house at Oh
Tran Shoal, in Chesapeake Bay, between the
York and Rappahannock rivers, IS about 10 Ge
are warned to keep clear Of the work.
Alta public meeting in Caroline County i lew
DAYS ago, resolutions were proposed III favor, o.
adopting the Georgia law ia reference [" oepls
contracted before the war, but they vert V'soi-
ously opposed by MIR. Eroaddus, ana not car
ricd.
The Southwest Virginia MOrrI1n' are eIn-
pregating, We learn, q. Wyth;"iil.:, preparatory
10 their TRANSPORTATION in ! b,iy - til. king
dom Of Brigham Young. Seventy live or
hundred Of them had assembled Al IaF; rcnoft@.
, A Richmond telegram says th't't'' sufferers
bv lhs l'iu.astle fire are ia great ,il'itr'5, aud
that All appeal Tor aid hes been lH:H'd.
: ITEMS At Wednesday i srSeicu TT the New
York presbytery o. TIL" United Presbyterian
ChucL the request oi The congregation VI
Rev, Charles B. Smyth t. Dissolve hiI rIL-
, | ncction with the church was taken up lie
made no effort against the dIssoiullon but
asked to be allowed one Sunday more n his
{ church, Eliminating that lie wanted |" ietail
ate on the newspaper which hrsl ruo,isiGu
the story Of his gin aud nllk, and then heau,
ed subsequent article about him III Hinytl
kicked ont. This lavorthG plesbytery allow
D ed him.
Interesting public services were held at the
: Music Hall, New York, On Wednesday night
: in memory %! bishops Edward Thompson and
Calvin KINGSLEY and Rev. DIR. John McChn
=, tock of the Methodist Episcopal Church
! Aprrouriate cuogics On the decea'e'l were
. delivered by prominent cergymen.
{ That vas 4 sad sight in boston the o!hel
!. Jay. when nearly two hundred o! tho lrai
) women Of the town were brought iato Cour
t Lv the police. Such an incleut il like Ahnt
y oIlipht thrown into the darkest and most cor
runt rcccsses of our social economy. 1t exposes
perhaps, nothing new, nothing which most I"
US did not know to exist; but it arrests ant
forces on the pubic attention "n Oil. All III
S solved--wc had almost sad un>oIVabir ant
y disagrecablt problem.
Mr. Jay Cooke, the great fhiIadelrhia
d banker, has Il prncely estate and paiatIa
residence at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia
It and il is his custom TO give 0ccasJna! letes &c
his Bible class which consists OF one hundred
y and fifty workingmen and their families, resident
i in his neighborhood. On Tuesday one OF the
!. festivals came off, and from six clock 10 the
j morning until dusk the company had all the
endowment which lavish use OF money could
t furnish them. There were twenty different
: kinds of amuscmcnts iUr men, women and
, open to them.
i TIE APPROACHING ELECTIONS. 1T would
r be great mistake to consider the approach
r ing elections OF small importance, because they
involve minor offices, and do no. attract such
s q large share of public interest, rs the s!ruS-
+ giles which periodically occnr i1r the hlgh
j places OF the land. the nearer the questions
r of government are brought hoiuc TO the people,
the more vitality they affect their interest
b A bad administration 81 H." Gcncra 'iorerL-
ment reaches them 1t 4 ":cat distance, end
y the burden is lightcnei hy !aiia& upon
: millions OF shoulders. An inefficient dI IN
T. worthy town or county officer brings trouble
| to their very doors \ deiauitng sheriff may
3 bankrupt nearly hall county, and bring ruin
upon families, who would scarcely feel Tar
t greater dcIinquences 10 higher officials
{ Really, the selection OF proper officers IN the
t next election ia OF far more importance to
1 the people OF Virginia than the election OF 4
< President though it may very naturally
cxciteless of public interest and attent ION.
e 1t is peculiarly fortunate, at this Junctnra
that the Conservative party, uniting the great
mass of the most intelligent and patriotic peo-
5 pie Of the State upon broad ana comprchen-
: sive platform, gives the widest range O! sHlec'
ton. Formerly the questions OF Federal poll
G tics so equally divided the worth and talent
OF the State, as to cause serious embarrassment
, and loss by their introduction into minor elcc-
tions. The establishment Of i party which
, ignores such questions relieves IL from that
trouble We have the best material III the
Y State to choose from, and it will be our own
9 fault if VIC do not make good use OF the OPP
portunity.
There is one step farther. All personal cen
siderations and preferences should yield to the
: public good This is 10 time for diSsension or
D obstruction. 1t is impossible that the choice
3 OF candidates should please every one. But
} TO refuse to vote on that account /: simply TO
/ aid, to that extent, the opposing candidates.
9 Rich. Whig.
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