Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-06

AND OulO
,1ooracId West Virginia) Advertiser states
tbot tha Asst, e]nrireer of the Washington and
0h;o formerly Alexandria, Loudoun and
liam rshire) Railroad company. and hiseorps OF
have proceeded to Pomroy to begin
tho survey Of that improvement a. that end OF
,ho r,n,e. They will complete the surrey, 1t
!. ,houeht, in the course OF three months.
The route has been surveyed from the present
torn;nus Of the road to some distance west OF
MoorGeld, pomroy is tho point on the ONO
,gbCrc thc road will strike it, AID 1t IL ABOUT
tLi-tr miles ircui that point 10 Il road leading
Gir,cr to the city OF Chicago. 1t IS under
st,o6 hat. as soon as tho survey IS flushed the
company will go to work Locating aud con
~tructirg.
The Brltimore Gazette, referring to the
course os Benjamin E. Butter, says that
tbrouch all time, those who have apostatlzed
from their former political associations Tor
sair CT power, make tha most malignant and
bitter PROSECUTORS OF their previous allies.
TIM, i, is, that orc Renegade is worse than ten
Turks. Butler was Tor years IAN ultra. State
Rights Democrat" supporting and maintaining
z.alons Southern State Rights doctrines
The British ministers aud c%onsuls, abroad,
are applying to their Government tor I'LL IN
crease Or salary.
COMMUNICATED.
Tie columns OF the Gazette for weeks past,
haze been flied with long and labourcd conf
muuicatioHs. written apparently IN the interest
of the Consolidated lime from Norfolk to Bis
to-, aud assailing the management and inter
ests OF the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas
Railroad Company.
TC NAV we'll excite surprise that VIC have IN
our community those who orc doing their ut
most to break down their " local road, 10 Il
| contest which il is now waglng tor equal Tx hts
| with "A rival linz terminating IN Il rival cltyiout
uehuDs when The appointment OF State Direc'
tors and Proxies aiu made. this mystery MAY
bo IN purt explained:
The latest device is a concerted effort, made
here and At Richmond, 10 excite prejudice
against tie President anu Directory OF the w.,
4, & N. Il. r.. because they have enu2arored
to Drrcurc the aid OF Baltimore in extending
their road from Lynchburs 10 Danvllle.
Some who have witnessed without q murmur
| the sale Of the State interest IN the Alexan'
dria, Ljudoun and Hampshire Railroad to
that company, for % almost nominal sum, anu
the repeated efforts 0! is energetic President
10 prucure~a subscription from Tho city OF
Washington, conditioned on the construction
OF 4 branch cquidlstant from that city and
Alrxandria, BY means Of which the great bulk
of its trade aud travel would be drawn from US,
are in %agonics of apprehension because i foreign
civ has been induced by earnest efforts TO luan
its credit 70 4 railroad passing nt their very
doors!
The article which was published in Satur-
| DAVIS Gazette, and which your correspondent
"Gulvert'' conveniently describes rs being"c!ip-
ped from 4 Virginia paper" first appeared as
q leading editorial in the State journal, . u
paper well knowu in this community, and whose
pretended GcgotloGS to the Interests OF Virgin
ia will be properly appreciated by our people.
God save the good old commonwealth when
| she has to lock to the State Journal and It's
| allies Tor safely and protection Save me-
from such friends, and | will take care OF my
enemies" will be the exclamation OF every true
son oil Virginia when he remembers that that
| paper has always Justified and encouraged every
outrage upon his rights and liberty, and those
OF his good old Mother.
This is the paper, whose warning cry it is
thought will profit to republish in full i'll tic
columns Of the Gazette as ''ciipped from a
Virginia paper
Certainly the charge OF Remembering the
| Stale, which it Las made against the 3. Il D.
Il il. Co., colncs with peculiar grace from the
official orpaE o. Tie Radicals, who committed
ibis OUTRAGE upon the old Dominion as L grand
,,arty -c!,, mc lor power and plumber.
| .lny ally, however, Is welcomed To ali n OK.
citing prejudice against the Prc-idcnt aud Di
rtc:orS ui the o., i. 4 N. Il Il. Co., and the
State journal IS "a good enough Morgan" for
iiiat purpose.
Ter the information y! such OF your readers
a., y;.n IN pn,n ~ .t, I,,.,,,,.. RI H., ti,, a
!. l. Vi. Il. Il. with that o! other roads in the
State phrase publish tlr accompanying extract
taken from The editorial columns q the Rich
mnn=i Enquirer.
L cai! the esp. Ciit attention o. our business
m4n to The table it conta;u-, which dcinonstra.
ties tic remarkable fact that the o., \. IL NJ.
II. IL. has done more iOr the business OF AieX-
an!ria than the grand Consolidated Lluc coin
posed IT ttirca companies, crossing the entire
Ststc trOn! I!s castern 10 lis southwestern TX
trcmity "a distance Of over iour hundred miles,
has accomplished for the combined business Of.
alt the cities along its entire length. Such facts
and figures arc worth whole columns and
qnlrcS OF spcculatl0ns. e..
''To prevent this dread rcsu!tticState is cal!
ed Oh 10 surrender six millions OF railroad
stock, ,stinIate.i by Governor Walker in his re.
cent MESSAGE as equal ia value 10 same amouut
Of Stale bonds. and to impose by taxation on
the people Of Virginia the burden created by
such projected legislation and to accept as con-
sidcration u mere song. How the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad is to dismember the State it |
is rather difficult to divine. If Baltimore
comes into Virginia and builds railroads, ex-
ponds capital, and furnishes additional iaciIl- |
ties ci transportation to our people, to that ex-
tent it bears benefits and advantages to the
pubic veal, Ii it goes out Of the way to vic.
late law, ar iEt!ict injury upon the community
it nus take the consequences, and incur the !