Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-26
IRREGULARITIES Ofthe Mail.


am sorry to have to add to your annoyanccs
by informing you OF the rregularity which has
lately occurred in the receipt Of your paper.
The number due on the llth inst. Was recciV.
ed on the 18th, and that of the 18th came to
hand the l5:h, while the one which We Cxpec
ted yesterday morning has not reached Us at
this present writing" How we shall fare
by to. N orroW's mail may be 4 fearful problem,
as We seem to be fss! progressing from bad to
worse.
Hero We LOOK to the Gaz,ttc for the prices
in your market, and correct record OF bust
ness matters generally, tor be assured We un
dersiand our Interests tol we'll not to know
that it is best for US to do our trading in Alex.
andria, and with one hours communication by
rail We regard ourselves as the inhabitants OF
suburban village of the ancient city. L need
not say that we entertain the klndest feelings
fer our city neighbors, for the substantN
manifestations OF this has abundantIy prG&a
that doubt cannot &c 5----.--'ed on tha,f ~
iect. But | MAJ be excused i0Toe * * that
these kind feelings are largely on DC increase
Besides this business view OF tho matter the
varied contents of your co umns furnish US
with the greater portion or our Intellectual
aiment, and so punctualiy has 1t heretofore
made its appearance, that we have not consld-
cred it necessary to make arrangements Tor a
supply in cases of failure. The paper is there
for regarded by many, if not all of US, as one
of the necessaries of ltr 10 be deprived OF
it then, with good to nobody, is the cause OF
much veYation of spirit. We, [ use the plural
Tor | am but one Of many whose sentiments [
speak, do not attach any blame to you tor our
disap pointment, for we we'll know your desire
and eXcrtions to give satisfaction to your pa
irons, and they appreciate then accordingly.
But there is fault somewhere, and ii 1t does
not lie in small compass it does not extend
more than fifteen miles in length. Suspicious
fall first and very naturally on the attaches and
employees of the Postofice Department, and
not at this end of the line. We therefore hope
that you will inform them, without distinction
OF color, that as distinguished politician on a
similar OCCASION once said, our sufferings IS 10.
toIerabIe. and cries aloud for relief "4alk
to them like a father
With kindest regards, W.
Vienna, Fairfax county, August 81.
HOMICIDE IN HENRY CoUN1y-A rather
singular homicide was committed near Leather.
wood in Henry county, Va, on Tuesday morn
ing, the 10th inst 10 the tobacco factory of B..
+. Gravely, well known manufacturer Of that
county. A young man named John Barrow
had difficulty with negro. q hand in the lac
tory, about some liquor, which resulted in Bar
row stabbiDg him in the side from the effects of
which the negro died 10 few moments. Bar
row at once left the factory and went TO dwell.
ing house few hundred yards of, at which
be had been boarding. The employees 10 the
factory, as soon as they learned what had been
done, quit work and followed him and surround.
ed the house which he had entered. They
thoughtthe had him secure, but desperate
extremities not unfrequently bring into eyer
else all the Wit and invention an Individual
may possess. There we're several females in
the house. Barrow dressed up in the clothes
of an elderly lady, put on long-eared bonnet,
and in company with two ladies walked out of
the house, passed by the negroes without their
once suspecting who he was. and made bis
escape.
AN APPEAL was recently made to the French
residents OF California, in behalf of their suffer-
ing countrymep, over whom the iron heel Of
war is now passing with remorselcss tread
In answer TO this call, they reply that they will
contribute to relieve the suffering victims OF
this war, which they condemn as they con.
denim every war whose only object is the inter.
est Of ambition OF some selfish ruler. "If, "
they say, we had to approve oil any war, it
would be that Of the independence of all pee
pies that which might aid in the overthrow
both OF the Bonapartes and Of the Williams,
and the suppression OF all the authors Of those
political contests which dishonor humanity"
Accordingly, the offering will be given, one.
half to the unfortunate Frenchmen, and the
other half TO their unfortunate adversaries,
whom, says the letter. I'VE consider not as
enemies, tut the sad victims OF that social
chaos In which we all live, and who, perhaps,
will be TO morrow our most faithful allies in
pIro2clalmlng, the Republic Of the United States
of Europe"
Tue excuse of Mr. Orr, of South Carolina,
for bis going over to the Radical party, is as
bad as the renegadtsm itself. Because the
Radicals are at present in the possession of po-
lltlcal power-theretore it il proper to ioin
them Let him pass
MIR. John G. Henry has resigned his posi-
ton as Chief Officer o. tho Maryland Oyster