Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-26
Letter from Pr. William Go.

correspondence ul tic AlcNalluIla uaHctlr !
lIAYMARKEr, Oct. 23, lS7l.-Our usually
quiet village wils kept under some excitement
during the past week. by the announcement
That on Saturday, Oct DIST, MIR. Daniels, a re-
publican candidate for the Senate, (lS>iStc,l by
other distinguished spcakcrs,) would address
the people of this township, on the issues of
the day Fairly Saturday morning, Il corps OF
engineers arranged seats for the large audience
expected The excitement eliminated about
1880 o'clock, by the arrival vi IL onc-horSc
wagon with load. The speaking was an
nounccd to begin at o'clock, but things
looked blue Where wills the audience expect
cd and arranged for? "Echo answers, where. y
a few colorcd persons about this time arrived.
- O cock-No audience yet. Dinner is now
announced. Nothing dauntcd, Mr.. Round open
cd the meeting in Il few remarks Introducing
MIR. Daniels The audience is now counted
and consists Of eighteen, one of whom was
from Manassas, and one from Alexandria
three speakers and one engineer. Mr. Daniels
explained the great advantages OF the Eadlca
party over all others, one Of which advantages
wrs that they (thc members of the Radical
party never took ANY public funds Tor private
use, thus differing from the Conservatives! !
lie WAS followed by Judge Wioughhy in an
explanation how the public funds Of the State
cOuiu DC Dctlcr spent. LII lIic oPinl'Ii vi YOUR
correspondent, the said speakers left here with
spirits ut low temperature Il gentleman having
privately remarked that he did not think the
people here cared much Tor politics We will
close the political portion OF this letter by say
ing, in the language of one Of our distinguished
fellow citizens, that the Conservative people
here will be found ali skunk, kunk and fun
KUN on election day
Those travelling on the Manassas branch Of
the o., a. Il NJ. r. r. about November list;
on reaching this point, will be surprised to hear
the shrek of 'down breaks" and the cry of
the conductor, 'Ilaymarkct station" but such
will be the fact, and | venture the remark that
there will be more grain shipped from this
point to Alexandria than from any other on
the road, between Piedmont and Alexandria
Yours truly, }.
TIE EPISCOPAL CoNvENTIoN-The House
of Deputies of the Episcopal Convention yes
terday received new canon providing for the
restoration Of clergy to the ministry who had
departed from the Church and desired to re-
turn to it. n canon providing for the settle
ment Of differences between rcctors and their
congregations WAS adopted. The debate on
the ritual was more animated than on any pre-
ceding day, the Rltualists coming out stronger
in defence of themselves than they had pre-
viousiy DONE There WAS quite scene on the
floor occasioned by deputy proposing to read
a letter which implorcd the Convention not to
drive the RtuaIists from the Church. DR..
.Jackson's substitute for the pending canon,
proposing that a committee Of five Bishops,
five priests and five aymcn, be appointed to
consider the subject and report to the next
General Convention, was rejected. The canon,
which left the control of the matters of ritual
in each diocese to the Bishop thereof, was lost
for want of constitutional majority; and so the
whole matter is no nearer settlement than it was
when the Convention met.