Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-13
Letter from Fairfax Go.

was tet % the part Of the united Conservative
party here until the last vote cast By the Ba,tl
more Convention was heard FROM, ana Its pro-
ceedngs confirmed. past being recalled. by en- ad
iourn1ucnr The nomination. without reserve
OF the Greeley Brown ticket was received with
great satisfaction. and the action Of the Con-
yention will. it Is 70 be hoped, be ratified On
the ides Of November, b. the people them
selves.
Yesterday and last plight brought to orr
heated and dry community the best ram Of the
season. which must do much good TO both the
corn aud potato crops, while it must tend 10
preserve the health Of our people.
There is not great deal Of sickness: yet Dow
and then We hear Of i serious case. Mrs. Nancy
Allison. widow Of the late Robert Allison. dc,
parted this lii: this ruorniug after an Ilucss Of
some two weeks She vas in the seventy sixth
year % her age. Tier nearest relatives are
nephew aud neice.
Nv friend job Hawyhurst compliments NE
by hi card. th"ugh he seems 10 nave mistaken
nv uicaning. Extremes. | had thought. might
meet b. the one coming To the other ana did
not necessarily lnroire tie gravltslpn or change
Of both II he desires NC ~ >a' ~. | vii. tina;
since he wa driven from the Conservative leg
i,lative caucuse> in Richinond viii III the Leg
i,laulre. b. the uuca!!cd t1r attack upon him.
aud by his being held up a. a Quaker, IAN
kee Sutrler. &c, be has teen most consist
cnt. able. and Jealous supporter .: III" Grant
| wing Of the Republican part va viii 20
further. and say that he does not now e>tc-u
those more who then showered ep!'h-ts
upon him. because they now SUPPORT Grant.
aud fight with him under the SAM flag than he
then did; that they ncecr We're. or II they were.
are now no account fellows that the mote i not
in liS eye. nor ever vas: therefore. he Is able
TO pluck the beam from my eye. No one re.
CARDS such men a. Wise. Lyons. GI!mcr and
others aS no account fellows, Dui every one
has Il right 10 ask IL II more Inconsistent 10 sup
| port Greeley a the lesser cvl! than 10 have
supported Walker aud Lewis. This aud moth
ing more Il! rccollcct right. the only reason
given by Mr.. Hawxhurst for having SUPPORTED
! Walker was because Walker va, Mrtu! and in
| favor of general amnesty. | might ask 1or MS
| consistency in now opposing Grecl-y-n9t only
! the champion against slavery and lifelong de-
! voted to It's abolition, bur also the peculiar
CHAMPION Of amnesty .nl liberia! r.pui,carism
and supporting Grant. who voted for Buchanan
10 dcitat Fremont. Consistency. thou art a
jewell
Harry Lewis an honest. worthy. and h@hl:
respected colored man. formerly III" servant
u Mr. T. T.. Ganac died here Oh Wein"s-
/ ia, last Harry wa> an in>tltutI"n 4 ready
h,lp HANDY at doing chores, and sill be m'!ch
missed. IT.. leaves Il family. but aide To j" TOR
/ themselves. u
EuENEY IN TUE SnUTH-An ac",lr; con
tanning Twelve columns Ut Closely printed mat
rcr relating to the Southern trip Of the pre>l
lent and directors If the Texas Pacific railroad
appeared ia the Philadelphia Press on Man.
.iay. Colonel Furrcy. the editor al the Press
Wa one Of The party. aEd much prominence l.
given - thc very nuu.trou> Speeches unIr ~
him At variou- poluts on thc route. these
-pc"cncs are especially uot.ceatic Tor the teE-
Ter AID tcrvid references to the Southern iro-
p!e--,hcir hospitality. courage and generosity
His tir,t ,pcccl, wa, before the board 81 trade
At Shreveport. Ia H. spoke ii St"nesaii
Jackson "a the knigiI; o. The South, and -
presenting IA SINGULAR cplu.luat!rn Christian
virtues, Tie Co!pucl informed the auicncc
| th;,t. upon the death Of Genera! Stpncwal
Jucksnu .'he printed m eiitoria! from H., OWL
heart. testifying 20 General Ston=wall Jack
sons high qualities IL the midst Of that fire.
conflict whcu the lutni Ct every household wa
drapvd IN mourning In response. SAID
! Colonc Fornry. II received letter from Ahra-
! ham Lincoln in which he expressed his APP
Ereclaton OF the motive that prompt~d me 10
pay proper tribute 10 such virtues and va!Hr.
! Colonc Forncy also SaiI that the day Of
revenge has gone. the day OF reconciliation Is
coming. and God grant it may COME quickly
aud stay long The following passage l.
noteworthy
! Il well remember the bitterness with 'fh;ch
! the North regarded your dxce,scd leaders. and
vt as | pass through your hotels, private
! houses. Steamboats, and places of pubic resort
and gaZ. upon the lineaments OF Robert +. Lee
| do 50 no longer with resentment. remember
! him AID the motive that prompted MN to irs ="
| his sword | remember the rancor with which
that motive criticised, but now all Is forgot
| ten. Pesce and prosperity are beginning to
! light up your dark places, and the time Is ar
irving VIII n the name of Robert Z. L." will BE-
remembered in the North rs that Of 8 nisn who
honestly believed that he was lighting IN a cause
| which was right. May We not In the same spirit
| demand from you recognition of the great man
who fought against HIM on the side OF the I Mon!
! We have reached an era In which. no matter
who is elected President the wheels o1 progress
| will move onward. l behave this people has
outlived it, passions is settling Itself down upon
the eternal rock of truth, ard will presently
stand before the nations Of the earth ready 70
fight agains. a world Of arms, if it must BE- bu t
| more ready for the c0nqucsts Of civilization. :
| [Cheers.l
Colonel Forney said 10 another speech at
| Marshall Texas:
Let Us not dwell upon the past, however but
march boldly into the recesses OF the future and
be equal to the eXigences of the times.
Il pledge you that whatever your own feel
ings may be or may have been there is not to-
day in any single Northern household any emo:
ton for you but that of friendship. tCbeers. l
fully appreciate your situation. put mysclfin
your place. l know that you are, or have b2cn.
| the defeated party. share with you in many
of your cons plants, while at the same time dis
cou nting them BY the pressing necessities and
duties Of the government | know, therefore,
that it is to Us and from liz that you have the
right to expect the feelings which, perhaps,
yourself cannot yet understand, and | say 70.
you tonight that there is not Confederate 9TH
Ger who comes to PHILADELPHIA who will not be
warmly wclcomcd."-Baf. Sun.
Political ITEMs.-I yesterday a Greeley,
ratification meeting was held at Weldon, \. C.,
at which speeches were made by Senators Tip.
ton aud Stock ton, Gov Walker, ex Gov. Vance
ey Senator Clingham and Col. Hinton. On
Tuesday next Senators 1iptou and Carl Schurz
will address Greeley meeting at Raleigh.
1t is said that Gen. Joseph f. Johnston has
laol,.oJ n f,uor If Grant