Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-17

that in many other sections OF the State. Grass
and oats also give promise of an unusually large
harvest.
An exciting Radical meeting was held In
Richmond on Monday evening and the police
had to be sent for before order was restored.
The discomfort was caused by recent Federal
appointments.
The Fredericksburg Academy was sold On
Saturday at auction, and was purchased by j.
l.. Powell, of Spotsylvania county, for $3.50.
| A fire in Port Republic destroyed $1,000
worth of property Monday night. Insurance
$500.
Miss Nancy Adams, of Danvilc, now up
wards of seventy years OF age, Is cutting teeth
for the fourth tune.
GEN j. H. WILLIAMS, OF WINcHEsTER.-A
correspondent of the Richmond Wing writes
as follows concerning recent article in a Lynch
burg paper, which We copied, and, therefore,
publish the explanation:
II have reference to the two statements Of
our friend concerning the General while q
member of the Iowa Legislature, and will give
them as near as possible.
Gen. Williams (then Mr.. Williams) was cleo
ted pro-slavery Statc-rights Democrat Of the
old Virginia school, and, as such, of course
was known to all tho members. Just before
the war, when political feeling ran very high,
during an informal recess of the Legislature on
the last night of the session, some member
moved the singing of the Star Spanglcd Ban
ner," and by a subsequent motion MIR. Will
liams was specially invited to take part, which,
for very obvious reasons, he did of course.
After this some other member Ia sympathiser)
called out, IF you want to hear Williams sing
just call on him for Dixie. Dixie was
demanded, and sung with will. All this,
however, though known as he was for his by
no means concealed secession sentiments, tor
the papers publicly called and denounced him
spirit of pleasantly than anything else, owing
to his great personal popularity.
But wish more particularly to refer to his
vote on the war fund appropriation, also at
about the same time When the then Gov
ernor of Iowa urged the loan Of money for
equipment of troops, MIR. Williams 1.-THE Cou-
stltution OF that State limiting the State debt
except in certain emergenccs) claimed and
proved that this emergency did not exist, and
he voted and spoke against 1t, and as last
resort, in order by it's own weight to defeat the
bill, moved to make tho amount $SOOOOO, IN
which he was successful for that time only,
however. He after this voted steadily against
any and every appropriation having for its OBJ
ject the subjugation of his native State.
It will thus be seen that instead of offering
the resolution be tried to defeat its passage by
all honorable and parliamentary means, aud 10
every way consistent with the principles and
rules that govern public and political bodies
This is the record Of General James IL. Will
Hams prior to the war.
THE VIENNA EXPOSITION From the Wen
ma letter in the Baltimore American. The
agricultural building, devoted exclusively to the
United States is fully as large as the Maryland
Institute, whilst that of England is three times
as large. France has 40 immense building; 30
have Austria, Prussia and Russia. There is a
good display in the American building, but |
was assured that fully half the articles intended
for this department have not yst reached here
| from Trieste, many of them lying 10 cars at
stations along the road. The American Ma
chinery Department is also very good, though,
of course, not so large as those OF Epgland and
| France. A steam fire engine from Mcssrs.
Charles Churchill & Co., of New York, and
street railway car from New Jersey, attract
great attention. The shoe-making machinery
| is largely represented, and being new on this
side Of the Atlantic will be great curiosity.
| Nearly all the American machinery WILL be 10
motion, and is confined almost exclusively to
new inventions, except the sewing machines,
which are here in great force,
| The Exposition has now been, opened one
month, and still there are two weeks of work to
do 10 the machinery Department before any OF
the nations are 10 full working condition. Even
England and France are still stationary, with
the exception of one cotton spooling machine
| 10 the English division, which was yesterday
| in operation Indeed, it is probable that the
American Department will be ready for motion
as soon as some of the other nearer nations Ii
they could get two or three dozen practical
| American mechanics in addition to those they
now have, the work would soon be accomplish
ed. But hundreds of boxes are yet remaining
unopened, it being impossible to get cases and
tables erected for their display. The Commis-
sioners, wherever they are, may be at work, but
there seems to be no one but the depositors
doing anything about the buildings, and they
are working very hard to get their goods in
position. The only package we see from Batl-
more is sample of lard, from Messrs Gilbert
Cassard & Sons which is in the Exposition
Building, close to the California wine display.
There are also fully dozen large bales of cot
ton from the Southern States, very prominent
ly displayed in monumental form 10 that por-
ton OF the Brazil wing which has been given
to the United States Fairbanks has great
display of his scales Of all sizes 10 the Machin-
cry Department., England and the United
States arc the only nations that have declined
to keep their machinery 10 motion on Sunday,
which is the day for the greatest throng Of visi-
tors.
TIE LAST CHEAT is in regard to tho Medi-
cal and Surgical History of the War, which
was ordered to be published From nine to
| eleven sets were printed for each member of
Congress for the purpose of distribution among
medical men. 1t has boen discovered that a
large number of sets found their way into the
hands of dealers in second hand books and of
document brokers, and the inference is that
members of Congress or those connected with
and dependent upon them, have sold these
books and pocketcd the money Wig.