Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-03
+. ddress from the State Conservative
Committee.

At the meeting of the State Conservative
Committee Wednesday, the following address
was adopted
Rooms STATE CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE,
RICHMOND. Sept, mbcr ~ 1874 }
TO the Voters Of Virginia: ;.
Tue State Conservative COMMITTEE deem IL
their duty 10 call the attention OF the Cooser-
vative party to the impouanc: OF the election
to be held on the Sd day OF November next TO
select delegates FROM Virginia to the Forty
fourth Congress of the United States l"e
Conservative party. by It's energy zeai' anu
ah;litv has ACQUIRED aud now holds control OF
the MANAGEMENT of the affairs Ut the State.
Through the wisdom OF her statesmen and The
energy Of her SOUS, the noble old Common
wealth regaincd her place among the States OF
the Union; and since that period her cxecu-
tive, legislative, aud judicial departments have
been ably filled and wisely administered; ana
whilst the Conservative party have been hfu
and fearless in naihteDance OF the doctrine mat
the inferior race must not be the ruling race,
vet they have observed and administered all
laws, State and Federal, with az Impartial eye
70 the rights of al men, regardless OF class,
color, nativity, political opinion, or party asso-
citation. Ii is, however, not less lmportant
| that the voice of the State should be heard and
her influence felt 10 the councils OF the Unlon.
To accomplish this it is essential that the Con
servaliye party should select able aad efficient
men to represent her on the t1oOr OF Congress:
This can be done by an earnest and unlteo CT
fort. Conventions have been held III every
Congressional district throughout the oia'e'
and patriotic and enlightened Candidates nave
been chosen as the standard bearers OF tue par
~. and all differences that existed prior TO the
| cb r,,l1 bn f,rptttpD. all
discussions buried, aud by uoltol IT 5u =
cess insured. With a view 10 accvlnp.sh tbs
desirable end, it is recommended that the city
and county committees appointed for The guber-
material canvass of 1873, or other existing or
ganzatous. be requested to continue 10 the
discharge of their duties during the pendlng
Congressional canvass and TO perfect their or
| panizatou wherever it is detective; aud they
are earnestly urged to thoroughly organize
| their respective cities aud counties by the ap-
pointment of suitable canvassers aud commit,
tees: TO use all the N ANS in their power to heal
dissensions 10 tie parry, if any exist; to see
that every voter is registered and to adopt Ell
tectiye measures to ensure full attendance at
the polls all an undivided support OF the reg
ular nominees of the party.
The State Conservative Committee declare
it to be the duty of every Conservative organ.
cation, as it should be their earnest purpose,
not only to throw the whole wei ght OF the par
ty organzatio against Republican candidates
everywhere 10 the State: but, 10 accordance
with the resolution unanimously adopted by
the State Convention, to treat boilers from our
organization or opponents OF our Candidates 10
ali respects as Republicans.
The committee cannot too earnestly impress
upon the Conservative party that by tho
/ ipo pit and
shall not only maintain Conservative ascendant
cy in the State, but We shall secure full dele
cation in Congress and restore the old Com
mouweaIth to the proud position she once oc-
cuped 10 the peerage of States, when the Wis
dom of her statemen will again be excrted 10
shaping the policy aud guiding the des;lnles OF
the nation. JOHN A. MEREDITH,
Chairman State Conservative COMMITTEE.
BEECHER MIR. Beecher appeared at the
| regular Friday Dight prayer mect!ng at Py-
mouth Church, Brooklyn. yesterday and re-
ceived hearty welcome, the audience break
ing through the prophecies Of the place IN
storm of applause in order to testify their plea
sure at his return. The place was densely
crowded, so much so that ladies were borne
out 10 a fai1ting condition 4 number of the
members of the Beecher family we're present,
the investigating committee and others
10 the course of his address he said !: Il
ask not your confidence or sympathy, but the
unity of blessed hope that you feel sympa-
thy for the week to lift them up and save them
for Christ He alluded very remotely to the
discipline the church had gone through, which
he thought was only kind of grludstone to
sharpen their weapons of spiritual warfare for
the remainder Of the year, aud he thought they
should be all animated by spirit of love, JOY
and peace in God This had been their AMI
| mating purpose for twentyseven years and
| they would come out of this trlbu'aton for no
other purpose than the glory of God. >
The Plymouth Association, at the close OF
the proceedings, held a private and Informal,
though social gathering, for the purpose, OF
rendering reception to Mr.. Beecher. They
gathered in their meeting room above the lee
ture room in large plumbers. The room was
| handsomely decorated with flowers and babuers,
on which were Inscribed Love" and "His
banner ever was love" aud similar Inscriptions
When Mr. Beecher appeared in the room, az
ter receiving the greetings Of all his friends 10
| the church below he was received with loud
and ng-continued applause. At its close a
young lady sang Home, Sweet HOME, to an
| accompaniment, which was followed after brief
intervals By other songs. Mr. Beecher then
| promenaded through the room, and had brief
conversations with those present, which brought
the proceedings to a termination
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY ITEMS. On Mon
day last over hundred Car loads Of stock was
shipped through Manassas, destined for the
northern markets Several of the B. & 0.
road camel-back engines we're engaged 10 draw
ing the trains which numbered from 5 to 20
cars EACH Most of the cattle were weary su-
perior and were shipped from Southwestern
Virginia.
The County Court meets Oh Monday next,
and the Circuit Court 90 Monday following. In
addition to a large amount of cbancery bust
ness to dispose of, there are several cases Oh
the criminal docket awaiting trial, the most
important. the prisoner Of Judge Nicol's faui-
~, Susan Cisson.
Mr. James McDonougb, Of Haymarket,
while out pigeon huutlog on Thursday was at.
tackled with paralysis and fell in helpless con-
dition where he was discoyered nv q little hov