Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-03
f,cfsrr from Richmond.

sober wnndcd their way homcward yesterday,
and Richmond is pursuing the even tenor OF
hrr way. | hear bu: Que expression Of the
Convention acI lGn, ard that IS Que Of pcrtc ct
satisfaction. All sections arc satisfied no
cIlqu : or rings controlled its management, no
policy vas dictated By the few, no measures cut
and dried beforehand ware ru he'd through, 20
sound Of The parry lash was heard instead,
there was full free, AID cordial interchange
Of opinion, aIl TIC result is emineUtly satlsac-
try a!rpulc tho harmony of the Conven.
ton more 10 It's rhaillna * Lieutenant Cover
ncr Marge, chat. 10 anything else IT, his mas
lcrly ty,cn;s "a presiding clliccr aud bis
p,riict importantly, The nnml.atog CONVEX
candidates, without i'll feeling aad without
| 10 IT. 5';:"rTcss.
Tie mc!uorliI CEREMONY at Hollywood Cam
| c1ary passed oil quietly to-day. La :hc !u>tic
| and rEc;t@incs, u roiitics tie occasion cxclicl
| ~ u:.u VA ul"rcS; outside, get III E'chn0nd,
WHO'RE he rIcmpri4s and tradition Of lhc war
axe cherished with q more en0"nrlng love than
snywhcrc else the outrnurus d the people
was general, aud the wntncu OF the city turned
OUT "cn m.sse," aul showed that those VINO
| fell tiebt.ns und II the stars and bars, c
not wholly 10 vain, aud that grateful people
need no incentive TO make them honor their
memory, and Iial their noble deyotloD 10 tGulr
! IN ry is 10 entirely tor4Otan. /; was Ma
cauiey wno oucc remarked that j! ia kcs lapse
Of huodred years 20 truly write history, and
| we may we'll butv' that when the mex! Cen
tenuial arrives, tie pruud,'st !o4sl Of ancestry
a man csu have, is thar his g:eat grandfather
| ''m' in I'll: civil war and ha. lie was a private
s,.aicr IN the rebel army. Any man showing
! that TACT IN 1876, can show q patent right Of
NOBILITY. AHu ~ t:.c Southern soldier ii not
| have fought II VAIN.
| -peot two hours to-day Ia examining the
| Richmond pen t, lazy, and believing that a
sketch o! iii..t institution w! BE- of interest to
your readers, will tel! tncm how The law
I truckers Hi.i crlmirais hive and an. when IN
| dufancc vile Standing 0L Can. bic's lllit, tie
spectator en- lei hi eye rest gu the varied aud
| int rc,tlng objects and scane= bri " thr ma
ci.;uory shops III iu blast, ne raj way traits
! looking IL IT,. I>tauca Tx uiiiigcu's toy cars,
| slowly crossing tic n!ids"; tie river ripping
over til" rock, the packets gliding smoothly in
tie cauul, ana righ; below, tic massive walls
! Of the pcri G:!acy arrest The eye with Z tasci.
nation thar keeps one chained to the spot, and
.tuchcs ire luag!Laliot. VIII. potent i,ower.
! found Mr. Cro-., the Warden 10 charge. au
agreeable aud pleasant gentleman, IN whose
face you sud read, - 10 al index, III, kindly,
genial % ure. cXn!alncd 10y o: Jet, as the de-
sire to insnecI 'ne prlson, Is aDJugias has 1t,
IRON iurret &c foundation s!oDc, and to see
Hith tuy own eyes, i, when nan becomes a
| e o., he is treated Ike 20 - : one whose
| tide 10 manhood IL forfeited aud who Is com
pe!icG to enlure in slicncu the maligG!ty aud
cruelty Of a.y brute who might, by an accident,
nave /. position at otic1T in the pris u. |
mad heard dreadful stories Of the HE OF the
couvicts aud | went prcjudiced agains: the
| Or, -cn but alter full AMI thornug h X,nlina-
tlon. know that case Of wliul cruelty or
| harshuCss against cnidrulncd i.lcu, has never,
under The prcscat Officers occurred 10 the Viz
| gina pcnitcDtaTg. Any OF" vino has rca,! that
wonderful DO k ii Ch&s. R2alc's, Never too
Late to Nct,i, viii r?mcmbcr the horrors Of
al .g.h JAIL Well, found noae here 90
mcrc!3:S cra,S thal taxed tho strength bc'
| yoad cuduralc. ~ lack tor!U"r, go lear
! !ui ag0uy 0: the water GidCai, 10 systematic
Starvlng OF tn prs ncf>, 40 ia!nc up Ly thG
f!lulp-, - s,.en: Sy,cln tina. ula i: ircn Iad
! with 80 ulu:Lu!AGi> iJag!Ug t. her tie S0u1d
of hialAi. voice, 10 brutal trcainicut Of The
. =
| i>toucc Of a aw bro2kcr Il he'll, and whic
| changed MA lGt0 Ii Wd BEES, who had ior-
iotcA al; c!alus TO humanity, whose heart was
| filed WI Z Sa"ag" hate towards al! T.ianklnd,
| aud gho but hd"d bis time FIR the revenge
his siYaGc insi;,c: to!d him nc ought t. exact.
! ioun&, an gid TO 81 it." none Of ihis-ac
; tyrants who loved &c il fl CT pain Oh those uu-
| fortuuatcS in their power There are 40 crlm
| !na!S confined here, three .fuurths OF whom are
| coinrui. 215 trDrc arc employed By the Board
Of Public " urks. Oi this uumbcr 1913 are Wo.
met OF uoth races. The institution is self
supporting. In the women department there
| ar: SIX cen looms Kept in rapid mollon during
the day, and all thc clothing worn by the cos
victs Is w0gen hare, as is also superior article
OF rag carpet, which Is much sought after.
\ ary one hundred aud fifty yards oil this car
pc; is manufactured per ,iay. From the spin.
mag room 10 the black smith and wheclrght
Snaps Is but Short distance, and the same
busy industry malk- the place. The NEST
thorough workmanship Il performed mere, and
the carts AMI wa20ns nt"nnfacurrd ate the
III ISL perfect a!Licle- OF the "a have ever
seen. Alany criminal c ,nIiag mere, born IL the
Sums, raised III tue gutter, win no knowledge
any tra::c, Goea out al the enc III Ills icrtu
pr0i.ssi III Ill uhanlc and a thorough crafts
Ill ID. lie GAi iDoi4f Oh Interest Is IDp CirUcn-
T. apo cooper shops aud the shoa factory,
the State rIylor power of whci, is sixty, horse
steam engine, which runs three lines OF shaft
iup. The men work With u will urvar saw
sGoh Gn.rc devotion, lntcntness and absorbing
Industry as is displayed here. Il reminds one
IT ...hivn o.! Uecs with no droneo. The coOyicts
work with rush and eaergy oevcr seen in he
outside world, and seem actuated by desire
to bca; time its'f. Five hundred barrels are
turned out per day her, auJ ,hey are the b st
ihat ar III ode n sIop.shop work is ever done
ii the peniten;lary. | asked the superlntend
ent what was the secret Of their intense labor,
aud his reply WAS hat after the 50 tude and
silence ol thcir cells labor was a perfect reic
ard poSitive pleasure. Besides, by their IN
exceptio1abic gooi behavior four days are tax IN
off every Month from their term Of senteuce,
and aeain, they are allowed tobacc! and other
little !uxulles. Ia TIE carpenter shops wheel |
barrows, safes aud furniture generally are map
uIacturcd, al! also The most beautiful rustic |
flower .ta.,Is and baskets imaginable, which |
are sold irOm one t. three dollars per pair |
The shoe factory /, the mYs! complete es,ab- |
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