Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-12
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The Meeting Last Night

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attention was attracted to the large cr,wI, .,
embed 90 the pavement 10 trout # the main
entrance to the building aud on the stem. ~
der the streple. Being Informed that o,,..,
lug Of the Conservative Committee Wa, n
progress, to consult with the candidates r,-
municipal officers, | entered the building ana
found large crowd in the hall aud in ,ha
Council chamber.
The Committee being 10 session, III, fir.
move on the part of the disorpan r. H.
FORMERS y was resolution Presented to ~.
Commi'Jre which proposed, subsan,atIy
that EVERYBODY, negroes aud Radicals ,h,nI;
be permitted to vote at the primary e,r.t,1n
which, however, the Committee d,cuu.t -
consider at that time.
The Committee then retired in order ,b,,
the card. dates might arraug tn pr. !luuary
work Tor the primary, and then comueprri
the enunclall0n OF Some OF tn most ren., b.,
bic doctrines that imaginative minds can can.
ceive.
MIR. NJ. d. Ball urged that all person. sh,
voted at the primary should only be bound I,
support the nomlncc Tor the office for winch
they had baloed, but was Compelled 10 al.
mt. 10 answer 10 qucstou, that he hal never
b. IRE heard of su;h course being pursued
john VI johnson waited all Candidates, :,
have an opportunity to declare their ip,rntim
to run inside the organization or TO run wnL
tie Radicals.
Mayor kcuIper, aud NJ ST.. }. X Cole, V
D. Corsc AID Jacob Roxbury advocated al
Candidates present expressing their iptruri,r
then AID h"rc, ~ tha. the people might know
who w. re CONSERVATIVES and who were K, H.
Gals. II Was anticcd that several Of tie c.uil-
| oates VIII had been IN Ihc room LETT during
this dlscu>-lpo; aud shorty after the Con,ary
atlVe COMMITTEE catered he room, and hayur
been called 70 "rd r adopted resolution TIN,
nooe but reytst"re} f"nserrnul, Voters could
| participate u The Primary election. Ihl. ac-
| ton gaze general satisfaction to the candidate,
| and their iric'dS AID gross offence to rh,.
| Radicals, DSorgan zerS and Retormers who
| were well aware tina under no circumstance
| could they obtain n,mua. oa for any ofi.r
at the hands Of the Conservatives. and there.
| fore wanted negroes 4 d other Ra!lcal, tg
| make the nomination Tor Conservative, To
| support.
At,r leaving tie hal couvcrsed With scy.
eral RtFnRMERs. and found that al! the lead.
Ci' VI 'lNh NClC dUIS I tll t. EhlllE
| TO refrruI themselves ia and Conservatives,
our, aud Were loud 10 their declarations that
unless thy 1.-THE opponents of the Iac " w.rc
| elected, the Cons rvativ" rarty would die.
| Y S. they were all candidates for ofic. 5H.
| repud ated by Conscr al vc>, tier ouly hopes
Of elecion lie in he success of their ctTlrts TO
induce some few weck.kueed Conservative,
| and the n groes t. vote for them. Ii is 10 be-
hoped tha the pcop'c will look we'll uo TN.
mater, aud record their votes araIus such lis
Orguuizcrs and enemies Of the Cons uiyc
party. 1UIRD NAHp.
a MESSAGE From THE LATE l.. II. CnANp
LER-rhe following paragraph is soius tue
rounJs OF the press:
The Ez.b1h City IN. e. Economist COZ
talUs the toIlt wig:
Found, at IT near k"unckcct. on the coast
of North Carolina. about sixty miles below TN,
place, an yeast powder bptIe, Containing nols
written by the late l.. ii. Chandler, Norfolk.
Va:
FOWr NORFOLK, Va.
To a friend, or any one else that @ay tal
this: capcd from the above wAari on tie
ulght OF April tue 9Th, lS16.
ISpucd, l. II. CHANDLER
The Paris correspondent OF the London
Times has received a communication trou
person of questionable authority, who cOusi.
crs that the taualcal NOV ment in Saoulca Is
gaining 10 intensity. The correspondent thinA-
the Salonlca a fair may he the effect oi an acI'
iatlou which has been carefully lOmcucd IN
E,l ~ ebay u
He hopes the Powcls will take prompt meas
urcs to prevent the horrors which may be tore
seen.
Among the speakers A the RI union OF TIE
18th Virginia Infantry. at GoriouSvl!!e, Wet
Lrslay, was cx-Gov. Smith, who Delivered
very stirring address. The Governor was, Il
u.ull, very complimentary IN his rcmaIA- u
the ladies' numbers OF whom were prescott
The West Virginia KcpubIIcan Couvca''on
assembled at parkersburs yesterday, aud "irt.
ted delegates to Cincinnati. y resolution o!
preference Tor Mr. Bla!nn was adopted, also "
resolution COMMUNICATING Nr. Br>tp"
NJ Arm Il; INTELLlEE y { T.
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