Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-09

mantle her, rather let uS uOlte auo return ~
her all her former wealth, that our sous Tor
many generations may look up to her with that
pride which Massachusetts feels for Harvard,
her DOLLY elder sister, in the cause of education
10 America.
To this end sons of Massachusetts are DOW
working-aod shall Virginlans refuse their AID
RICHARD A. WISE,
Prof. Chem, COL of VIM. and Mary.
Foreign News.
The Turks have halted near Alexina 2 be.
ing apprehensive Of 40 attack by Gen. Hor-
| vatovich The ServiaDs are represented as
| preIcsri1g contiouauce of the war to humll
iatog conditions Of peace. The Powers are
reported to be still endeavoring TO induce the
| Porte 20 reconsider lis rcs0tu ion not to grant
an arms ice, and written reply is shortly ex
prcted Ihc Pore pr .fcsses an earnest de-
sire for peace aud dlScams any lnteutlon to
make exorbitant demands. Austria, IN con-
junction with the other Powers, is taking
m-asur, for the prevention OF further Turkish
outragcs. The latest adv;c:s from De!IRrad
say that the war dragS slowly and 'h,t the SIT
uation is becoming more complicated A dis
patch to Reuters Telegram Company irJm
Maird says VIM. NJ. Tweed And his cousin
! William Hunt, have been arrested 10 the
pcrt of Vigo aboard the Spanish mer-
ch .otmau Carmen. Tweed Was travelling 10.
dr. the Dame Of Secor. Both prisoners have
i,een lodged in the fortress at Vlgo. -
Th, British grain markets have been slightly
| dcarcr during the past week owing TO the scaoty
supplies and on account Of the untavorable
wea, her Tor lhrcsbiDg. The brig Baltic arrived
al Dublin yesterday with the captain and crew
o.! the British steamer Arbitrator, Captain
jackson, from New Orleans August - for
! Liverpool, which struck an iceberg august 70
aud founded 10 twenty minutes. She had a
cargo Of produce and $1,000 IN specie. The
total loss is $3.50 00J The LDndOD aud Liver
pool under writers suffer severity.
MosBY's GUERRILLAs. Who would have
thought to see the day when the notorious
guerrilla chief, Colonel john s. Mosby, whose
| deeds duriog the war are as familiar as the
horrors of Audcrs onviIle, would be adopted as
an authority BY the republican party, petted
by the President, recognized by the Admins
strarlou, and put forward as a leader tor Hayes
and Wheeler? Yet the fact is SO. We have
before Us a pamphlet OF tour pages, containing
a letter OF John S. Mosby TO the New York
|
the editorial com ments OF that paper.
This pamphlet is bow circulated bv huodreds
Of thousands from Washington, by Zach Cbau-
dlar's committee, ard the copy Ia our posses
sion Was obtained directly from that source
Mosby was JEALOUS thrd-;crmer. aud when
that scheme failed he fell back naturally 90 the
ticket which was nominated to continue Grant
| ism
No individual is stronger at Washinstoo with
the powers that be than this same guerrilla
chief He drove profitable business as an
Office broker while GRAFT was seeking re-
nomination.; and his ichuence TO day is stronger
even than it was then, as was recently shawn
| in the most positive way Major Griswold, one
of No. BIS band, was lately appointed to a
place 10 the Treasury, With salary OF 81 500 a
year upon the direct recon- merdatlon of Grant.
Chapman, another Of The same band, only failed
TO secure special agency of the Postofhcc De-
partment because of a difficulty with Jewell, in
consequence of which Mostly iuroed round and
helped to drive him out of The Cabinet.
At the very time when Zach Chandler and
his crew are falsely charging the democrats with
removing Union soldiers from the House OF
| Representatives, they themselves are appoint.
ing Mosby's guerrgs in the departments and
turnug out soldiers, soldiers wild W., soldiers
children, and others equally worthy 10 order to
make place for these tavorites of the Admins
| lration, friends Of the Presld OF, aud cham
pions Of Hayes.-Neao York. SIN.
A SENSIBLE SPEECH. The Manassas Ga
zate gives tho following account of the speech
delivered at Breotsvie, last Monday, hereto
fore noticed in the Gaz%tte:
"Wm. H. Pnu, q Prince William c,lored
man. delivered speech to his race at Brents
vile, Oh Monday last, in which he gave them
some good and wholesome advice 10 reference
10 their political duties. Among other things,
he told them they should 20 longer be led as
sheep to the slaughter by the Radical party;
that their best interests we're bouod up with
the people with whom they had been raised.
He read from Document giving history Of
the political and social status given the coIored
people 10 the New England States when they
were set free. which showed that for many
years they were deprived not only of the right
TO vote, but we're restricted 10 their business
avocations. He said there We're two classes OF
colored people. Oae class, during their en-
sIavemcnt used to, after their days work was
done, make baskets and brooms to sell to get
little Injuries for their families, but there was
aonther class who used to visit the hen roosts
of their master ADD his neighbors on Saturday
Olgni, Ior winch lney "cTc otteu licu W Tue
whipping post on Monday morning. There
are TWO classes yet, he said. Those who used
to make baskets now are Industrious aud make
an houest living, but those who used to De fond
of the hen. roost, are now 10 scores 10 the peol-
trutiarg and station houses and chain-gangs
He addressed himself On this occasion to the
former class, and advised them to listen no
longer to the forty acre and mule story"
The GAME LAw.-The game law existing in
1878 was amended by act OF Assembly in April,
1874, and further amended By the same body on
February ID, 1876 as follows:
Sec II. It shall not be lawful for any person
to hunt or shoot or otherwise cause the destruc
ton of cartridges in the counties of Accomac
and Northam pton from the nrst day Of Februa-
~ to the twentieth day of October of each year;
nor shall i, be lawful for any person to hunt or
b OF or otherwise cause the lest: uction of par
rid ras nhessants OF wild turkias Id any OF the |