Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-13

any man he koeW OF. Kisses from the CROWD
below.
Never miod the hisses said the speaker, |
have heard the Kisses of vpers before, and |
have heard bullets hiss, too.
After thankioe the audienc, for their atten
ton, Mr. Ball ronk hi, seat.-Rich Dispatch.
Mr.. u. d. bal mouuted the stump last night
aud c IN plain that he is ptls cuted and is
called traitor.
He has not betrayed Anything, Tor nothing
to speak of was ever entrnsted to hun He Is
not prosecuted, c,uss h is not mi istd d. and
his poor little speech last u!gbt showed the
radical patty that he conservatives lost lutte 10
him and the radicals ganed nothing.
Hayes aud Wheeler have b en- put in mo-
Ii 10 Virginia. They have had fair "centra
shot" righl at the Capitol. right iu the middle
Of the middle square OF the o raj spot of the
State, aud by thi, time the tx scsn'rlc circles
from this grand splash in the great deep Of
politics are we'll on their way 10 every dlrec
ton. Fortunately uoug but the report OF
this gr,od gathering will 60 abroad. 10 Rich
mond alone was vouchsaied the sight, the
souod and the smell of this choice eotertain-
ment.
Hot is not the word for it. 1t was enough
to melt the brass buttons off The coats of the
black band. Ic fact he base drummer sat 90
tn: head Of his drum uOtlI il got so moist be
coud noi bust a Sruud out OF II. | b. red
lanterds Looked hot and fiery enough to have
been letters coagratulatcry from ! had Stevens.
The platform fairly dripped with rectlh2d
republican rose water distilled from the corps
d Antique. Their was und O! r4Vclry bY
nigh, mat, as Dickens has said might have
been begot by "a ulo.quito in the bottom of a
FISH horn, or 40 humble bee 10 bass violin.
AT last the s,uId oi iu>ic died upon the air.
Lesi> Lindsay had u lied and run down the
throat Of Ills horn 81 that neii her he nor aoy
one els could blow 1t any NIGER.
The glorious company of ufhc:ho d rs and
Office benol1ers slowly climbed upoo the pat
form and the festivities begau in earnest.
There was tn" first clerk If the post Ithce grin
ming a; the UIited States Marshal, whlt the
Uaitcd States District Clerk cbuaked a whis
key .gaugcr urd4r the fifth RIB, and he 10 turn
iauncd GJvcrum"ot storck"eper, Wno Was
rapidi} getting confd initial with the Uoitei
States Internal Revenue C'llecor. Aud as The
coutrai .urc Of This lovely lableaux sat the
| District Attorney with hlsarm aroupd the great
| Mule-au d. Bal, the latest r"pu lican con-
vert, poluring to the happy throDg o! ofhca
holders, and whispering som~ihi1g that to our
ear sounded very much ike Mathew w., !, S,
9. And the worst of ii was that when 1t came
Mule ucy's ,url 20 talk he never said any
| thing that sound like Y. 10.
| % a close caculatl0n there was at least
$50 900 OF Government salaries on the l2xlO
| platform. which it Mule.ane gets tn cthcc '.e'
| pl lyiug for Will + course be sWc!ed say SOU
more (He would De dear at that
Mule aue .7ss the lion Of the occasion. 1t is
nor the frs, t,ue we have heard Of that ani
nal in that skio % ,nis occasion, however,
| his roar was mt bray >ut BlwI.
Mr.. R anus tai "a wolf IN Sleeps clo,hlog)
| b-ibg the bai.;ast headed man, Was saicced to
| set Mule aney's oaII in m3tion. And the7aup-
Oh Ball b4wl,d a. # be was snatchlbg the de-
mocracy bal headel-(Iike Ram tall
Poor Bail WHAT ply \ ank e' ball had
not wound up the ball for hlm before he de.
stroy ed the prestige NJ CoLie ierate officer by
becoming radical office er.
But goodbye Muie.ane. you arr very small!
ball. The littl" 'uuhl BUGS must roll you out
of sight Richmond State.
The Aiexard!ls Scut!aeI, NJ. D Ball editor,
has gone over, horse, 90, and dragooos, 10 tho
republican party.
He gives variety Of reasy rs, all Of which
am9unt to no hing-s-ys Tor smile, I a the
democratic parry is Sci >pa!, as II IT was more
| SO lQaD UuTiUp dI tilS llulC lIihl III. Dai ""S
its advocate He says, also. that the grea, re.
ductious made by the House show that the
democrats are sectional which is bosh.
In short Ball has followed Mosby. The
. 4r.y will do without him. probably, aid wishes
! him just as much success il his new vocation as
! be deserves -Rtchmond State
The Alexandra Sentlnet Ia: gone square
cv,r to the support OF rafictli>m; ar ucs tina;
Grant is the best aud ablest rl"nd lie South
ever hal aud has be u very a!!y treated by
the Southern people; aui that the republican
parts W .nts to make ireUds with Us If W. only
let 1t. The political tail OF Ball is ooly aDotrer
sad proof that Independence is the half way
house on the road that Lad: direct to thu rad
icaI camp. We part company with bln fer the
future, uatil be rcpents aud returns trom the
| busks OF swine.
The Alexandria "Seo'iurl'' calls Grant the
bas, freud the South ever had. Grant may
have helped Bal 10 yet TO the Legislature, bu;
W, never heard If his doing anything for b
balance OF the South.
- Butler Uofax, Baecher Scheock. and
Mat Ball. Of Aiexaudri,, have come out for
Hayes; a very respectable "ueleuS for an hon
est p,rty.-PetersJurg hader appeal.
NJ. Duaney B | tot inc oeutioelj hodS fault
with The State because it did not recui ulate
what MIR. Bal calls his "Varle'y OF r'a,ons
for dec arag the democratic parry sectional
aud ludicrou>y enough says We ml>repTe>eo'
him because We state the fact without making
account Of the sill variety" which We tDi; K
is no reas 20 at all, but oDly bosn.
As to federation, We to'erate Mr. Balls ab-
sence withoui pain at his loss. al d VT wish him
all the success he deserges-a cruel wish per.
| haps-but be cruelty Is not our fault.
Mr.. Bail says thai W. faIs"l; i cared he fol
loved Gil j ). MOsoy-'~r thar his Bal s)
| "ofence' Was committed bsiofe announcement
oil .IJsDy s vicw- were mad.
| Whether that Is true or not W: Delthcr know
nor care bu, CIR ao It is, We b ard OF C.lon@I
NJ J>by's views weeks before the Sentinel de-
clared tor VIII eIer and H US Mr.. Ball has
put himself into heat Tor nothlog y body
cares how he votes, and be is OF too ,iule im
portance to be discussed. His tax about being
mi>r"pre<"ned ADD prosecuted is nonseose.-