Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-26
Letters ironi Richmond.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.

| NcnIl y every lawyer IN Richmond is candl-
date Tor the position of Judge Of the Hastings
Court, made vacant by the sudden death of
Judge y. B. Gugon. Il is Il difficult matter
| to predict who vii! be the successful map. For.
tunateiy the election must take place very soon
and therefore opportunities for election will be
vcry limited. OF the candidates mentioned
for the place onIy know of two or three who
have the iirmpcss Of the late incumbent, and,
after all, that Is what is as much needed by the
gentleman who may be selected as that lie may
be good lawyer. There could be no better
evidence CT the efficiency Of the late Judge than
the fac. tha! his very name was q terror to
evil doors LoTiS Lindsay, the colored repuO-
lican stump orator here, remarked on one &C.
casion in an unusually warm harlngue to his
brethren, land den Judge Guigon will git
hold OF you, and de Lord have mercy On your
SOUL At the funeral yesterday evening fully
ten thousand people were on Broad street. The
1orcd people from all parts Of the city gathered
on Broad street TO sec the procession pass by,
and looked upon the casket containing the re-
mains I'll the late Judge with awe. The class
known As The dem, monde openly re- Diced at
the death OF the firm Judge, and hundreds Of
these poor abandoned females were on the
streets, from the women who iDfcst the sums
Of the city to the painted aod be awcIed queen
OF the most aristocra!lc mansion CT Locust
Place, the Que arrayed in the cast off and faded
robrs Of the allStocracy, and the other shining
rcsplendens with the added charms CT paint an!
diamonds, and jewGlry, and silk and satin, both
Sinking and SmlllEg With pleasure at the
event that had called this vast ConcjursC GU;
both sisters IN SIN, but The one TercllnG with
scorn the aaIntallOn aud elanc, 81 the other as
though the very touch was Contamination and
the glance OF the eye death, Tor indeed DO party
line va, ever drawn more rEactlng,and no grade
of society ever 50 clearly defined as - that
| which stands between tie upper and lower So.
ccty Of The DEM monde Judge & 0gon had
, never shown any sign oil waycroC 10 his pun-
ishmcnt Of the keepers Of their houses aud
whenever cltig ,ns made complaints Of them ne
: had them broken mp with degree OF aIacrlty
that shaved that Justice WAS IS quick as it was
uorcltut!rg. Richmond has truly sustained
loss by thr death OF Judge Grulgon
, The Barbour tax bill is now being enrolled
J and wlI 60 to Governor Holiday Verg soon inr
, approval.
J The Oates Company is the only comedy CON-
, uany which has visited Richmond this season
which has not in one OF its performances brought
in some Joke about Tie Mofet punch. The
, Company, however, brought 10 the 'reau ust.
men,' anl "hloatcd bonIholIcrs' with llue
, cttcc:. Mrs. Oates received q perfect ovation
at the hauds OF the audience 10 night. Her
, singing Of Sweet heart, good bye, was as iioc
specimen OF ballad singing as has been heard
10 Richmond this season.
The apporonmcDt bill has ro1 passed both
houses Its unfair provisions in respect to the
! Alexandra district AMI several others, Is men
TONED in previous letter, still remain.
Two Episcopal pulpta in Richmond and Vi
, cuiy arc now vacant-that Of the MOnum2n-
tai Church, hy the death OF Rev. Dr. Wood
bridge, and the Meade Memorial Church at
Manchester, Dy the resignation OF Rev. Mr..
SammS, who has accepted s call 10 the Mary-
land diocese.
Rev. Dr. Moses d. lIogc, Of the Second
Presbyterian Church, commenced series Of
sermons yesterday afternoon ou the "llymDol-
ogy of the Church. In his Introductory ser
moo he said that we were Indebted to all the
churches for fac hymns, and that the best
theology Of the church was TO be found IN the
hymns"
RICHMOND, Feb. %, lS7S.-Giov Holiday
has the Barbour tax bill ia hand to-day. 1t is
thought by the read justors that he will not
veto the bill, while tie other side are equally
certain that he Will.
The flaming Dotic,s z wen ia the Northern
papers of the oratory of Senator W.N.Stevens,
he colored Senator from Sussex, while ''plIing
it on quite thick, are nevertheless not without
some foundation. Stevens is & very smart nc
gro and speaks 10 excellent taste His euIogy
on the death OF Senator Thomas II. Wynnc,
several years ago, was conceded on all sides to
be one Of the best delivered on that occasion.
His recent speech on the debt question, 10
which he advocated the passage OF the barbour
tax bill, surprised all vino heard it. Stevens
read it from manuscript 10 his hand.
la the House Peter j. Carter is the colorel
orator of the occasion. While Peter has not
the polish of Stevens, yet he is sharp and witty,
and gets off some very 20 Cd things occasionally
10 the way OF satire.
Lee, the coored member from Elizabeth
City county, never makes speech with
cut boasting that he is the first coiored native
born Eirginian who has ever been sent to the
House and as he has never bccn con!adlctcd
it is 10 be assumed that he is speaking gospel
truth Lee is az orator OF the pctuou5 order
who is called TO his feet by The spur Of the occa-
sion. such as the tcrraplu bill, which he re.
gardcd az ~ attack upon his people. Lee
speaks 10 rather an excited manncr. The other
coorcd rlcmbcrs of the General Assembly have,
up 10 date, made TO speeches here.
SIR Barbour is expected to return to morrow
lie has been absent quite o!Gcn recently owing
to his own i'll health aad that Of his mother,
and he closed the debate 10 advocacy Of his bin
against the advice Of his physician. who told
him it would make him worse.
The University CT Virginia will get the Nc.
Cornick telescope ii the House OF Delegates
does not put on too many airs while accepting
| the donation.
lfthe Senate concur5 in the action Of tho
House to night then thu State Library might
az we'll be closed. i bill was passed cutting
down the appropriations 10 the library from
$1,000 ncr annum to $3.50, and this sum Is to
buy the current literature and get the maya
zines, and 10 fact keep the library going Tor
year. Two hundred aud fifty dollars per annum
is expended by many gentlemen in Richmond
for buying books for their private libraries, and
rnt II /, nrnnnsnd To ICON 2 large State library