Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-19
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correspondence Of tho hlnzs2dria Gs1oi:e
R!cnMoSp, pjc IS. y he in1ec us!lcEs I'D
10 hal! to day iG SIR Htrs. From ino sc;ion
ri The mS i9r!y IL .!:e r.s5 iS1 weeks Il Was
scarcely supposed tia! t!'oy V2H'i!i pause E0'.
Still III. YoES veal! lave s0no IfavuIy ca, tut
Tor the remark OF General Echn!a. ct Augusta
which brought Mr.. Belly, OF Washington 10
his fest. Tie progress OF tho rtaejnstmens
party $50 clllGdl aas been, up 10 Gate, little
retarded By Two or three Cmharassmart9, but
the endorsements have been but II oncrtaiy,
and doubtless 10 morrow all barriers will be re-
moved. As Wes shown yesterday Inc wishes
Of the people q! county "a to VITO SHALL be
their IufEts avail nnlhlpg. 81 lar The profess
and petiouS 81 poo; l. have been uGhoccCd ard
| the mao pos;esSlns the favor 81 the caucus has
| tetn selected aud seated upon tho b;ach. iu
several Instances the present ircumb:u!s will 30
| rots!aed but the retention vii be to othEc
members Of the caucus aud not because tho
people desire tho retention. 10 some instances
where the delegate Knows that 1t will servo bis
own ends to retain the present Judge that also
Will BE- done. Judge Nsrrar. OF Apclia, Was
refined because the negro members demRuded
his cteLt!or, no haViGg rus co!cred ilrsmen
upon his juIies TIE judge was q stauloh
debt payer aud the unanimous choioo of the
people OF his c3u1ty, hut IN spite Of these Two
| latter drawbacks no got through safely.
| Your correspondent vas 10 day handed thu
following from General Payne, which tXplsins
Itself:
RICHMOND. DC IS. 1879.
10 the editor of the -1haraadri;t Gazette:
DEAR SIR: Your correspondent, StroDs bow,
has teen misintormeG az 10 my pOsi!ioa with
reference to General Malone. vas school.
mato and esrIy friend Of General H. he'd
ptytr been brought into collision with hin
| sirch ard Cid DOT therefore shsre tha pcr5Gnal
animoEiy against hin. DuriGs tho canvass |
RETAINED from aay personal assault upon him,
but was ns FIR from bis opinions "a sly man
10 Virginia, and ut no tue won!d Elvo failed
to vote for Golo1cl WithcIs over him. At tho
Same tims | Wss a. decided 10 NY datrrElina-
ton not 10 veto ttr republican. Very re-
specifuily, WM Ii. PAYNE.
The lolm,r habiucs OF tho House GRO glruck
with orc thipg this sssson-thG falling of in
tho number OF tho lady visitors to the lIeei-'a-
lure. The women OF Richmond cease to tako
tia. pride in lhero State Legislature whiah was
once ono CT thtir characteristics. In former
timcs the first placotho protty county c5uslo'
not so now The women OF Virginia skill rts
nrca aGd tho ovcrturnir ni tho 9imc hounrca
institutions mi austoms OF EirSioa. aud We
who in Eirgluia havo been taught TO look upon
q Judge - Ono 0l hGn7oua vlceIgcrtnis upon
earth hnQG witnessed, with lva!hrE and dg
gnNt, this system ii ruIhitssj2 and without astau
trsth:cklng in n lgcShirs E1G Eathncr, "l Gll
veto Tor my mnn and Iii vntn i,r yours.
want to gull the wool over tho eggs Ct slna oil
lny pcGrl'. aud thtrtlI IT ha7h 10 icihia cur
present Judge, although hD Ia a iIndtr. My
people watt him. and in order 10 s:Sn niJs;ii
will have 10 EGcr him. That IL SAMPLE ai
the SYSTEMS.
Now, in tho llcusa tn-;;aY. when lnivutaii0i,s
wi IL cast upon iiId character CT I candidate Ia:
uiGcStlr, the his ilrily wanted 20 inHh on
10 clrot hini-rIrct luan 10 have Tho homer,
tho liker!ira. the very lille oil tho H9opio In hi.
haadJ. Nor did it avail much when one q
their numbtr got up and said lie wauld nit veto
for their oaliGus nominee because tho HccrGt
mo1iur in his brtAst told hiEl IL WAS notiiahs. u
This il 4 commentary M tho Tcin iu4cT way q
making judges: 81 had batn informed tiai
tho young man had reformed! and would MAKE
q competent julre anil bahavo hims :li.' Add
YET, a!tsr thia declaration. Tim ma ni!y Of tn
rtadjustcTS wanted 10 c!tci him anyhow. 10
day there sronls TO be q decided urcIaiou tt
pos'poIiHE the matter longcr thar 10 mortow
what tho e'lH&E.a fra las not been made
knnwn yet.
1t is stated that Cook, ;ho ucgr6 dao,kCprr,
hos resigned. Another onc Of tbs ruaayss-
mens that roscils!cra have lahnrr4 nader
Speaker Lacy will pr1i)aby appoint a tempo
rary doorkerpcr, who will act ualiI Gick'a sua-
C ,s5oT ls elected. There appears to b 10 hurry
about tho election oil the successor
Tho debt rayus have carried their ppi6t iI
reg: RI to the doCrkcepct that il. in Olcing
tho other aide 10 have only one aulho, zod part;
Mt tho door, Instead tf lhia Tho door has beer
k:pt by different ptri;s who had no authority
TO do so, tXacpt that they were the ncr3o. 4
friends OF General hiahonc. Mr.. y. L. Pan
phrics, (Shite,l OF llanoytr. who has been
keeping the door for several days past, has done
it very well, bu! al the Samo timo hn had NJ
authority TO occupy tho posii1r. lie will rr5b
ably be appointed by tbs Speaker rs t2mparsr}
doorkccpar.
1t DOW seems to 10 the business Of NJ one to
see that white men trj allowed the privilege OF
at least one Of the galleries. To day what
was tho ooored gallery was packed and half oil
the whito gallery was file! viii, tho c,lor>l
persuasion.
The members Of tho now Radical party were
Today caught in thor own trap. Mr.. Chen "a
lsSno early in tho day made motion TO post
pone the election of judge Of Boletourt county
until January. For tho simple reason That tho
| motion cGmo from Conservative, thu majority
| votod down tho resolution. Had they post
poned tho election thoY would havo probably
escaped tho trouble mot little lstor about their
candidates fitness for tho position.
STRoH0r,w.
Clarke County stGnS.
A fire occurred 1t the steam sew iuill, cm.
ployed by j. W. Mccormick rcar M'i:o Pest,
a few nights sitco, aud destroyed s,mo two
thousand feet Of lumber.