Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-06
Keller IRON, SsichniUnd.

AK Guy sAUIuDiit!E Ht tut nay IU II UCicR tlSSt
Cd by Aahcoe. The two pitiidl d1Ofkccptrs
places 90 not salty them. They were p,omis"
cl more tE1a this The > AuGi:cr's oftico is
What they vanI; or. q: least, t.ey want 4 c0ltr-
| co man as head Of one of the departments
be ii u Auditor, Treasurer, Secr;tary Of tic
Commonwealth or Superintendent Of Public
Instruction. There is among them good deal
Of Grumb!irg, AID, for this reason, Malone is
| enteavoring TO hurry up tho election Of State
| officers, get himself elected to tho Senate, and
then he will snap bis finger at the oo0red men
and laugh ut their complaints. 1t is we'll ul-
dcrsO1d that part of tho bargain he made
with item arc first, that tho oolcred members
shoud have tho nomination Ct tho county
Judges 10 all the counties 10 which there is
co;0rld majority, and, s:c,nd. that the mscage.
nation laws Should bo repealed. 10 the articles
OF a2rcoment. however, it was only specified
| t1at he Should be liberal in tho bestowal of
Safe oi,:cls 90 the colored men, but tic cff,es
ptrc not named.
1t is stated that Il. p. Brooks, oolorod
lawyer here. IS I candidate fJr tho judgeship If
llcnrco oJubty against Judge f. q. Minor,
whose lett arm was swept of by shell from
the Federal lines. Wm. Taylor. republican
rcatju5tcr, who was defeated for the House, is
also candidate for that ci6oo Mr.. Taylor is
% lawyer at all, but has sar7ed o. magistrate.
liz was Tor many years grocery merchant.
lTEinia, under The new line of things, will
doubtless be drawn close to the u. s. Govern.
mCnt, tsp,c ally as Mr.. T. T. FAunlcloy, of
Winchester, is to be cur Secretary CT the Com
ruon|calth. L: will DO bis duty to conduct the
correspondence between Virginia and the central
Az IL.
man vino last year spoke Of this bayonpt
pinned, accused Ulou."
/ WIN. L. Nl0scly, whc, 10 reconstruction days,
was the co0rcd senator from Goochand, was
promised "a tat cffiat' if he would work t,r
Gcu. Mahonc's party. lie did work, and by
the c3!UrcH vote aCne, jos. Walker, o Che;-
ierllrij radical, Ta1 sent 10 The Senate. Mosely
elmo TO Richmond wheo The Legislature met
10 reap his reward. Ile was offered tho plac,
Of Jaaiicr Of the SGua.e tus irdisnantly dea
cilncd, saying, mo, s;r; have been senator
crae, and cau't come down to cleaning spit.
1"x:s III Inc WY body where once sat as
senator can't take ttat." and he left dis
!, gulcd. lie didn't ICE how he could ccma
dhsf: that much.
l'a;scn Nias-i2 Is wcr;icd TO death with Az.
i'!Ita; i1rS !or c'o!k.hirS. Ills invariatc ans
"tr . My Gcag :lc, | can mako no promises
tiil | a2c AN IN i condition 10 fulfil iheni,'
nGd iiiru ho leaves tho lean luaery bcs4gcr.
The caucus Of tho reatilsters Tonight was
i'c;'; III tbs !iaG;c e Delegates hall, and tho
ri;i'il waS CartIn;:y guarded. On The ovtsidc
! II ;hr Capitol Q Stiuali OF patrol were walking
dp :.nd down, being here to keep tho vigi!aut
newspaper reporters from sealing The wall and
I"chi9a ;hlcHGh tho Nihd2ws. AT regular in
i,,vai- one II tho dnorkccrcis would run up in
lbs galleries and ln&k under tie benches; but
dcH,;Ie ali this prcoaulion, il is known that
there VAS @iaigic ever Che Offices aeaiu. Tic
C1tnnri!cI arr0laled 20 apnurtnn tha offices
2"s'&iiiu2 - G"ngrr>slaaal districts stated that
they ";rh :Ir; ready 20 icrnrt yet. ard we're
! lion further timc. rhCre was Somo com
i'!aIni III h" part nj ihn republican element
! tahGui Ihelr treatment. They demand two
iiGSt class 0iiie = Dir. Cannon, senator ircm
! :hn Essex District, IVES heard to say to MIR.
; Walker. republican from Chesterfield, that
ihNre was 30 use to complain about the appor-
tlonmr3t Ct offices now, even il tho republicans
had moi gcitca al! they wanted. Gao member
OF The caticu:. whn Ind been bitterly diaap
rriAlcc IN "aiiiaE rfl!o, said The CAUCUS ought
10 sCIcot coGd ma t.'r oifacrs without regard to
Niht district they were from. The caucus OK
nao 8, however, 10 arrange Tor the election Of
: State officers by Tuesday. STRoEuE0W.
\ IllSroEY or BRlSTOI PARISH IN VIRuI-
NlA.--By tho H:v. rnilip Slaughter, ID. D.,
aulhnr Of st. Georges and st. Mark g Parish.
Stc>nl edition. j. W. Randolph & Enslisb,
! Richmond, Va, 1879.
Wc arc indebted to tho publisher for o c,py
Of this Interesting and valuable book, and by
tho way o! ach uoWledgmont can say, in all sin.
Gently, that it is o model Of typographical elo-
gancc. Well bound, ard beautifully printed 10
clear, bold type, or fno paper, it is fit ad,
dltlon to any scntlomnn's library. especially
when "o add that 1t IS admirably we'll
| written. Tho late Dr.. John G., McC}aba,
onec rector Of st. Johns 10 Hampton, did some
very crCGliablc work 10 this direction, and we
AFRO all familiar with Bishop Mead's moro am.
bilious performance. DR.. Slaughter has fol-
lowed IN The same field, aud wo think after OK.
aminiDg the book before use, that ho is doiup
grta! service by his labors. lie has the patti
cree o. the art'quary, tho z,al of the churoh-
man and The eraucs of the scholar. But thore
ere eIlmrs,s hero aud there of broader treat.
ment than the subject necessarily required, 80
| that We sh0uld DO glad to hear that the author
had entered larger field. Oar Inference is,
from these tracts oil large, historic treatment,
that DE- Slaughter would find congenia
theme 10 tho picturesquo story OF Colonial
Virginia. We trust that he may consider the
suggestion. His patience is shown 10 tho
genealogical sketches, his zeal 10 the book itsof,
and his grace aud Vigor OF style on every page
Ills description of tic departed town of Bland.
toid, and tho old church. is especially inter
es'ng and, wo believe, he has for the first
time collected Tie literature cutNiued about
TIC venerable pile. Fer this service alone he
| hOlu,I 70 hok 1,,l II.
80 wl'htu: reserve, and with all our heart.
From what VIC have 'siid it is supelA uous to add
that every one interested in tho history of the
State should have this book. and we take plea.
suro Ia commencing it 10 cur ders.-MortoM
| landmark
| HOTEL ARRIVALS.
| Mshsi1n Aouse-Thomas II Perkins. Va: ]
N Irusscll, Uppefvillo; Jno w Williams, Phil.
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