Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-26
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& Correspondence Of lta Alex sndris GaEatto.
HrnnoND, fiEuiNl,, FEBRUARY -, lSSO.~-
GoGnInor :'n'li;:ay's veto of The peDiientisry
bii IL day has SGT the ieaGi listers back sOmc'
what. The plotiers had actually deceived
thenss!v.a ia!o Tic belief that the Governor
gculi not veto that til, bat those who knew
The man and kotw kil msnliness Of character
wero oolGlent that no would not sign tho bill.
500 for lis passage savo that they want s)me
Olives 10 give their friends This is about their
las! fort greedy and siokcning-to benefit
their tIends ut the expense OF the State. And
there is yet another method in this madncs So,
which IL hat the members of tho read ulster
urmy OF candidates for Congress- want to use
the State Offices for their owe advancement.
Ii is not enough that they have trathcked the
udgt ships; that they have packed the Capitol
Offices; that they havo turned out good and
tried men. Tho cry Of hunger which Comes
up, M from the eager horde is "ofiiocl o.
foe J. 1t is heard now at the end OF the sss.
son in tones as loud as whom tho session began.
| Some dt the seekers who had boon promised
| p!sc g as pcrltentiary guards were only yestcr.
| day Dragging that tho Governor WOuld not dare
to veto tho bill which Ind for its otiect tho pro.
| vision of otEcIs for tho roaC listers. Tho GGv-
| crnor not only controls tho appointment OF tho
seven wardeGs oil tho institution, but ho has the
appointment Of tho thirty guards az well.
The bill TO pmeEd tho city charter Of Rich
! mobd, VIII ca The rcalIusloIs intend TO pass
| despite tho wishes Of the cllzons OF Richmond
! to the contrary, IL nothing moro nor less than
| an attack by rosC justols upon Colonel Cntshaw,
the engineer of the city OF Richmond. lilo wa
| gallant Confederate soldier, and hobbies pain
fully 10 his duty on ono "g. Tho other was LOST
10 battle. B,cluse this man has been honest
brave and outsroken in his opinion and in thu
discharge of his duties tho attempt is being
made to remove him.
Tho bill to repeal tho &C; rtcontIy passed tc
give tho American lninn telegram Company
tho right of way through Virginia was
before tho Committee on Roads this
morning and again this evening. Altcl
lcrgihy discussion from thosc who favored
the measure and opposed it, tho committee
reported tho bill upiavorably. So The Ameri
can uoon will run its lines through Virgins
Col. PortlocS, Of the Atlantic, Mississippi
Ohio Railroad Co., was ono OF tho adVcc.tcs Of
tho bill Ito repeal tho act) on tho ground thai
tho act gave the American tIlion too much il
that it allowed tho Company TO build its pole!
On tho lice OF any railroad 10 tho Statn WlGlhc
that railroad wanted it or rot. The COUNSEL lc
the company then showed that tho COMPANY
was bound to act under tho provisions Of tn,
telegraph law which has been 10 operation il
| The State for twenty years. The est vigorous
opponent OF the American ULion was n Col
)onrs j1o fought it vehcmontly. Whe,
asked by Mr.. Jno s. Wise whom he represent
ed. he said no represented corain interests but
that he was not paid to represent them. This
vas all that could he gotten from him.
Dickinson. OF Russell, tho stalWart Head.
ulster, after whom 1t is proposed 10 namo thu
new c>uaty. has 10 children. aud hoing The las
ut his Iinu it is meant by tho naming OF TIT
ntw county to pcrpeIuatc the name.
| lt is p'ea-ant tn nc I'd tina he that thu
English journalist. George hurustui Sall. o
the llnuuu Telegraph. left Virginia please,
with The old State. although she ia grouot
down beneath the heel of rir g:sm and dcma.
gagui.m. lie d!i roi remain Ia The State long
bns !ogG euongh to SEQ Tint THOSE who a,e still
| lru1 10 NIrglnia have Hoi liycu w he fight 10
rthJ prize pies vt When Sal wss hert
SOMA 0o2 sskai h,m want h. Thought o
fiacs, rag and u cstn'. lie did not hcsitat
10 @XprcsS his prci"rcnr. Tor ThonkOray. w
all kno7 ho9 lhackesay iov9d Nirgiola, ant
the GsZe.,u = clr, espnndeut ias therefore uVct
taG se@ia writer rot ihr less t,r this than lJl
| his Il riUue w0l&l.
ThaokaraY bag 80 tn,ny admirers hc:G iha
1t is pot at 81 Improbable that u "rht ckersy
Club will one day be or2anz ID Gu The p!au U
Shakspcarisn cubs. 1t wuDli be u iIibut
worthy of Virpinia to Que who Was slWsyl hei
stlunch defender. When the War began Viz
siuians koow that tho au.hcr f The New
comes was Out-sptk0n 10 bis earnest sympathy
for the SJu,b. Tho hand of dealh prevented
him from bearing of cur suhiugstian and thank
God it saved him from the Illumination o
witnessing tho disgrtc, Of Firgoia in 1879 80
Mo thinks that mnuly heart would have throh
bed to death at this last spectacle, and Thack.
cray would have blushcd Tor tho homo of Tit
Vireinian. STRoNHBOw.