Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-10
Letter from Richmond.

Actter EEOnl EicHlnOuU.
| Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gaza!te !
RICHMOND, Jap. 10-It is general uuder-
| stood here IN the ranks OF tie SC called read
j1stcrs that FAIR, OF FsiflS, vii! b. c.utidate
for Co6grc:s from his ds',ic,. He AID bis
| friends tbi.k he can slip 10 With tie regro
vote, as his 90 ci!lad nalty slipped iu the Leg
| lslature. They couat Oh the col colored sose
everywhcra, aod perhaps they wi! gesit. The
C ,iored brother, however 20 ;ar. has gotten
only promises. We sec no Clerks ia the Capt.
tot Offices yet, whose skins are broWn, nor do
we see auy cf the colored parsualiou auyehcro
except io the two eallcres OF the Hcuss, whore
they swarm like bees The f C Is, the coorcd
brother has been about as we'll saker 10 as &
IS, called a'justeF kGCWs how.
| 1t is delightful 10 Uotlue how the rampant
rGvJtuiion;sts shun any hipg like eontrovc:s,
wi'h Mr. Gibson, of CuIpeper. When this
lhst mcaioncd Gcnilemsn gets up aad says aey.
thing it is up;!ced that The sarpg-b ,arti crat6ls
| 60 not has,en IN the attempt 20 tear h.m to
tnteEs. Suppose for little fun. after the
adjour: meot OF the legislature, the peur!e 10
the Congressional district which Dir. Farr
proposes to represent, ltt him aud hlr. Gibson
take little speaking sour tog, tier, and each
give 30 aceouot OF his slcTardsuip With such
sententlou5 obstr7auoos as'seach may see IT,
| On the luz OF the thiug The exhibition would
be superb. Gibson = simply second Mark
| Twain 81 a uau Hho could DC bsckcd down
ob!y chen backed down IL his 2rays-lhere
and there only.
The petition presented 10 tho House BIZ Mr..
Head ct citizars Of Loldouu cuua.y, kiar
that theJ might have local OPTION laws so fai
as selling Intoxicating Liquor is coucerred, was
signed by na0y ladies' OF Londoun county.
| The trlonds Of Jobs h Poi1dcxtcr wcr, to-
day circulating petition askiog the Governor
| to pardon the young msn, PoadeXter yeser.
day was sitting down 10 dinner when the iotel-
ligeLc c.ma Of the Supreme Courts d,ci.ioo,
He kpcw bis Case vas up. aud dulog tho din
! 1cr, before be r. ccjVed the Intelligence every
tine the ioil b l. Taog BIO exhibited a ittie
neryousyCss and looked uneasy. Finally the
bell Tang and Col. John r. Yaurg, his council,
entered, The young naus i.c, thon showed
that he was eudeavjripg TO CONCEAL his emotion
When Co.. Young told him Ct the o,aion be
received the sad ioi,l! ecncc calmly, and sud
nothing. 1t must have been .ertitl" dissp.
poiniment to him. Ha ard his frenda were
absolutely cor fdcpt that be would get new
trial. Thus ends case which excited more
|
! for years.
A Gne exhibition OF the working eff rcetiust.
mett he's Just been given be,c. There aru two
men here VITO rot IN together, one c)bvert to
the so-catleG r"aGjustmcnt party, the other B.
conservative. lue two men do lively
business 10 showing papers among some
OF the mechauics. The reeGiuster. who
will be cs Led AIouzo for argumeui's sake,
| 'oancd work mat twenty dollars at heavy
per cect. l. wants dollars with accrued TO-
teicst was que q ~ctk sgn, TN! Alotzo w.u: to
the workman and said: Look here, I'D fclnw,
how about that twenty | loaned you; |
gould like to have it to day-got heavy note
to pay?"
"Oh! y replied the workman; "siuce that
time nave c0mc over to your party. I'm a
rcadiuster now. I'll pGy you when the State
d:bl Is pail, aoa upon The same basis. am
one Of you. Yyu aad are one dou'l sou soc q?
| was conservative, now am debt payer.
| AN like you. don't believe 10 paying debts
until We get ready TO pay And with that
the jolly workman took 90 Xtra cnaw of n.vy
wis. and danced off, Tn, tang began TO lock
serious 40, q couldn'l get the money aud
the |arE nsn d:du't have anything T. a. he could
selz" ft0slil, A!Olz wcnt 10 his cooscrya;ise
roommate and co shaver, who will be called
Plrdar tor short. and no related the IF .ir to
Piodsr. Finally, he ssld Up n lar, h. |
listen to you because you are a Conservative
You leod him twenty dollars to pay me with,
Heal pay il b,ck to you Hhen you sec he won't
do 1t for me. If he don't Iii be respor s. l4
Tor the twenty TO you" Plodsr agreed. aud
N etlng The workman, snid: "L1ok here, old
tei!oR, A'onz th'uks devil. h bard Of you about
that twenty dollars he leaned you and which
| you bGv- never paid HIM bstk I tell von
what LII Go, beirp a freud of both
psrhs. | don't want Alopz1 to hsse
such hard feelings towards you so III lend you
the verify dollars and you can pay him and
owe 80 me. "hll right" says the workman.
and takes the $50 bill, crisp and nice 20 look
upon a few ds! later PIndsr meets Alorz ),
who says "look here; thought you were gong
to lend that workman SO TO pay u, p $50
! did, replied the other astonished, Hasn't he
paid you YETI No, sir hsv'nt seen him."
| ~ this you promised to pay Alorz W th
thst 40 and be sage you haven't" WELL"
replied the other. II thought thst 1 needed q
cult of clothes more than AloLzo did that mon
! ey, go invested 1t IN new suit Of clothes How
| do you like EN- ? / N resdjuster | sun. That's
| ihe wy the resGjus do business 4" And now
there are two men bowling twenty dollars worth
daily, who rosm ovor the streets of Rich snond
| unsstlsfed, snd who sleep not, neither do they
| rest. STaoSoB W.
MSNAcING TKIKE.-rhe strike of coal min.
ers in the kansTa valley, West Virginia, s
becoming serious il lis character. A nun Der OF
men having returned to work st the Austedt
1ulnes, boar Hawks Nest, about 150 strikers NJ
| another point sided an east bound train on
the Chesspesse ind Ohio railroad Thursday,
and forced the conductor TO lei them ride free to
:Se scene OF operations. Yesterday 100 morer re-
posted this acton with smother train TIE crca
was hi sufficient to intmdste the en- ploy e. and
men at tfo Austedt mines The railroad and
mining I'll ;ials called on Gov. Matthews for aid,
and he has ordered the Lewsbueg and Charles
ton military companies to hold themselves in
readiness.