Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-22
For the Gazette.
The Culpepcr Meeting.

The following are the preamble and resolu-
tIoD5 offered BY DR.: R. 8. Lewis at couserva-
tive meeting held at Culpeper Court House
on tho 10Th inst. and unanimously adopted:
Whereas there now exists 10 tho national
democrallc party 10 the State of Virginia diff,
terent factions aud shades OF factions predcated
upon State and national polite, known es
readiusliog democrats, funding democrats and
hard money democrats but whose opinions IS
10 tho Fundamental principles Of free govern.
ment aro 10 peri, C! accord, aud who are now
and ever have beca opposed 10 c,ntraliz. d
federal poVerum ,pt at Wastin stor; and
Whereas some OF these parties or flc,ions
have separate organ zitions and party macbic.
cry orssn ED aud at go k to autsgouz, each
othtr, aud which ought TO b. us.d for State
pur0osts alcn !; and
Whereas We feel That colo end COMPACT
oppt sl'ien to tho republican parry is necessary
Tor their defeat and for the maintainance aud
SUCCESS OF our national piil ciples aud CUT ma
'l2na .per;y, aud for tho security and perpeiu,.
tioo OF liberty ard Tree government; therefore
BIO it.
|. Rcsolrtd. lst. That vs. do hereby lay aside
all ulit=reGces ct opinion as to State matters,
aad hereby bsrnoDizlng a5 uOit aud standing
upon tho national democratic platform Of the
c'untTy; wo send to the conservative coLvan.
ton which assemblies ct Richmond on the lob
day ct May, 1880, thirteen delegates.
Eau. That these delegates shall 90 untrtm-
melsd and uliusruoted as to any expressed
opinion OF this meeting as to preferences for
oladldates for President snd VIC, Presid,ut to
be nominated at Cine nDa,i.
3fd. That this mae,iog pledges it's undivided
aud earnest efforts to tho demo :atc conserya-
tive psry OF tha State and the whole couoiry
To- secure the electoral vote Of the State of Vir.
R'nls tIr the nomoces OF tho national demo.
cratic party.
And the following sr, III, delegates appoint
ed by the meeting:
Delegates rom Catalpa Dis!r:c Jas. Bar
bour' D. a. Grirlsey, DE-. l.. s. Lewis and j.
Z. Gb-ot; aliernstes, 9. D. Gray, J, N. Arms.
suouv, L. b. Johnston and @. w. Williams
StcVensburg Dslseates-Jno. Walker, w,
D. Foser aud J. w. Je5niogs; aternates. w.
5. Willis, w. l.. B. Hale and A. G. Willis.
Salem Delegates-J 8. Esgborn aud 3. L.
fulI!an; alternstes, J. NJ. Duncan and W. w.
Lewis jr.
j etfersoutown d, lecates-G. 8. P. Triolatt
and IL. II. Duncar; aternstea, S. M. Mao.
house AMI L. Nj. Buttou.
Cedar Mountain Delegates-J. II, S;rother
ord |: Is. Nallt; a!iernst,s j. r. Jooes add j.
w. Wilmer.
FEMALE SOLDIER "A singular stcr, tiosed
With bit of romano, AID probably waiting 10
vtraciy hss been related by Baltimore color
ed woman in Philadelphia and published By
the papers of that city. ltappcars that few
days sioce Cathariue Hill, bright, intelligent
looking nulatto woman. about 81 years of age.
appeared before Col. w. B. Mann, a Pbila-
dclphia prothonotary, and applied for pension
stating that she thought she Was entitled to it on
account of her long service in the United States
army during the war, during which che had re-
ceived several wounds. When que.tioned by
Col Mann she stated that having gotten into q
little cl1cuty when quito young, che enlisted
under tho name Of Heury Williams in the Fifth
MARYLAND on the l9.h OF June, of what year che
could not remembsr. She was examined BY
Drs. Creek and Perry of Baltimore who. OF
course, discovered her SIX but passed Ter
through IN confederation Of bribs of Sl5O and
many earnest enresties. She was then duIv
mustered into Col. Frisch's regiment st Camp
bege5' and The captain of her company vss
we. ks she went with tho regiment to Fortrss,
N Monroe and thence through Virgins, North
Csrol!na and up into the Shenandoah Valley
W lille In The service she filed gssnts rank.
al d was wounded once in the mou, b and again
IL Inc tngn. The latter wound was q sewers
ons, anu compelled her to remain in the hospit-
cred. "h"'A ol''oF-
a., JUDGE JOHN HILL died at his residence At
buGklp CHAM Courthouse on last Monday nigh: |
~ Inc sse OF eighty, years. He was distin.
sulsned lawyer, and at one time represented his
district in the Con Qress of the Initial State