Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-16
TiIdeM and Virginia.

l0ISee iu5 Cpu.
Tilden and Virginia.
To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette
You have received, IS no doubt you de-
served great credit for obtaining aad giving to
| Tho public tho opI1ious of some Ct tho leading
democrats as t. tho probable nomiDaliou of
Iilden, though ''thtr1 ar, some pcep'o shout
here" ~to thiuk your soaco anl limo might
have been used toward greater public good ia
setting up the huo principles OF democracy,
| rather than the opposition OF any particular
individual Of the party. You have tho warm
| congratulations OF your friends at tho SUCCESS
your paper met with according tn your corres.
pondcnt 10 Washington The mcr,i1g after the
opinions ct the Statesmen" Wero given, and
1t is 10 be hoped that the few democratic oon
pressmen who were not very partil! to the Ga
z2tte, have boone It's active supporters. 10
Tuesday mornings issue we have few uloro Of
the same kind from which. Of oouls'. your
| readers must coDoIude that Samuel j.. Tilden is
DO Longer in the field; indeed it is gravely
| arerred that "almost every honest man was
disguised by his timi6iy and coWardlsa in not
coming forward end demanding the place to
which ho had been elected "ons word from
him would have ckaSg,d The whols face of
things. y What Pity that not even Bsaan's
ass spoke for him that 600 wOrd2 Aud when
1t was known that ho intended to have the Office
to which he had been elected, oil opposition
would n onoa have vanished, ard he would DOW
be the President A wise conclusion. but
loving his money better than bis county or hs
party he deserted VI when the prizl was Ia his
grasp" Very good indeed. And kpowipp
hs did it 0Tc,, beEi4Va ho would d. it again"
Sill better. Aud will say for myself that
uuder 90 circumstances Will give him my sup.
port. Now this must DO the straw that
breaks the oamel's back" and destroys the lost
vertcblal Vsstge of poor Sam Tden Is this
OF ioIOn from democrat Ii yea. pless, state
if from Que IF the thinking or "outhiuking
massts? Mr.. Bland said slch txoressoos
came from the uuthiokipg masses. We'll, ST.
rlCusy. there are soma people about hero who
thou.ht Mr.. L. intetd.d to have tho e(fics-u
he could get il. AID still think; 40 they we're 10
formed BY q member of tho h cctora Coumis.
zion that tho northern democrats we,e uus,ll
Ing to attempt to mantsia the rights of the
party and the people by the force of arms. The
western democrats said the same. So the South
and Tllden stood by like The poor boy at the
froIic, with very little to say, cor would tic
one word have had The least effect without the
ooe power to have enforced it. especially when
Grant already had q forcs at the Capital aud
his fingers ca tie telegraph to order more il
NECESSARY Waterfall cxpeoted fully TO 20 for
illdcn, the State 60 as sac may-for as The
Wtter falls so Uses tho democratic party-it is
wei! known laot that water cures the spinal
affection where oil other remedies have failed
but whether 1t con replace ono entirely ed
~ late fsrr- flcts JUICE is yet to be determ
ined "NloUNTAINER
WATERFALL. Prince VIM. co., April Is.
NARROW EsCApE.-Thc Shenandoah Herald
says: "Oo last Friday afternoon Capt. II. II.
Riddeberger went into bis gas house to empty
barrel Of oil into tho tank. Just as ho had
arranged the piping and started the oil running
two gentlemen called him to his front gate to dis,
ouss some court business When tho CAPTAIN
returned he found the tank over run aud the
oil wasting. He called for bucket, which was
carried him by bis little suu, and be commenced
the work oftryiug to save something like q half
barrel of oil. The gas, 10 the meantime, wss
escaping through large aperture in the tank
and so Tar ovatclme him as to make him totally
iosensible. One of his little daughters found
him struggling aud unable 10 get out. The
family we're unable to relieve him, aud Mrs
Rlddlebergcr gave the a'arm of fire which soon
called several hundred persons to the scene. BV
this time the house was so filed With gas that |
man could enter and get out with extreme Diff |
hculty. Some who attempted it we're made |
slck Instantly. Mr.. John Hoover aud Marshall
Hoshour, however, went down into the pit and
brought the Captaio cut. to all appearances
dead; aud in ttii condition he remained for
nearly az hour His Consciousness was restored
10 about two hours. He fully recovered during
the plight and was attending to bis business as
usual 10 court 90 Monday. The Captain saws
1t Was bis own reckless oareleesuess which came
90 near costing him bis life. end that 10 blame
attaches to tie msohinery."
THE ATTORNEY G ENEaAL AND TIE Aunr.
ToR.-Thc following letter from Attorney Gen
eral Field is published:
~ RICHMOND. Va, April IA. 1880
w: w. klncheloe, eiq Treasurer tf Prize,
William County.
Dear Sir-Y our letter of the 18th is received. |
have not seen the Auditors circular 10 which
you refer. | am not instructiug the tr.ssurers
as to their duties 10 COLL C ing the revenue and
do cot expect to do 30.
10 answer to your question, however, and |
without retereDc, to the propriety or impro
ptIetY of the circular referred to, will say that
10 all matters touching the collection OF The re,
venue, 1t is The duly OF the county treasurers to
oDssrVe and cIrIy ont the ins,ruc ions Of the |
Auditor. 1t these lostruc:iots are illegal the |
tax payers, affectd ibjuricusly thereby, will |
pave them corrected BIZ proper prt ,eduss in
the courts. Respec,tuliy.