Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-21
LOCAL. MATTERS.


The Fca;hcr Probabilities. JHiy u. 1851
For the Middle Atlantic states partly cloudy
weather AID local rains falling followed By rs.
ing barometer, stationary o: lower temperature
and nestsry winds.
DELEGATES TO TIE RICHMOND CONVEX
1ION.-MeeiCgs were held ia eli tho wards Of
the city last hight to elect delegates to the
Democratic Convention to assemble IN Rich.
mond Oh the 4 h prox!no. The meetings were
nil we'll attended. srd everything p's:ea of
harm oou3y.
First Wharf.-The E0ectDg WaI cliitd ID or.
der By Mi. W. W. Herbart, Ward Supcrio-
taudeDt. Geoig, Washington wGs elected
chairman nud Hubert Suowder 8 ccesry.
James E7tleth and Willism 3. Dobio were
appoil:ed ttlicIe. ". w. Herbert. y. H..
Lambert, '. ". Power aud A. L. Cox
wore uonioatei tor del, gates. snd tho ballet
taken. which resulted as iaoRa: HerbaTt G.,
Lambert 4S, PJw,r 80 Cox -, and scatter.
ing S. MessFs Herbert ard L,nbers we're
then declared eicc:od dslfgsses, aud McsaIs.
Power and Coz alicIaatts, Iho moe!!Dg then
sdiouraed.
Stcond Wa,d-Tho meeting wss called 10 or,
der by t1r. Mercer Slaughter. opn of the Ward
SuperIndent5. Msl. Edward liarb?rt was
eItcat chairman cad T. NJ. Latham secretary
NJ. j. Waterman sni j ohm w. Green wero era
hnlGtcd ttllers. George q. Monroe end X
kcmpar wer0 nominated for delegates, sad *.
kemper was declared e!cc:ed, tn, vote standing
Al to 81. Geo. O. Monroe was then elected
slierna;e. The mcelicg thea 40 )u,ncd
Third Wafd-ihc mertsg rea called 10
order By j. t. Waddey. |. E!ehberg was
elected chaemsi1 ntd +. /. Rrockctt SECRETARY.
Jas. Shlan, Z. 4 Stuart. j. f. Wa1icy, }. G.
Bee khan. s. G. BTen, sud j. L. Cltcn ;scro
uomoaed for dyl@ga c4. nnd tho ballJt re-
rult6d as follows: Shion 100. Stuart o., W aat!ey
81 Bockhan II. Bent G1, eaton %, seated
iog The first shrco sgtrI claatGd delegates
and tho rcmaolng sl!erngtea Tho meeting
then adiocrned.
Fourth Ward-in t!is ward h!t. John Is.
moot was tleaiod chsiIln 20 bud Capt. +. l..
Smith secretary. s. T.. Ncale, j. Z. Sweeney,
r.. II. llawhius AMI &. H. Saith vera nomi.
dated fer delegates. ana The polls wc;o kept
open for ona hour. Tie baI'o. resulted es fol.
lows Meals 50, SwoaH@y -, Hawkins c. aai
Smith ~ $. &. Nnan and j. T.. Sweeney
zero thee declared elected delegates. Linden
Kent and f.. II. Hawkins zero then uaani.
nous!y eooied sl:ernstes After nidrts n4 by
Messr5, Nssl'. Sweeney, il:skias and Slo!,h
the meeting adjourned.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE hattie or BULL
OF bui Hun was fought Naasy every old en-.
Zan CT thia city whose S:Le.ti - will DO c.ied 10
the fact Will have foGae iaciiont conneCiaI with
the event brought to mind, and after reading this
teIn Will probably allow thu paper to fail in III
lap that he may indulge ia Il quiet ioVoro rs
old war feencs pAnornTilcaliy glide before the
nlHd. Yes, twenty year, hava passed by since
that aanEuinsry cofti'c'. Many who in youthful
woo! marched TO tbs front then End survived
through The sDGW5rs Of ballots, shot and shsll
gTh1CSQilEr1l lai kr Nri
describe the scenes inc isnt to this bloody battle.
All day long during that eveatiui sunday could
iEo T"0r OF artillery DO distinctly hoard in this
city, and as the Loiso Of the clash of war grew
.nore spd rlore krGibla, old ladies claaped their
Lahds IN D!ourhful Calculations. while f3tvc6t
prayers from sisters and wives Of those knoRnt 10
be ON tho re!d were uttered quick aud earnest
ihs mstA Ivres Of thu nsls portion of tho COM
munliy Were cool and collected, ss every now
and then the thundcing sound from tho acere of
carnage you'd raverbafslo upon thsir egrs, ia on
instant diveTting oil conversation to itself snd
cSueihg every talnaI5g persGn 10 realize ID fact
mat tns curtain mad really ri;en on tho serious
Sex or the driEs oi war, which, like the bFDuli.
!ul spots and stripes of the deadly ophidi.n arc
line 10 contemplate bni desth TO 10 touch. Some
could DO seen perchCd On feaces on The cnv!rona
Ike rows Of black birds whiting on sticks IS tho
summer Zaphyrs waited the mou.nful d;reas 10
their cars. The day alter thu battle, when lex.
nnorls began 20 Do Ii led with tina p.nic-st.icken
lederais, WAS such Gn ono Gs tD.morrcI DrnEagas
10 he-cooi ard ralny-aud much Gis!ross exist
ed among Inc iuSitives, many Of whom. if alive,
WILL remember tho true Christian spirit ezemo
plitcd by many OF our ciiiz }n5 On that memoir
nbie Occasion. In the retreat following Tho re,
pulse no arrangements had bean Eldo to .o.d
the etrsggling soldiery-- and tho eres. bulk had
rendered Themselves such md our PEOPLE, for.
getting ali sectional poiiticsl ditfarUncTs il
inhumeIah!o instances IA!nisarcd 20 their ntccs.
sites as chcer!u!!y rs though tlcir quests hah |
teeh nallVe Snd 10 ma mHnu2r torn In fact !
tho number Of breakfasts given to these half
fnrnisned mon by cody matters on hist damn. |
chl!Iy morn Will never Dn Appropriated with
certainly, and oI coulfe rs this hospitality wa
isrshken Of The federal soldier whose mind had
been poisoned againat Southern people by pc
lures In Northern prints representing such as
haIca and bstbHrous, must have hkd his faith III
New England descriptions Of tho South shaken
considerably. May cid Alexandria lever spsin
become The theatre Of war sconea snd raay the
ohVe hrancA BE always IN moro isvcr than the
OsrSad shaf!