Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-24
E.rtEcT from Richmond.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria GAZETTE
RICHMOND, New. 23-Tho town is On
the boom. l don't mean in q business sense,
| because very little Of that is teins done
herc-iess than for five years-hut n boom in
population. Richmond has grown il two
years from 4 population Of $4,000 to 100, 600,
and this including MancGes.sr. 1T least so
| 80 ssg3 the President Of the Board Of Health
and he probably knows, as he is Of very
enquirng turn Of lnind. But whether this
ba correct or hot, there is very little doing
here from 4 business standpoint. Our Gaiiits
have fewer advertisements than !0r ycGls
unG, consequently, though it don't nav 80
well. more space 10 discuss TIE coupon in.
lricacy and grammar. The two leading
papers here gre rather opposite in their
views or public subjects. One is low tariff
and thinks Cleveland the best President the
country ever had, while the other is high
tariff and believes the presen. aGminist?a-
ton about the worst and the latter, so far
| as the President is concerned. meets the
hearty approval CT eight out Of ten
Richmond having found out what caused
the late democratic defeat has turned its al.
tention to the question as 10 whether CiU-
veriu5 ought TO be hanged. 1t has now been
nearly two years siuce Lillian Madison was
murdered, but the sentiment here is as strong
Tor hanging C!uVerlus as it vas rnSn he was
liraL arrested. II is hardly probable that
the condemned man u il! hang on December
10Th, but he will be reapitcG in order 20 give
| the Governor ample time 10 0oL: over the
papers that will soon he placed in his hands
asking for executive ciemency There is no
case OH record where the paldoniue
power has inler!ereG afaer the Sup
rene Court has twice .eused to open
| the case, and il is not Iikely that Gen. Lee
will set the precedent unless the G0veruar
can be furnished with more TO &c upon than
he has at present. While the Richmond
people feel alphabetically 10: Tie uufor-
tunate young man and bis family, thev uev-
erthcless believe that thcveTiiict n'as : Just
one, and that the law should take lis course.
| Hon. Jno. $. Barbour is epokuu OF rs the
only man that can save the part: next fail ,
| and that should ho 60 SO he will be given
| the U. s. Senatorship. Bat Eis friends say
they heard something Ike this before but
when the time came he w&s turned dcwa and
| the large plumb given to Major Daue. a2d
| that they don't intend to He fec twice on
the same kind Of chat IIaio. Daniel is
| very popular mere, Dut bis ;nvs; ari.en: sd.
mirers admit that Mr. Barbour has dare
more for the democratic party the few years
that be has been actively IN politics
| than the former has accomplished in twice
| the time uith all his eloqGence Organifa-
ton in politics is everything: e!oQuenCe
| nothing. 1t is well enough 20 have 8 few
speakers to GO out and shake the bushes,
but unless this is followed UP hy thorough
organization you arc left. The bssa speak
ers we have will admit that they cau'; con
vert dozen from the hustirgs il . whole
| campaign. But unless the administration
at Washington changes its tactics q rcpuhli.
can may succeed a republican. Tor the voters
all ever the State are IL "don't.care-a.
c0ntiuental' mood, and it will take more 70
rouse them to that activity that will be re-
quired next fall to carry the Legislature
than iliDsy, unfuliilied promises. Should
| the republicans win, it is safe 10 say Gen.
Malone will not succeed himself. He is
! played out. The late election has demon.
strated to the republicans, the most respect.
able portion Of which have always been op.
posed tc him, that they can get along better
without than with him. Neither will ii be
Capt Wise. He is !: tyro in politics and is
getting too old to learn. lie accused Mul.
len, in the canvass just closed, of being /.
| political baby and threw away chance of
making the third 5. republican district, a
chance be will Fever get again, and event
ually let the political baby beat him
at his own game. The fact is Malone has
'busted" every thing he ever had any thing
to do with First, A.: 0. x NJ. Il. r., the re-
| publican party, the rcadjuster party, and
he hss now busted" himself politically and
the gallant Captain, with his lead on, my
Master" is SO close on tho ragged edge that
! there is now no drawing back
The theatres are slimly attended moth.
| ing pays here in this line bat a circus Or
minstrel troupe. This may be speaking
badly for the taste Of our citizens, and will
probably paralyZe few Boston people who
! have recently determined 10 make Rich
mond their home: but it is fact. The
average Richmonder would rather pay one
dollar to see Primrose and Vests bur!esuUc
on Knights Templar than fifty cents 10 wit
ness Booth as Cassius. Manager Casline, Of
the Mozart, has been giving q first class
| dramatic entertainment ever since the sea-
son opened at s nominel price OF admission,
trying to establish here home for the dra-
ma at an entrace fes within the reach Of all;
but SO far has been playing to empty seats.
! Better have our young men, and old ones,
too, spend an occasional evening in witness
ing comedy or drama than in pool or
billiard saloon.
Everything aud body is on the kick here.
The negro knights of labor are king because
John Chinaman is getting too large q share
of the washing. The brokers are kicking
because so many people are selling coupons
and the Richmond Dispatch is Kick lug Gu
account Of the people not being willing 20
pay their taxes with money; and the same
paper s charged with not pracaciug wha;
il breaches, and consequently causes "A kicj:
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