Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-01

stock in Incorporated companies. and
to pass law invalidatng the act Of any cor.
poration where it can be shown that any OF
the stock or securities OF said company tnat
are proper subjects of taxstion have not peen
listed Would it not be well also IN order 70
save annoyance to our people, and thst we
may be able to put proper 1estrsint upon cor
porate power TO require, when it is esslb.e,
all corporations doing business in this State
to obtain charters from the State?
Lest there be those who think have over
drawn the pictures of our difficulties and am
inclined to be pessimistic, will say am not
without an abiding faith in the future 1t
needs but retrospective glance for all to
recognize the wonderful recupeIate powers OF
our grand old State. Think of her condition
after the last gun was fired at Appomattoy.
Devastated in field and forest-a half million
of slaves bewildeIed by their sudden freedom
all our flocks and herds swept away, mon.
eyless and without banks. and millions OF
debt. She was never grander than when she
barred her bosom and babe her SONS dip deep
for the hidden treasures, the value OF which,
though thirty years have ssed. cannot be
estimated for rs yet the search for them is
but in the dawn. Her pr.meyal forests, with
their varied wood invites the axe of the CAPT
talist. Her wonderful water power, ready for
the spindes of the cotton and other factories
is eager for utilization, while eager hands,
weary from enforced idleness, beckon anx-
iously for the holders Of money to give them
employment. Cannot We devise means by
which they can meet in mutual benefit? All
these things demand our most earnest atten-
ton.
A food of memories should warm our hearts
dc in ha
our duties. The memory Of those free and
dauntless spirits who came TO our shores, and
going into the shadowry forest hewed out
home for themselves beside bubbling springs
where the hand of the unjust tax gatherer
could not reach them; where the soil was
bountiful AMI the skies were ready to drop
riches upon them is halowed by us all. Such
memory comes to me now. and ask myself
if we are their true defendants. If we are
guarding with Jealous eye and vestal care the
fires of liberty SO b:ayely bequeathed to u5.
Oh for reminding of patriotic interest
among the people When that is aroused
nothing more is needed to settle every ques-
ton promptly and justly.
And it Is coming. Seasons of patient suf-
feriug do not always last. Periods of torpid
acquiescence have their reactions. But lot
public opinion once be thoroughly aroused,
and then
"Its step is as the tread
Of flood that leaves its bed
But have detained you too long. think
I am q grateful man. The people have been
good and kind and hospitable 10 Inc beyond
my deserls. My heart goes out to each man.
woman and child In the commonwealth Of
Virginia say God bless them all. And my
great desire is that under the blessings and
guidance of gracious Providence may be
able to acceptably discharge the high and re-
sponsible duties to which I have been called
by the suffrages of kind and generous people.
MORMONS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
The efforts of the people of the lower
part of West Virginia to run out the
Mormon missionaries, who for several
years have been doing tlourishing
work in the back woods districts of
Logan, Mercer and MiDgo counties,
seem to be of little avail, and the people
in the upper counties, whose domain
is being transgressed, have sent Pc
ton to Congressman Dorr. asking him
to see if he cannot induce the national
government to take hand in stopping
the propagation of polygamy.
Within the past month the Mormons
have invaded Monroe aud Greenbrier
counties and are now getting over in
to Fayette and Kanawha. There are
not less than 100 missionaries at work,
and they seem to be having great success
Every country schoolhouse in some
whole districts is used nightly by them,
and on Sundays the people gather in
droves to hear the preachers.
They have secured so many converts
that the better people are helpless.
Over in Logan county three of the
missionaries were caught last Sunday
and ducked in creek until they we're
more dead than alive. The next morn
ing the people who did the ducking
found bundles of Mormon literature in
the doorways.
The missionaries do not proclaim pc.
lygamy openly, but when they get
their converts we'll under way, they
inform the men privately that they
may 60 to Utah, and live with as many
wives as they can support. a number
of the missionaries have married in
West Virginia, and have sent their
wives on to Salt Lake, to await their
coming.
A CoLoRED MANS WILL.-The will
of Rev. W. W. Browne, colored, late
head of the Grand Fountain True Re.
formers, was admitted to probate in the
clerks Office of the Chancery Court, in
Richmond, yesterday morning. His
estate is valued at $50, 900. The will