Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-03-26
Suppression of Election Returns.

sistently refuse to publish the returns of tho
Convention election, although they have
heen renes:edIy urged d" 81, h. the coz.
| nc. Satiy. n"r,.l, If il. Tbs ,as;v.
ty ". the poLulsr v.lr, :. :: ..A.eG, mas Ls:a
ascsEtained e. DO sssi:.s; lie S essivn;,ts
TIE 1''.wlng 7,'er-"e1 :. ject e.?
,,"sts ainons ona pu.!'>Hs3 &c "a, .
the S.ste Convention un Saturday, the l6tl
| instant:
mir. Bienvenu presented an ordinance re-
questing the president to lay before this Con.
vention the official returns of the popular
vote of each parish in the State of the cleo
ton of the delegates to this Convention.
"Mr. Rush moved for dispensation Of the
rules.
"Mr. Rozier hoped the motion would pre-
vail, az he considered it of the greatest i'm.
portance that the official vote of the differ
emit parishes should BIO laid before the Con-
yention, as they were about to have submit
ted to them the question of the submission
| of the Constitution to the people, and it Was
necessary to know what the popular vote
was on the cooperation and secession ticket.
''The President decided debate out of or.
| der, and the yeas and nays being demanded
on the suspension of the rules, resulted yea,
%, nays y; 50 the ordinance was laid oYer"
The New Orleans Picayuue, which had
exerted itself to procure the returns for pub
lication. has the following in reply to cor
respondent:
"Of course, as the Convention has decided
| against submitting the Constitution to the
| people, the returns of the Convention elst'
ton will still be uncomfortable, for their
publication even now might possibly excite
hostility and prejudice against the Conven'
ton. AS we have no desire to contribute to
such excitement, we shall make no further
effort to quiet the scruples and suspicious
of our correspondent, and so we now inform
all whom it may concern"
| LAND CoNDEANATioN.-At the instance 0!
the United States government, Tor the Use
of the Washington aqueduct, jury OF con-
domination was impanneled on the 10th IN
slant to assess and award the damages sus-
tanned by VIM. Reading, esq, in the occu'
patton and use by the government, for two
years, Of u piece of land near the mouth Of
Cabin John, to be used as u road, and for
the erection upon it of such buildings q:
will be needed during the further prosecu'
ton Of the work. The jury awarded twelve
hundred dollars damage. On Saturday
jury tor similar purpose was lmpanneIel
upon the lands of J. G. White, esq. This
case excited warm contest, and was not
concluded until Monday, when the Jury rem
dered verdict for S940.-RockcWc [ Vl}
| Sentinel.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENTAL most iamentahle
accident occurred early yesterday morning
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, b. :ween
this city and MoundsYille, u short distaDce
above the latter place, which resulted in the
Instant death of John Burial, an engineer
Of freight train The train was moving
slowly along, when Mr. Burial stepped for
| ward, as usual, to oil the cylinders. In do
ing so, he lost his foothold, and fell over the
head of the cylinder upon the track. The
great ten wheeled camel engine passed over
his body, grinding him into q mlsshaPeA
mass, and of course killed him instantly
Mr.. Burial leaves a wife and three children,
who reside in Cumberland
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