Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-23
LOCAL NEWS
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E11atorof the 44le1anorla Gazette: .at &c 29s2
E2alSIR Gircumst anees' beyond my control con
strained me, IN order to keep my record clear,
to address, on Saturday last, the annexed com
munication to- Major Ham brick, believing, as L
do that.his mind has been abused by some de
signing meddlers.i The Majors former inter
course is the guarantee -: ~ 81 :. ~ -
I Excuse me for thus trespasslng' upon your
Kindness. our obedlent servant, ...-.me.,I
', G,i ~; - -. ~ - HUGH LATHAM, Mayor.
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ALEXANDRIA, April 2lst, 1885,
PAUL p. HAMBRICK, .SzE- - .io@ =
Mayor and ,Porost Judge:
SIR: [ have Investigated in person in the
neighborhood where Dulcina Roy resided, and
one of the inmates. of the house, Lucy James
s(colorcO informed me that after the message
came from the mother, the child was. given to
Emily Bundy (colored) as the mother directed,
on-the same day she was committed Emily
becoming tired of it the next day Tuesday,,
Mrs Sales, white woman, went to the house
and nursed it, and afterwards took milk to it !;
the nextday Wednesday) Mary Francis Brown
(colored) took the child to the u. s. Barracks,
where it is at the present time Mary Francis
states that she has taken5lt some kind OF nour-
ishment every day since she and Lucy posi-
lively assert that the child has not been neg
lected since the mother was taken by the 70
lice - they also state that the child was naked
for one week before the mother was taken,
thus evincng the greatest indifference to the
welfare Of the child. ~ as
This plain statement Of facts conFicts your
informants of giving false information, and the
presumption IS fair that they we're actuated by
base and malicious motives.
Your statement that the child lay alone
upon the floor naked for five days Without at
tention, oolv such as2was bestowed by certain
neighbors who occasionally administered to its
wants" appears to have no foundation, and Is
a species of annoyance that.ou officers Win pc
subjected to, so long as certain pestllent erea-
lures are couutenanced and credited.
Our city is Infested with a number OF Phil
anthropists, (?) whose occupation and delight ap-
pear to be to torment discord in our communl-
ty, and they presume upon the facility with
which they can approach the freedman
Bureau to discharge the venom OF their
wicked hearts. This is to be deplored, and l
am satisfied that no person detests such crea-
lures more than yourself. Your position know
is embarrassing in the extreme, still / think
it is in your power to check, If not to destroy
this continual interference with cases so easy OF
solution. Some of those meders are known to
me; am waiting patiently to obtain more
names before exposing them their intercourse
with me is frequent and they play the amiable
admirably; the day of reckoning will come and
they will be loathed as the Lepers OF old. !.
| do not object to persons whose duty 1t IS to
protect the colored people OF our city, watch
ing diligently the proceedings OF this office,
nor do | object to the interference OF any tau-
minded, honorable person when they see any
injustice practiced towards colored persons, or
hear from reliable source Of such injustice.
Since writing the above you have been pleased
to visit my Office, and in consequence OF our
conversation I felt it my duty to, send tor the
parties cognizant of al The facts aud take their
deposition which you will find attached. |
cannot refrain from again expressing my regret
that anything calculated to disturb the hsrmo-
NOUS action of our Offices should occur.
Your o br. ser,vt., as-a.
.g@ . ! ~. HUGH LATHAM, Mayor.
When the Police arrested Dulclua Roy, on
Monday last, her child was naked, land had been
in that condition iOr one entire week. In the
afternoon OF the day amessagh came from
the Mother to let Emily Bundy have the child;
she took i, and returned it the next day. Tues
day, when Mrs. Sales, a white woman, went to
the house and nursed it; she afterwards took
milk to it, at this time the child was in posses
sion Of Mary Francis Brown4and Lucy james,
the former took charge and cared for it; on
Wednesday Mary Fraacis took it to the u. S.
Barracks and left it with Mrs. Jones, where it
now is, and Lucy James, Mary Francis Brown,
Emily Bundy aud Winoie Young declare that
the child has not been neg elected since the de-
parture of its Mother .& .-e
Personally appeared before me this DIST day
Of April, 1866, the above named parties, and
made oath in due form Of law that the ABOVE
statement is true as severally stated. - =.
HUGH LATHAM Mayor