Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-02
The Case of Gen. Sickles.

removal Ct General SickleS, should be made
public in the shape prepared ty til" Acting
Attorpey General. When the military Oh
structcd The enforcement OF the civil process
from the u. S. Court in North Carolina, Ucn.
Grant telegraphed to General olcklrs asking
for modification Of his order No. 10, SO 'ha'
the execution Of process issued by Ch'e'
Justice Chase could be enforced.
Gen. S. replied, asking Gen. Grant to ho:d
in abeyaice his request until he lSlckleS) rou'o
write out the facts in the case. This was uo"''
and the order No. 10 continued in force /"
the meantime the process OF the court was
apuin resisted by the military. TIE u. 5.
District Attorney was then directed by the At
Iorney General to procure an Indictment against
Gen Sickles for a violation Of the criminal laws
in resisting the process Of u. y court 10
this he replies very bitterly to General Grant.
and declares that he is not amendabIe to grand
iuries. U. S. marshals, or u. 5. district aItor-
news. while be is in command oil military alS-
trict created by act OF Congress, and IN winch
the powers of military commanders are defined;
| The President thereupon removed General
! Sickes.
JJpon the full development Of the case, by
the documents aud reports OF the u. ). Mar
shall for North Carolina, the Acting Attorney
General laid before the President, as speedily
rs possible, a complete statement Of the 1acts,
with, as required by the President, ample cita
lions Of standard authority and extracts from
the statutes at large Tor the protection OF me
dignity and power OF the Judiciary, AND remarks
to show the magnitude OF the atfront to the
bench of Justice, and the Imperative duty OF
the Executive to ntcrpoSe the whole power OF
The nation, it necessary, 10 uphold tile Judi
ciary. 49,,
This submission Of the matter on the Nth
| inst. was followed the next day by the dis
placement of General Siekles - washington
Express
The paper submitted to the President ny
Acting Attorney Gen HrincEley, concludes a.
follows:
"AlI nr occsscs Of the federal courts run III The
name Of the President Of the United States,
because The man lltes ut the court call HIM 10
action as they do all to submission, and lie must
execute them AZ laws OF the highest sane
ritV by the whole power OF the nation II neces-
sary. Is your Excellency IN state OF collision
with the national judiciary? Ii not, since The
whole executive power Is thus vested IN you by
the organic law, and can be diverted by nothing
but change Of that organic law dulinF you,
incumbency, it must follow that the collision OF
authority which Is the subject hereof Is the
mere miSdemeanOr Of j cOntunacouS ana utl,
faithful executive agent, who, having offended
against the lawful power OF the Judiciary, has
rendered himself liable to prosecution according
to law But the responsibility which appears
to me to arise on such On occasion, where the
physical power Of the offender Is great, Is that
for the sole Executive to suffer the Judiciary &c
be ovcrthrown in any case would be potentially
to oycrthrog himself, and therefore ! AN sol
EMMY impressed with the belief that unless The
President promptly rtpresses the c0ntumacy
thus disclosed 10 him, he will be exposed to the
lust inputation OF cul pabe lnScnslhIlity to the
coordinate dignity and paramount sancuty o
the national department of justice; contempt o
law INDUCED, speedily grasps at the heart
strings Of public order. 50 teaches history.
FAUoUIER COUNTY ITEMS. The papers re
lating to registration in this county ale not vel
fully prepared but we understand from Capt
Gates that they will show l majority ol about
, COO white voters.
Mcssrs. r. w. and A. d. Payne have sold
the farm OF VIM licale, containing 81 acres
and within quarter Of i mile Of the Eauqnicl
Surings to Louis Wcblcr, OF Washington, ID.
g., Tor Sc 600.
MIR. J. ". links planted This Spring gai!or
: and half of the 'llarrison" Irisi, potatoes in
four rows Of 40 feet each, from which he has
gathered seven bushels OF fine large potatoes
An acre of good ground, according to this re-
markabe Weld, would produce 1862 bushels.
D. NJ Pattie, DESTROYS of changing his bus
mess. offers for sale the Warrcnton House,
long known and popular HOTEL t"rTentG"
Indcr.
f REV. ROBERT DOUGLAS. This cstimable
and pious clergyman expired at his residence
in Washington county, Nd, opposite Shep
herdstown, on Thursday morning last, after al
} illness Of several weeks duration. He dice
= in the Goth year of his age. Mr.. Douglas, al
the time of his death, was pastor Of the Ger
man Reformed congregations OF Sharpsburg
Keedysvile and Mt. Moriah lie was buried
in the German Reformed buryiug ground al
Shepherdstown, by the |. o. o. T., CT which
fraternity he Was an honored member MIR. d.
was announced to preach the dedication Ser
mon the laying of the cornerstone OF the
new German Reformed Church in Woodstock
: on Saturday. Alas how uncertain are all hl
man calculations aud arrangements h0cE-
ingham Register.
The VALLEY RAILROAD. The editor OF the
/ Winchester Times speaks Of late conversation
with Mr. Jas L. Randolph, chief engineer Of
tbe Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in which he
was informed that as soon as the terms Of sale
are agreed upon and the Winchester and Pot0-
mae road passes into the hands of the Balti-
more and Ohio Ra road Company the construc-
ton of the Winchester and Salem railroad vii
be begun. The preliminary surveys have been
made satisfactory charters obtained and every
thing is ready, waiting the fiat Of President
Garrett.
GOLD.
New YoaK Sept. 2.-Gold to-day, l4l''.
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