Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-22


tiyes of the Metropolitan Police have now to
stake their turn in standing guard over the
prisoner e. B. Olmsted, the alleged detaultlDg
postal discussing clerk, who is still confined at
Government expense at the hotel Of Bunker.
On Tuesday, at the engineers office OF the
Camden station Of the Baltimore and ONO
railroad, in Baltimore, bids were opened tor
constructing the Point Of Rocks railroad. a
large number Of contractors were present, ana
the bidding was spirited. Several Washington
contractors we're in the field. ,,
A Washington dispatch says: Efforts are
being made by young law students who were
in the Confederate service for admission to the
bar Of the Supreme Court of the District The
court, in General Term, intends to abolish the
test oath qualification as applicable TO such, and
admit them on making q remuneration OF the
State rights doctrine.
At q Joint meeting of the City Council, some
time ago, committee, consisting OF Alderman
Nj GORE and Councilmcn Fowler and Chace, were
appointed to Investigate charges OF corruption
against certain members Another join: meet
iDg was held last night, when the committee
reported the testimony taken which indirectly
implicates several members of having sold
their votes to candidates for Office, and direct
Bond, physician to the asylum, testified that
KELSEY agreed to vote for him for his first
month salary. After an excited dlscusslon'
the charge against Mr. kelsey was referred to
the board of common council for its action. a
resolution was then offered to dismiss DR.. Bond
from his Office for corruption IN brlblng a
member, but pending the consideration OF that
resolution the convention adjourned. Kelsey
asseverates his innocence and desired the con-
yention to pass upon his case, but there was no
law authorizing it to do so.
LETTER FROM WADE HAMPTON. The
Charleston Daily News publishes letter from
Wade Hampton, 10 reply to Wisconsin law
yer, who requests him, IN view OF the wide
spread Misrepresentation Of his course, to de-
fine his position as TO the issues, results and
consequences of the war; Gen. Hampton says ::
The main issues involved in the war were
secession and slavery the first being primary,
and the second brought in at later period
In regard to these adopt fully and without
reservation the principles announced by the
late Democratic Convention in New York, and
in the words of tic platform, promulgated
there, I consider these Questions all settled
forever"
I accept this as the result accomplished by
the war and as its logical and legitimate con-
sequence This have done from the day the
war closed, and [ have counsclcd our people
to look upon it in the same light. was
strongly in favor Of the action taken by
the State, comforting upon the negro equal
civil rights with the white man; and
more than a year ago I advocated the pol
icy of giving to him, as soon as we had the
power to do it iegtimately, the right OF suffrage
based on qualifications.
Eve regard the Reconstruction acts as IN
constitutional but We look to their overtime"
not to violence, but in the language OF reso'
luton, unanimously adopted by the Democrats
lie party in Convention assembled 10 Constr
tutional agencies, and peaceful remedies
q lone.
ave invoke decision On the constitutional
iltv of these acts from the oaly tribunal compc-
tent to pronounce on thcmthe Supreme Court
of the United States; and we are prepared, IN
good faith, TO abide by that decision.
The letter Concludes as follows: THE tuturC
destiny of the people is in the hands Of the
North, and upon Their action depends whether
there is again to Union based on iratcrna
feelings or one held together By the ron bands
OF military rule.
CORRECT STYLE IN WRITING. we quote
from John Stuart Mills, on the style OF the
ancient writer's, "Hhe secret Of the style OF
the Great greek and Roman authors IS that il
is the perfection Of good sense. They never
use q word without 4 meaning, Or a word that
adds nothing to the meaning. 1t never entered
into their thoughts to conceive piece Of writ
ing az beautiful in itself abstractly from what
it had to express its beauty must all be sub
serVicnt to the most perfect expression OF sense
The perfection of workmanship is only visible
in the absence of everything which distracts
the mind jrom the main purpose. 1t was only
in the decline of ancient literature that Orna
ment began to be cultivated merely as ornament
Even descriptive epithets were one Of the coy
ruptions of style which abound IN LucaD, for
instance The word had no business there I'M
less it brought out some feature relating to the
matter in hand. Ornament for the sake OF
ornament defeats the very purpose OF tie
speaker By calling off attention from the main
object This is the first grand lesson IN com
position to be learned from the classical au-
th0rS'
The LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. The Legls-
laturc adjourned sine die last night. The
House reconsdercd its vote sustaining the
Governors veto Of the five millions city bonds
bill, and passed the bill over the veto. The
House also rejected another white member,
! who was elected by over three hundred majo-
rity, and installed black man in his place. A
resolution was adopted giving mileage and per
diem for the whole session to number OF HAD
ical contestants of seats of sitting Democratic
members, whose cases have not yet been dis
posed Of The same action was taken By the
Senate in similar case. When the veto of
the city bonds bill came up in the Senate
Senator caused Communication to be
| read, offering him bride of $4,000 to vote
for the passage of the bill over the veto. 1t
| was also stated that further sum Of 1000
had been offered
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MARRIED.
On the 18th inst, by the Rev. w. S. Penick
Mr.. THOMAS NJ. SPHINX, of Loudoun county,
Va. to Miss MARY 4. HARRELI1, of Char