Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Of the ladies coach, which struck gentleman
in the mouth knocking out two of his teeth,
and then fell just behind Gen. Malone
Another gentlemanWas seriously injured nAthe
face blythe fragments of glass The trainw was
stopped and search was made for the miscre-
ant, but without success. q No punishment IS
too severe for the villain who perpetrated2su ch
a dastaldy outrage. =
1.-The South West, published at Chris ians
burg, Va, says that the depot att'hat place is
full and running over1with produce, awaiting
shipment. We understand that this is the case
at every station west.of here, the rolling stock
of the road being too limited to meet the de-
mands upon it for transportation. The pro
ductiveness of Southwestern Virginia will soon
demand two railroads" ,-r 0.sa
There is to be meeting OF the Conservative
citizens of Loudoun county, in Leesburg, on
Monday, the Goth of January, first day Of
special term of the Circuit Court, for the pur-
poseeof organizing the party under the plan
suggested by the Conservative State Conven-
ton. lLtlti :: y :s.5AG t,5-A
Mr.. Daniel T. Wine, zjr.,. of Loudoun coun-
ty who was married on the Oath ultimo, was
buried on Saturday, he having died the pre-
ceeding Friday from the effects of, injuries re-.
ceived few days after his marriage.
The Richmond Dispatch says: GAS has
ever been the case, the question of holiday per
diem has gone against the State in the Con-
yention The Maison Doree should raise the
price of board. "
Casper Spring a thrifty citizen of Loudoun
county, died at his residence near Hoyesyllle,
last week, in the SOth year of his age.
The residence Of Mr.. James G. Irwin, on the
suburbs Of Lynchburg, was set on fire Monday
night and consumed. Loss about $4,000.
SUSPENSION OF Mr.. STANTON
Towards report on the reasons submitted to
the Senate by President johnson for his sus-
pension Of Mr.. Stanton as Secretary of War has
been made public Mr. Howard justi6es the
refusal of Mr. Stanton to resign at the Pres-
dents request, on the ground of grave public
considerations" and charges the suspension to
factious spirit Of hostility to the reconstruc-
ton laws Of Congress on the part OF the Prasl-
dent; Mr.. johnson IS further accused q, OF
garbling a certain Geographic dispatch Of Gen
Baird touching the New Orleans riot, and OF
suppressing certain important facts in reference
against the Secretary of War, Mr.. Howard
says, g has not even the merit Of plausibility."
Instead of needing the information Of Genera!
Baird's dispatch, Mr. johnson, it is further
charged, was kept fully informed by Rozier,
VOORHEES,, Heron and others implicated in
the not) of what was going on, and seems to
have concealed it designedy from the Secreta-
ry.'
In'conclusion, the committee recommend the
passage CT resolution, and that it be certified
10 the President, to wit: That having con-
sidered the evidence and reasons given by the
President In his message of the 10th OF Deem
Der, 1867, for the suspension OF Edwin M.
Stanton from the Office of Secretary OF War,
the Senate do not concur in such suspension.
The alleged garbling Of the dispatch referred
to above is as follows:
'Please instruct me by telegraph. BAIRD"
''Please instruct me at once by telegraph
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. y
The report does not attempt to account Tor
this discrepancy, merely mentioning the fact.
THE ScHAFF TRIAL-The War Department
has received copy Of Gen. Pope's order, dated
December &c, giving the facts in connection
with the trial of Captain Morris Schaf, at Mo
bile, for shooting with pisto,F. B. Sheppard,
a citizen, who was at the time, a prisoner I'M
der the Government. The accused, in August,
was convicted of conduct prejudicia to good
order and military discipline, and was senten
ced to be suspended from rank and command
six months, to forfeit his pay proper Tor the
same period, and to be reprlmanded In orders
by the commanding general.
The record IN this case was returned to the
Court on the 10th of November, when they de-
cided to adhere to the original sentence. A new
Court was, however, subsequently convened
when Captain Schaff was arraigned on the
charge of manslaughter and assault and battery
with intent to kill, and he was found guilty of
a pistol at Sheppard, thereby
wounding him 10 the neck with the intent to
kill The order says the findings show that in
the opinion of the commander the deceased did
not die of the wound inflicted on him by Cap
tain Schaf. The Court sentenced Schatf to be
fined $500 and to be confined in such military
prison as the Commanding General might di
rect for the period fisk months.
General rope approved the sentence, ana dc-
siguated Fort Pulaski as the place of con6ne
ment.
RADICAL DOCUMENTS SENT South. "A Mr..
j. Fl. Clendening, who is at work in running
the Radical reconstruction machine, writes
letter from Washington to the Missouri Demo
crat in which he gives few statistics which
are interesting to taxpayers. He writes that
the Union Republican Congressional Execu-
tive Committee" of which the Honorable
sometimes facetiously called General Rob
ert &. Schenck of Ohio,i is Chairman, began the
work OF reconstructing the South by means of
documents April, |, 1867. From that date to
December 4, 1867, the waste paper ware house
of Messrs. Schenck & Co., sent out the follow
ing goods 774,7 S0 documents, 3,640 written
letters; there are $1,000 names on the books to
whom 100000 speeches have been sent, twelve
copies to each, making total of FAC, 1000; an-