Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The U. S. Marshal on Saturday forwarded
| the necessary papers to an authorized officer at
Lexington to compel the sheriff of Rockbridge
to produce the body of Caesar Griffin, now held
by him in custody, before Judge Underwood,
| in Richmond, on the 18th of this month
| Griffin was convicted of felony by the Circuit
| Court of Rockbridge at It's last term, and SEN
| fenced to two years imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary and it is alleged that Judge Shelley,
who presided at his trial, is not q legal judge
under the fourteenth Amendment, and that
hence the trial is null and void.
The Richmond News Of Saturday afternoon,
states that the counsel of Phillips intend bring
ing his case before Judge Underwood upon a
writ of habeas corpus-the ground being that
under the Fourteenth Amendment Judge
| Christian was not legally judge.
| Judge Christian will commence his fall term
at New Kent to morrow. The first cases to be
tried arc those of Gardner and Kennedy, the
negroes who stand charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Julia Stuart and John Baker, on the 25th
of September last. near Eltham's Landing, IN
| that county.
One hundred and four citizens in Warren
ton deposited their ballots for Seymour and
Blair electors for the State.
Religious revivals have been in progress dur
ing the past week in both the Methodist and
| Baptist Churches OF Warrenton.
WASHINGTON News Gen. u. S. Grant,
President elect, accompanied by his vile and
son. Gems Smith Comstock, and Badeau Of his
staff, and j. Russell Jones, esq.,, OF Chicago,
arrived in Washington Saturday evening, at
SIS, from Galcna, Illinois. AS there were but
few persons present the General escaped unno-
ticed; and, as he was determined to avoid even
the welcome of his nearest friends in Washing
ton, he had not even ordered his carriage to
await his arrival. A couple Of hacks, waiting
for later train, were at once engaged and the
party drove to Gen. Grants residence, on |
street.
Secretary McCullooh has instructed Noah l.,
Jeffries, Registerof the Treasury, to furnish an
additional list of female clerks whose services
can be dispensed with by the lSt of December
next, it being necessary to further reduce the
force Of that bureau on account OF the decrease
of work About the lst Of January next
another reduction will be madam the Second
Auditors Office on account OF no work, and 1t
is thought it will be necessary to discharge at
least two hundred clerks.
Gen. Horace Brooks Col Fourth u. S. Artil-
lcry, now in command OF Fort McIIenry, Bal
timore, Nd, is the next in rank to Gen. Candy,
the late commander of the Department of
Washington, and therefore succeeds General
CANDY in command of this Department.
On Saturday morning Coroner Potter was
called to hold an inquest on the body OF Mrs.
Mary White, wife of Henry A. White, who
had committed suicide. Mr.. White stated
that he was clerk under Gen. Miller, in the
Ouartermasters Department. The body Of
the deceased was found lying between the bed
and wall, clad in her night dress. The floor
was covered with blood, and apparently she
had not moved from the spot where she fell
after cutting the jugular The wound was in
fcted with common case knife.
BUSINESS MEN.-While Benjamin Franklin
was printer in Philadelphia, itseems he pub
hshed newspaper. Among other things that
received stroog consure at his hands were GER
tain modes of transacting business by the mer
chants of Philadelphia He handled the knaves
in such manner as to arouse their wrath, and
they calling meeting among themselves they
waited upon the sturdy printer, demanding to
know what he meant.
"Here," said they, ''we have been patroniz-
ing and supporting you, and this IS our reward
You must change this mode of doing or we'll
show YOU that the merchants are power you
may not trfe with. Without our patronage
where would you stand p
Gentlemen of the Merchants Committee, "
said the polite printer, Il am, as you see, very
busy now; but call at my house this day for
dinner, and [ shall consider the matter over with
you in friendly manner" The committee,
congratuatiug themselves that old Ben was
evidently frightened, came to dinner at tie
hour named, but were surprised to find moth
ing on the table but mush-madde from i'll
ground corn-and large pitcher of milk. The
merchants committee not being used to such
coarse fare could do nothing but watch the
healthy printer while he made hearty meal
Rising from the table he addressed the com
mittee thus: "Now, gentlemen, he that can
live comfortably on such food can live without
your patronage. shall cease to attack those
practices when you cease to practice them, and
not before. Gentlemen, goodnight.
And for many year Philadelphia merchants
were better and far more honest, owing to this
incident