Evening star., 1869-12-31
ALEXANDRIA.

THE CONTESTED ELECTION CAsE.-The Ca
zette of last evening says The taking of testi-
mOny in the case of Chas. Whittlesey, contcsting
the right of the seat in the House Of Represen-
tatives of Hon. Lewis Mckenzie, is continued
before Judge Hill. Yesterday evening, X. ID.
Beckley, cOlored, followed Philip Mugler as
witness on the part of the contestant. His evil
dence evinced a warm appreciation of Mr..
Mckenzie a consistent loyal URioa man, and
a fast and firm friend to the colored race; and
that he opposed him in the late Congressional
campaign solely because he was in opposition to
the regular nominee Of the radical party; and
that his main argument in his speeches made
during the canvass for Congress between McKen-
zie and Whittlesey was based upon Mckenzie's
testimony before the Reconstruction Commit
tee, in order to prevent Conservatives from
voting for him. When asked as to the 1uthor-
waived examination on that point; but, sub
sequently, amended his answer by saving he did
not know anything about it. Mr.. De Putron,
attorney for the commonwealth for the county
or Fairfax, was next examined, and evinced
great malevoence against Mr.. Mckenzie. He
testified that his father-in-law, q Mr.. Sherwood,
Northern man, had been "all his life" a seces-
sOnlst, and yet, upon cr0ss-eXamination, admit
ted that he only had known him about four wears;
admitted that his said father-in-law, as far as
he knew, voted for the Union candidate for the
(De Putron) distributed the Whittlesey circu-
lars, believing them to be buncome, and never
believed their contents to be true until Mr.. Nc
Kenzie declined to stay at Falls Church until
Il
speech of two and half hours duratiOn; said
that he did not "bOther his head' to learn what
constituted citizenship in Virginia. In short
he was circulating pamphlets of the truth of
which he did not know at the time, and which
he did not believe until Mr.. Mckenzie declined
sitting up all night to hear him speak. To-day,
the contestant has abandoned any attempt to
prove that Mr.. Mckenzie was otherwise than
truly loyal Union man, from the entrance
of the Federal troops into this city in 1861,
Judge WIllOughby testified that the first in
that he had Of Mr.. McKenzie's
speeches, relied on in the Whttlessey pamph-
let, he received from G.. 8. Miner; that Mi
ner had on various occasions sought the nomi-
nation for Congress, and had at one time ran
as candidate. Hereceived twenty-five votes
Reporter. He testified to the loyalty of Mr..
Mckenzie; that he had heard William ID. Mas
sey, the postmaster of this city, charged with
disloyalty on the same grounds that are alleged
against Mr.. Mckenzie for his action in the CITY
Council. William II. Boyd, Sheriff of Fau0ujer
was examined next. His evidence was unim-
portant. He said the people of his county did
not appear to like any of the candidates. They
regarded Mr.. Wallach as a "scallawag." MI.
'aIS as being once against them and Mr..
" hittiesey as a carpet-bagger." VIM. b.
Nails, OF Culpeper, was next examined, but his |
[estimOny only wantetO prove that Whittlesey
had argued against Mckenzie on account of his |
peech in the Legislature, and his votes as a |
nember OF the Common Council; and further
proved that Mr.. Mckenzie was always regarded
rs true Union man.