Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.


For official proceedings Of the Common Copn
Gil see another column.
COMMON COUNCIL. the call lof re
ports from standing committees wheh tha
from the Finance Committee was called tor
Mr. Mckenzie stated that he had tried har
N u.t the colnnittee together, and had Sen
q messenger alter them upon the OCCASION de
sieoateu for them to meet and consider he
mandamus that had teen served upon the
Council recurring it to levy special tax to pay
Decatur H. MILLER Il, t. luIrre>i due him, bu
bad failed ia procuring the Attendance OF
single member besides himself. h. supposed
the matter would have t. b.: referred to the
Attorney rug Tia. Corporation.
Mr.. Massey SAID hc had received notice OF
the meeting OF the tnlnnItee too late Tor him
Il attend, aul that IL. dill not think the
Chairman ut tue cuuiulItec would make re
mat on the mater without uhlisnltati0n with
the other members ....
Mr. Nick emile found tie iault with the mem
Der. Of the committee Tor no. attending ts
meetings. but he would say that il was n very
hard matter TO get the ulclnbers together. lie
made it u point, ii possible, to attend the
meetings, aud was sorry other members were
not n punctual.
The cali iurrepnrt> from standing committees
hayiug been concluded,
MIR Massey, from the special committee. IL
whom had tcr;I rc.Irrd the petition Of Seller
Eiuus, i,r Il lcl,i!ssiun Vi the tines that had,
- he alleges, been tupoSed upon hun by the
Mayor upon ia.s. testimony, desired the clerk
70 read certain utll lavilS, which, the clerk COM
mcncrd 10 do, bur before he had finished the
first on.
Mr.. Massey interrupted him aud said that
the afidavits stated that the two witnesses
upon who's" Testimony the pelltluucr had been
fined, swnrr that propositions we're made to
ihrln while thry were imprisoned In the work
house, that II they would give testimony against
Blouse they should be released; that one reus
ed the bible and was kept i'll confinement. but
that the other accepted 1t and was released IN
cJus,uurnce. Since the taking OF the affidavitS
one Of the witnesses denies that policeman
Kane ever made such proposals to them, but
the other says he did, and Mr.. Kane though
his character was asSallcd had never yet come
forward and attempted to vindlcatc it. The
girl swears he did not make the proposition,
but why does H. not :? But the one who sworG
that ne did not, Justice Moore says he would
not believe on oath if she Was personally inter
estad This matter had been before the commit
tee for four weeks and alter various efforts to get
Mr.. Turner, the other member OF the commit
tee TO meet him, he had been compelled last
week TO hear the evidence in tho case by himself.
After obtaining all the information possible
10 references To the matter, be had prepared Il
rrm,rt written ia the plural number, and bad
sent it TO Mr.. Turner. but it had been return
FL 10 him without that gentleman 5 signature.
II was not his fault that NJ. Furner was not
present when the evidence was taken ne
innud that in this case IL prejudice existed
apuinst the petitioner. He proposed to allow
no preiudice to efec! him, but to approach the
case directly on its merits. Il was Got tor him
,,r ,hs committee TO consider matter eXtraCcOus
t. the subject before them. The Mayor said II
was the third offence. Ii So, well aud good.
hut let Blouse be tried tor the thtId oteuct--
II be has been fined Tor the lst and -, those
cases were settled, and had nothing to do with
the 81. The 81 case ought 10 nave been tried
on its own merits, and in his opinion upon us
merits there Wal not sufficient evidence to con
Wet. Sir Walter Raleigh once while in prison
wrote an account Of an iucdeut he had witness
ed from his window, but the next day friend
uho had also witnessed the incident came to
zee him and gave him such au entirely diner
at gar.;nn NJ II that ne came to the conclusion
1 ,ha, aa;5nncr yas 50 uncertain that that ol
no.'s nwr senses was not 10 be taken. He (tllt
.,'sakcrl had often been mistaken iur another
,,crsun, and had been addressed IN another $
name. ISpectat"r III rear "l the freNiueut
chair-"You could nj have breG mistaken FOR
g, Lnnlsoner man"
Mr. Massey" Who isthal? uwe hum onc.
Then CONTINUING, he said Mr.. Blouse was
stranger to him when the matter lir~t came be.
tcle the Counci and he supposed 1t was III con
seouen.c Of What hc had then said that the
netitiouer had come to him to com PLAIN Of the
lines that had been rAaced of him. Same
voise ia roar u! President s chalr-"uk let hun
IF LET Lim off. II Blouse had been so perlaa
,ious in his efforts to obtain q REMISSION OF The
fnas ,hat he ielt ne must be innocent Of the
,Isr,r moon which he had been convicted. Ia
'nnseonenu. # Plous..'s representations, he
LII anna =, his house and had seen that he