Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-19
Interview with s.Sn *snar,hnR.
The Washington correspondent c! ta3 EaI''
t,o~;oon re .l,Ia ,ncruin- GAY.

The Washington correspondent c: ta3 BAN
more American, Of this m0rning say:
Ger. Sherman stated tina: tll, l.splt't' i'''>-
,;s:a,, ANNOUNCING tha' t;..;,. 'tr!r" 10! 2'n
yrusd !. .nurt-maris to ny mrnth-f~ "' ''''
Georgia Legislature wa ae5uri IL" A"S !
merely convened 4 board Vi three nt his Officers
who are examining all the cases OF memoers "
thn Legislature and other elected officers, "i"
may be disqualified from holding office Gnn"r
the Fourteenth Amendment and hccofs's"'
lion Acts. That Cen Terry could ia|" c1t',
vcnel lhree citizens ii be had SO chosen, hl:' 'e
| iustIv thought that three Of his own ofncei7
would more fairly hear the evidence and i''"F'
| 10 him the several cases for his hnal action.
That action will but be dismissal from The !
legislature or other otfce; but Gen. Terry VIII
acL more az an advisory party to lloan who
NAV DO deemed disqualified; aud they, II"
doubt Upon this information, will .ainrh to ttlr
| constituents Il IS not CERTAIN that j &c cleo
t;nu will be- ordered IN such cases.
Gen. lc1ry has nu power to arrest aud Try
members Of the Lre sEalurr who may bH charged
with subscribing 10 the oath and thereby cola
hitting pcriury They Will hh9" I" b.; lr''A ny
The civil courts. :,, -
Gem Sbarnlcu rrnarke, iiirtirr: u he lie
construction lawA were observed IN georgia up
T., the hour when the Legislature deprived car
tam parties Of their seats Ey reason ol rae, a't
rnInr lin 10 that hour all their acts we're l"EaI
.J L;nd,ng including Tie election ui the u. -
Senators. The act lately passed ny congress-
and updcr which we arc now acting Is Simply
.m nnlatorv Of the Reconstruction laws ~ lar
~ q rmpi, i coucerncd aud the duty vi ten
: T,rrv j. simply to carry ont these ancI"ii'o'!
I'm nv opioion all the Legislature can 10 IL to
,,nmnn.s where irlctt off whilst doln@ wroa&,
and thence forward DO right
'tAlI the laws they passed previous to That
line hold good, unless repeated IN The regular
way: anI as for the L. 5. Senators, the l'rHE'
lsiure clearly cannot unnul their election. ~ =; :,
{ word the present Senators hold good, ~ 10 H''
t the laws, &c, as | have before SAID: ven
. Tnrrv !. after no Office He will DO his duty
! rrr,nntIv and faithfully, and my instructions
70 him are to study the law, and act upon is
= literal cn;n and meaning so lar Ms 1t nay be
no.siDc. Cen Terry vii! not have anything I"
= do with the partisan squab5lc7 there, and he
e has so informed numerous. parties VINO nave
C tried 60 enlist him Oh their particular SIDE II
tho LEGISLATURE have Il quorum they can 90 On
il and mass the Fifteenth Amendment, and ne,
a Doubtless, soon admitted into the Union:
He further said: ''As soon rs we discover
/ m officer CT the army mixing in politics or run
inc for political office, or using his 'ntiarTr.G
= tor that purpose, we cXpcct Him 10 'cS'En'
He cited an instance Of 4 military officer run"nE
for Office in Virginia.. and which he sa l!a r, was
:, attended 10 at once :" and remarked, II Gan
: rroI Amcs il candidate for Senator 10 MlsSlS
snni am not officially aware Ct il, and Will Ger
:. ,.inlv attend to the matter when | am In pos
e session OF the proper fucts.' Hethen declared
!. w;tb some degree OF warmth, that he wa
nroul OF the officers OF the Army who had hG
RESPONSIBLE, trying and delicate duties to per
u form in the South, under the Reconslrnct'oI
II acts: claimed that there was but one OF them
as yet, who had not shown great degree %
, satisfaction, when they were ordered to turF
Z ovnr the cnutrol Of The States to the civil al
II thoritics, and thus surrender inc all powerful
L. sc,p;r,. as it we're that the Reconstruction
acts had placed in their hands. The on!y lear
il that when the military power Is Withdrawal
ihc ciyi! iilrics will no: 90 their duties honestly
but it IS not according 10 the genius OF our
!, country that VIC shond have continual military
i government over any Sta'c, and hence The
!. dcsirabiityof giving,thcac States chance.
$ 'rhc troops however, will not be Withdrawn
from the Southern States fer several years Il
come. They will be necessary, perhaps, to AID
Il. s. MarshaIs and the Revenue othccrs.
5 WASHINGTON ITEMS. The National Woman
/ Suffrage Convention met yesterday and spent
r. day and night in l very lar%: amount OF talk
ing.
. The American Coloniz sion Sn;cIy met yes
irr,lay and REPORTS ol the operations 0t the
! past year wclr presented. While it. has many
irnan,l* upon il to provide facilities Tor the
) erIicraion of c1Iorcd people from tins country
/: 10 Liberia its facilities are limited, aii It. ask
9 all for lis purposes
There was a full attendance At the Cabinet
| meeting yesterday, \ rev feature wa5 miro.
4 ducci in the way OF L uDchnon. at whlc! we're
present all lnc Cabinet. with the ladies' OF their
iani.4. and their friends This luncheon wa:
icepiion If Mrs Grant took place, and con'n
ued in he Blue room until after o'clock.
7 Another meeting Of the Citizens Railroad
Association was held last night but nothing
: was dom Of Importance. Speeches We're made.
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT. 1.-The new organ ri
the coIored people ia Washington was sent TO
senators with thil paragraph marked "NE-
Gina il to-day ~ thoroughly rrhe! AID ~ com
p!rtrIy uurrcontructcd as at any former period.
} Ilnr loyalty il Il sham, her acceptance OF The
situation pretchcc, her ;ubmissIon il trick.
II Is well that Congress ahould pause III IL
wOr., 81 suriac, reconstruction. anI In The pro
sent instance avoid the necessity Of unloi0g lis
work. Jack Avarctt, the cOiOred sp0n'cr,
whose Ltpnrurc from l.ynchbnrg i1r Wash
iGplon, on Saturday, has been announced, ca-
rcd with him IS petition 10 Congress against
! the admission Of Nir2inia, aigGel By lour iiths
Of the c0lored men, women and children IN
LynchLurr. the "loil'' people "t the State,
par excellence.
The collector Il Internal ReYrnne 81 New