Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-04
VIRGINIA EEscS.

| In: radlci! municipal candidates IN hlcn'
| moud, held meeting yesterday TO confer as to
what course they should pursue. It is said
that they resolved to contest the election OF
their conservative opponents. The cases can
be heard promptly, as d regular term or the
Musings Court begins next MONDAY. Ihls IS
most unfortunate affair, altogether, and, as
we have said before, can ouIy produce mischief.
The State Journal says :-"General Lee and
his daughter, when they left this city, few
days since, en- route 10 Lexington, their home,
stopped in Hanover ard proceeded 10 the resi-
dence 0! Gen. Williams {. Wickham on a
visit to that gentleman and lis family
The Richmond Dispatch OF yesterday says
The long continued spell OF wet weather has
created great apprchcnsions in the minds Of
planters in regard to the wheat crop.
Spencer Wright, colored man, was exccu-
ted yesterday at Esstyic, Northampton county,
Va, for the murder Of Mr.. Wescott On April
is, 1868.
On Monday las. Mr.. Armistead Moore, liv.
ing near the Cross Roads, 10 Halifax county,
Va, was brutally murdered by colorcd man
named Anderson.
Mr.. Richard Kennedy, died in Richmond
yesterday. The deceased is the unfortunate
OK policeman who Tas shot las. Friday week
by some unknown person.
\ POLITICAL TEICK-That was an exceed
iugIy meat little trick OF Mr.. Congressman
Cessna, OF Pennsylvania, the other day, and
Mr. Speaker Blaine helped him very neatly to
pnt it through 1t is thus described hy The
Washington special to the New \ orE World:
Ono OF the most contemplate tricks that
ever dlseraccd any legislative body was rnpos-
ed on the House to day by John Cessna,
member from Pennsylvania, who is well knowD
throughout that State as one OF its most iii
scrupu!ous Radical politicians Just after the
Journal was read, and when there was barely
quorum in the hall, Cessna Jumped up, ca lied
up the case Of Wallace against Sim pson, of
South Carolina, and moved the preyiGus nnnS-
toa on The case. The SDeaker quickly put 1t,
snd 10 less time than it takes to write this
much OF this story, Wallace was Radical
member Oh the House. 1t was plain to every
ono that not twenty members Of the Fl ouSc
knew in the confusion what was going %. The
case had never bccn debated one single wo? d
Il fact in itself without precedent in the hist Dry
of an election case IN Congress. Even the pr
liamentary reconsideration was put and table
at once, thus showing how sharply the game
had been arranged Talk about election
IIauCS III view L vi Saiu WI u alueS DCOJhS,
in vigorous protest against the trick that b az
been played, when members arc sworn into
this House through fraud, and elected here on
this floor )" and he went on to show that Sirlp.
son s majority was over five Thousand. The |
Democrats fought mahfuly for rcopening Of |
the case, but the Radicals did not seem incn-
cd to retreat from the fig.
Newly ELECTED OFFICERS. We arc re.
quested to state that, as the law now stands, all
officers who were elected at the recent electio, |
must qualify before the FIRST day Of July next
and that any officer, except those who have u
give bond, can qualify under his certificate Of
election before any magistrate or notary public.
The certificates Oh election are already mad
out and can be procured by application to tn,
county clerk. These officers who have to Civ,
official bonds assessors, collectors aud consta
bles, must qualify before the county court, AMI
to prevent difficulty and uncertainty, the satesal
plan is to qualify at the June term OF the court,
as the July term will not be held until after
he FIRST dav of july - Piedmont Ipte71;0enco, |