The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-05

The GaI'tt' of yesterday has the following
news items.


news itcmsi
In THE CoHrEsTED ELEoTIoN CASE, Mr.,
qeerge 7. Whittington was to-day sworn, and
testified that he 10 ~ years old, and by pro-
RiShmond after the passage OF the ordinance
Of seeessioni found guards stationed, 6o,i
.afttFWArds commanded an artillery company
was captured at the battle OF Sailors Greek,
have known Mckenzie all his (w.'S) life, And
always regarded him a. warn Union man,
and was aver, since witness kHeW him, an
AnttalATery man. Witness served In the
Common COunoil 10 April and May, 1881, with
Mckenzie, W. d. Massey, Andrew 2 Jameson,
were regarded as devoted Union msni their
ndollty to the Union cause, BY reason OF their
votes In equPplnG VolunteeTs, was never
called In question: on the contrary they ro-
esiTod abuse from the Southern party; Mr..
Mckenzie was eaTnest Snd nsiiVs 10 his oPPo.
OSunelI, regarded MeRehHie 80 doing all that
he could TO obatruet and defeat all AppropriA.
lions for the Squipment q troops TOT the Uon-
from his warehouse for the use OF the Coated
crate EoVernmenti went with the detail by
orders It was. always the custom in selling
supplies to give the owners receipts or GER
tihoNsss for the SANE: knew this from hAyinE
served as quaItermAsteIj did not know that q
,sesiPt WAS SVEN % mr.: MsIh 6S who up
the HeoehllonlatA a. exceedingly obnoxious,
And was threatened BY them with expulsion
s H Sa tSs Ss, Of ApI T o.
May, 1901. ~.
Judge WyIie and others were also threatened
sion Is, MT' Mckenzie we're Soth Wsitsd on
with these threAtbi cannot say who the persons
were who waited co them. There WAA
perhunal violence offered to them, Of hts own
kRov Ledger he heard that psrSou Al injury and
insult was offered to Union men and their
property by seeeasioniatA. The Emm EFT Guards
ElniA troops, supposed, OF eouTso, 10 be en-
ploydc against the United States. The original
proposition, in Couneil, was to appropriate
Of 600 for the purpose Of killing the bill, and
feoeiVed abuse for his oourae from witness and
others. This action Of Mr.. Mckenzie was
considered by his friends - good loyal Union-
iami did not know whether the appropriation
voted BY the Council WAS used for the purpose
OF equipments or not.
Last WEEK, OF the receipts by the Orange
AlCxAudriA and MAnasuAH railroad, there were
2,056 bushels Of wheat, s,5fs OF corn, $50 OF
oats, l76 OF dried fruit, GS7 barrels of nouT ts0
H.: SaUoH, SsSS f SS 81 smSsf Is siIp.is,sS
or the receipts BY the AlsKAndria, LOudoun
aud Hampshire railroad for the same time
s SsFG T Ssr. 81 so4 Il S SaS % s
4 40. Of sEEi, s. DO, q poultry. q 90. q 40!
pies, 4 car loads OF hay, ~ do. OF wood, blTS
lbe. Of pork, go do. OF beef.
DURING THE oALE on Sunday, about noon,
tho schooner J. Y. ATmltAgo, Darrell Edwards,
master, from PhilAtelphiA, with coal, for
foundeTed, and two men, john Nil, OF Dam,
den, N. J., and VIM, johnson, ooloTed, were
washed from the vessel aud drowned, The
master aud a man named John Ford were
taken OF by the crew Of the ahooheF Ann |
Murehie, This schooner belongs to the mas
ter and 10 uninsured.
THE Grand Lodge Of COlored MAGons Of |
Virginia closed Its session 10 RiohmOnd last |
week. The following officers we're elected for |
the ensuing year. RI Morgan, LypohburR, |
Mex. Ware, District Deputy q. NJ.
AHoLD man named Mckinney, who keeps |
q grocery near "PeterHbHg,n was struck 90 |
the head on the Sunday amer Christmas by a |
ooloFed man to whom he refused to sell liquor,
and has been lylnE at the point OF death ever
since. II was reported last night that he was
dying, but his coalition was slightly Improved
thia moFninR.