Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-31

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| first article Of the Constitution declares that
"the privileges OF the writ Of habca> corpus
shall not be suspended unless when in cases Of
rebellion or invasion the public safety may
| demand it, y The Constitution thus clearly,
specifics what are the caScS in which the ''pu.'
he safety justiheS suspension of the writ,
and to those cases it Is strictly confined. Re
=. bclhon or Invasion are Facts which DO not
depend upon The opinion Of any one, but
are matters Ut absolute knowledge and certain
Is, Us Oprn-armed resistance to the government
or invasion must necessarily be. Outside of
the proclamation of Gen. Grant. who ever
dreamed that there Was rebellion in South
Carolina? Who believes it now? Rebellion
is open resistance to the government, and
taking up arms against it. Even Oh the sup,
position that secret organizations exist which
have punished mcn by whipping or death, i
that ''rcbclliuu 2 No one CAN pretend it, In
addition to this there Is no evidence Of any
more assaults upon individuals by local bands
in South Carulina than in North Carolina, and
if the federal judge and the district attorney
in that State could inaugurutc Il reign OF terror
without the aid Of the military. why suspend
the writ Of habras curpu, in South Carolina?
The results of this needless enforcement nf IN
unconstitutional law arc witnessed in the heart
rcn1ing affiionS ;ni distress OF Il suffering
people, I,himoir Sun.
WASluNGToN ITEMS The late Rev James
Is. DunrIan, many years pastor vi st. Matthew :
Church. in this city. AMI subsequently at Bur
lingtnn uwa died intcS:ate i'll that city last
january He had been heard t" say that he
designed leaving what he might possess to the
College in Gcorgctuwu. ami his sister. Mrs. }.
H. Drury. the next heir residing in Chlcago
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knew to have been his desire, and while here
the fire took place in Chicago. which destroyed
everything she possessed. Notwithstanding
this she determined to adhere to her purpose.
and depnStcd the sum of $l2OOO LETT ly her
brother with the trustees of the college. and
then returned prnlIilrsS. IL her devastated
home 10 begin life again.
Writs were served un five farmers, in George
town. yesterday, selling produce in the new
building recently erected i'll rear Of the butcher ;
market, directing them to appear before the
Police court to answer charge TT violating the
law by selling outside Of the market space.
The Circuit Court opened it, fall term for
business, yesterday, and called over five hun
,lrcd c;r,S. assigning about three hundred for
trial during the term.
Yesterday. Il carpenter named John Suthcr
land. working ON the cnrncc of Il four story
house on Capitol HILL while moving from one
portion Of the Scaffnd to another, lost his bal
ancr and fell to the ground, and Wi, Killed
| The deceased leaves Il vile and three children.
THE BurNpAKY LINE.-.At the first SESSION
of he last Legislature, Mc>Srs VIM. Watts DC.
Dciarnette, and Gen Henry a. Wise were APP
paintcd commissioners to settle the lmuniary
line between Virginia and Maryland. The
latter STAG also appointed similar number
of commissioners to meet those of Virginia, IL,
such time is might be agreed upon bctwecu
them.
During the administration of Gov. Wise, the
record, in relation IT, this question were ob-
tanned from England and filed in the office of the
secretary Of the Commonwealth, but during the
war these documents were stolen from the sec
rotary Office and the records 50 mutiIatcd as
to render it necessary to procure additional
copies from the mother country.
Mr. Dcarnettc, one ofthe above named COM
mis<inncr< WIS appointed to visit England,
and obtain official copies Of the records This
duty Mr. Drjarnctte performed during the
present year, aud armed with them, he, IN
company with the remaining two commissioners,
McssrS Watts aud Wise, recently visited the
bay, for the purpose ufcarryiny out the require
nruts of the acts Of Assembly in relation to
the question Our commissioners have return.
cd and report that only one Of the Maryland
commissioners, Mr.. Aydcott, made his APP
praranrc. who informed the Virginia commits
Sioncr< that his colleagues declined to meet
them in consultation. Rich State Jowani
PASSION n OLD AGE.-From England comes
the report OF one more of those startling cases
of assassination which have made the past Jew
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homicide The Reverend John Sclby Watson
clergyman and an author Sixty.Seven Tor, as
otherwise reported, scventy-Six] years Of aye
| formerly master of great public school, and
now living out his later days in comfort and
the enjoyment of.public confidence and esteem
at StEckwc, near London, suddenly seized
with fit of blind passion. murders his almost
equally aged wife by beating out her brains.
This done. and contriviug some hasty plan fur
conccaling the body, he writes letter briefly
confcSsing the deed and takes strychnlne. but
failing in his attempt. is arrested aud Is now
on trial for the murder.
| SALE or INSURANCE DEpOslTs.--On next
Friday, November 81, State Treasurer Rye
will sell at auction, Richmond, so much of the
| deposits of Virginia, United States and Peters
burg railroad bonds placed in the State Trea
Sury by the Merchants and Mechanics Fire
Insurance company, Of Baltimore, Nd, the
utnam Fire Insurance company, of Hartford,
Conn, the Security Insurance company, of
New York, the Manhattan Fire Insurance
company of New York, the Atlantic Fire In
surance company, of Brooklyn, and the North
American Fire Insurance company, of New
York, as may be necessary to pay the liabilities
of said companies to citizens of Virginia, they
having failed to meet said liabilities; and all the
necessary evidence in sundry cases being fur
nished the State Treasury.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE. Quincy Adams,
| in letter to the committee appointed by the
women 5 suffrage seekers of Massachusetts, to
obtain the views of the candidates on this sub
icct. says: after careful thought and some
study, am firmly and uncquivocally opposed
to woman suffrage. and shall feel it my duty in
the very improbable contingency Of my ever !
occupying any considerable public office, to
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