Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-22
VIRGINIA n Il VS..

VIRGINIA n EWS.
At the Loudoun County Republican Convcn-
ton, held at Hamilton on Saturday last, Col.
S. E. Chamberlain. Clinton Lloyd, James NJ
| Hope, and r. L. White were elected delegates
to the State Convention to be held at Lynch
burg, July SO.
A dispatch from Charlottesville says II.
Clarence, eldest son Of Dr.: john 'rhornly, sur
geon in the u S. navy, residing here, accident
ally shot himself and died Immediately. He
will be inferred in Greenwood Cemetery, IN
New York.
The Special Court of Appeals sitting in Rich
mond, yesterday reversed the decision Of the
Circuit Court Of Fairfax county in the case OF
Hunt Va. Brent, and affirmed the decision OF
the Circuit Court Of Culpcpcr IN the case OF
Nall VS. Hill.
1t is stated that the Navy Department at the
request of Virginia politicians, has promised to
order all work that is necessary to be done be-
tween now and next fall to the Nurfulk navy
yard. y'..,-..
The Richmond correspondent Of the Peters
burg Iud writes that the Richmond delegates
are all going to vote in Convention for Hon Ii.
T. Daniel for Attorney General
There are about $50 persons nj The Orkney
Springs Everyb dy there is : ceased With The
accommodations.
Pttsylvana county is enc Of the largest and
most prosperous counties in the State.
Gov. Walker has gone TO Cape May.
TRIAL OF THE MoDoCS--CAPr. JACK : De-
FENcE-On the third day, July $, Capt. Jack
entered upon his defence. and said he wanted
TO call Dave, One-eycd Nose aud Scar faced
| Charley as witnesses They we're called, but
their testimony was oflittle value to the prison
ers. 1t was simply recital of what the KIa,
math Lake Indians had done and told them
1.-THE Modocs) since the troubles began. After
the examination of Lieutenent f. r. Ander
500, of the Fourth Artillery, and Assistant Sur
geon McElderry, Capt. Jack made \ speech, III
which he said he did not want to fight
with the whites, but was driven to it by other
Nodes He said he had been told by <quaws
that the Peace Commissioners wanted to kill
the Modocs, and also that Mr. Mcacham had
pile Of wood upon which he wanted to burn
him (Jack) He continued as follows:
After hearing all this was afraid to comc
ITO Riddle. You and Toby gave M good
advice. II had listened to you and not to
the lying squaws, | would not BE- in the fix |
now am The reason did not come whcr the
wagon was sent was because OF the story Of tue
suuaws. can now see that all the suuaws and
Whites SquaW lied to Inc. She told me she
was not of my people, aud she did not give ne
good advice. She told me if she didn't come
back next day [ might know the soldiers would
come next day. | have told all about the lies
heard, and | was afraid to come When you
come to see me | was not chief. When the
reporters come | didn't want to fight, and did
not know what to say. The white mems chief
believes his men, but my men would not. |
told them not to fight. | wanted to make
peace, but the men would not listen to me.
None of the men in the cave can say ever told
| them to fight, and when met in council 1t was
in a friendly way; aud that if they would
fight it would be against my will. My
being chief is the cause Of the whites thinking
ME the cause of all this trouble. | told them
the whites would think this, and they must
fight, and | got the blame. Schonchn, with
Hooka and ALL was mad at me- There were
different thoughts about what the whites would
think. My men would not. I love my wife
and children, and wanted peace. | never COM
menced the fight. Hooka is the one who al
ways advocated fight He called me an 'oId
sauaw." Hooka and fought; | told him he
was the cause and if could have seen him
wanted to kill him, because he killed men on
| Tule Lake. | thought the whites wanted Lost
River, and that is why the fight commenced. |
fight with George, because | fell out with
| Hooka and he called me Il S'Ilaw because
never kill white man. He (Gcorge) had killed
many whites and soldiers. l told him 50.
| George was not ashamed of it. He told me
lay around the camplike chunk and they went
and killed and stole aud were not afaid. They
would say to me- "What do you want with
gun? You never do anything with it. You
sit on the rocks and do nothing" | was not
ashamed to be called squaw and told them
they killed against my will. Scar faced Char
ley told me he would so with Hooka. | told
them to GO did not want to live with them.
Scar.face will tell everything, and | do not
want to keep anything back
The next day Captain Jack made a second
speech as follows:
The four scouts Bogus Charley, ShacknaSty
Jim, Steamboat Frank and Hooka, advocated,
with me and others, the murder of Gen. Cauby
and the Peace Commissioners. The discussion
about the murder of Candy did not take place
in my cave, but in the camp Of the other In
dams. Ali the Indians agreed to the murder,
because they did not want to 90 away from this
to another country. Hooka Jim went out the
morning of the 18th of April for the express
purpose Of killing Meacham. The four scouts
above mentioned all advised Inc in council 10
be party to the massacre Of Gen. Candy and
the Peace Commissioners, and always thought
| would have to bear the blame. Another thing
which made me afraid to kill the Commission
ers was that had been told that they carried
arms, and that they would kill me when we
met. Hooka Jim again advised the killing Of
Meacham and the Peace Commission but
did not want to do so, or to have any trouble
with them.
EARTHoUAKE.-Fulld details have been re-
! ceived in London concerning the earthquake in
Italy on the 29th of June. Mr.. ". Starke
| writes from Venice to the Pall-Mall Gazette that
as he was sitting up in bed and awake at the
time, be was enabled to observe all the
phenomena attending it. He noted the hour
| Of the morning, the exact time the undu-
| 1ot;,u ,,o,o,nont of tho osrtb nontinrnd