Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-09

saying enough. :,
wv. T. SHERMAN, General
don't believe there will be war, Tor DGlther
Government nor people wait war With SPAN
on account of Cuba The fighting would be
atiuat for whoever commands tic sea can have
CUBA. We may not now have sufficient heavy
iron-clad ships. but then sume conld be had,
and we have ABUNDANCE of good naval force,
leaving for land forces The smaller task of occu-
patton. No part OF this will be likely contidsd
to me: therefore have sent Your letter to the
War Department., which can only act alter
Congress declares war, and provides the means
for its prosecution.
w. I. SHERMAN.
CoLoRED RADICALS The Washington Re.
publican of yesterday says d communication
gives an account OF an Indignation meeting re-
Gently held at Alexandria, at which resolutions
were passed denouncing Collector While and
Postmaster Trist for overlooking the cUl0red
element in the appointment OF lh:lr subordl-
| mates.
1t seems that r. D. Bcckley and Rev.
Fields Cook two Of the most Intelligent and
reliable of the coored Republicans Of Arx'n-
dria were opposed to this meeting and the
resolutions that were passed. On the other
hand, Capitol Policeman john \ Scaton, OF
Lynchburg convention uot1rcty, and t. ID.
Rutin, shertf-elcc, Of Alexandria county, were
the prime movers aud instlgators OF the meet
ing. These latter are quite notorious for more
"gab" than intelligence, aud are egyed on by
some of the white people Of AItxHndra
to put themselves, or some OF their crowd,
| forward for each elective Office for the
sole purpose Of bringing disgrace upon the
| party. They urc we'll aware that these men
| will be una Bile to fill the offices to Which they
are elected, in which case the vacancies are
| filled by the courts or by the Governor III the
interest Of the Conservatives.
Becklcy and Cook, after comforting with
some friends, determined to call meeting of
Republicans opposed to the resolutions above
referred to- aud they engaged and paid for 5, !.
rcpta Hall for that purpose. But Seaton and
his party, led by one Michel! aud one H. ID.
Ruhn, FROM Howard University, and who,
therefore, should have known better how to
| favor and respect free thlnght aud free speech
determined to take control of the meeting, aud
for that purpose repaired TO the hail to which
they had not been invited, and Tor which 9th
| ers had paid, created such disturbance after
Mr., Cook had flushed his remarks that Mr..
Buckley could not be heard, and he and his
friends we're obliged to leave the hall and post
pone their meeting until some more orporiune
occasion. -.
1t appears that Mr. r. d. Bccklcy holds
some official positions under the Government,
| and is Inclined, as well as Rev Fields Cock, to
be little conservative. Ia other words, they
think that people should not be in haste To
seek after offices which they are not qualified
to fill to their own credit and that of their par
| ty Upon the contrary, Scatnn, Ruhn aud
| Mitchell thiuG it is the chief cnd Of their crea-
Il
| any official capacity whatsoever Tor which they
are able to draw the salary and fees. Mr.. Ruff
| lin is not expected to be able to qnaty as sher
if of his county, 10 which event, of course, his
place will be filled by appointment in the ln-
terest of the Democrats. How much real es-
tate does he own iu Alexandria cuuuty? they
are asking already.
These same men are the leaders in the Civil
Rights League, aud are pledged never to vote
for "any man to Office who does not advocate
| Charles Sumner 5 civil rights bill. " This Ruf-
| flu was resident Of Washington 10 1872. and
cIamored for the nomination tor candidacy Tor
our House of Delegates from one Of the dis
tricts, and failing to secure it, removed 10 Ar
lington this summer and rented room big
enough to run for sheriff IN.
Being elected to that office, he now thinks
| that he is the most popular man in the State,
and should therefore be consulted about all the
appointments. 1t is sad to see these dissen-
siuns growing up among the colered people,
whose manifest interest it is to keep united.
PALESTINE EXPLo New York
World of the 5th lust, says:
"ror several years the exploration and trigo-
nometrical survey of the Holy Land mas excited
much public interest. This dates from the com
mencemeTt Of the exploration of Palestine on
the west of the Jordan, by the English fund.- in
| 1865 In the winter o. 1871 society Was formed
| in this country which undertook the scientific
survey and exploration Of that portion of the
| Holy Land on the cast Of the Jordan 1t was
not till the autumn of 1872 that the servi ices Of
| Lieutenant Steever, u. s. army was by the
| courtesy of the War Department, secured. He
| was dispatched to Syria to orgn"lZc an eXpedl-
ton during the winter Of lS72-'73 Assistant
| engineers from this country soon followed him.
| Professor Paine was appointed to the charge ct
| the arch9 illogical department.. March IL, 1919,
an expedition rs plete in all its appointments
as it WAS possible to make it started on its march
| from Beirut for the plains of Moab. 1t reached
Es Salt on the 1st Of A pril, and having liked the
camp at Hesbsn established base line and com
| menced the t-iangulatlon and exploration OF
that hitherto comparatively unknown region
| Five months were devoted to the vigorous prs
ecution of the work. The results have been
| most encouraging, For while u reconnaissance
of the whole country has been made, the work OF
| thorough survey AMI exp Grafton has been gong
| on. six hundred square miles have been trl-
ngulsted, and the detail of an accurate map on
the scale OF one inch to the mile has been mostly
| filled in. Ruins, which abound Oh every hand,
have been visited and sketches made. Copies
or or casts and squeezcs'' of inscri ,.ons whica
will be new to scholars have been taken, some of
which arc on their wsy to this country. FRO.
lessor Paine has made an elaborate study OF
Nebo and Pigah in the vicinity OF which the
camp was fixed The facilities aft ,rdcd BY the
proximity of the camp and the assistance vi the
engineers enabled him to make very compl te
examination, and he claims that he nas settled
the doubts and questions which have prev allied
concerning these localities. II VII! prpoaDLy
ond will soon be ready for dlstrlbut"nJ and will
be eagerly sought by Biblical scholars The es-
petition returning from Moab reached Beirut
September II h. Lieutenant SLeever having
Laid his msrs before and reported the progress