Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-23
The Affair About The Dunr
Richmond Cor. Of Petersburg InJ.v

RICHMOND, Oct. II. The Radical camr :,
all excitement this noruiny, in c,n,,monn, %
the disclosures u!aie III the incoming p,n.r,
to the political disabilities Of Col. Iiugbas
The fact thar Col. Hughes WIS Cob Cl,rts 'a'
second in the attempt Of that cnI.man !, G,L.
due! with Ebert Fowler h.s.long been tnon,r'
to many persons, bur i, seems to nave o.,,nrr,I
TO but tcs that Col (1ughcs violation NJ ,E'
laws or Virginia in this matter took p!uc. ,f.n,
the adoption Of the new constitution.
Judge Mort ~, chairman Of the RcpIhc,n
State Committee, Was bc>cigcd this m,rnny H..
his constituents who wished 10 know wbat H.
fence had been agreed upon. Speculation, -
to who should head rhc ticket in the cveut s.
the withdrawal Of Hughes were rife. and m,
names Of Grow. Wise, COL Popham, Juir.
Wright OF the State Journal, and Gen. Wei.
ham, were named 10 that connection Rr
Judge Morton managed to preserve his copiI;h
run, aware Of the impOssbity CT pu,,in,
another candidate in the field at this late d,r
with any hope of success Subsequently, tbs
following d0ub.c-lcaded editorial Wa, conc,c,.i
in hurry but with cousummate art TO % in
the Weekly State Journal Of to-day as N -:
set to the kilograms in the Dispatch and f.,
qulrcr
"Ou the 10th ofJu!y. 1870 when The alleged
ho>ti, notc (ti' any passed between Clark,op
and Frwur, Colonel Hughes was in Aonp
don. and had nothing whatever to do with
the cartel OF that date, passing, Or said To
have passed, between the parties named
1t is true that on the fifteenth of july
Colonel Hughes was III Bristol, and acted
as C!arksoa's friend 10 yet withdrawal
Ut the offensive language used, or said u have
been used BY Fowler, but when he found that
the later would neither withdraw nor fight, he
lett Tor his home IN Abingdon, aud no hostile
message was borne by him from or to either
party. What was done afterwards by Clark
sou was without Col. Hughes knowledge or
conscnt, as he would have refused, under auv
circumstances, IN bear a hostile note TO Il man
declaring beforehand that he would not fight.
1t would have been boy play to have done So
and percmptory challenge would have secured
no advantage to his principal whatever, after
az unqualified refusal to fight. 1t would have
been mere buster and bravalo to towards "a
demonstration which Col. Hughes is really in
capable of making.
Bolts VS. PCSEY The circuit court was
engaged during the greater part Of last week
in the trial OF the case Of Bolts vs.. Pussy.
This was a suit brought by Bolts against
Pusey'S securities, for u large amount Of money
which Pu>ey was uuabie to account for in set
tliu: his acc uuts as deputy revenue collector
uaier Bolts @..
The ground of del.uce was, that the bond
had never been fully executed that it had been
signed aud then deposited as an escrow. aud rs
the condition had never been peltlrmcd il was
not binding. The jury tIuad for the Plaintiff
III the >u:n o! 81 SD.
Pusey abscjuded SOME TIM: ago, and ha,
never been heard from since. H. is unier in.
dictment in the /. 5. cuurt at Harrisouburg
and Judgment has breu entered at this term Of
court against his bail because OF his non-aprear-
aucc to answer !hc Indictment. .S'uHai'm
Spectator.
AUTUMN. Snow is sill reported from yarl.
Gus parts Of the North. 1t cauuot DC long now
before cod weather sets in with Us. Yet,
rough The thermometer may 80 down, there
Is every indication oi one Of our superb Amer
lean auumnS y finer Sca>oa exists nowhere
Ia the wofil Oar springs may be raluy aud Il
parody on Thompson ethereal mlidn"Ss; our
snninicrs hot aud burning; our winters BLEAK,
cl,angcablc, ani Intensely cold. But our fall
with its golden forests, and its atmosphere
bracing the system, ike champagne, .s un
clnaIrd. and time in which To be abroaI to
take long walks; 10 get the SYSTEM again into
training alter al cnrrvaing summer and before
a trying winlcr. - Buk. Gu:eHe.
Mr.Gen. Rye, of Shenandoah, i uow writing
letter, in behalf Of the Radical party in the
Sta;c. W" presume he proposes t" >iow there
by that he ou1h; to have been elected State
Treasurer!
Our letters from the ncghboring counties in
Virginia speak in the most encouraging terms
As to the pro .pcci> Of the Conservative party.
EY"ryboiy is Expecting shortly news Of i'm
pjrtancc FROM France
We are Indebted to friend in a neighbOring
c,un.y for l.,c copies oil the London Times.
COM Nj EISCIAL.
ALEXANDRIA NJ AEKEr, October % Receipt:
of Wheat urc fair, snt; tn" market is active nj