Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-26
LOCAL NEWS.

ExCoNFEDERATEs FOR RICHMOND. AT a
meeting of the Southern Memorial Association,
of Washington, held yesterday, the following
delegation OF members of the association were
appointed to cooperate to. day with the Asso-
citation OF the Army Of Virginia, in Richmond,
on the occasion of the unwilling Of the statue
or Stonewall jackson: Messrs John Il. Hen
derson. Phil. Huugertord, Phil X. Reilly A.
NJ. Tubman, W. e. King, j. HoIdsworth Cor
don, VIM. A. Gordon and Frank Hume They
passed through here last night for Richmond.
There also passed through here last night
about one hundred and fifty members of the
old "Stonewall Brigade" ga Virginia II gi-
ment;) cllizens OF Jefferson, Berkeley, Clarke,
and Frederick couuties, Va, 90 their way to
Richmond Abcu' fly ex Confederate soldiers
and sailors irum Baltimore also passed through
here, last night, on the same mlssiou. Amongst
them we're Geus Z. NJ Wilcox, Geo. II. Stew.
ART, |. r. Trmble and j r. Herbert Colonel
Charles Marshall, Maj J,hn McNuty, Cap
alns r. NJ. Colston, Wilcox Browu, r. i.
Chew, j. w. Torsch aud Fcrd DuvalI, and
DIS. }. VIM. Wall and &. Lloyd Howard.
They reached RichDoud al an early hour this
morning. and were received and ASST gued quar-
tiers by Gen. Bradley T. johnson, who com
maoded the Maryland line during the war.
Maj. Gen Wilcox and COL Charles Marshall
acted as assistant marshals on the staff of Gen.
Harry Heth, the acting marshal OF the day.
About one hundred and fifty went from this
city on special train. Among them were
Captain 2. b. Hooe, Capt. j, NJ. Steuart,
John Proctor, AIonz, Mills, H. B. Glover,
James Eveleth, Fenton Ross, r. W. White,
Allen Ramsay, G. d French, r. i Chase and
h. q. Price, and Col. }. W. Fairfax, VIM.
Barrett, }. r. Smith, llarmou Lodge aud
Christopher Reamer, of Lnudoun county
THE ATTEMPTED CANAL ROBBERY. The
Cum berland Times says
The late attempt to rob and murder Pay
master Fawcett and Superintendent Mulvany
was Invested with an additional interest by the
arrest 10 this city on Saturday of Barney Nc
Quade, man well-known aloog the line of CAP
al and long resident of this city. The arrest
was made by Mr. Mulvany in person, and the
accused at once taken before Justice Bocher,
who committed him to Jail to answer or until
discharged by due process of law Mr. Null
vany was convinced III his own mind at the
time Of the occurrence that NJ Quade was one
| OF the masked parties, but prudentIy kept his
| OVID counsel asd quietly worked up other cor
| roboratlog evidence, which, it is claimed, will
be produced at the proper time. Warrants for
the apprehension of James Reed, formerly Of
this city, and lately pardoucd out of the peni-
Tertiary, "Lum' Pearson and map of the
name OF Birch, of Georgetown, ID. g., were is
sued Saturday and placed in the hands Of
James Hiteschew ADD John James, who took
the train Saturday night for that place in pur-
suit of the parties. Birch, it is reported, has
been arrested, and we may expect to hear of
the arrest of the other two to day. We do DOT
know what the evidence is against these men,"
10 the Police Court OF Washington, yester-
day, James Reed was charged by Detective
| Miller OF being one of the parties who made
the attempt to assassinate Mr. Fawcetl He
was ordered to be committed to await y requi-
stlon from the Maryland authorities.
The MONTPELIER LOTTERY. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Barbour, President of the
Montpelier Female Humane Association, has
issued a call for meeting of the Board of
Trustees at an early day, for the purpose Of pre-
pairing statement OF the business transactions
OF the Association from its commencement un-
til the presentation Of the report of the sub
committee published in yesterdays Gazette
10 the meantime the office of the Association
has been locked up and put in charge Ct re-
liable gentleman, with instructions to allow no
one to have further access to the books and
papers it contains. The Gazette, in its com
pents yesterday upon the report Of the sub
committee, 10 referring to remarkable dis
crepancy existing between the statement of the
subcommittee of the 9th iostant, nine days at
ter the drawing, and q statement in the report,
used the following words: The report says
those (alluding to the burning of the uusold
tickets) unsold in New York can be produced
if necessary. Those words were in the report,
but they were there as the expression Of Mr..
Metcalte, not Of the subcommittee
THE MONTPELIER LOTTERY BEFORE A JUS.