Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-11
Radical CailcusnS


sldeG. A. s,"u Is Il. c.ucus had been called
to uldcr Mr. Whiic Il Representative at large
from the State OF \ :batna, offered the reso
lutlcn ne lbtioiue, d IL lie llvuse few duy,
ago lGd"r>!ng Tl:e action oi he President aud
Ol GcArla Shcraa ipr the cDuIse pursued At
Nv Orleans IL support of bis re>0uton
Mr. " l!ltr nadc what vas characterized bg
member OF the CAUCUS as regular blood and
thunder speech.
He Was ~ vol rt to secure tie disaprro
Uatl"D OF large ua rlty OF his colleagues
Mr.. Dawes questioned Mr. White at leuptb,
ana 10y hi, Iclu;! h showed paiuly that be did
not approve oi The course that had been uur-
sued by the military il New Orleans Mr..
Cessna, Of Pennsylvania, followed in supper,
Of all bat the President had done. Geue.a
Bailrr WIS opposed 10 the adoption OF Mr.
Whites resolution, and advocated ,hc bill he
had introduced OF Friday as The best solution
Of the L'uslaana difficulty. Mr. h. R. lloar,
vi Massachusetts, gave modified support %
tie President action but al the same lIGie ia.
Gl:ated 10y language thar he did not approve Of
all tina! had been done. Mr.. Sypher, Louis.
iaua, made very radical speech in the course
| of which lie denourced the people Of his State
in tcrt.s that were dis;as,eirI 20 many o.: tie
gentlemen present. 1T may be added il this
!
Sheridan c0urS" IN the caucus, he privately
IanouuG,s ue kellogg government. But il
his opinion the safety Of the party was Q; more
value ti,an an honestly entertained opinion Of
the vcnaity OF tie Kellogg government.
Mr.. Garfield, Of O.io, ul3lc j speech which
was looked upon hy ali a. $clnl-aryogctIe Of The
! Frc.iicut action. q he course of his re-
marks lie stated a. Il matter ot fact, that when
/ TIC Inirly-clglii Congress was 3!eauZ. fears
! were cn,eraiDed har the clerk Of ti.c prcc:d.
Ing Congress. Mr.. +" erSon E'hcrldgc would
not cali he uancs Of the republican members
elect. la an;jc; .a;ion CT difficulty tgD hun
DE! and fly regular soldiers were stationed
! ir ,hc b.>c."ut OF the Cagitol, aud directed 10
! subii to he oid,rs OF Hoo. Thaddcus SIC
vci:s, thea u'tntrr Of Congress from Penn
| sy.yauil. NJ. Ethcrtcc called he roll, and
there vas CO.'S. qnvGt!y 10 IL cc>>lty to us the
! tru0r~. Mr. Gitii. Id related 'hls 10 show tia,
! in TX rrnG Gases tic employment U. Troops
might b. nee, >sa:y ; bul he %a+ not prepared
to Admit lhat So gr, at al cx!Gcncy cXs!cG IN
the case nj Louisiana.
Calls wcr, u'ad. FIR Mr. Speaker Blaiuet to
speak. but lie p ,'lTr,y q cnr' q 20 Ray wJTi
on the j~,t |; is Understood that the
Speaker l. ~ variance viii the a:mi,r>'raIiH
on t.i- question He agrees Win EIrc.lir>l.
/ deAt " i,un t al there should lot have been
ahr riiary interference.
: Ii The Senate c.ucuS the Louisiana qu,-rila
was also discussed. The whole question vas
I whrlh-rt Congress should order hcw rI'ctlc&,
! or whether it Should be lrif 10 lhc k,Iurs
, Legislature to take aciI"n Tie caucu> camr
! to 40 agl2cEIcLt, tut rc>o utlUu VA ADOPT
! Ell Which, Indicated TIA, the proper course
! would bc TO permit uatf rs 10 90 On a. neg
! are III present. and :" ak rnc Kellogg leg
ls!a'ur" 30 UIr:,r IA t:,w ,c;ioI, and 10 secure
its fairness Ly r,akin an 'qu"I division -!
! the regis raiUL ti."l> between the democrats
and rcpuJlicans GO ErH Sm
WAR tLAlMhNIs The c!aiu of "x Gov
ernor Bry4io,d, Of Morylarl, for compen-
! a'l2E for property destroyed by Confederate
tr0ops - a measure oi Retaliation for th" dc>ruc.
| ton ui the house and contents OF TX Govcrnur
Le:cher, Of Virginia. destroyed ty Jared
| 5 utcs troops unirr order # q n. il1ntar, was
considered by The House ConuIlitec Oh War
Gains ,.n Saturday, Re:.Iiy .John,cu open
ed the discussion, aud loy,!nor Htyte t,ji,w-
ed citing the fac, that The Confederate soldiers,
who ysroyeA Governor BGa,iIolI's property
ieu d w;iitcu notice to tie I'll CT that II was
! destroyed by theI as Djcasult o; retaliation
aud that the selection Of lis property was on
account of his oiiiciai position.
| Another case ;Jciore ;he Committee was the
| bill for the r:Ii"I OF cl'tZans o! Pennsylvania
WHO Sustain, d losses III cons, qurDcc o! the IN
va.ion of Lee. This Includes The Gettysburg
and Cha,ubcrsbucy claims Tn" bill was de-
cdri upon adversely by Judgr Lawrence, the
chairman 0! the cJnmitire. who holds that AS
Il matter OF iaw the government iu The cx"cl>e
OF the war po~cr possessed by every govern
u4ru: Il, Il matter of srli-preservatiun may
s":z, u.s., and destroy the property OF any
prva,c Ct 4 Il without liability for daHageS.
A uajO.ity # the c'mmlitee supports the
SAME view. - Washington Ntnr
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY ITEMS A ter
rible sloom was cast over the festivities OF
Christmos tiay by the sudden and unlocked Tor
death If lir. WIN. e. Brnughtoa young man
highly respected by his friends, H. vas taken
i'll early in the morning aud died al abou, ;wo
O clock in be AFTERNOONS, h2iug IN IvtnarGIe
and Unconscious stat. from she tune 81 the at
tack uoil MS dca'h.
i: Il public sale Of horses ii Br:nt>Tl> on
Muud.y last, tol2rabIy respectable at'lnal a9.l
tur - 30, aud annthcr, rather advanced III
years aud dccrcpid lu limb, was kuOcked olI al
Tour dollars.
IS ephcns Episcopal church, near CaIet'
which was destroyed during the war Is shorty
to be rebuilt.
s. &, Maze esq, of Alcxand!iahGs been ad'
uttrd 10 Practice in the Cpulty Court
Manassas Gu=cte
EDUCATIONAL "A blll has passed nc Use
of Delegates making the following chang al
feeling the cduca looa system: Hereafter Tue
school year viii end July 3st lrstrat OF Au;'
rsi 3lst the annual report of the c"rk "i me
district school board will be delivered T." me
county superintendent Oh or b.iote Ans"st
l5tn; the report OF the c0uD'y sch"o1 p'"''
Will b. delivered On or b,ipre The sam" Ha's'
and the annual report Of the County loF "il
school surcrrtcHdcntS will be delivered ~ '''
Superintendent Of Public INSTRUCTION h''"'s
September lUth in each year. he r'2l1,
annual ul"ctlngs of the county sch"ol hI"'2,
.sli he held .etwccn the lit and l3tH u
August.