Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Dec. 23.-Correspond.
ents 10 this city, during the holidays, having
very few facts upon which to base letter, and
unwilling or unable to carry out the ipjunctions
given by wise man, that "wheu sou have
nothing to say, say Dothing," have just now 10
draw heavily upon their imaginatious, and
consequently the public is served With prog
nosticatlon, speculation, aud not unIrequentIy
with vituperation.
just DOW it is in order to 'pitch into Mr.
Speaker Kerr and his appointments on the
committees, and ridiculc and abuse are not
spared, though with about the effect produced
upon an elephant by the bite OF mosquito
only slightly irritating.
The fling" at the South and West by Ger.
tain of the New York papers that imagine
they have great influence, would be amusing
1t they were not calculated to keep alive feel
ing that 1t has been the aim and object of the
true meu Of the country to assuage, but if New
England and a porton of the K .steru States
are to be brought into antagonlsm with the
West and South, the latter, it is hardly prob
able, will be the losers. The spirit, however,
that anlmates such writer's is not to be cnvicd
That there should have been any feeling be-
tween the friends of Mr.. Kerr and Mr.. Ran
dali Is to be ieplored, but II is earnestly hoped
that nothing Of that kind will be permitted to
effect, 10 any way, the harmony Of the party,
or that any disappointment will be allowed to
be used by the willy 10 tumcLt disscusOn which
is all that is desired 10y them.
The weather to-day has been delightful, and
the streets are alive with people on foot and 10
equipages, but still there is great complaint of
dizziness, and the holidays will not prove a
source of profit this year as compared with
former Christmas timcs.
Col. Albert Ordway, of Richmond, has been
appointed clerk of the Committee on + luca-
ton and Labor, of which Governor Walker is
chairman. O.
NOT TIE MAN.-John l.. TAFT. charged
with asSauIting Mrs. Captain Haucy aud rob.
bing her house of S2l0 on Monday morning
last, was before the police court of " Washington
yesterday, and pleaded not guilty. Mrs lIa-
ney testified that she resides at ll2 9Th street
southwest on last Monday morning, between
and 9 o'clock she heard kuock at the
door; she answered the knock aud saw 4 white
man there, who hesitated a moment and then
asked her if Captain lIancy Was 10; before she
could answer he raised something in his hand
ADD struck her to the floor. She had her Child
IN her arms, and when she recovered her house
had been raDsacked and the mouey gone. The
man TAFT is not the man who struck her; she
was positive of it. The man who struck her
had high cheek bones and was heavier man
than the prisoner. Rose Withcrs colored,
pavn tastJmony utt ubiob F,:t ru,r IL
ed and went on his way rejoicing.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN NORTHUMBERLAND
dispatch to the Richmond Journal, dated Har-
risonburg, December %, says:
''As two young girls of highly respectable
parents were on their way to school near Nc.
Gaheysville, Va, they we're stopped by mu.
latto negro, and the elder, about fifteen years
Of age, despite her cries, was dragged to body
of woods near by and brutally outraged. The
younger girl Immediately ran off to give the
alarm, but before assistance could be rendered
the tiend had accomplished bis Internal purpose
and escaped. A party of young men armed
themselves with shot guns and immediately
went IN pursuit, but at latest accounts the negro
was still at large. If caught, the probabilities
are favorable for short swift and speedy end
for the scouudrel.
LEGIsLATIvE.-lu the Senate, yesterday,
nothing was done but to announce the death of
the late Judge Sieg, member of the House
from Bath and Highland Colonel John l..
Eubank, from Bath delivered the cuogy on
the deceased. The House resolutions on the
subject were adopted, aod the Seuate adjourned
Till II o'clock, December 2Sh.
ln the House, the death of Judge James NJ
Sleg was announced in beautiful aud feeling
terms by Hon. John Letcher, who was followed
by Judge Lowell and VIM. 4. Gordon, esq.
Resolutions of respect, ETC., we're then adopted,
and the House adjourned to December %.