Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-21

| the county COufC are 10 FeCel'e q per ulem w
be Fixed BY law, and no person shall hereafter
be eligible to the Office Of q justice OF the
peace who Is not conyersant with the statute
Law OF the State.
The State Board OF Education yesterday ap'
pointed ". N. Brown superintendent tor
Richmood and Westmoreland counties.
Che Vice President OH the Situation.
In q late Interview Gov. Hendricks said The
men who voted Tor Gov. Tilden believe he was
| elected, and they are greatly excited at the
| possibility that he is to be deprived Of the Of
fee and another to be iuaugurated who was
elected BY means Of party machinery, anti
republican 10 its character; and even by dlsre-
| gard Of the local law; they do not believe that
| uadcr republican Institutions it is possible that
no inquiry can be made into the conduct OF the
four men in Louisiana who undertook TO control
the presidential election by fraudulent means.
They believe that it is the duty Of the House
| of Representatives TO sec that the proposed
Wronr is defeated, even should the Senate at
tempt to maiotaiu it.
The opinion prevails generally. | believe un'-
| ~ycrsal!y among them, that the House OF hep.
resaptatires is clothed with equal power with
the Senate in the decision OF all questions
which arise during the progress OF the count OF
| the electoral vote, aud that it would DO L uSur-
patton, a violation Of the right Of the people,
should the vote be counted and questions de-
cided by the presiding officer Of the Senate in
defiance Of the rights Of the House.
ulestioo. WI public significance is at
tachcd to the action OF the dcm0cratsin calling
public meetings in the Northwest, especially IN
Indiana, and as your supposed connection With
it has given rise to much comment, will you
state whether 10 your opinion either party
would under any circumstances be ~iusllhed ID
re~sorting TO force to secure the presidency
Gov. Hendricks The fact that the power
above alluded to is claimed for the President
of The Senate, and its exercise by him IS threat
encd, has greatly contributed to excite popular
feeling. In this condition Of the public miod
| the democratic committee OF Indiana issued
a call for the convention for theS tn OF January,
not for the purpose, as L suppose, OF making
any threats or Of organizing any resistance 10
authority, but for the purpose Of making a pub
lie expression at the threatened Invasion OF pop.
| ular rights. and Of giving the House of Repre-
sentatives an assurance Of support in the cxer-
| else of its constitutional rights and preroga-
tiyes. There is 10 purpose, so lar 80 | am
Informed, of going further. 10 further answer
to your inquiry I do not regard force as q means
TO be contemplated TO secure the Presidency.
So far Us the 9Th OF January convention Is con-
| cerned | am worry sure that its reliance-its only
reliance-to secure tho results Ct the Preslden-
| tial election, will BIO upon the forco and power
| Of public opinion. In support of right and
against wrong, and in support of the House Of
| Representatives in the assertion and exercise OF
its constitutional powers, as those powers have
| been declared in the uniform practice, and IN
the adoption Of the twenty. second joint rule and
| passage by the Senate of Gov. Morton's bill at
last session. It is perhaps proper to add that
should the House positively, sssort Its right to
| participate in the count, and should that right
be denied and refused by the Senate, supported
by tic executive, we would stand in the pres
ence Of serious dangers, not because of any party
| movement, but because Of q conflict in the ms-
chinery Of tho government, without any trl-
bunal for its adjustment.
l observe in come newspapers statements that
a secret political society is being organized in
to the peace of society. l think 1 am III a pc.
sition to know if there were any such movement
in this State or portion of it, and l feel confident
in saying that the report is without any founda-
ton in truth. 1t is false, and l believe and l
think 1 know it has originated with bad men
dIlu lOE pdIltsalI aLlo q Poi Wv
in this State last summer and fall was on the
part Of the democracy and conservatives emil
neAtly fair and open. There is no motive, and
l an sura there is no purpose to depart from
that policy
INDIAN DEpREDATIoNs.-As uaar'y all the
troops in the west have Leen called to Wash
ipgton to assist iu the fraudulent Inauguration
of Hayes, the Indians are having things pretty
much their own way. -Four freight trains, &C.
compauied By FIVE men, were attacked by them
10 camp on lndian creek, near Hot creek,
Wyoming, last Saturday. Three of the party
escaped bare footed and half clothed. A de-
lachmcnt Of soldiers and a party Of citizens re-
paired 10 the scene Of the fight early next
morning, and found the bodies of the two men,
B. C. Stephens. OF Salt Lake, and q German
named Fritz, from Colorado, horribly mutt
lated, with a butchers cleaver taken from one
of the wagons, and the contents OF the wagons
scattered over the ground. Six horses were
missing, and over forty bullet holes were found
in one wagon. The shells found we're Of
Sharpe's rifle cartridge. The dead were buried:
n l-.l "a {orFuueiuht Arrapohoo and