Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-19
The BLOODY Shirt ampaign.

The following from the Was riJgtou CORE
So audience ofthe New York Herald is ample OF
the BIZ ody shirt tactics employed by the rac,
Gals in the canvass now 10 progress
The Attorney General continues 10 receive
COMMUNICATIONS from the South which detail
IN y mos! exciting manner acc ;uuts OF lncred'
bic cutrpgns. The desert ptouS given cover he
circu. stances attending murder, assaS.l all n
ard IMPRISONMENT aud ore case which he is
tx mining now gives he outline mnutely Of u
shogkiug homicide 10 Mississippi, followed by
the Imprisonment OF a man who is kept 10 du
ress IA a hostage 10 order to sccurc noc
proscou as we'll as the abandonment Of all
other court proceedings Thu Course which the
Attorney General will adop' il all such cases is
first TO carefully weigh all the evidence and
lacts presented, then 10 send ao experienced
and reliable person to examine into the who'll
history. and, il the case be subtantiated as rep
resented. be will then promptly direct tie
proper law officer to commence criminal pro-
e iiugs He is determined to put the whole
machinery Of the government IL motion with
GU reserve n order to brlDg the guilty parties
to ju.tice. He says he Is resolved, SO far as he
can control it, 10 see that the laws of the gov
eminent shall be observed a. rigidly IN one
Stat. IS another, 20 matter whether IN the
South or West. The Uuited States marshals
are 10 be instructei To proceed vigorously at
once and with the District Attorneys, they
will be held accountable for 3 strict discharge
of their duties Attorney General Taft, with
all the other officers of the Cabinet, aud even
General Sherman. are very much exercised
about the Southern position, and whether thr
stories be !ru or uoI. they have concluded that
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RADICAL PROSECUTIONS oF LADl-oe-
fore the war a man named Frank Gam brill, well
and fayorably kur yo iD Lypchburg. occupied
,ho n..;,;o, r. n,s,.r na.b;,;st n rho .mn,ov
r. ~. ,.,-, o-.,... ,I.ulu;a p.n-aoi
La recognition OF his faithful services and gen
tIeman'y nepoI'meh', ne employees OF I"e
aI LI p,I I, ',oh "''' VIII"
Mar Iooy Afterwards ard hcCoro thr hr aknp
on, If thu war Mr. Gamhr;lI died in Lynch.
hnr, and vas hur;cd bore hi. wife win Two
dan,hters uant IN h,r reIa,ves and suhs..
nuentIv removed his remains 10 Alexandria his
former home
Afterwards thrcuph the inHunncc of radical
politicians and as The only available means of
MAKING a .urnort shc was annnipted IN a M
s,,ion n one NJ Tho dnra,tmop,s At Washing
ron I, lo,L I'D an, bopavor th., Mr. Gam.
hill had ;n hnr n,sso.cio, g., w,,ch nrrscntrd m
bor doco..oJ hr.nanl NV ..r.I handal rrhn{s y
nol ~ u.,. AL 70, ba no,n,s;,r E o;,h.r
bo;o,, k;cL,J ,n, ~ bor bnmbIe nos;t;on nr nrov.
'r,;G .a,ns I'd asida,;ts frou, no "A;
and empjovees Of the road we're obtained at no
nc .osidcrabe cost and annoyance. AMI Mrs.
q mbriIl remained at her sk. Now. shc Is
forced to again give documentary history Of
the watch, or be expelled from the capital as
"a rebel" And this she is DOW doing.
Comment upon such Contemplate pGrs"ru-
ton Is wholly unnece, s.ry .-Lpchbltrq Netrs
FLIGHT OF BIRDS Il was stated 10 Satur.
dav', Gaz tie that the reed birds and sora that
r.. ,,oors r,,s, h.ro hoo, ,H,,d,o, nooov
~ '''DI WINS pos, "''o w .D',
1000 "nn Sport u Ihs sunnefs 10 'h'' p'iE1o1r
hoou' hau "lugeu 'h'lf n'sut 20 poru SOU ~ Il,
GRO itneS' anu luus'ps i'oin nc io''o"'os 'ohi