Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-10
Anticipated Trouble.

Anticipated Trouble.
A dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette from
New York says: A diabolical plot % the part
of the radicals to seize the government and de-
clare Graut dictator has just been discovered,
and tor Vlllaiuy it is DOT ouly parallel to, but
far beyond any Of the unconstitutional measures
which were adopting during War times to abrldge
the constitutional rights OF the people. The
plot is this: Some of the radical politicians,
with a large array OF legal talent from among
their own party, met together yesterday and
discussed the feasibility Ut setting aside the
election By throwing out some of the Southern
States on the ground OF fraud. Sufficient Of
! their deliberations have transplred TO show
| that the gr yund they take upon which to base
their proposed action is this: They admit that
| Tilden has 1874 electoral votes aud say that the
law requires that the successful candidate must
have majority of all the votes CAST; that Ill
den with the vote which he has is DOT major
| lty Of all wheu Louisiana and Southern States
are thruwu out Oh account OF lrreguIarilT; hat
majority, bare majority, will not suffice,
anu Luat Ii must be uIaj ,rlty Of all the votes
cast; that neither Tilden uor Hayes having a
majority, neither are elected, aud that Gfaot
will have to hold over until his successor is
chosen.
A dispatch from Cincionati says: The more
hopeful republicans are still trying to figure out
majority for Hayes, but democrats here hav;
20 fear of the result. The alarming dispatches
from the South continue to create the widest
excitement. 1t is positively painful to listen
to the menaces from the d ouths OF usually
| quietly disposed citizens as they sand Oh the
street c)ruers or crowd about the newspaper
10 hitf.rlu .sSajtuS for his Tpl
| icy of intimidation, and there are loud mur
murs which bode trouble from this quarter If
be protects the Louisiana returning board III
it's attempt to defraud the people OF that State.
It is plain to be seen that further interference
! by United States soldiers will not be tolerated.
| Republican leaders are tying to persuade Hayes
| that be has the victory but he has seose epough
to decline to be imposed upop 1t is generally
| ack noWledged here that oOy frauds and Vlo-
| lence 10 the South can defeat liden.
A dispatch from Tallahassee says Chandler
aud Edmu0ds have sent dispatches to the re.
publican headquarters in this city, stating that
the result of the Presidential election depends
on Florida, and directing chat the returns be
doctored 50 as to show a majority for Hayes.
Chandler offers to send any amount Of money
aud any plumber of troops to this State to &C.
! compIish that purpose.
A dispatch from Raleigh says Gen. Kipat-
rick arrived here this evening from Washing
ton. He is now closeted with L. B. Keogh,
chairman OF the Republican State Com mittee,
at the Marlborough House.
A New York dispatch says Tiden's majority
90 the popular vote is conceded by over $50
OOO Everybody is discussing the result Ii
the returns are delapey 10 LOUISIANA to give the
election board chance to manipulate the ma
cbioery to reverse the returns, the Herald says
there is danger Of civil war. Democrats here
have, it is runored, sent prominent leaders
South TO watch events.
DR.. P. G. RANDoLH.-We think it due to
the public, and to the Masonic fraternity par
ticuIarly, to give this man more than passing
notice. We stated iu our last issue, that be
had swindied few Of our ctizsos-:hat be
claimed to be citizen of Fairfax county, Va,
&c.
We DOW propose to give careful description
of the man, 10 order that he may be Identified
and thus place the public on their guard; for
We believe be is travelling under an assumed
name.
lie is very intelligent, handsome, aud ex
ceedpp plausible 10 manner-s abou, thirty
five or forty years OF age, five feet, seven or
eight inches 10 height-squareIy built, we'll
prcportioned and weighs abunt 40 pounds
has dark hair-Do beard-clear skin-rather
rudy in complexiou-has q peculiar gait, his
knees having the appearanve at each
step of yielding to the weight of the body.
He becomes very familiar on short acqualni.
ance-ls quiet fluent and comnuuica.
tive processes to have visited the Holy Laud,
and to have .raversed all Europe; aud without
solicitation will give you to understand that be
is an A F. & A. NJ. of the first water; but ii
be has credentials, fails to produce them. A
novice 10 the mystic art might be deceived by
him.
We again advise our readers to be on their
guard; the country is flooded With tramps.-
Scottsvile Courier.
STILL ALIvE.-Robert Hunter, the colored
man who accidentally shot himself while cele-
brating az imaginary victory for Hayes aud
Wheeler, Tuesday night. was still alive last
night with some prospect OF bis hual recovery.
The story circulated yesterday that Hunter
was shot by o white ma0, is simply an infamous
falsebood. He shot himself with his OVID pls
tol. aud any attempt TO prove the contrary will
be successfully co0troyerted by lndlsputab!c
testimony. He had no business With pistol,
and while W. sympathize with him 10 his prob |
ably fatal sm c'ion, We do not see that he really
deserves sympathy. The bullet which DOW rests
10 bis owo head might have killed some other
persoo. who valued life quite as highly as be
did, for be was VIGOROUSLY bad charac' Ct, aod
made himself conspicuous by bis violation of
decorum and commoo deceDcy.
And yet We are deeply and sincerely sorry
that ignorance and taoaticism forced him to
place himself 10 position resulting in serious