Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-27
The Death OF Hon. Il. Ii. Douglas


10 the editor Of the Washington POST:
An article published 10 your paper Of tic
22l lost. requires notice at my hands. A similar
article, published 10 tho CHICAGO Daily News Il
tic Gu Of Jarusry, 1879, ard copied by The
| Baltimore Evening News OF the 7th Of January
vas promptly corrected and denied 10 an cdito
ria! in tho latter Journal Of Janulry l3. 1879.
| had hoped that this would end q report which
is wholly uotrue, and which could only have
been insigated by malicious and cowardly do
size 90 tho part OF tic reporter to ltJure the
reputation CT the Hon. Il. Is. Douglas. when
dead, ard no longer able TO defend himself
Blu. il sccns that mslico will not be content to
let his rest remain undisturbed. but that again
not only is the report revived as to the cause OF
Iii; death, but that tho family" have employ
cd detectives to Investigate it. PerG it me to soy
10 The moot unqualified terms that both slate
,mca.a arc utterly and rnirely false. | was
present 4. the death of Hon. Is. Is. D0uplas; L
I'm his nephew hnd representative, and l pre-
| nourc, the whole statement az to the cause CT
his death. aod the employment OF Detectives by
hi4 family 10 IoVcStigato Il, a5 base and malt
cious IaIs,hoo6s II tho writer Ct the article
has uuy u1s,;isiied grujga against Mr.. Douglas,
| sard ready 10 respond to his o,l, although
lis means OF attack do not cntiile him 10 the
recognition of gentleman. If his purpose is
not TO irjurc and dcfanc tho reputation Of the
dead hut to affect that e the livipg cx Con-
gresham referred TO, let him adort some other
means CT reaching his mark. Very resptct.
fully. II, I. DOUGLAS.
RICHMOND. Va, May "a.
WHAT TIE DEMOCRATS PRGP0sE.-The
Washington correspondent OF The Blliimorc
American writes:
The House blaoch of the jont mocri!ic
committee Of Safety held 90 Informal conferences
yesterday nltcrrooD. No conclusion was rcsch
cd rs to tho plan suggested 10 Tho caucus or
when, 10 fact, the cIucuI should be held The
whole subject, however, was discussed at
length, aud from the interchange Of views it
was evident that the entire House braCch CT
the committee favor abandoning the contest
uutil ntz. winter as 5000 az the veto OF the
legislative bill shall be rcc:iVed, aud passing q
coucurrGDt resolution extending the apprOprla'
tous Ct the executive, judicial aud legislative
bill aud IF the army bill, with conditions.
These conditions would, OF course. c)ver the
same gruuod proposed by the political features
Of these Two appropriation bills. The leglsla-
tive bill would provide that none OF the money
appropriated should bo. used for paymsnt OF
supervisors or deputy marsbal5, to this extent
repeating the laT creating the permauet tuod
FROM which the supervisors are now paid. AS
to the army bill The condition would be that
pcDc Of the appropriations for the use OF The
army should be used to pay for transportation
Of troops to the polls The general drift Ct dem
ocratic opinion i5 10 this direction. and it is now
a!moss certain that the democratic caucus will
come to hat conclusion. The point to be de.
termiced then will be whether the republicans
will accept such resolutions of extension with
the conditions that have been.uamed.'
ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY
A dispatch to tho Louisville Courier Journal
frjm Rircr!ou. Ky, says the Underwood war
has again broker Gu! on tho Unper Tigart
Greek 10 Carter county. ElVa Underwood.
while peacefully at work 10 cornheld near bis
homo on Thursday, was slot from ambush aud
when found by his children was dying. Geo.
Underwood, EIVa's father, YVES also killed 10 o
similar manner, and jesse Underwood has en-.
tered The i4!d as The agenger OF his fathers
wrongs. II is feared there will DO o terrible
amount Of blood5hed. and farmers 10 that section
are farsakipg their fields from fear Of the as
sass;D'- ball. reformation has been received
from Breathtit county that Andrew Carpenter
was shat by 40 unknown person 10 ambush
while peacefully working 10 his Own yard, and
fears gre entertained that this is but The foroI
iuuDer OF moro bloodshed.
TANNING HORSES BY ELECTRICITY. Tho
General Omnibus Company Of Paris has for
sornc time past made use Of electricity for sub
DUNG vicious horses. BY the process adopted.
inractatIc animals, given 10 blDg rearing AID
kicking are rendered inofensive. and submit
pesceably to be Rroomed and barnessed. To
obtaio this result weak current of electricity
is pEscd toto The mouth Of the horse each
titoc it becomes restive The will of the animal
seems almost aJnihiIaled. The current is pro.
du,eh by a smsl; Induction macbice Of the
Cal Ike system, the wires Of which commuoi-
cate with the biz OF the b.dc. The employ
mcnt Of electricity is said 10 produce sort OF
uuea,iL e;s or topper rather Iha1 pain, aud ls
much !,ss bsrbarous than many tanning meth
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