Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-24
Letters from kScbmon,s-


celesslloa sent here 10 p7otcs; against the pas
sage OF the BIltinnr@ sId Ciaclnnati railroad
nil, reached here yesterday sod w:re met BY
o@Dstor Smith aud Delegate Mushbach. At
tie suggestion OF TIL SO Two geotlcmen, thu bill
was Ibis uCrciLg rroomuit'ed 10 the Committee
IN hjs3s. That con mittec me-, tc eight at the
Ehcosugc Hotel gnd heard The Al. xatdlia
delegation uJou the subject. The bill has Dot
| yet REACHED the House.
| The eli absorbing top OF conversation 10
| les 5 = i've circles day is the Complete using
AZ and Exposure If SIR Farr, Of Fairfax. by
Nr Musabath Of Alexandria. L. ~,li oos b:
| slp9O,"i that this correspondent has aGy sym
p4:!ay with the sn-caied Rra jus!rr aid 70,
rs i. u! ooGcs hat III SIGHT wus pill1i 20
o.: i; and those who have rad this c,rreSpoDd~
| GDcs very ter dnrl' the pes- FIVE yeasa will
| DIT tcileVa THAI tho W:Itcr has apy aympa
| lily tIE Dir. FIR nr hs way Of re preSeutir
j! FalrlaZ cDuiy Not having suy sCqu ,iutcncr
! .eilh tails Icprcstna;lv It vii GOT b claimed
tha; nc !s InGs,d hy COY pipDp;ipg OF fricDd-
sbp wh,n be states that is Was really surrg 70.
,be F,iriEx Geiega'c to dsy.
| Nhan Alt XanGrls was rcEch2d alr. Farr
GoGui0at,d toi judge Of the CorporG.i3p Court
| \. ". Chiito.,, whc, re sand, was d lawyer oil
!aat ely cf staad"g ED character.
Ms. Mush0soh u4u!ins,td TIC D." s,nt iu-
cumoent, Judge Charles E Stuart. He paid
Jaygc Stuart hi2h tuqc?, saying he had
hiod the position TO th1 Satisfaction OF TIE bar
and the poopC OF Alexandra Mr.. NJ ushbloh
SAID Il gas within his pwa personal knowledge
that Jutg, Stuart IS alu0s. the urarimnus
c;inlc5 Of the people Of AkXaniria Mr.
II lEp s,,li 1,Ihu I ~ 1T lou
extraordinary ability, Wbo c.ue Co tho bar ten
years ago. he n ,ught that FROM the very
n0ucnt thst judy Stuart qua ii,d 10 rrsc TO-:
lie Tad suc0c, q az layer. lie also hdde ,
| as an tvldcucr OF the firm legal mluG possessed
by Juigo Stuart, tine fact that hs bad not
| vctb Obliged TO uoutrIO lbst period of proba-
t.0a which il has Deco DO forluuo Of most ali
| lawyers to uatcrGo From tho sorry time If
lis nCm s,lon TO tic bar he had takuu the front
raGk, ald vas gwen ty the best cizeas of AL.
,xsbdrla almost sil the legal busluuas IF he
cunris. Judge Stuart poss". S said hlr. Mush'
bach, VIVA; Is very rarely f1uud Uo~edays eud
! !2hich VIC heard muoa alb u:-a gA nibd
| tie was by birth lawyer, and pacui.ry fitted
ter the law. Mr. Mu-hb sch said re had nc,h-
lns to sly asa, S: the p rsrnal oharac! CT ui Nj
ilhiitGu, who Was lis ifleEd but in point Of
an.!it2 ard htness ior the position o. Judge he
Tou!G Dot Dvsr comparison w,h Judsu Stuart
Fir. h!u-hbech said furthermore that every
man ia The CITY OF Al xandria with but few <
crpnolS deslrIus ,ha. Judge Sius1t be re-
elected ana that LOO whether they Do raadius-
tC.S or cons, r2aiiVes or rcnu5hoans. Ha
charged that MIR Chiffon is not desired BY tho
r-tdius; ers Of Alexandria AID that he VS.
Nominated Tor the position because he sgs SIM
ply The choica of 0 smali cotirie who have found
! 10 the gentleman FROM FART fit end willlps
! 'nstruHent to Ills upon the pcoplo Of Alt xsu-
dria uiau they 90 u0t want. MIR. Chiitou c,uId
not possibly mako the judge that Stuart Was,
std tie people or bis loTn did not want hn
| hir. Mushosch ssid further thGt when the neys
c.Ie IA. 1t MAS !bteuded 10 remove Jod.e
Stuart petitions We're sgoed by lhe o.,iz .ns
| a.kpg his reteLtiUn.
And strange 10 Bay in the yer; list endorsing
Charles Il. Stuart vas the idep'c,I Individual
Chiltoo. lie presented ,hn petition CT The en-
tire bar ri A,cxaadll. asking the re election Ct
Judge Stuart as follows:
"Wo. tho Undersigned, The members of The
bar a alexanoFla retpec fully rIqi,s. the Geo.
| era! y .ao,nb!y of Virginia 10 ell: O. the Hon,
UbglIss f. Stuart, Judge of the CSruo-st in,
| Court i0f tGa city Of Alexandria. e. ". Wat
| ties, john u. Jyins,a, Uonr.and II. Smith,
&c. i. Mushbee1, Ft.ncis l. Smith, VIZ. +,
| Ftndsli, K ksmpar. Jollau Taylor, L,orard
ia! bury, Il .. C'augntou, W. Ar:hur Taylor
JOhn St. q Brook 5. Samuel &. Brent.
A. ". Arm@roag, Edmund Burke, A, "
CLIFTON, Albert Sluar!, l. us e. pavnn, ).
ferguSon Bach, ". Willou. hoy, Linden X nj,
Z. -. RsucS, Johu s. Chapmau, Geo. Mason,
Mir. iiushbacb presented pcilion sgpeG
By Ut least twclye hundred IF the c.;:z ,ps Ct
AieZandrla askiog the election Of Judge Stuart,
| which pcti loo Ra5 c imposed OF all parties
| and all cclolS.
Tier. " S another respect 10 woish judge
Sua:t h,d presented his petition for this pusi
top arc :tat Wus The { C thu! snen be gss
noi!hed by 2 se:tcr tron resc jusirg member
OF ms t!@uss that he could get the caucus uom.
ltati05 II nH would premise to give rca0iuscrS
positions, Judge Stuart d. cli0cd 10 have Il on
any snch t,fm', saying it be made hat promise
| he you'd d0sp'ss bin elf as much as ,bo oom.
mun'tv YOU'D tespisa him. Applaus
Mr. FAIR thco rose aud sai1 sinoc Mr. MnSh
bach had seen I'll to csIl him (Fsrr| the wlii;g
| tcOi Ot : s.Deil ootcrie be pos deemed it HI,
i'll 10 Ggnou C: that vile s!aodcr, He said no
;Rd been sought b. Judge S!usrs aud hat
Judge S'uar! asked him 10 Vote for hun.
| Mr.. Chiffon, lie said. had ever asked him to
| help hll or 10 vote for him He said he had
| nc'hing to ssY against Ju :go S!uurt, but be
Ga III d The privii e. CT supporting Chiffon,
md, 10 dung so, ho did uvt propose TO b.
enarGrd! with b:i:g The tool Of Chi|roo or Stu
arr. he vas 10 hopes that he would have brsu
| stafcd The oppose OF NJ. Stuart, tn. such vas
! moi 10 be The Case. He brasgcd * rosiy, |,
itat his oppose which he prouis uuA b, u
w i,ca e hr.ns:lf, aud he spoko CT 'nurlicc
OK the ch ,rgcs mids against hin, BY Mr.
Mu-h''so5. Wat lie defined as tbs true II
sa'd; S. o! this Acxsndria iudsesh;p" Was
his nTn statement ba% he Was Ii ST. 81 pucn d
b. Alr S.ua!:, ~ho &c sad askud hid as I, re-
.llstci to support BIN. He spoke ii Judge
Stdart Ds pau VITO had "dishon,rod the
be- ca aud rsil'o g thu r'm ce IN The dust" b,
! this 100. he said this WIS ct least one
cloud upoU bis lair nane"
| G4r. Err said hat he was interviewed BIZ
Judge 5 usrt. Judge SURF declined 10 give
| him ely Wiltleu promises, but said While |
eanaot wrl'e ,h6,N will give ehst TIE read
lusieF wan, ri | acceie to it," Dir. Farr then
| gent Oh t" ,ay tiat the reaGi listers of Alrxap
dis rrg;c z aud held q meeting, and that
), u3rt, thruuyh his friends unGrrtnnk 10 oar,