Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-07
The Eighth Congressional District

diitlic; ssk the Use of your much read columns
to express their thoughts upon tho proper Sc
lection Of our next representative. May beg
that, for like purpose. YOU extend tho same
courtesy to me.
l EN- impel!cd to tii5, not from any issue l
would take with tho deserved prais, they have
chosen to lavish upon s3me CT their favorites-
not at all; but when they choose wholly to ignore
the Just and prtpouderatieg Claims Of Loudouu
AID dtc,ire to look beyond the confines cf Al
exandria, Fauquicr or the Valley foT c,ndi-
date, | cannot logger remain silent. 1t. as we
are told, there is Law of Eternal Compen
satioo," surely the tine is DOW full ripe, when
tho distribution Should begin, and "thipgi como
our way some.
Our present representative is from FauqueI;
bis predecessor was from Ahxlndtis, and Vir'
einia's Governor now holds bis residence 10 the
county of Fredt rick.
Tradition tells US that some half century ago,
more or les. ono Chares Fenton Mercer vas
member Of Congress, sud hailed from Loudouu
Loudoun pays 40 per cent. moro tx thin
Fsuqaier, nearly thee times IS mucA as Fai..
fax, Frederick or AIex,ndri, ci:y, and NOR,
than four times ss much as aoy other O. ua,y 10
the DISTRICT, nGr id this ILL.,
Loudouu county rolls nearly ono lhousaad
more clrs :rvaiVe voc' than sry ,ulty ia the
6istrc:, except Fluquier, hnl her seadfast
| taiib, IN tlmes past, h. becu The salvation OF
| the Conservative ticket upon more tcIss!ons
than one. 10 1871 lI.uaoun gave tho oouseI-
Valve nomiHee thirteen huudr, and seventeen
majortS-more than tW:c' that of Frederick,
| nearly fly tlues that If Fauquier while AL
exaCdna city aud tho cCuu.ics ct Rappahan
| neck, Madison. OrSuge aod Culpspcr, al gave
| ms l9ritles against the conservative nominee.
Now, with knoTedGe OF these laos before
Us, and proper tcnse Of fairness in our minds,
| eau Loudoun's claim 10 the next raoIts,u,alive
be overlooked CT made secondary? Most r.
tanIy mol; snd had osr people heretofore been
| alive to their Interests, az lbcS no@ are. our
claims would have long sircs beea rtc,goiz Id
claims that deserved priority Of consideration,
| and from their eft and trtqucnt nfg'ect hava
now grown o'eistadoWiug.
| Mi her arc VIC without ''nao FIR the
place, aud ore, too. not 40 'ssplrant' or
"otiCeseekei;" ono whose rich mental acquire.
meuts, associated as they arc with The Warmt s..
heart and meat ctiValrOus nature, have attrfc:
| ed hosts OF friends aud a personal following 10
our midst, and co1ll scirce refuse lis clanor
Gus solicitation, and serve ns our champion be-
toro tho c)niag conyen in. IL is tcMca
| ~ na0tssarg to slate that ! ailu3e 70 Capt. j.
! Wm. Foster.
| And when w are brought to consider how
tho c)mpleEon of thcgs has changed ia Lou,
douo, 10 the triangular fight Of iundcr, read
]uster and republican,; thst our former large
conservative sjority the nsin stay OF cur
party in the district WAS last fall shtrn CT its
fair proportions and l4S msde TO mako the
| best nsioIity OF the conservative candidate for
! legislative honors, il poud seem tho part of
| wisdom In our c)DVobtlon, net ou!y TO consider
| the jast claims OF LEU loup. and tho eminent
| fitness OF Capt. Foster as representative but
| to remember, IS we'll, that he is tho orl7 man
| 10 the district equal to healing our ltc,l roliti
cal discussions and bringing Loudoua again to
The fore With her lid limo msjorilY. This he
| en- do. LOUDoUN,
lIeesburg, April 6.
OUTRAGE AT WEST PolNr.-J ohnsou G.
Whitaker, q colurtd cadet at West Point,
yesterday mtroing wos found btnad hard ard
foot 10 his room at the barre cks with Pic, OF
| one car cut off, tho other car sit and his head
bruised. lie stated that tbroo masked men
attacked him Who he was in bed souo time
after midnight and clmmiited the Outrage
Gen. Soto6eld and Comuandant L1zso arc iu-
vesgatiog the flair. 1t is believed that the
| outrage was committed by cldes.
Whitaker says threo masked men entered
hi' room somo time alter midnight and
jumped on him, a5 he lay in bed. lie
l'strugCed, but Was c1oked and pounded
and, told, il ho made noisshe would
be q dead man. They then tied his
hands nnd feet asd PLACID him 90 the floor. end
| tied bis feet to tho Dedstead. Gao said Lets
| mark him like they do hogs down South. -
They then cut tho lower psrt tf bis left car
OF. and slit the lobo CT tho other ear two or
three tic es. and again cautioned him no. to"hcl.
ler," und left the room. Two of the men wore
daIk clothes, apd tho third light gray; ell wore
black masks. Whitaker had received warn.
irg 90 Sut d,v to keep awake. There is as yet
| no sue to the perpetrators, though the oom-
maDdaut has been investigating all day. Whit.
! tsker WAS found in sn hat unconscious oondi
tpu. but he IS now abs 10 walk arc u I'd and coo.
verse. Each member OF tho cadet CORDS has
has been questioned shout the ccourtcac,.
a dispatch to the New York Herald sDys
! toe outrage on thu coored u.det ia bogus aud
| that tho fellow wounded timself, WiiIo tho
| crcansan,ial scjuuot OF the ASSAULT az m5,h.
ici. The surgeon had Whitaker tukeu 10 tho
hospital, or rather made him walk there, aud
hen pursuant to the cir6c ion Of Gen. Scho-
field, had HIM stripped aud thoroughly ex.niu.
cd Ihe result of this exauia ation vas that not
= bruised was touHd on him. It waa further
sscsrialucd that his nCs, had not bed, 81 &c
STATED. y u are not lucl; ycu eau 70 90 du:y,"
said tho Door. snd Whitaker at cnca reteir-
cd to his quar- teIs aud rut ia su sppea1auc, at
the u!nc o'clt OK recitation. ami is Occupying bis
room 10 tho barracks as il nolhing Lai.happen-
ed
SAD STORY o1mes from Cannes Of the
death tnere OF 40 Eaelisa officer, Col. Pcksrd,
oil congestion of the lungs ca the day appoint
ed for his wedding to Miss McNellIc, whose
father, Sir Jctn McNeille. bad died only three
uooths before. Tho very wrea,hs which we've
to have been used the wedding became funeral
Rsilands to be thrown en- the coffin, and the
bridal veil and dress were lyicg ready to be pu,
en- by the DOW widowed bride. Death was caused
b5 ths rupture of blood vessel ca the Iuogs,