Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-10

TIE PRIMARY ELECTIoN.-The demo.
cratic primary to select delegates TO the
convention which meets in Cupeper on the
ga inst. 10 nominate a candidate for Con-
srr-- from his district, passed OIL quietly
il tins city yesterday and resulted In the
reelection oil the seventeen delegates favor
able TO the nomination Of Mr.. Frank Hume,
and who supported him at the last convcr-
ton held in this city. The vote poIlcd was
full one, and great interest was taken in
the result. the friends of Gen. W. II. i. Lee
and Mr. Frank Hume, the two candidates,
working untirlngly from the time the polls
opened till they closed, for The success Of
their lav0rte. Neither Of the other can.ii-
dates who were before the last convention
entered this contest. The eIeclon in the
main was conducted in quiet and orderly
manner, hut on one or more occasions acrino.
NOUS discussions arose, all Of which how-
ever, ended in nottiag m0Ge severe than
talk The vote polled was larger than that
cast at the last primary, and shows that
while Mr.. Hume got solid delegation from
the city his majority, as whole, was some.
what reduced, the maximum being POI and
the minimum 233, as against majorties Of
from 91 down to ;}2S at the prevouS election
The following Is the vote by wards:
First ward Hume delegates: +. NJ. Hill
-: y. Lindsay l12; j. Aitcheson 1863 Lee
delegates: w. ;. Moore l3i; p. German i::;::iS:
J. X. NJ. Norton 127
second ward-Hume delegates: Geo. Fish.
er LII; X. f. Gronau Ia; G. +. Price ia.
Lee delegates J. i. Smith 20; G. ". Hoy
ell ,i1 JOS. s. Beach Ct
Third ward-lIume delegates: :; G.. Brent
-; :. Fl. Lunt 2SS; G.. w. Dix 2SS: J. w.
Holt 2SS; VIM. Rodgers 49, T. +. Down
ham -; VIM. T.. Colvin 2775 Lee delegates:
L. T. Penn 25!,; C. w. Ramsay 81; X. II.
Atkinson 252; +. J. Padgett %; Geo Bon!z
81; Geo. Uhlcr 25l; J. S. Douglas 25l.
Fourth war'l-Hume delegates: Z. G..
Brent POO; }. L. Sweeney l95; w. Mnke'y
la;; l.. II. Hawkins l9l Lee delegates: J.
". Johnson -; Harry Smoot g.; l.. \ Lead
bealer 50; VIM Wheatley So.
The election in Fairfax county Yesterday
resulted in the selection CT g. solid Lee dele
CATION 10 represent that county in the Cul.
pepper convention. Information RECEIVED at
this Office IS 10 the effect that the meetings
were the largest and most enthusiastic that
have been held in that county for long
time and that with few exceptions the same
delegates who attended the convention in
this clty were chosen.
THE DIXON MuEDER.-Capt. Nathan
Evans, Of Deals Island, Md, furnishes some
important evidence IN relation 10 the sup.
posed murderer Of Capt Robert X. Dixon, cf
the s!oop Mary J. 1t VIII nc remembered
thu, the negro boy BiScoe, now in ISL at
l.eonardtown, who was employed on tho
sIoor, asserts that there was another colOred
hand on board and that the latter commit
tIl f.,n
goes 10 show that there Wns only one person
on the Sloop besides Capt Dixon, the infer
ence being that Biscoe's assertion is false
aud that he alone is the murderer CAPT.
Evans was on sloop coming down the
Potomac from Washington the same time
as the Mary j., and fell in with Capt Dixon.
BENZ old Appropriateness, they talked long
distance down the river, keeping their boats
III company. Capt. Evans asked Captain
Dixon how he managed TO hoist his big
malnSali with only one man besides himself,
ami Capt Dixon replied that he had 81
"lnch 10 get ii up and q Zig TO peak the
mailsaIl, and when he was ready to load
and leave he usually got as-4tauca from
some OF the men that hel ped to load him TO
MOIST IT.. Capt Evans was in company with
capt. Dixon long distance down the
river and saw negro aboard. Capt Dixon
said that he hired this man in the place of
one Bradford, who was taken sick in Wash
'ngton and could not go with him down the
river on this trip. Sheriff Maclley Of Elkton
mas received inquiries from Magistrate
Morgan, of Leonard:own, relative TO
>tan:oerry Bradshaw, now in inil at
hlkton, whom they thought TO be i'm
phcated in the murder Of Capt. Dixon.
II Tue murder was committed en- or about
august Is, as is stated, Bradshaw cannot be
connected with it, as he mas been in iii Mt
E'Nt"n since the nj ght Of the 24th OF Au-
gust, on the charge Of larceny Of money
nom boat captain. lie states, however,
lint on August 4 he hired at Washington
with captain. whose name he did not
Know, whose sloop WAS bound for some cliffs
III Virginia. The captain had white
heard, and WAS somewhat humpbackeG.
The muatto was lei oil near his home, in
htng George county, Va, 10 get some
clothes on Friday, August 6, and when he
returned the sloop had left. The only other
person on tho boat was chestnut colored
youth, whose name he does not know. lie
has three brothers, James Thomas, William
henry and Howard. Stensberry sailed
from Washington for Elkton with Captsin
holmes, whom he is said TO have robbed on
August 1T. II. A. Jones, sheriff Of King
GEORGE county, has written letter, III
which he says if one of the Bradshaws is
wanted in Maryland he can get him for any
one Il there is any reward for his arrest
tie SayR all of them live near to him, and
mat he holds one of them now for running
vi wltn minor girl from that county. He
N""S that he has some very good evidence
against one of them for the murder Of Capt
. HSon. The reports published in many of
, "a" papers yesterday that Bradshaw had
"Ith convicted of the abduction Of the
WINE gFI, Minnie Finnal, and sentenced to
"a "a Years III the penitentiary is not true
a.T Is now held in the King George county
js,' w lnal charge, as was published in the
"N|EIlE Gu Saturday last.
i"LiCE REroRT.-Last night was cloudy
ana mild, with two prisoners at the station
house
.,I me Mayor this morning disposed. OF the
following cases:
May Allen, colored, arrested by Officers
conduct WAS fined 30 )