Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-25
FROM WARRINGTON.
Gsnecisl Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c., May 25, 1856.

until he returns. with regard TO MT. oheP
perd's nomination for collector OF internal
revenue for the Alexandria district, Genera
Malone says there Is nothing to prevent ais
confirmation, and Mr.. Beck says ne Will %
confirmed. The finance committee OF the
Senate, to whom the nomination mas Deeh
referred, met this morning ana NIT. huu,e
berger appeared before it and opposed Inc
confirmation for the reason that MT. ohep'
perd has removed from a place under MIN
Mahoneite from bis (RlddleDerger's county
who is a wounded ex-Contederate. AS re-
cards the case of Mr.. Goode, the republican
Senators have buldozed Mr.. Evarts, who
made the tie in the Judiciary Committee,
into agreeing with the other republican
members of that committee, SO that the re-
port in his case will be adverse. Whether
the other republican Senators who have ex'
messed themselves as favorable to MIR.
Goode will submit to the bulldoZng OF their
party colleagues as Mr.. Evarts has done re-
mains to be seen. General Malone is also
opposing the nomination of Mr.. Gibson as
district attorney for the eastern district OF
Virginia upon several charges, among them
one for delegating his authority to make
compromise in Norfolk case, and the other
of homicide committed many years ago, Tor
which he was tried and acquitted honorary.
It ia rumored that the Judiciary Committee
will report adversely in Mr. Gibson's case
also. The republicans upon this committee
are not only the most ultra South haters III
the Senate, but, what is even worse for Inc
Southern nominees, all of them have the
Presidential bee in their heads, and each IS
therefore afraid to be at all behind the oth'
ers in their manifestations of nate Tor the
South. 1t is said that while the committee
was considering the Gibson case democrat
lie member proposed that they should hear
Mr.. Riddleberger, and not base their action
solely upon what General Malone said,
but that his proposition was rejected.
As Gen, Malone was successful few DAYS
400 nv exparte statements made to repub
lican members of the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate, In procuring an adverse re.
port in the case of United States Marshal
Scott, the following facts, official and other,
will be found of interest and Importance
Col. Scott was recommended by the entire
democratic Congressional delegation of Fir-
pinia and appointed Marshal more than g
year ago. He was commissioned to ill
vacancy occasioned by the arrest and con-
uuent resignation of his predecessor, Il. 7.
Hughes, an appointee of the Arthur admin
istration, recommended solely by Malone
Hughes was charged with being in default
several thousand dollars, and was arrested
in Texas, whether he had gone on visit to
his relatives. His case was finally compro-
missed. Scott was not an applicant for and
did not want the office of U. S. Marshal, but
did present, about the time of his appoint
ment, petition signed by two thousand five
hundred of the most prominent citizens of
his section urging his appointment as Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the Rich
mond and Petersburg district. Protest
ing at first against acceptance of the Of
fee, he nevertheless entered upon the
discharge of its duties. How we'll he has
performed his official duties may be seen
in the fact that the distinguished Federal
Judge, who ia republican, and who was a
stranger to Col. Scott at the time Of his ap-
pointment, is warmly enlisted, 1t Is said, in
his defence. The following facts relating to
the Office of Marshal of that district and
transpiring in connection with the admins
tration thereof since the war, are significant.
David B. Parker, of New York, was the
first appointed to this Office. He had been
postmaster at Gen. Grants headquarters in
the field and was recommended by him.
Without solicitation from Parker, Isaac
Davenport, esq, president of The First Ma
tional Bank of Richmond, and other leading
democratic citizens, volunteered TO 20 on
his official bond. He served with great salts
faction until he resigned, after holding the
Office about eight years. He then left the
State. He was highly popular as man
and as all official. Charles 7. Ramsdeil, of
Pennsylvania, was Parker's successor, al
though he had been in Virginia only a year
or two. His second confirmation was by q
democratic Senate and in spite CT The op-
position of the two democratic Sena-
tors from Virginia, (Withers and Johnson).
Ramsdell declined to eerve third term and
recommended as his successor his chief
Deputy, VIM. L. Nye, a native Of New
York. This was soon after the election OF
Senator Malone, and that Senator refused
to endorse MIR. Nye, and recommended Mr..
R. P. Hughes, as before mentioned. Pend
ing the settlement OF ex-Marshal Ramsdell's
accounts, there occurred scandal resulting
In the forcible breaking open OF the iron safe
of the marshal's Office for the purpose of dis
covering papers and documents likely to
throw light on an alleged deficiency of four
or FIVE thousand dollars, which sum it was
claimed had in some way been misappliod
ex- marshal had died, and his estate has
palu VI Will nave w pay 1hcho ohioaAo W iho
government After the resignation of r.
P. Hughes (Ramsdell's successor), Scott was
appointed as before stated. At the time of
his appointment he lived in Charlotte coun.
ty, bordering on, but not within the Eastern
District of Virginia, and be at once moved
with his family to Richmond, whore he has
since resided. The fact, as stated by Judge
Hughes, that Scott unlike his predecessors
has devoted his whole personal attention to
his Office, is important and of great concern
to the Government and the public. 1t
has been the neglect of such OFF,
Gals as he, to do this, which has
produced the trouble of the recent past
in Virginia as we'll as in other Southern
States. The accounts, for instance, of Hon.
John F. Lewis, ex-Marshal of the Western
District of Virginia. highly honorable
man-were found in state of most unfortu-
nate confusion-the result las admitted) of
non. attention. Ramsdell's and Hughes
troubles were doubtless occasioned in the
same way-certainly this is SO as to Rams
dell. Other notable instances might be de-
tailed, such as Longstreet, of Georgia, and