Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-09
Letter from Richmond.
,:ci.l Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazett

GU DoS' ", 1o0A
Tnsye WAS one nan at the Csp!'o' who
has gotten considerable notorlety within tie
past two dsys. Tais ia Captain R e. Parks,
the Common weath's Attorney, Of Shelan
doah County, vino is just noH fgusins as
ono of the principal characters In etory o.
real life, in which Spesker-eleot Crisp, OF
Georgia, plays hero The Georgian rieaed
bis own lie ct the battle of Mcdowell IL
1862 to save Csptsia Parks, who be!ougs1
to company K. 10Th Virginia regiment. Gad
to-day while Captain Pstks was In the Sen
etc chamber q group OF reporters snd cor.
respondents chatteG With him end worked
up real good atory OF tie incideEt, no;-
withstsndng the fact that the Captain, With
characteristic Eode5ty, omitted the most
graphic scenes of ths incident. Tonight as
he walks about the roiuDds CT the Capito!
he ia pointed out ss "Cslsp's cid captain"
and ell this will, 10 MEASURE, assist hi1o 10
the efforts he Ia making to retain in cfhce
the present Judge Of Shenandoah county.
The eleotion ia tbs Eighth Congvessiona:
district ia the csrse OF the absence to-day of
about twelve Legislators who have gone
home to vote. They will get back in time
| for the caucus Thursday night. The oancus
will vote upon Mr.. Ssrat.c1's resolution TO
allow representatives of democratic papers
or measures irto the caucus meetings.
Whether this resolution will be adopted re-
mains TO be seen. 1.-THE reporters or cor
respondents are allowed to attend the eau
cGses the newspapers will haye more inter-
ssting reports OF caucus proceedings than
they have ever had.
The charged preferred against Snperiuten-
dent Moses of the penitentisry afford food
for much talk at the Capitol enc II they are
not sustained Fir. Moses will, 1t is thought,
have q complete walkovef In the contest
now going On for that office. BuS on the
other hand, If it appears that he has not per.
formed the duties Of the office properly Mr..
Lyrn, Of LoudouD, Is put down on the slate
az being ths next superintendent0 Of the PEN
itentisry. a delegate who seems to voice
the general sentiment of the legislators, said
to-day, ST Moses comes out OF this trouble
with clean hands justice demands his re-
election" Mr. Lynn's friends are not tax
ing advantage OF any OF the charges pre-
ierred agalng Mr.. Moses. They arc !oth to
believe them.
The fact that the judge OF Frederick ooun-
ty court is also judge Of the corporation
court cf Winchester Is being frequently used
10 contest now going on for the j1dgeship
of Chesterfield county. The present incum-
bent Is Judge VIM. I. Clopton and the fact
that he is also city attorney Of Manchester
city which ia In Chesterfield county, Is be.
Ing ussd to defeat his reelection. EZ-Judge
James M. Gregory and J. e. Webb Peploe
ere candidates for the judgeship, but the In.
dicstions are that Judge Clopton will be re-
elected. He Is one Of the bsst judges In the
State az his father was before him. Judge
John Bacon C.opton was hls father and
there are many persons throughout the
State who remembers him forty gears ago.
He YVES the presiding j 1dge at the celebrated
trial OF Thomas Richie, jr., who killed John
Hampton Peasants, the great Whig editor,
10 duel fought In Manchester in 1916.
Judge John Bacon Ciopton CANA within one
vote OF being President Of the United States
according to C gentleman now living, who
figured In Virginia politics fifty yeara sgo.
In the convention that nominated Harrison
and Tyler, the Virginia delegation was par
mit.ed to name the vice president. In tax.
| Ing this vote John Tyler, who afterwards
became President of the United States, de-
iested John Bacon Clopton by one vote.
| There are three very pleased men Ia the
Senate aud their delight has coms about by
the placing of q new chair for the presiding
Omc6r OF tue 6ene'es Ibis Few chair lakes
| the place of q tall one which has been In
use In the Senate for gears and years. The
old chair was just the heiehth OF ex. Lieu.
tenant Governor John F. Lswis, butt was
terrible upon the physiognomy Of Lieuten-
ant Governor Tyler, Hon. John L. Ware,
president pro tenn, of the Senate, and Sen.
ator Loysnslan. Thee three short, chumpy
statesmen who have done neatly all the
preceding" in the Sonata since the Malone
legislature went out of power, found great
difficulty In getting in and out of the big
chair. The new chair is Just the right
height for them and they can now get up
and down with the greatest comfort. The
old chair has been placed in the State libra
~ among othsr curiosities.
About twenty legislators ara suffering
from the grip. Among this number is Mr..
Saunders, Of franklin, who ia chairman CT
the committee for courts Of justice. He Ia
very bad off bat will not 60 to bed.
There will be very little work done in the
Legislature before the frst of January ex-
cept the election OF judges acd rsdistrictiug
the State. B. 2. o.
Prominent ministers of the Gospel atd
nhiIanthropists have pronounced Salvation
Ou $40 - he croafoot h,ass;,r,