Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-10

G8lR Is merely luI bno pun pooo "a 1cpu'nf
him down easily and possibly OF getting
him cabinet position or assforeign mis-
sion.
Capt. Warren S. Lurty of Harrison
burg, Va, has lately located iuthiss city,
where he is practicing his profession OF
lawyer at 1908 81 street, northwest. He
will ba remembered as the republican
candidate for Attorney General on the
Malone gubernatorial ticket, and later
as the q. S. marshal for Oklahoma.
President Harrison had slated him for
the Chief Justiceship of that Territory,
but in the final Shuttle over the APP
pointments, that place was given to an
indianian and the less dignifed and
uncongenial one assigned to him. Capt.
Lurty was for a number of years the
q. S. District Attorney of the Western
district of Virginia and for long while
was a fellow townsman and clese con-
temporary OF Governor O'Ferran. Capt.
Lurty. however, in q speech during his
candidacy for Attorney General, made
q most severe and scathing personal
denunciation of O'Ferrall, answering,
as he alleged, some unkind remarks of
the Colonel concerning himself. For q
while it was apprehended by some OF
the friends of the parties that D Ferrall
might challenge, but no hostile demon
stration ever came of it. In speaking
of the days of the great debt contro-
versy, when the Valley of Virginia
famed with the fires Of reputation,
readjustment, ETC., Capt. Lurty said he
recalled an amusing and peculiar ex,
perience he had had during that period
with his then friend OFerral. The
latter was an independent candidate
for tbs House of Delegates from
Rockingham county, running on
The same ticket with the ia
NOUS old veteran in guerilla politics,
George z. Deneale, who was an ayow-
ed repudiationist. Lurty one day
had an early morning call from Candi-
date O'Ferrall, who earnestly asked for
permission to take home with him all
the authorities the Office contained on
international law. He was in hot pur-
suit, said Lurty, of the Law of Nations
in order that his colleague and himself
might prove that the State was re-
lieYed of all obligation to pay her debt,
which, under the operation of the laws
of war, was chsrgeable to the conquer
ing nation-the United States. Refer
ence was made to Kent's Commenta-
ries as work containing good deal
of /, learning on international law.
Wheaton was also mentioned by Lurty.
also Grotius and Pufendorf as stsnd-
ard authorities. But Candidate OFFER
rail- didn't seem familiar with or deslr-
GUS for any of those. Finally he said
he had heard ola celebrated treatise by
Monsieur DeVattell, the doctrines Of
which would settle the debt question
and free the Old Commonwealth. Lur.
| ty had the work; it was bound it cali
and as good as new. O'Ferrall took il
b ,me, and Lurty says kept it for three
years. Nothing could induce the en-.
raptured student of Monsieur De Vat.
tell to part with that book. When ii,
nally returned, there were the marks o.
| hard usage on every page, drops OF Oh
from the midnight lamp, leaves crum
ped and turned down, pencil marks
aad marginal notes had done thell
| worst, and Vattell, though standard
was very much dis6gured authority
Bit Lprty says he cares nothing fol
| the loss of the book and claims he made
g valuable contribution TO the brain o.
one of Virginia's great statesmen,
Among the twenty-five bills intro
duced in the House to-day by Mr.. Tur'
ner of Virginia vas one to purchase
the Jefferson Papers" from Miss Ran.
iolph, and one for the benefit of Cen.
tennary Church, Winchester, injured
by the federal troops during the war
Mr.. Tyles introduced one to buy LOT
adjoining the Norfolk navy yard 70,
the enlargement of that ysrd. Mr.
| Meredith introduced bills for the relief
of Mrs, Mary Ann Lee, whose woods
were destroyed during the war. and fol
the relief of Col. John w. Fairfax.
r. z. Christian was appointed post
! master OF Aliens Creek, Amhers
| county, Va. today, vice &c. Mpndy
resigned. -,
Massachusetts broke cat In frssl
place in the House to-day, MIR. wv
CaulI of that State wanting to know
why the President had not recalled or
reprimanded Ambassador Bavard, and
MIR. Barrett OF ths same Stats, who, by
the by, occupied seat in the report
ers' gallery a few years ago, demand
ing the impeachment of the same am
bassador. Their wrath was provoked
by some speeches Mr.. Bayard has made
-, r orIon onI Ed;o huruh
And now it has come to light that
Col. ]. Hampton Hoge, e4-consul of
President Cleveland to China, ex-can.
didate of the republicans in the Lynch
burg district for Congress, and slim
contestant for Major P. Otey's seat in
the House, did, while in this city few
days ago, inform the much-sought-
after General Walker of his Willingness
to accept subordinate place under the
"great combine, which SO successfully
manoeuvred themselves into control of
all the elective Offices of the House of
Representatives. Yes, the Colonel who
accepted small consulate from Mr..
Cleveisnd in. CHINA, who accepted, while
en- route to ais post notice from the
same high functionary to report to
Washington for explanatory purposes,
who accepted a precarious republican
Congressional nomination q short
while thereafter, and who excepted to an
honest adverse result by filing an un-
supported protest against the election
of his democratic competitor, is willing,
during the presidency of his so-called
stcsse:n to accent q seryice such as is
herein indicated of 8 small but respect