Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-18
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.-Ibe situation mere
now is that of merely drifting. Whatever pol
icies may shape themselves io the future cut OF
the eleme1ti DOW here, ncGe OF them are
operating now. No mau can fcresee the com
ing administration of our Indian or foreign at
fairs, or guess the staod which the AdmlDlstra-
| ton intends to take On the labor. hDance ques'
| ton. A few weeks must, however, develop
the position of the Administration on these
questions, and then parties will take The lDltla'
tive of movements whose Development will be
the work of craftsmanship for the next decade.
SELL.
Ooe Of the daily papers this afternoon pub
lished murder hoax" which sold the paper
and other things beside.
''NoW LET TIE BAND PLAY"
To-day the Presidents House is entirely de-
serted, aud there was 10 quleter spot in Wash
ington this morning than it's grounds but al.
| ready they are commencing to ill with noisy
crowd, the first waves Of the tide that will surge
10 later this afternoon to listen to the open air
concert Of the Marine band, which is expected
| to be an unusually excellent one
WASHINGTON, August 17-Abou. six weeks
AGO President Hayes thought it best to remove
all carpet baggers from office 10 the South and
| at once called together the wise men Of the re-
publican party in the matter. q few days after
this desire was promulgated there was gather
Ing of "true and loyal Southern republicans
| at The National Capital with headquarters dur
! ing the day at the White House. When the
State of North Carolina was called up for her
| slate prominent gentleman stepped to the
front and said, Dir. President, |, in the name
of the free people OF my State demand that ths
official head OF every carpet baggor DO cut OF
| aud clean slate made. Tho first to come uu-
der the cruel eulilotinc was Collector Powers
| Of the Second district who was at oGce removed
aud the ex negro Congressman. Lyman, OF that
district selected as the most suitable and otbcr-
wise available man by this wise body Of office
couuselors. Hayes thought that he bad done
a big thing for the poor colored man by CIV
ing him such responsible and lucrative ONCE
When the news was flashed over the wires that
| uyman had been appointed and Powers the
white man removed it caused o wall Of dls5atls-
faction among the better class Of white republic
cans who at once took measures to defeat the
work of the gang of Office seekers who had been
| manipulating affairs with Hayes cx Congress
| mau. W. A. Smith prominent both as poll
tician and railroad N 10 in North CarOllna start
| ell at once for Washington. He sought 90 iu-
tervicw With the President, who received him
| in his usual pleasant manner. Smith said MIR.
| President | have ut called to ask on office
for myself or friends, but simply to call
your attention to great aud sad mistake you
have made n appointing negro over white
| man as collector of the Second district. When
the republican party was largely 10 power 10 the
I State your predecessor dared not do such o
thing, and DOW that the State is twenty thous.
and democratic majority and this district the
only republican one in the State it will at once
| draw the color line and bring about serious re-
| suits between the two races. If this is your
Southern coDciliatory policy to remove compe-
tent and acceptable white men 10 all partiesN
and pu. in worthless negro who has neither
MORALS, character or iuauenc, then your policy
and administration is failure and must as
decent native white republican ofthe old North
State bid you farewell. Give the negro his
rights end liberty, but never make him feel
that he i9 better than the Anglo Saxon race. L
contend said Smith that the people who pay
the taxes and support the Government should
have voice in its patronage OF Offices and
who they shall be. After the close OF the 10.
torview Senator Sherman was sent for and
aud President Hayes both camo to the conolu.
mission Of IIgman was revoked. Ro now asks
small clerkship. but even 10 this he has failed.
Hayes said to a friend that Smith was correct;
he saw his mistake after it was too late.
Anxiety with regard to the war in the East
is increasing, especially as the lnal struggle is
very soon expected by soldiers who arc best in.
formed; at least before the waters Of the Danube
overflow their banksin Roumania and Bulgaria,
at which time the Russian army must have
conquered Adrianople or have retreated to Bu'
charest in Roumauia, or still further 10 the
rear, thus ending tho first year OF the campaign.
History shows us that any army resting on the
pestilental banks OF the Danube for any length
of time must fall prey to its deathly Influences
from the fact that Russian armies have crossed
that fatal stream twenty times, to be buried
back by the Influences of disease and tho power
Of the Ottoman Empire. In 1853 the French
lost thousands oil men from disease in the
Drobruska without firing shot or seeing the
enemy. Immediately after the Turks had de-
featcd the Russians in the same year 10 Silcstria,
Lord Cardigan advanced with his famous light
cavalry 10 order to support the Turks, but suf-
fered fearfully from the swampy morasses, yet
remnant was saved numbering six hundred,
who were immorazed for their noble deeds IN
the gallant charge at Balaclava 10 the Crlmca.
There is little doubt but that the Russians will
leave hundred thousand corpses or more on
tho banks Of the Danube by disease alone, and
that the remainder Of their army arc either sick
or demoralizcd from the climate and recent con-
tinuous defeats, and therefore cannot recuperate
sufficiently, however they may be reinforced
at this late season of the year. Indeed We may
not be surprised to hear of crushing victory
for The Turks at Ternova should the contem
plated movements Of the concentration of the
troops by the Turkish generals DO conSum-
mated.
DWELLING HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. |
During The storm Of Tuesday night the dwell.
ling Of Mrs. Frances Terrell, in the upper part
of Essex county, was struck by lightning. The |
appearance OF the house renders it probable |
that the lightning first struck the top Of the |
chimney, from which several bricks were dis |
placed, aud then passing off to the roof ran
down the studdng through the attic and the
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