Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-17
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SpHc'Gt Correspondence of the Alera. Gazette
MLSHINGTnN d @ Sant IL 1870

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WASHINGTON. D. G., Sept. II, 1879.
The receipts q. the Treasury to day from in'
ter1al r;Tenuo amounted TO 1888 TAG; from
Customs 10 1896. 1856 The NatioDal Bank notes
receivsd at the Treasury TO dag for redemption
amounted to So 600.
The National Board of Healths statement CT
yello| fever in Memphis since yesterdays re-
pert is as follows: New cases %; l white, -
c;!o1e6; deaths 5; 5 while, . colored.
mir. DUNCAN, one Of the lessees OF tho Alex
aouIla CsDal, Informs me to day that all the
temporary repairs 10 that canal have been com'
plsted, ADD that IL ls now ready fer tho water,
bu: that he does not anticipate any mere bust
pss' ca i. this tessoE, in consequence of the
strike smocg Ito miners at Cumberland -
Uthec a9c more permanent repairs will be com
menceG upon it "a 5000 IS navigation is closed
tor the season and BIO prosecuted with vigor
drrng the winter.
Fltelnlaps here who have kept tally of tho
nominees iGr tie General Assembly of Virginia
end who lritess to know the prtf.reuces OF the
nominees for the next U. s. Senator from that
State, arc confident that Col. Withers will be
bis oRn successor, Eot because tho Cooeel pcs
sc;5es any t1iiaGcy either as al orator or
Statesman, CT aEy Of that sort Of magnetism
that mEkea nan popular With Strangers. but
because. Ike bis colleague, Judge Johnston,
be l5 safe aud reliable, i. attentive to bis duties,
has the homer and interest ct the State as much
at heat as his own, and never runs toe risk Ct
placing his State in false position. Virginia
may cot be es brilliantly represented 10 the
Senate OF tia Uoited States now as she has
| been 10 ;crmer times, but she has never had
! Senators upon whom she could more confident.
| ly rely, or to whom her welfare Was dearer
than her present ones. and Whcn it is reooect
ed that the interests of State in the Senate
can be better promoted By hard work tb5n by
0ratorlcal displays or rhetorical hourishes. tho
Intention If tte General Assembly to re elccs
| the CcloGeI. who has been tried and DOT found
wanting, IL praSereLoo to Iiskipg the danger
llc!oeu; to in experiment With au uutsieG msn.
| vii! be- arprd7ed by tho pco3lo Of The State at
large.
Persons recently returned from Warrenton
| report thai that town is violently txoited over
Tho outrageous behavior of es set an upsuspec
! ted negro mao. tic hes made 60 less than five
separate SEd distinct attempts OF brutal Cut.
1880 up2n as mac; CT the youGg ladies OF thet
! to1a, aEd those too among the nos. tesutifuI
aud respected. "a three Of the occasions bis
| intended victims we're awakened 10 tic dead CT
eight ty tesring him 10 their chambers, aud by
SGrieks Erd screams scared him away. y, two
others his attempted assaults were made 10
opco daylight. lie has produced such state
| a a!-Tnl that DO lady 10 tho town now tEi1k5
0! l&aVIa2 her hCma after supdoWn, and many
! CT tic younger ones hsve provided themselves
WITH pistols, Gcd memo dares to sleep 10 roou
| By herself Tho desire to detect him is intense
amolg The men CT the town, and some Of tho
younger ones dress themselves 10 wonen's
clothes and walk the streets sitter dusk ia homes
that be may attempt 10 pisy bis game With
th"p. When, Gs certain as he docs, bis portion
viii DO lcrg rope AID short sbriit.
The pres. utn,ion ct Some coupons at the
treasury Gay CT two ago, duplicates Of which
hal Deeu issued. hes Induced the Comptroller
| CT the Ircascry 10 recommend tho repeal Of
the lsFV slGw;2G the issue CT duplicate coupons,
as be has cone to The conclusion that coupons
are lndeStrG1ible uulii after redemption. As
The law n0W studs, where the proof Of the
destruction CT coupons is positive and direct,
dup'ics:ej Ct then can be Issued, but, as Just
| stated, The Comptroller believes that 10 no caee
ca1 such rraof be sdducsd. 10 one instance
II was p;oTed Oh the cvlderca of three reliable
witnesses the. c-upons were handed from the
Thert TO PASSENGER OF steamer just starting
TOR Europe. aud though that steamer rcr any
ct shcs, On te9:d CT her waso ever heard
Ct nsaia. tho original COUPONS, FIR which
| duplicates lad been issued, tur0cd up at tho
! Treasury, aud hsd to be redeemed In another
Instance coupons were irclosed in an envelope
10 Tho presence Of the postmaster snd two clerks
IN foreign c6ice, Tor Transmission to this coun.
| uy they were mailed on steamer which was
Suak BY collision, and ouly few persons out
of all or board Of her were saved, and they
With only the clothes on their backs, and yet
thcs, Ramo coupons. duplicates CT which had
| been applied for and obtained, camo back 10
TING 10 the Trashy, and it was subsequently,
asccrtu!oed that the purser Of the lest vessel
had, in bis escape, seized the first thing that
came to bis hand, and that that thing was tho
mail pouch containing the counoDa