Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-07
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The receipts at The Treasury to day from n'
customs ST., 679. The National Bank notes
receieed for redemption amounted to SOL 900.
Tho expression. Eot the real opinion Of MIR.
Hayes, respecting the recent election in New
lllG's c1urSo in forcing On obnoxious ticket
| upon the republic, ms Of that State, that ticket
would not have been Defeated and the head OF
it, Cornell, owe bis election to tho Kelly de-
lection. He says, however, that tho republi-
cans c,u carry tho State nj x5 year if the policy
pursued at the SARATOGA convention BIO not 70.
pcated. and il MIR. Conkllng accepts tho result
of tho lao election as proof that he is obtc
iiooablc to maDy Of the better class of New
York republicans and conducts hin self acoord-
inply.
Intelligence received at George toWl TO day
| from Cumberland is 10 tho effect that ell the
boatmen except those of the Nov Central Coal
Company have struck fer % or 100 cents ten;
that none OF the Clmpsuies have rs yet agreed
to the incrtale; that tho water in tho ciual is
very 'ow, and that liso oil eight inches in tho
river is required 10 supply the canal with the
requisite depth Ct water. Coal at Georgetown
il becoming ecalc,. tho clpYius of vessels ara
tired at Waitlog thtrh for cargocs and that
lSomc If them havo g0DU away without cargoes.
Among tho guests at tho Riggs House TO-
day arc Mrs. {. ). Fairfax, Il California; Miss
IC. Fairfax. oil Maryland, and w. S. Ludlcw,
of k7., all we'll known in Alexandria, whtro
they have relatives.
Secretary Sherman LETT for New York to day
10 be present tG row at the ouenng oil tho
bias fer Tie sale ri u. s. bonds for The sink
Dg !uHd.
| a delegation OF the Sacc Eek @nd IIwss lu
diany, ilon Nebraska, c;s!lau 1t thc White
House this morr!DE with rct'r.roa to their
!s;;,.s, blt apparently MOI SnGwing exactly what
they wanteG. arG were rf.rfed 10 CUlnmis
n!oncr tiyat Il the lcGian Bureau Il the lnlc
) mor department, vic ub5;qlcrt!y received
aud held col i:Tcbo3 with then.
The lang expected resiguaiion i! Captain
Phelps, President Of tho District Rual.! ii
Coin;His> oucrs, has II last been TcclGcd by Tie
! E!c slicn;. tdt 10 SUCCESSOR Aas tcGu on
pointed ~ SCI. '?l,e existing vacancy will be
!iiiC}, ii IN generally supposed, from lc iClloN,
INK !is Superintendent Of Police Morgan,
tX.S"rsrant at Arms Of the Stnata i'lcrc;l, tx.
blarOr Bowan. End hlG&sra. Dean. Sommcryic
and IlCnry Willard.
Mr.. Mediation. NJ. g.. ;roi:i OHIO, who has
been ~ tho city On s. $;l1rt visit, !alt itr i
/, hGTc last aeili. lie Is q! the Impression that
tho recent elections lave rcn0yt,! u Gs :,
Ehu;i!an and l!id5G iTc;n lie list Of possible
;;amncrai'c presidential Candidates; i,i#i Han
cock would meot the siruA opposition II New
e Nori; tI,&l Nj. Tildcn would havc to crc,uaer.
and lini il locks as though either Mr.. liand
sicks o. FIR. Bayari vii! be hc norrinrr, s!h
t. iancaa greatly in i.vor O the latter, vino
you'd b. stronger in New York ina" Any man
Il he democrats con;d nominate. ilr. McMa
!au believes that the democrats have a hattcr
cs:aica ijr c C lax the mex president thsn the
Eorubl:ars. lie l., however, by 40 means
, s!n"Glac ~ TcgGrii the late 81 tho c)unIry,
, hui tells tho !abrrlnE class OF lis constituents
! TINT II they can stand M cnrrA he can for
though nc has never read that poor people
0 tErlVcd w3!l uudCr III omlirc, lawyers always
reached their greatest rresat rliy uHder suoh o
, form Ct government.
Mr.. Parker, the contractor for the clnslfuo-
'iOn Of The missing lick 10 tho FirSlDia Mid
land Railroad, to CONNECT Orange Court llousc
with Charlottesville, made $50 600 Instead of
SD 900, as previously stated, By the rise in tho
; pr!c, Ct tho Steel he had bought for that link.
AS tho radicals have settled dowo to tho DO.
lief that all the democratic State ticket in New
York but G1V. RobnSCn has been elected not.
Tlthstaudlng tho democratic split there they
|
. Joy over the result Of las Tuesdays elections,
, snd TO con!ts5 that the prospect cf the election
ct republican president ItXS year is by no
means 90 bright Es i! was week ago. for that
with the sold South conceded aud New York
, now almost oartain, it will require but few
moro vct:S to elect democrat, and that that
c)ndlllcG alono. II nothing c's,, will b, almost
, enough to secure the democratic uUmirco his
, election.
Tho United States vessels Saratoga and
Portsmouth will leave Norfolk Tomorrow fer
tho Washington Navy Yard, where they will
winter.
Among The we'll known residents of Wash
iugton is Dr. A. =. Hamilton, formerly CT Vir
, gioia, but more recently Of Georgia, who, it
will DO remembered. lost lucrative position
because It was said he had a child naucf John
Wilkes Boothc. Tho Do c!or says bis child was
never clEistoued John Wilkes Boothe HamI
ton. but John Wilkes Hamilton, and that tho
way "BOoLho' camo 10 it YVES az follows: Ills
boy, as stated above, was christoned John
Wilkes alter uu uuclt; be had as neighbcr O
. ucr,hsrn lady who had boy about tic slme
age as ii! own whom she named Abraham
Lincoln; QUO day during visit TO his house OF
q lady OF intonSc southern iccliog, tho mother
oil little Abraham Lincoln also CT led there.
bringing her baby With her, and while both The
babies were playiog on the floor together tho
sonthtro lady referred TO remarked jokinsly,
well here is Abraham Lincoln urd here is
John Wilkes B0othe. and when thoy crow up
John will shoot Abraham that tho remark
was repeated ,a0d ever after, u1tjl his boy died,
ho was koowu by the neighbour a. J oha Wilkes
BIO he. ln speaking OF the D5ctor it may 10
a5 we'll TO say that during q recent visit oil hs
10 New York ho heard 10 tha bsr room eff the
Fifth Avenuo Hotel man 10 icul lOno re-
mark to quad oil listeners TINT he he'd lied
several years in the South. but nc never want
ed to 80 back there again uuras At !h, head Of
couGn ead armed with rout!o barr.Is,i
shot su2, as the people down there Raro unli
10 so uud should DO cx,orilios:e, Being in
no v!ry agreeable frame ot im1h at tha time
The Doctor walked up TO tie blood wcriy ini
vldual and addressing him said "r;ir, Govt
kno| you CT anything about you, except from
the words you have iut uttered, bat you had
az opportunity during tina toTr wars Of thu ,per