Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-26
FEoSH N:asEIyFaT0;T
special Correspondence CT the A7ero. r

opecIdS Correspondence CT the A!era, C,...
WASHINGTON D. G.. Nov. o. IS-o
Ina lumor that Gen. Grant Will fc,ent ",
presidency of the Nicaragua Iutcr Oceanic s I4'
Caaal is supposed hero TO be ono Of thu 49,:
OF Nlessr:. Sherman ard Blaine t, rct XIX" n
get ont of their way for tie prcsidercv 6, ' ~
county. 's
BY tho proposed plan for organ,ziug tc,
ping aud supporting a;uatioual volunteer h1 .,l
seven hundred of the MIS- improved ARMY 'S,s
battery of artillery will be given to esr6 s sat
gresslonal dlsrlc! 10 the country, and tbs W. :!
speetors OF the force in the South, as vol
the officers thereof, will be appointed lrm, a. d
SECTION. This protest will DC brought Is tfta
Congress at tic approaching s,ssiop, sr5 ".
features alluded to will, it is supposed rra. s.s
It the support Ct the southern mcml >.''
Whether they will pct produce direcv w..
trary effect among tho northern membnS;
| what the Proceedings Of Co1sless nus; dIs;
mue. 0'''''
The srangest siShton PsnnsylvaHia svepur ~,
| morning Was OF the Intersection of 7ih s,rs".
where crippled beggar, clean spd neat InNk''
ing, and dressed 10 brand nc% tu;l Ct Cn.
| feder!tc srcy With Virginia buttons, anil cr,
10 military style, w.s grinding wova cut h,rS
| organ. Whether hu is real ey Co5cirr,a
| or adopted the gulse Of cue 70 a,t-ac. tic cSs,;
ty OF the s)u:hcrn portion OF The prGme2,jC,,
| is unknown.
A gentleman, we'll informed about III, c,rr
lion ct affairs 10 Chicago, told YOU: cortcspn,
| dent this morning that decided and ur,;r.
| sh,n MI ,ho ~,
tsken place there recently, ard that there isey,rr
indication that this Iiso will oOutiru, TIL:
Will be or interest t. the AeyaldiuS ri,
have Invested 10 That sort Of security.
| A dispatch WAS lecgived this morui,,
FROM Commissioners Hatch, Ptesid,u, =.
tho Commission at las Pinos. to l.,
effect that the White River indians IN
Guiding Jack, were On their way 10 h.
Pinos, aud that the Commission was hoptiu
Of securing its object. tho surrender o! tbe
Indians engaged in the recent outrages, at any
rate that 1t had tho patience to pcrseycrc /,
that effort, and that SO far as danger VA, con
ccrGcd it unprecedented none whatever. Tia
Comm Ssion had previously btcn directed Is
Secretary Schu.z to use such meaus O. +
thought best to ptott C. itSc'l from an artirip,,
cd attack.
The tceipts at tho Treasury to day from N
ternal revenue amounted to S3GG.%l0, firm
customs $i37,4l0. The National B.uk noe,
rccaiTcd Tor redemption amounted 10 :ll6ou
10 MORROW Will b, thanksgiving day, aal \
tho departments will ho closed and 81 III,
stores n!t:r ten or eleven o'clnck in th, rrr,.
Ing
MIR. Frcrch. cX Sergeant at Arms d Il.
Senate, is the president OF The stock Ojmvam
recently organized for the purpose oil drsngm,
lzlug and assaSing ores at the Oh Ccsn ~.
near the 7lh street wharf.
Thir y loaded canal boats arrived At iia,rn.
town, this morning. and thirty nino ;rht on.
left.
10 tho police court of this city 10 ;ny I.,rl,
MGG0wan Nicholas, q conrrd man. On IT,
charge of his wife, Matilda Nicholas, was bed
10 the sum Of $500 TO answer tho charge Of
bigamy. 1t is said that if every other coicad
woman 10 the city were as spiteful as Alaliii!.
aId knew as much about their spcuScs as sal
docs The courts would have no time for anyihIOs
but biesmy cssos.
The Chief of the Secret Service division 10
his annual report says that at 10 time 10 llt
history OF national bankiog ID this country hl
su,h mechanical skill been displayed 10 lEr
production of counterfeit notes as hns ma!k2J
tho issues Of tho pas! year, but that there never
was 50 small M amount OF cluntoriait mCtH1
in circulation OF coin c,untelfci:iaR il ucv,;
vas SO extensively engaged in as ut pre:cn,
aud never wero arrests for the utfclc9 mlr'
numerous.
Gentlemen here from humorous quarters {;
| the South assert that tho Grant boom there i
much greater than the coogressmcn from El
| sectiOn who have been interviewed on he
subject represent il, ind say that i. i I
| notorious fact that southern democratic cen
Rrcssmeu knew less Of the real copdi'ico Of pui
| lie feeling aiming their constituents than aIuoH
anybody else. aud mention Oil 40 illustration ihs
before tho recent election in Virginia ever,
congressman from that State except Judge lis-
ris WGs confident that the Iobt payers Won!
! sweep tbs State by large moi ority.
1t MAY DO stated that applications by Is
! dies for em p!oyment in tho Bureau OF En2'S
ing or Printing arc entirely useless. In ;aISn!
| with Mr. Irish yesterday morning tina. gent
men said he has now 70 ladies on tho rolls, T.
services Of most OF whom no will have u il
pense with in DeceG. bcr as the work il !ai!sI
OF. and he will not probably get into tho nrs
building until spring or summer. Tnl! mOrCI:;
| mcst distressing case was sent up. The dauga'
ter Of former Governor and Senator, WHOM
the Secretary in tho Kindness Of his hear "a
really anxious to havo employed, told her
could not be dona. The same is tho case ia Ia
Patent and Pension offices.