Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-16
FROM U.aSH.E-aTO.s.
Special Correspondence of the Alcra. Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. G., Aug. lG, 1879.

WAsHINGToN, D. G., Aug l6. 1879.
The news of the death Of Mrs. Sartors was
received here with general vcsrot Che was
tho bright light of the White House du log the
administration of her father, ard vas liked as
much by his political enemies as by bis partisan
friends
The def4cltou Of Roach is supposed TO have
been ocoasoued by losses Sustained 10 his lum
Der business, which he attempted to m .ko good
by stock sptcuatioDs. He has returned from
his brothers farm, near Aiexaudis, aud is
uOW st his home in this city. He is lie sJn 10
lay OF the late Ovid Be- z1d. Hhu was uo,k
butcher. aud lived near tho Stone Bidge, q!
the upper tpd OF Duke street, in Alrxandia
The oDmissiou Of Mr. Bowiep, al cailcct or
ct the port oil Norfolk. has not yet been uadc
out. L. Is now believed, however. that no vii!
he sppoinied. A c)lorcd Sarc Ssrat,r fun
Virginia named Norton, with Grlrgariun Of
his own race, called 90 hlr Hayes yesterday ID
the Interest OF auorher app icaur, but Was 10
furmed that Mr. Bowdens appointment had
ben determined upoo. Mr.. Jurgcn.op val, d
upon MIR. Hayes this mCrurE, also iu tho 10
'urest OF nuotEer one of be appitsn.l. hu; the
| responses he received We're 81 tic dcIphiu char
| acter that are conmGUIy grated unsuccessful
| applicants.
Prof, slor Gamgee who9e rat,rt for u rfA
irigeralug ship has been -G23ptCj, tu, Hho i
| lied up by restrictions imposed by the Errasr
Department., will start 90 recurring tOu!
| hr0uph The clces Oh the SOU hero aboard att
| Dav'g able rl7ers at an early day. His Iec'u!c,
will uonlain q description OF his llan for d!sin-
| feoIicg ships.
Well infirmed republicans from s0uhsdl
Virginia 1st returued from thar Section repart
| the CONSERVATIVE DsIiy as considerably divided
| by The State debt Question. and that The repub
| lcst s will avail themselves If The opporIuuiry
thus att Irde1 them 10 split that party. nni vote
| With the regulators. This is hut rnuthar cx
blbitiou Of The Sioister motives that itfuenci
| tie votes OF sOutht III ItIuhiraus.
! Dispatches rrce'ved irJm MemphiS to d,y 81
the Uthce Of the N ,.ione Board ci' Hcal.h ia
this city give f,ureen C ,ses II aud Eve des, h.
from yellow lever iu that CITY Sill C. yeeteidaY':
report. A NJ eiug tf the 3 ard viii b. held
here ntyt luesd,y to dcuraiue whether On
not to C. mply with rq1,i,,us for 1alpus ior
we'll people IN the sectluu IF cjnutry SURPRISED
TO be Liable 10 yellow t,v,r. Tho Sohrlicr ui
| the Treasury has decided th:t the Board eau
issue such ratious it they thiuk they VIII there
| BY be Preventing the spread II tle disease, Ia,
the Board has tho matter 10 their own conlro
and will determine it for themselves
| The lea is Prevalent throughout the lower
| Mississippi region thst the $500, 600 arrf0rii
atcd by Congress to the Board is 20 be tis;li-
buttd 10 that way. aut ST.. L'uis has ahead,
tnrwurded rcqulsition Tor "ner quote" Cd
| ) ate & rights democrats Siil smile at this bat
such is q sample IF modrra democracy, ahish,
it must be acknowledged. is nu.h more 5, n,i
bic at least 10 this respect than that whiah Ira
c;ded it.
The receipts ct tho Treasury to day irou
ntcroal raVeuue amounted to 1885,, nc; iion
customs $540,ll
| a gentleman from Philadelphia Informs Inc
that granddaughter Of the laro lleElllcn Mo
| Weigh. OF Luudoun county. Va, whose father
resides in Philadelphia, WIS thrown from q
| carriage in that city day or two ago and
| killed.
The steamer Cannon, belonging TO Norfolk,
bus now employed by Mr. Massey to run
peaches from his orchards. in estmprelaud
couuIy. We. to this city brings uo large quantities
Of the fruit, which, however, sells for such low
prices, 20 and % cents bushel, that expenses
are hardly more than paid.
| John L. Esds, formerly Of Aicxsnd.ia. and
more recently OF WarreDtop, has opened pro-
Gerry store Oh 18th rect, in this city.