Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-29
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Special Correspondence Of the Aleca Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 30, 1879.

Opecldt correspondence or the Ate1d. Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 20, 1879.
General Nlahooe paid flying visit to Wash
i1eton last Saturday and left the same night
As General Grant arrived hero that day this
q1iat and unannounced visit OF the new Senator
from Virginia il sufficient to give the rumol
starters large capital upon which to draw fol
fsncles respecting the mutual interests and
future relations OF tie TWO leading military
politicians Of this coun ~.
AmoLg tbGS3 who We're at the depot TO meet
General Grant lsst Salu d ay WAS Edgar Beckey,
of Alexandra, The co ored messenger at the
White House. The General recogriz d him at
once, aud Shaping him 90 he s1ould.r, said
you here ye! p YES" replied B ckIcy,
"ycu told me wheo ycu went away to wait unti
you returned, and you see I'm waiting" This
Is considered by the qaid uupcs as the nost
9Th NATIVE announcement 90 the third term
question that has yet been made. Gen. Grant
will BE- entertained at 6itner to plgbt by Dir.
l. Wy p Morton. He viii s'art for K W S
to morrow morning via Richmond, aud will be
sccom panied BY Gen, Phil Sheridan.
The FLOWING post Office chaoges wtr, made
to-day: } S. Button appoint posmss or at
Port Tobacco, Md, vice Mrs Is S. Wech, re
signed; Mrs Virginia I. Ford at Fort Mitchell,
Lunenberg county, Va, vice Robt g. Williams,
resigned; Mrs. Cal crime a kins at Gordobs
vile, Va, vice Samuel G. Atkins, deceased
MIR. WoadVllle Latham, of CuIpepcr county,
Va, has been ppHolDted 10 cle!ksbip in the
Navy Department, ard Mr.. Dick Mitchell to q
| position unGcr the lpterDs r vebue Collector
Of the b .Itinore district that pays him SIS 0
| day. Both these gentlemen arc we'll known 10
Alexandria.
Mr.. Atkios, the chairman Of the House Com.
| mittce Oh Appropriations, who has been extreme
| ly i'll for some time past is DOW. his physician
says, cut Of the woods, but Mr.. Etkins says not
| yet out of sight Of the woods.
| At the intermediate examination at tho
| Emmersou 1Lsiiute here last week. of the
two SONS OF Mr.. G. g. Weddcrburn, formerly
OF Alexandria.
| A prominent officer in the internal revenue
| department Just returned from the inspection OF
| the affairs Of that service in the South informs
your correspondent that there has been 8 great
| improvement during the last yesr that the dis.
position toward illicit distliing and fraudulent
| returns prevails to less extent than formerly
that tie sentiment Of thu people is against the
| inirscton OF the laws, and that whereas former
| ~ nobody would Inform upon the guilty par
| ties, or if such parties were Informed upon il
WAS lid posslD's 10 get Jury 10 convict them.
1 they were frt qnenty Informed upon now, and
when arrested ware rs likely to To punished a:
shy other class OF criminals. He ,ys that there
is 81 present very little Illicit distlng in Vir.
ginis, that which is carried en- being principally
confined TO brandy, the only requisite to the
successful prosecution of which is man:
| scrurles about taking false oath.
| A very intelligent gentleman, who is emit ely
| unpreiudiced so far ss politics are concerned
has Just returned from sn extensive tour through
| all tho Northern States. and informs your cor
respondent thst while the sentiment OF The
wealthy and mere intelligent or ion Of the re-
| publican party is in favor of Sherman, the mos
of the party, the gravel train as il were, ST;
| for Grant almost to man.
| a gentleman we'll versec in the business af
fairs of orfok says that the cotton trade Of ths
| y is booming. and will probsb exceed tina
of sny other year by 800 600 bales
| The National Poultry Association have OBJ
tanned patent incubator, have already put i
| into operation and will have it on exhibition q;
! their fair next month during every day o
which il will hatch brood OF chickens.