Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-09
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Special Correspondence Of the A7sro. Cu:elie.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 9, 1879.


WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. 9, 1879,
The MaiGe election II slnoa; the sole topic
0! ta& about the ho;ci3 snl departments TO-
day, aud i IS arparea. that Tie democrats sIe
cycecdue!y low spirited g: Tic result Gem
leg so 5000 upon tho heels Of lho disaster ia
California they aro !crced against th:ir wills 10
look unon il a. p,cs0gug defeat ia Oslo asd
NeR lotk. and 10 huo.irg Tor Cause tor their
Ill luck 10 tho past ard tho prospects OF il io
the future, are, crd Eot unatuTa'y. aitributing
it 10 tie Rreenhsct movement, 10 the extra
session CT Congress, and TO .ueA unfortunate
occurrences in tbs South az the D.Sca aod
Chishom sifairs. All these causes doubtless
have lad some effect 10 producing the txis;ipg
condition Of rlltioa! affairs, but the evil Ct
| that condition ccu!d hEv. been miiigaied, if
cot entirely avoided, by able end Competent
! leaders, but these, untcrna!oy. TIC demotrats
have Eoi GOT. They have lho men cut Of
| which to make them. bu: the maohiao poIiti.
cans keep them in the bsckaroaud, and fivc
the leaders place: 70 light Weights sDd iiuaGer
heads.
Dispatches from Memphis to the National
BJaFd Of Health here te-iay give tbs follow
| ing IS the yellow !eVer statement CT that city
siuco yesterdays rep1r: Number Of ncw casea.
25-lj white aud 10 co.OreG deaths, Cd
! white and two c0loieG. 1t is noR considered
alncst certain that there will lie &c 'let up" ia
| tho disease at Memphis until after frosi.
Tho receipts at tho Treasury to-day irCm in
tcrnal revenue amounted to $lSG, 4Gl; from
| Customs, 1868 G2l.
The annual convention Of tho superiatcad
clts OF fire departments in The Uaited States
| assembled here at nooD to-day IN tito Masonic
| Temple. About sixty members are present.
| from cities ia all sections Of The country. The
| purpose OF the conventions Is ID devise ways,
| not msans, for the Improvement CT the service
With which the members arc connected, aud
| rendering it more efectua!. Nearly all the
| delegates Gro stopping ct tho Riggs House,
! where some Of tho patents to be exhibited,
! among them fro ctclpe, arc being tested.
The nano Of MIR. L. S. L:adooettr tho com.
| potent ard efficient superintendent IF the Alex
| andrla fro department, docs 10. sppear 10 the
| l5t OF The mtm5el5 present.
Thirty employees 10 tho National Bank Note
Redemption Agency Of the U. S. Treasury
were discharged Yesterday, among them B. G.
UndirHooG, Who Vas appointed through the
| lnsIrumen.allty OF his uncle, the late Judge
Uoder5ocd. Tie IS reported to have been al
efficient officer, acd has written book for the
detection Of counterfeit notes; but he was sail.
iog under false cllors, hailug frnm Virginia
when lie was really from New York. and 81
be had to 7aoaso bis easy berth aad rclrquisI
the comfortable salary OF $500 attached 10 it.
| Among the cases called at the police court in
this city this morning. IVES that CT coiored
woman charged with threatening The life Of one
Of her owo EEK aud rao:, but barely had she
| appeared in the prisoners hex before il was
appsteot that she waa il dire strait, s:Gd, &
| physician beirg Gu hsud he iulosm:d tkc Uou!:
that unless it visited to witness en- eoccuch"
ment it should order her to bs taken 70 Tie
retiring room at once, which order Was mmc,
G!atcly issued and executed.