Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-20
FI.G.N Es.iSAErSTS.1.
Special Correspondence Of tie AIcca Ga=elte.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Aug. 20, 1879.

W iAolAA-'S4OA'i IL -AIs, ~ lOIS,
The Mississippi erce c0mI!<si3p, which
organized and conmerecG lis sessions iu this
city yesterday, will, II is supposed, recommend
the adoption CT the Ends plan Tor preventing
tho overflow Of the Mississippi and the reo!ama-
tou OF the swamp lands CT thai li7cr, tie rrin-
opal features Of which plan II, The cutting
away ot the sharp angles 10 the river and the
narrowing CT The flats by the .atty system by
which meaus it is thought tho chaunel will be
deepened to az extent to keep the water within
the banks even during tteshcts.
| The National Democratic Executive Com
mltteo have such an idoa OF the Importance c!
| the recent exposure 1t radical crookcdncss be
Cassana7c, one OF the negro members # the
louisiana rcturn0g board, that they have de-.
telnned to make campaign d;clueut CT it,
and large numbers OF it haze b,ru ordered &C
cordinely
Dispatches rtceivad at the ofiic, Of the Ma.
tioDal Board of Health here to day from diem
phis give tho following statement oi the eonCi
ton of the yellow fever in that city since yes.
terdaY's report: 81 cases, 10 whitc and II col
cred; deaths, all white. Tie National Bard
OF Health is still 10 session, aud Up to p. N.
had not decided what course to take with r..
gard to 4.llGg acquisitions for Ya!lEs fer we'll
people.
The receipts at the Treasury to day from i'll
terua revenue amounted 70 :34I SIG; from ccs-
toms $727 ,O3l-a2Gi9, for the Sc jni day this
week, more thsn million Of dollars.
Mr.. HayeA TO day signcd the commission Of
Lewis o. Heilner as !iGutenaD, ia the Gavy.
The examination ct tho candidates l!om civil
lite fer second lieu;onances 10 the army, which
commenced on the l9h, will last five days, ono
day for each Of the i've branches upon which
they will be questioned. Young Euey, Soua
tor Buffers nephew, about whose playful re-.
mark co1cerniog his r,b2!iou7 pr0cIiai'ics so
uuch fuss was kicked up by certain Of the
radical newspapers, is among those nov undrI-
going txamleallon.
Senator BUGS and the ic.7 clerks !sU has Ct
his disposal arc now fairly ~ work u2an the
central, Chief and Washington branch of tho
Frcedmen's Bank, They have already stuck
rich leads, but arc prohibited from m9kng the
revelations public.
Mr.. Wilson Agrr. who west to Europe on
his own hook TO lock alter Confederate prog,
Crty there, has returned, but Us yet has made
10 report to tho Treasury Of his ii1diGgs, nor
is any report from him expected at that depart
mcnt. There ives q great deal OF such ptol
crty both.l in Europe and this couary at The close
OF tho war. but not uGC cent OF it has ever bGC0
J recovered by the Government, Dor were spy
strenuous efforts ever nalo to recover IT, The
Government was opposed to iEstiuJiag suit in
foreign courts for such portion OF it as wsS sup.
posed to be atr)ad, and tiat in Tryss and
other paris 0! this couatly was So scattered aud
squsudercd that though Slight attcE,pts were
made TO recover some CT it, they all failed. It
belonged to the Government by right of con
!, quest, but those to whose charge it bad been
| no ionl-
their own use.
Two of the cadets recently expelled frnm West
Point Tor htz!Gg have, as will 20 remembered
already had the order Of expulsion against them
revoked. The remaining ones have appealed 10
Mr. Hayes for the same treatment, aud it is un.
dersood their application will be granted.
as the funding OF tho forty million; Of cju-
Vertlb!e coupons into per cent. bonds has BEEN
almost completed, about ono hundred temporary
clerks employed 10 tho Treasury and Tho have
bceu engaged in that work will be DISCHARGED
during the next thirty or sixty days This
looks bad tor applicants Tor positions 10 that De-
partment.
Seven hundred czcur>ionists from along the
line of the Western Maryland Railroad arrived
here this morning, and are scattered all over tee
city, Invading the several departments aad i'll
sncciDg tho various OF ects Of interest here.
Di' ptCFCuH, VI TIC Utlll Cl Feel u
: Stevens. wholesale druggists Ct Alexandra,
but moro recently of Rchmond, is now prac.
tcDg dentistry 10 this city.
City EDITOR OAKEY HAIL-A. The city
editors desk Of en-, Of the New Yo!k papers
sits man who had remarkable and exciting
career. tut Tbo now honestly prefers the life he
is leading to any to Shioh his kGown and vasi-
ed abilities entitled him 10. We refer 70 Mr..
A.O,key Hell, tx Mayor cl New ok, prom
incnt lawyer, a man weli~knoWn 10 society and
| 10 literary and art circles, where bis quick PIC,
ceptlCns. ready Wit, correct tastes, uad above
all, his sympathetic appreciation ot whatever
was good OF its kiId caused him to be regarded
as second Admirable Cr!chtUn. There is no
public prominence about The position which
this gentleman nov holds. Ii il. 10 BE- sure, a
plGc, or great Importance, one second scarcely
to any 10 juIna!lsm, 81 lar as responsibility il
concerned but il requires OF liz occupant tho
hardest OF hard work and give S him little or 20
honor except that watch comes 81 the conscious.
ness OF having worked we'll aud succrss!uIly.-
Mr.. Hall must, by bis own rules be- the first
mau ct his own otfico and the last to Leave it,
| tic must not Tor moment drop the thread of
bis W1Ek, Tor IL Is not one easily found acau.
| hSSUCidISu WI. II HGIuIEuS Guu tiGUS&luS OF Ucl
whom Others delight to ho5or, he is compelled
by the exi2encies OF bis position to deny him
self, although his tastes and incliGsiioas must
urge him in that direction. He is. in reality,
what bis position implies hard working ser :
want OF tbs people, and tho marvel CT it all is
that he goes daily to big work with q spirit
pride and satisfaction such Is arc supposed
to be possessed Only Dy young enthusiasts. Al.
most any other man suit !c>cd to tr0utles an.
noyances and r2vcia2s, such as Mr. Hall has
suffered fer ten years, would have growo pre-
maturey old and helpless, it indeed he escaped |
| With bis reason tus this remarkable n!an blows
bis troubles away with laugh, and gives his |
thought ADD sreDgth 10 what is before Instead |
OF wasting them upon bygones. Such ns.;ecc,, |
e1cray Industry, recpparativa power and adap |
tabl!l.y to circumstances is simply wonderful |
| even in this Country Of men VINO seem to have |
found the secret of perpetual youth, and their
is no American who has ou!livad rcgerses or |
who IS still struggling sgsios; them who will