Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-24
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Special Correspondence of the Aleua. o.

Special Correspondence of the Aleua. Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. g., June 81. 1850.
Prof. Baird turntd loose at the Flls Of the
Potomac Tuesday large pumbcr Of young
shad. which be sent lhcEo by kncx's Express,
from this city wtero they +, hatohtd. This
makts about 100000 young shad that tho
Professor has urned loose in the Potcmso from
Harkctck 10 The Falls. The Professor il max.
log arrangements for cstab' i,hipga pond for the
patching of Spanish mAckcrcl OF some point ca
the lower Pott mac. fer the lulposo Of sticking
tho salt waters Ct tho S.alc With that sort of
fish, AID will probably put Dir. Wesley Aver,
OF Alexandria 10 charge of il.
Some time ago, mao REPRESENTING hiustlf
as an TX Confederate cooncl. vas arrested 10
ST. Louis charged with 50 c'ipriog u 8. aud
national bank Totes and pastiog tho pitots to-
gcthtr IS to mako ten such notes out Of nine.
The chief the Secret Service hero snys the
"ColonCl' will hsvo to be discharged as the
crime with which he IL charged is MT puui.h>
ablc by law.
There is pottiog Use talked aanut hero to.
day but tbs Clt clnnnti DoDinatiop, and on all
sides It IL conceded to be Tho best that GOULD
have beou made. Bayard here as tlmcst every
whore Clso was tho iavOrite, hut il vas feared
that Ills ueaoe spct ca would have il AIRED him
10 tho North. The ntly thing that is said
agait $: llaLc1ck Is Ihlt no commanded tho
troops who executed the order fer the haugirg f
Mrs. Surrat. he radicals certainly can't I'd fault
vi h him for that, but it they do they arc CO
stopped from Csng it by reason Of the fact
| that, he, btiog soldier, only Executed the or
dcrJ issued by republican President and
founded upoo the findings Of republican
court. Il is TACT that cary in 1877 General
Hancock wrote to General Sheridan, his cum
maudiDg officer, to the effect that be believed
MIR. Ilden had bt en- elected President. and
| thai as ibere was 20 Law compelling The Pteti
deot to take The oath OF Office 10 Washington,
if MIR. Tllden was inauGurattd 10 New York
and issued orders 10 him from that city, he
would execute them to the utmost Il tent Of b.
ability. What the Catholics thick of him m ~
DO judged pretty well by the answer Gaorge
town priest. loved md rcspto ed by all who
knew him. made to day to question as to That
effect the Surratt etfIir would have upon Gen.
ilaLcock's chstc,S of election. ard which was,
"Oh. there is nothing 10 that" Largo AID
enthusiastic croSds are around all the bu l,tiu
boards, and the prevailing impretsio is that
the next President has been nsmed. The dem
| cc:ats are all delighted. some of them hl4ri.
ously sc,snd the republicans lock as though they
had something in their craw that they couldn' {
digest. Some of the crowd st the headquarters
OF the jackson Association orc dancing
with Joy. UId:r the orders Of that as.
| scciatiou q battery Of artillery is DOW
Houso to the City Hall where q salute CT one
hu n bo fra6 uh nd n
meeting will DO held to Tight to make arrange
meLtj for q grand ratification meeting. As
write tho news of the completion Of the ticket
by tho nomination Of MIR. English, of Indiana,
has been received, aud HaLcock and English
arc received with cheers. and arc generally
believed TO be the legitimate successors Of tho
illegitima,e HaSe, AID Wheeler. Assistant
Postmaster General Tiger gsvo expression to
the real fecIiog cntcrta!ocd by all bis party
| when he stli Just now that 'the ticket is the
Srorg"s, the convention could have nemi-
nated,' nnd Mr.. Alcck S:epheus who is hero
Tor day or two to that OF his wEeu ho said a
momert later, The Amcri,ao people will not
allow suoh ticket to be defeated"
The receipts at the Treasury to dsy from GUS
toms amounted to SG37, $50; from oterual reyo
nus to $4S4.S The national berk uotes ro-
csived there FIR red, M 9iou aIn ,uoted to $3.50,
0C0
Mes'ri schurz and Key ere tic only members
OF The u blaet DOW in the city. Mr.. Thompson
having l'f thisnorning for Nov York, from
which city be will Lot return till Saturday, and
ell the others having prcvieu1y goue away.
Mr. ksun Commissioner of loteruaI Rcscbur,
whom Mr.. Hayes il afraid to remove, notHith.
stsndiog bis H.gran! disregard OF the civil ser
vic, reform cncni.r. a 81 LIFT tLis mcroiog Tor
Illinois, AID will cot return unti aexl week.