Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-29
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Of Ike AleSo. GGzes;e
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 90 1880

WASHINGTON, D. O.. Dtc. %. 1850.
Ia The midst Of the SHOW. aud alter GOOD,
when ho Treasury had c'osed, your correspou'
dent oa!Iad 10 d'y upoa Commissioner Raum,
AID, baipg 10 great hurry, Interrupted biz
coavsr.atio1 with o nan who looked as though
be were np2yiog for an offco for somebody
else, with the question al to what had been
dcne lr Ito CTS, of C,!o1cl W. Fl. Chapman.
formerly Of MosSy'5 command, b.. DOW ioter-
nal revaauo ocant for Vi5gi5ia. us replied
that Coioccl Chapman had been CT would be
roii6ed that lis n S gnation would bo accept.
bic Ct tie ecd Ct the current mcDth. Your
corresocld,a saying that such acon would be
surprising, the Commissioner replied that sur.
rrsiog or nc., it would be taken, and that as be
thought lie c5u!d Fl I'D dstlio: 10 tho State of
Virginia > which the republicans Eero united
and had avoided q1aireIj with csch other,it was
probable that either 10 the Norfolk or Pctcrs-
burg districts ho could find a uaa who c)u;d
fill the Colonel's position. lie also volunteered
tho hope that be o5u.d have all the quarrelliug
republicans 10 the SGh district of Virginia or
rnigned in row so that be could cat all their
heads Of at one blow. for the fruition Of which
hope your correspondent expressed bis heartfelt
desire. The Commissioner, il will be renem'
bered By tho readers CT this correspondence,
though not expressing, certainly implied, not
moro than two weeks age, that Gel. Chapman
would be retaipcd,ss the only substantial charge
aaeios. him was the fact of his non support of
Major Bayly for CONGRESS. 1t il understood
that Col. Chapman. accompanied By POSTMASTER
Mckenzie, of Alexandra, and Judge Willough
by. who was Ms,r Bayly's opponent for tho
republican nomination for Congress from the
Sh Virginia distric', called upon Nj. Hayes
to day. and we're given by him to understand
that, General Raum's determination 10 tho
contrary, nothing would bo done iu Colonel
Chapman cas-, fer the present. The general
Impression, however, saems to bs that as CO..
Chapman, though republican, is q native
Soutberner, be oones undar the prescribed iis:.
aud will have to civ, way to maa who YES
is not 80 unusual az it is ia this latuie, Thus
Wo &C; the Govcrpm3a. is nonl1allS ra.!oGa,
but, eu far as protection is concerned, is css,na
riaIy s.c:ionsl, aud eth! tn, solid Sou!h il tho
cause Of the s:c:ionalism Well ono OF these
days. when king shall rule oyc- this couotr7.
aud he shall find bis Chief support in the South,
Northern roopio will disc over. whoa 100 late to
help them, tecm what section their snfaripg5
originated.
Tho perfected cacsu7 return for Virgioia
gives her rate Of increas, of population tufing
the last dIc.de es % Al, Which, considering
the rtIga OF terror, ku klrxlsm ard terrorism
said b. the radicals to 90 prevailing within her
borders. is supposed bg thcso we'll vcIsed 10
such matters extraordinary 10 the last degree.
Strange az it may seem there srs 100 or ITO
members OF the House Of Representatives Tho
either havo 40 homes to ahich to 20, or whose
homes are 50 uant.rccivo 10 then that they
remain away from them aud spcad their hell
days here. Some OF these mombers c,n be seen
in the hall OF tho House. but tho only two Sen
ators visible on the Senate side Of the Cafi:ol
this morning were Mcssr5. Coks and Eaten.
Among the arrivals by the Norfolk limo TO-
day vas Mr.. D.zendorf. member oltc! of tho
House from the Norfolk district. Ha reports
the ice iu The Potomac from Bu3d's Ferry w,
as very thick, aod that if i: had not BEN tina:
two boats. tho George Laaty aud the Lady Of
tho Lake, were making thtir trips together.
neither woald have been able 10 surmount III,
d fhcnt;es ia their way.