Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-23
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Special Correspondence Of tie Alera. Gazette.
~ II Jrlr .? 1890

Special Correspondence Of tie Alera. Gazette
WASHINGTON. d. G.. joy %. 1880.
The receipts at the Treasury 10 DAY from
customs we're s932 4G7; ffcm inkraai rcsclus,
$4S3,575. Tic national bank notes riclivcd
for redemption to day amounted to $273 0C0
InttliigcLcc received q: the War OGico ills
morLiug is to Inc &C: that Eiottr.as IuIiarS
have rocrosscd tho border iato United States
territory, with f51r hucd!c! MexicaDs in
pursuit. and thgt Tho Uoitcd S a:cs troops
will unite with TIC M,xica1s in their erdeaVCr
to capture them, 60 agreement having been
entered in;o between Msx'co ard tho Uaited
Statcs, by which the loEc:s Of either c,untry
will be permitted 10 cfcs3 Tic border wbcD 10
close pursuit, or, 10 border parlancr, 90 tho
'hot hoof." ot r,ding indians.
Secretary E7arts has rtturn,t II she city.
He says theIc is nothing definitely determined
upon with regard 10 tho SpgLish imbroglio !;
that United States 7tS!ci sent 10 tho coast OF
Cuba to Investigate the reported screenings Of
American nerchao!,aent b. Spanish cruisers
has raturlcd that aoothcr enc soa tho Cu5ao
coast mskipg further inVtsliga,i5ns, aad that
pursue tic iaVcstgai9n % diff rent part Of
| the coast, aud that Loiios will bo done ty this
government Until t0th tho latter vessels have
made their report.
That Po5Imas!c. FOro,s, Of Richm oId, viii
be removed there is no doubt, but not u1ti
Postmaster Gencrsl Ky. vi 0 is DOW % plea
sure trip. !elutls. Mr.. Eortts will .co;iGc bis
discharge scon altci that, AID bis succ ,ssor be
appointed. For Tho succC ;0Is5i2 lEc.c ere
numerous applicants, among them btiag both
republicans, democrats. ao,. WCmca, but Lcilt or
NEGROES ntr rcaGiIs.crs.
Tho report about The roEcV-l Ct CJilcoIor
| Merritt, Of New Yoik. 10 order to placsto MIR.
Conkling AID viz bis support for the Garfield
| ticket. is supposed to DO without foundation, as
Mr.. Merritt, VITO arrived here yesterday with
s, ccclsry Sherman. called upon Mr.. Haze
| this nolnlbg, was received with marked cJr-
diallty. ard ttat, though nothing was said
abCu! the fuuoT, ciuc tway c}r6JeIt that it
was Grcunclcs5,
1t may bo said. wihcu. fear Ct satisfactory
denial, that 0De st least If tho Cabinet docsn't
| approve ol the speeches that Secretary Taomp
| SOD las been making ia the West, and says that
it those spet cits DC ooIr ely roy otted, they in
dicate that tho old gintltm men is a little tf,"
Implying thst no has rpcJod bi; dotage. which
1 10 Uut kalLt y eUppuSNlCUs l0SSUuCu Us kuC
| Secretary is lhrea!cLiag tho inland buldtzsrs
with the application of the poRcr Ct The navy,
a delegation Of tho uapcock and Ecg!ish
| Cub Of tic twcu:y second district CT Washing
| ton. beaded By Mr.. Frank Morgan, visited
Alexandria this morning to stcure spos kcrs for
a grand meeting ard pole feisiag. to no held
next Mordiy night. at tho c,rDer OF PeuDsyl,
varla avenue nrd N!oth street southeast. They
| u'ncd tbs afternoon Lud report that they
invited Mayor Smith, Juigo Stusrs. and *
Mayer kgmper, s.. q wl1ta :c,;rtGd the laVl
tatinn.
Mr k>licGg. ~an rr.tends to represent
louisiana - tic u. S. Senate. is stll in tho
city, hnvicg 10 real ono ia louisiana. when
talk!rg to democrats, says that Garfield is
bound to be elected. ari that by solid north;
that llaIcock is a butter Eao. Hho ctu'd bo
m;ulded by tho S3u;hern democrats into any
SHAPE they might desire; that he Ncrth knows
this, and, having ;cd to GLOW i:s,ll 10 DO
4 lived By the Greeley movement, it is not
silly enough now to b. dupld ty sira;lsr move
under the cover OF militcr9 uniloIm, but that
if every man 10 llauc, ck'a corIs woro to voto
for him ttc7 Woa'da't cruz. f1r as muoh az one
electoral vote.
IA moru ttaa 80 oii,ct 10 the lb,vo
paragraph. | will mention that | met this
morDing vel! informed gentleman. 10 The iron
manufacturing trade. WAJ has irs; returned
from Plt'sburG ADD Al.oooa, who is no! paIi
tIcan and takes ltt.C CT 40 interest 10 poiiIi,s.
but who was 20 surprised by what he heard ard
saw 10 that lilc 10 those p,tc2s that ho was i'm.
pressed With 1t and T;s reminded of il by 40
itquirg cIrceTn'nG the political situation 10
PenbsJ lvsuia. Il said that q both tho places
named nc heard leading iron manufacturers,
having the c)rtrol OF hundreds, if not thors-
ends. CT MN, say thnt. thovgh they had voted
the republican ticket all their lives, they meant
to GIVE thtit support 10 Hasceck now; that at
Harccct nooting a. Altoona tho whole town
turned oct, aDd that tho Iatro knowledge that
Tenn. Scott, tho x'Prcsident OF Tho pernsylVa
ria lt,ircad, is Hancock dad is worth tbous
andS ct Votes to Tic democratic ticket, aud f.
EallY, That be, as on u0interasted parry, believes
that tho keystone State will cast It, tlcctsra
vote for Haze OK aaG Ecgl:sh
Mr. John Amber Smith, WHO has j!s. re
turned from a visit to N:roik, Riuamoad, and
other paris Of Virgiais. says that either Mi.
Lamb the rescjustcr Mayor Of Norfolk or a
negro republican rasdjus:cr named Merton vii
no Tho Malone c.ndd.e inr Congress from the
Norfolk disric', snl that If tho I.:.cr bs ST.
lectcd H. viii u5i:c tic republican lGd Malone
vote. lie also says tia. tho regular demo cratic
ponioco will DO either Baker L,n or John
Goodc, with chances 10 favor o. the latter. MIR.
Smith IikcHisa says. which will eurp;iso mast
people outside o. the Eictmord Cil!ric!, that
not Capt. John Wise. bit MIR. Walker or Mr..
Gregory vii b, thu r1ai l't:r c:niijlic for
Congress ffGm that Gisiiies.