Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-15
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Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON. d. g., July l5 1850.
Tho report of the present condition of the c,t'
ton, wheat nod c0rn craps has Us! becnct 3loted
at the Agricultural BuraLu. by it learn that
tho cotton crop stands at 100. the highest
roint i has rescued fer mary years Wheat,
spring. shoNs decrease Of per cent. sinco tho
June rcp'r'; wirt?r, 10 an improved condition
and MORO than IN average crop. Corn shows
an Increased acreage Of per cent; its condition
in all tho States is 00-hiehtr than FIR many
ycMs
Mr. Liwrenc', having been eiVon to under
stand TINT no more limo was to tic allowed him
to determine whether he would acc,rt tho 20.
siton OF First CT mpl,oIItr CT the Treasury,
called or Mr. Hayes this morning AID lhaLk
lag him Tor tho offer, had his commission
slencd. nrd wall enter at once upon the duies
Of tic olic,. lln wcu!d hevo liked longer timo
10 order to find out whether tho republicans of
his dislr C; will ntmoato him fer Congress- and
il they Il, 10 will rcs;gl tic plac, he has Just
c'p.'d.
lnIeIiigcTc, gas ,eccivad at tie Navy De-
gartm!n. to day stating that tho u. s. ship
PowhattRn had arrived there 90 her way 10
Cuba to Investigate tho reported searching of
American merchant Vessels by Spanish cruisers
The receipts ut the Treasury 10 day from
1900. Tic nalo5cl tauk notes received
for REDEMPTION 70 day amounted to Sll3.0CO
Senator Don Cameron arrived hc,e this morn.
ing from tho White Sulphur Spriucs of Vir-
glula and e stopping Of tho Arlington llotol.
MIR. Marshall lowell, chairman of tho rcpubli
can national executive committee. has rooms ut
the samo hott!. Mr.. Simon Cameron is also 10
tho city. Whether this mteIiug is By accident
or design IS DOT generally known, but il is known
that up to this time at least tho utcnlion Of the
Camcrons is 10 afford the Garfield ticket no
more assistance than enough TO keep them clear
of the charge of political treason. A change
ma7 como DER tho spirit Of their creams, but
as ut present advised the support they will
afford Mr.. Garfield will be of no more value
than that Of apy other twJ members of their
party. Mr.. Cancron's phy:icll condition is
somewhat better than late reports have led the
public to believe. lilo locks by DO means we'll,
however, aud seems TO I've quito low spirited
Some attribute his brcaL; duWn to tho change
hiI manner OF living undcrHent sooD after no
came 10 Washington IS a seoator. For some
gears previous TO that time no had lived moral
Christian and exemplary life, NTH moruiug AID
evening prayers and grace OF meas, but son
after his clecliop all that was changed, aud dur
iug all Of last session he composed ono Of o
party of seven or eight teilcw acnstors OF both
political parties who lived fast lives, rarely sack.
log their couches before the limo at which more
sober sdci people wsro ,kirkioE about leaving
theirs.
The Government to day purchased two lois
acioinirg he Bu'eeu Of Printing and Eosrav-
iug, on fourteenth street. OF Mr.. w. w.
Corcoran for 81 Co.,
Mr. 9. e. Round. Of Ploco William coupy,
Va, prominent reac lster Of republican ante.
cedents. and who has oeon spoken of in con-
ntc:on With the rcac lister nomination for Con.
cress from the First district. is new 10 tho city.
Ho is rather ute rtan as to the coUrso the re-
&C i1scrI of his district will pursue with regard
to the Congressional election. hut 20 far as the
presidential e. ctioa is corccrocd ho will vote
for Garfield. This sccus to b, the case with
all the republican members of tho readuser
parry. and ns the rcI u5cans Composed almost
the entire strength OF that party. if they all
vote this way, where ire the reac 1sttrs to ret
tho large vote they say they will poll next No
vcmbet? Tho Virginia domccrs.s who cJmp
here say not from them.