Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
!speciel Correspondence OF Ike A!era. Guz,

Special Correspondence Of Ike A!sra. Guzetts.
WASHINGTON. D. G., August lG 1856.
The receipts at the Treasury to Gag from
cas:0uls amounted to $7lS. SIS; from i1teroa
revenue, 1924 Tho national bark rotcs
reoe!7cd there for redemption to day amounted
to sllSC00.
S. T. Williams YES appointed gauscr Of tbs
2ad North Carolina district to day.
Official intclIigorc, was received ct tho War
Department to day ofthe recrossing Of Victo1ia's
Band of Indians into Mexican territory. The
Iunor that the Indisn troubles on tho Mexican
frontler were The cause Of a c,oIness between
luis end that country ls entirely without toun-
dalton. The MeZlcan government has done
everything it could to facilitate tho operations
OF tie American troops and this government is
disposed to rcclproca!e the favor5 on all occa-
slous.
The following changes 10 the Virginia post
Offices vera mado to day: An offico Wss es!sb.
llshcd at I!lburo, Buckingham Co., Tith S. L..
Peasants as postmaster; the office st HoWells'
shop, Patrick Co., was discontinued for want of
candidate Ter tho position of pcstmast:r-tho
newspapers that went there to 70 to Patrick g.
IL. The whole number of postcffc:s 10 the u.
S. on Aug. I. 1850. was 43. 223G
Notices Tero posted 10 some Of tho 6eaert.
rncp's 10 day to tho effcc! that Clerks who are
voters IN The States IL which elections orc to
be held will bo granted leave Of absence for from
tee to thirty days. Some who hail from Maino
hsVo already gone, and oil who don't 20 sro
exptc cd to resign, And this, it must be re-
mcmber1c, IS under 50 administration that
promised reform 10 the civil service.
Mr.. john Amber Smith, who has Just re-
| lurGed from visit to various paris Of Virgins,
sDys tho Mahouitcs will pcl larger vote in
| that State than tho regular democrats, and that
it is uncertain whether tho republicans uilI
pei! larger vote than tho Mahonites But
Mr.. Smith, it mus! be reoollcccd, is rcpubIi.
oan. and hes gotten his information ouly from
Mahonito and republican sources. Ho also says
that tho republicans have determined TO run
regular candidates in oil the congressional dis
tricts ct tho State, with tic hope, of course,
though DO dcesn't say 50, OF ruouinr them il
through The split cccasioacd By tho Mahonites
10 ito dlm1cr4t:c party
Mr.. Jorgepsop. tho republican member OF
Co1srcss from the black district 10 virginia, is
also here. He ssys that tho quarrel between
the regular democrats and the Nlahouitcs is ir.
| rcoorciatlc s1d hat By means of it the republi
cans st5ni good chance OF securing the cleo.
toca! vote ct the State. AS regards the Quarrel
he attempts to substantiatc his statement by
the exhibition ct large election Of extracts
from Virginia newspapers.
Mcst favorable Intelligence from various
parts CT tho country vas received OF dem
ocraic headquarters this morning. Anopr
the visitors there wcro Senator Ransom, who has
Just returned from New York, and Senator
Harris OF Tennessee, both Ct whom arc very
sanEu'no CT SUCCESS next November. Sergeant
at Arms Thompson, of The u. s. House Of
RepresentatVes,ls also hero, having arrived this
morning. lie brings cheering news from 0 bio.
1t is believed here that the Supreme Court
OF 1Gdaha will grant tho motion to rchcar tho
ooDs:!tuilouel amendment case 10 that State, and
that it will reverse its former decision and thus
postpone the election there until November. If
this Is doEc 1t will act disastrously upon radical
prospeots,tG r Instead of coneenstrati1g the inGu
erco Of the entire government upon Indiana rs
they ara COZ doing, they can Gully give that Sia:o
its propori:onato share Of that il tl1erc, if the
election 30 postponed uc.il November. wien 81
The o;hcr States 3ill hold their elcc:iocs als9
F.. Iho Intelligence that Dr.. Michael Stcck ihe
grccnback candidate fer Lcucaaut G9y, roor
OF Pennsylvania two years ego. las cymo cut
Tor Hanoi Ok Is received hero with much graft
hoatlon bY the democrats, who say that oco
sound UpQn liz hug!n horn 10 w2rih thou;ard
mc1, aCd that lis forts will nos b. cor e 7ed hy
any maanI 10 ooe s0uGd.
Tho Aatropolitan Hoe, Ihc ll! Rows
Hcte', val c,tS:d 10 dsy aud tho Natanai
Hotel Vii be Closed CO tho lst rriximn. Ii is
understood ;tnt tho tomcr vii BE- improved
AID cDiarg. d by m,kioS tho bick building IS
high rs tho from, G1d ty ticking 10 oil tu. tho