Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-23
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Of the Aleza. Ca,j;.


Tho receipts at the Treasury to day from sr.
toms amounted to $3.50. 3G5; from n.trrA
revenue, s475.95l Tho ustiors! bark rc,,.
recaived there for redemption to day snoupI.i
$4,000.
In q short talk this morning Eith Col. i,
Windsor, chairman Of the executive c.mni:tt,
of the Mahonites in Alexandra, ho ted n.
that Stovall was oil right in the Fifth di:tt;c
Paul in the seventh. and Wise iu the third, AID
that arrangements Of which he could not spe,i
were on foot which induced him to think th,.
Bayly would be off the course 10 the A!ez,pl,;,
district before long. and tho opposition to Mr.
Barbour in that district be concentrated on len
Williams. The Colonel. however, is disposed
to look st Thugs through General Malone.
ewes, and We ell know how detective is The yj4
ion of the latter. l saw Majer B,y!y day c.
two ego, aad BIO was not only keen for ruunlnr,
but talked sanguinoly of being elcccd. An!
besides, if such on improbable thipg SIS MajT
his strength would 20 to Barbour indeed aa i.
is MIR. Barbour, to my owe knowledge, will :,
ceige some of the republican vo:ca q bis O.
tricr, because reliable republicans have told t..
with their own mouths that they intended 10
vote for him.
The following changes in Vlrkiois p3s;0fl..,
were made to day: Mrs. Cordelis .. B::ksG.!.
appointed postmaster at PeytoSsyi,lc. P:u-y
vania couuty, vioo j. NJ. FaIkuer, moved as.!
sud an Office established at neViaa. Mise ciGss,.
with J. W. Hillmao as postmaster.
The Ratchet which Was dug Up by S3cro;..,
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latter's advocacy of Grant at Chicago, -.
burisd again to day by the Secretary, who sea-
for MIR. Raum ADD asked him as O pcr,oas
favor to 20 to Ohio aud do what he cIul t.
save that State. As granting this favor Inlr,ie3
O long furlough, the payment Of expenses, Ut,
q large pric, for every speech delivered, ~;
Rsum YVES not refractory, aad @l, thereors,
off in O few days, net to Iourn uo!ii after =,
election.
A private letter rfooivcd hero this mo;a,s,
from we'll informed editor ia Georgia 81,
that while the opposition to Governor t9'4l
will reach largo proportions, Il viii b, hISF
sway ct election day ard tic regular ,ickat =
elected By from ten TO taeGty th1usa.d ~
jority.
Senator Don Cameron lett for ti4 Eonl'
day. He brought his whole family hc:Gta T..
at bis new house. lie fcuad thai i! c}u'l a.
be mads ready by Dec,mb:r, AID co0s:4 l:.,..
will not occupy It during the mex: se:s!Ja 81
Congress, but will rrs;d, q: thu Arllue;O1 =.
he did last session. This determination q" !.
part ia o sad disappointment t. tn :n;"" $.
had been hoping to partaEa VI tho a"2rr.,,
of bis new mansion next WRITER. Ia Z c0oT,.
sation this Morning with newspaper uaa IL.
Senator said that Iodiaoa was c:rtli0ly "A i a..
fu State, but that tho man who tl'H''.
PenusyIvspia was Roiog for He1c1ck ~
damned fool. |. will bo rac,!lec.cd. hnT''
that tho Den said ho vas u5t as slrc 81 Gfl@
nomination as he vas that lis o1n hair Wa r't,
30 that as O prophet ho isn't worth shucA
So generally prevailing is ;hs lmDras,ioa -
General Hancock will be lhs next Ffes':ca
that cficaseckers hevo already oommecc!! -
soech;og Mr. w. w. Corcorsa 20 Use his !tli
euce with him 10 ottai1 them arI2ll:T.".
under his administration.
A block OF tie famous, Or ratL,r iul-E)a'
Do Golyer pavement. enclosed ~ acai'J "
pared package, WAS formally presented 10 &.
democratic congressional campaign c9mr'l.i2
this O. ornirg by somo OF the democrat, Of ~.
city.
The radical s,oiy sblut tho denosia!'O 90
eressionsl campaign mml;teo sWia1!in2 g."
postofhoe is all bosh. The ccmmittoe s2ni1i
matter off by NJ Ill and BY ez prces. and DC 2ca u
Two, or possibly MORO, cccislons tho D!Is -
tended for express may have bIcn sen: TO ne
postofhos, but when they were the Digs in!cLd'@
for the pos:cfhca went BY EXPRESS -, the mt"
tee saved nothing by the mistake. B'sliis =.
committee spends $3.50 E aAy 10 p)a'a:", a.
hsViog that much 70 sp2nj it lsu't pt.na'.'
they would run the great risk Incident 20 d.
tempts q. sWlndllpg the government 10 A'T'
dolllr or Two occasionally.
Colonel Joe Blackburn, CT keotuck} !, ~
rested hers about tho last of this week or IT,"
first of nrxt, apd it is proposed 70 in!u'' t'"
to 70 to Virginia, aud. with s,mo OF bis IoHa.o,
speeches, wako 10 ths folio 9d:3 Of ;hG NiahA
ties there TO real 2!ng ecnia o! the cTf't !
thsir wa1s.
Mr.. Kablo. who presided q! ito ID c!,s@
General Buil.r recently ed lrcssel q. IoI?t',
Ohio, and ioroduc,d the GoasraI 10 hlj null
ero,. WAS the gtesnbsck oppohedt OF Dir: Irt'a
Hurd at the lest election, aod received LaJ'
votes. In bis dis;rc; it is said that IS g)c@
KahIo 30 90 his friend, ard it voot req ilie a
greater change than this to secure Ol!5 !jf
Hancock.
Private intelligence hero Gcm ialiaas II e:
The most encouraging kind to tho democrats
The result of MIR. Baroums resent visit to ,h1:
State has been the substitution Of MIR. McD5l
aid for Mr.. EDglish as tho chairman Of the SIa'2
democratic committee, end the ea,l7 wlthdTS"
al Of the democratic candidates in the two :"
gressioual districts 10 which grceobackar4 q
running. This was done 10 stc1.e f1s on =
tho greenbsck and deucsra!ia strerg.h uT5n
tho patioual ticket, and has succ ,edcd.
CSC. CANAL President German, ii t"4
Chesapeake and Ohio canal has madc his Tcp''i
to the board Of directors Of that company, coz
ering its tcn.ge snd revenue for July ard -.
gust, and statement Of revenue for the HE.
eight months Of the year 1897. The report slG"i
3 decrease in tonsge for the two months Ct y.
SOB tons as compered with 1879, due to tho boz:
menss strike This involves loss Of "byH 81
300 revenus The total revenue from JanuafJ
10 Septembe. was $2i3 1926. sll the na. pro-
,eeds of which have been applied 10 Ina g.
charge of foating debt, the suit against tie c9lr
psny preventing It from disposing OF thu repsE
bonds authorized by the Legislature in 1873.
Couans-"Broaon's Bronchial Trochcs hr'
used with advantage to alleviate CoUdHs. FoE-
THROAT, HoARsENEss and BRONCHIAL. AFFE.
lions For thirty years these Troches hsV'
-, ,1,;yb eli