Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-20
From IF.aSHINGION
Special Correspondence Of the AIere. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. G., AUGUST y, 1850.

AU0 ASoiSa! newspapers represent AStO b-u
SOD, the coored woman who waited upon tho
ladies' retiring room, in Tho gallery Of ito
Senate, Gld who has recently been removed by
Sergeant alarms Bright, IS the widow OF 9
Union soldier, and Is having been removed 10
order tha! her ptc, might be g;ytn to tho
widow of Confed:rltc. The facts ere, that
sho Is tho dl7olc:d vito Ct q dead negro, and
taat her place has not bcca given to Tho widow
of Confederate, Tor i! is of 81 nonial cisrao
ter that 40 Confederate q WiGoH would hold it.
Among tho letters Of which the democratic
campaign committee Gre makiug .mpasn dec
uments is that OF Judge Black to MIR. Garfield
10 1876, 10 which the Judge depIorcg tho man
ncr in which tho prts;n. radical candidate fer
tho presidency had prostituted bis ackuowl-
edged abliiIyIto tho bsScst CT party purposes,
and tells bin that the course he Was thea pur.
suing would, if carried to its legitimate coacu
sloD, lead to continuance OF sectional strife
and the consequent dct1imort Of every interest
of the country.
A letter ri c:iVei hero this morning fr. N the
Norfolk distrlc:, in Virginia, represents things
as going on smoothly and cncourasiogy for tho
democrats, and that the indications CT Mr..
Goodies re election are b!ightcDiac. Col. } oha
Powell, Of Falttsx county, in the same State,
who is probably as we'll posted about the po;i
cal affairs OF that county as airy other mGn in it.
was here to day, aud says that tho democratic
prospects there, too are favorable, enG TINT il
his neighborhood the Hancock ticket will re-
GIVE as many votes from mon who have here
tofofo voted with tho republicans aa it will lose
by the Nahonies.
Tho way in which the negEoca, woo have
boon taken to Indiana to change Tho v0to Of
that State, will be made on clement Of weak
| ~ So instead of strength to the republican par
ty, IS decided upon By tho democrats, is to i'll
duco them to vote the democratic ticket by
| means OF iDluontial preachers CT their own race,
end from the same seo!i3n OF country from
which they went who era to ba seat among
then. and who, in addition to tho personal 10.
| tluecc, they will exert, will be supplied With
| means which havo never get proved Ineffective
with a negro voter. 10 offset this it is report.
| cd that tho republicans have invited prominent
| negro orators O! the North to &c South AID en-
| dcavoT to induco tho voters smors their ,scc
| thero to remain firm 10 their allegiance 10 tho
| republican party.
Intelligence received here this morGiag FROM
West Virginia is 10 tho following eiltc: All dan
Ger about the less OF the elector d vote CT that
Stale by fusion between the republicans snd
| the greonbacscrs has been avcric0, as there arc
three regular tickets 10 the field, aud they will
each be supported by tho defenders Of the cause
| they respectively represent. There iaal>o DO
doubt about two OF tho three congressional as
I trlots, aud Int littlo about tho other one, Tho
| third in whioh tho e!ocrbacLcra AID the rtpuh
| llcins have uGltcd upon candidate in oppos
ton to Mr.. ksnun. Tho clcc!ian Of democratic
| Legislature IL assured. and 60 probability is
that Senator IlcrHfIrd will bc ro-cicccd Ills
| chief opponents n5c Nj. Camden and
| Governor Mathews. bur as tn, former /,
| tho towGsmsn I'll tho uomnCo for GovcrECr,
| Judge Jackson, aud as tho latter has not ss set
developed much strength, Mr.. licrc!oyl's
prcsen! chances are batter than those ct' any
| 0Do oGo.
Tho receipts at tho Treasury to DAY !rcra Gus
toms amounted to 1892 from Internal
rovsnuc. $l2l ,292. Tho amount Of national
| bank notes received there for redemption to day
amounted to $llS.000. Orders wcro received
at tho Treasury to day for $90,0 600 in silver del
lars, tho largest ono day 9 order sjnoa rho first
commencement Of the silver boom.
At democratic headquarters to- day I'LL tic
| letters that wcro received wtre Of the most
| cheering character to those who frequent that
place Among tho visitors there vas General
| Hunton. member CT the present House frcm
tho Alexandria distric!.
MIR. Hayes 10 short talk with WashingtcG
| journalist yesterday spoke in tho most confident
| manner oil tho election OF Garfield, aud said no
had assurances from tho b2st iniOrmci p0li-
clans IN a! scctlona ct the country that such
would be tho case, and that the republicans
would c.rry Indiana 10 October. lie also
| felcitatcd the republican party upon The pres.
perty and happiness it had brought upon the
c1uutry, and for which it and not Providence
had been the solo Cause though ho did not say
| that 10 80 many words llo said no had not
boon invited 10 dclIvcr political speeches duiins
his approaching trip to Gslilorri. and that no
did not as yet know whether or not he would
mako ery such speeches, but he did not olluda
TO the fac; thst the speech no is to deliver upon
bis arrival 10 San Francisco is beog printed at
tho Government Printing Olli,o and tiat it 10
of decided political character
dispatch was received at tho War Depsr.-
ment o.tay, stating that eight hundred Sioux
Indians had surrendered 10 tho u. s. roops
but that the others of Sitting Bulls forces w5ro
90 tho var path or soon would be. General
Terry has been sent to take command OF tho de-,
partment 10 which trouble is anticipated. L.
liant Phil, the best Indian tighter tho country
pressing come Of these corsiaatly recurring lG-
dian outbreaks.
10 tho republican procession here las! night
tho republican club Of Georgetown Wss q notice
able feature. 1t was composed of about one
Thousand negroes from Herring Hill, aad two
white men, and tho larger portion of those who
composed tho meeting also 5sloDScd to tho
African raoo.
1t isreportcd that Mr.. Hayes is about to Isl
sue proclamation to the effect that commercial
| reciprocity will exist between China and this
country.
Is the people Of the country have no hebkcr.
ing after the dollars Of the daddies Mr.. Shcrs
man is considering the advisability Of recon
mencing the printing of notes of the dcnoniul-
ton of one and two dollars.
AN "OLD MAN ELOQUENT AT mectiug
OF the Hancock and EogIish Club of Cul pepper
Z. II. last Monday night as We learn from tho