Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-04
RON WISHING7ON.
special Correspondence 2f lie klern. Gazette.

mavod b. Mills fer disregsrdinE tic civil ser-
vice reform order, prohibiting active particips.
ton in politics, i5 Mills prosecutor, charging
him with the very offonsc for which ho was re.
moved. AZ the participation il politics, of
which Mills is guilty, consisted 10 working hard
ard openly Tor Grant Instead Of Shcrmau, it is
og Go means unlikely thst Collector Mills will
have 10 walk the park.
q gentleman from the lst congressional dis
trict Of Virginia Says tho prospects of the reeu
lar democratic ticket orc improving there; thst
tho lmprt sSIon there is general that Hancock
Will DO elected; that most Of the employees
eD0ut Fortress M0nrca are therefore Hancock
| men. and that largo numbers of tho employees
ct tho Portsmouth Navy Yard have delermin-
cd 30 vote tho regular democratic ticket, beiev.
ing that no favor will b. shown -eadustcrs by
liaIccck's ADMINISTRATION.
All the oficoholGers With the cxoap.iou Of
h:r. Hayes a1G tho heads of departments ard
bureaus, have, it Is understood complied with
tie demand made upon them for contributions
to The republican election lunG. Many Of them
paid the assessment grudSiuGly, but they dared
net refuse to pay it lest tho loss CT their cffces
would be the consequence.
a letter from Oregon states That tho recent
| use OF moDcy By Q IA load now in progress
OF construction in that State, and By tho failure
OF tho democrats to take the proper steps to &C.
| euro victory they imagining shat they had
the State eafe, aud the. there 'gEs DO necessity
| Ter making any cyortou.
! The folloWing new pos!cfficoa were establish
| ed 10 Virginia to day: Cody, Ilali!tx Co.,
| With H. III. Thackar IS postmaster; Cod Har.
Dor, Hanover Co., with b. ii. Tucker as post.
master; Ivy Hill, Campbell Co.. With q. i.
Petty es postmaster; Haywood, Madison Co.,
| with b. >. Hall as postmaster; Nlarmora, Diu-
| Wlddle Co.. With Fslconor Davidson IS post
| master, and CuscoSiIln, Mccklonburg Co., with
| II. L. Jeicr as postmaster. Many moro new
| postoficcs will DO established, not only ia Yir-
GINA, but 10 all tho Southern States during The
| current year. the people Of that section not
being rs willing as they formerly Hcro to wait
q week fer their nail matter, AID then have 10
| ride six and ten miles for it.
| The receipts ct tic Treasury to day from
customs amounted to $2GS,l5G; from internal
revcoue, Still The national bank potcs
received tc day fer redemption amcuatcI to
$73 600.
Elk Senator CoaoVcT, who is now r:putli.
can candidate fer Governor OF Florida, arrived
here lrCm that State last night. lie talks ocn.
hden'ly OF his success to outsiders, but to tics,
who know the reel condition. Uf political affairs
10 tlorlca,, 1t is asld, no acknowledges that Ito
Loads torlorn hope, aad that, being carpet
Dagger, be will not receive even the whole vote
of his party.
Mr.. Riddebcrser, promiGoGt roadjus:cr Of
the Valley OF Virginia, arrived hero last plight,
a1d let! this mcrciOg for Petersburg 70 see G en-.
Malone, who is sick there. In o con.
vcrsation with gentleman ofthis city be stated
that tho Mahono ticket would receive co 900
votes, but Mr.. Riddlcberger's hopes in this
respect ere tho father Of his thoughts, and
such talk don't tCol anybody but ihoso who
want TO be fooled. A comparison OF the qioWs
OF people from ult portions Of Tho State recently
hero shows that ii tho Maho3iies g,t 10000
votes 1or their electoral ticket they viii do re-
markedly we'll, and tho regular ticket will then
have very respectable plurality.
l SEQ b. tho Washington Republican CT this
moruiog that Col. Jahn w. Fairfax. an indie
pendent candidate for Congress iroh tho It
Virginia district, says tha! paragraph ab5ut
him that RI Gently appeared il this c)rrcspoL-
Genrc is totally lslsa. That may b, &c. but
It so, tho iau't is with the Colonel aud his
ireDdA aud not wllh your correspondent for
either Brngapn or Grrdon, who wrrI 10 tho
city with Inc Colonel last week. informed a
iritni that they had ,rd uyoa hiC. Hayes,
and coIorcd brr5cr Mt Willard uiorrncd 3
g:ntl m!u hG wRa shaVnr tia, o. isriay
had been there. eni stating that no Was e en-.
d'dato for Congress. lcts word fer Stuart,
tho head barber, 10 C me- Gcwa 10 the Metro
potan hat night. where he S7as 10 ucci some
po!icsl fricpGs
sor Sam Yosi. # Staua,on. Vireinia. is
here 10 dag. on his wsy to New York, 10 a!tn5d
mcc'log q thu republican na,iorai executive
committee, 0. which :cii Nenb T. o morroS,.
tic XlcG;@H to meet Nests. L;His ard Wick.
ham hero aud 60 ca with abem, but Mr. La7sis
wont through last night, anu MIR. Wickham
probhSl3 nS1 r"ss.G Oh through without st0n-
ping The NJ j>r says the iuut1rs Nnd the re-
adllsicfs q his dlS,rlot hate csch other faorc
,DcrsN'y than ihoy % tic republicans, aud that
ut 4 discussion between Mr. james BuurefG.
ncr tho iUnicr cin7a slr for the dist7lc:, aud
s. i Allap, the reeCjaatrr clector, lssS Sa!u,-
day, they woSt fur ccc!i 2tEcr's scalr, and that
not oUly in his dia:;c', Eus t!rougbous tho
State. the nlshcnites have Determined to reject
al eli rs OF c,mprnmSc thai tho Woodstock
effort las! W, ok was ctmpGtr fiasc,, aud that
many Ct tic rcncjlsttrs who at first sisncd
their naInes to a paper asking fer COMPROMISE
subsequently scratched fhsul CT, CIR got hold
OF tho papers ca which they Hcro written and
loro thcm up. ITO says the republicans gro
resting on their cars, and waiting to scz, any
advantage the fight Cnorg thu democrats may
afford them; that they will afford tho Mahon. |
ties oil the assistance 10 th:ir power, and if The
fight continues Till thu election they will support
the Mahonito candidate for Congress ia those
districts 10 which the republicans have DO chance
OF running in their oWn lilo also says that the |
p Hoy adopted by Ju1Eo uarris will force the !
tucder9 to mako him their candidate for Con-
gross, lus that there is great danger of his be-
Ing beaten, and tha. Mr. j. r. Tucker will have |
heavy odds 10 contctd against ia the adi,ipipr
district, 10 Shioh the rosdjustors republicans, |
and sill tho clements Of opposition will be cum |
bincd against hju,
1t IS DOW understood that the xantcd iufcrr1.
alton 10 regard to the searching Of American |
shIps By s pasish cruisers having been received |
the American Cabinet, after profound de!ib. |
ers!lon' cave determined to ssk Spsia If an
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