Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-27

uent fer 40 uDp!cjgtd presidential ELECTORAL
ticket in Virginia. TO day it is stated upon
undoubted authority that MIR. Blaine, cut of
his Own mouth, has recently said that be is of
thu same way Of tLl0kiOe; that he thinks the
right wy Tor the republicans of Virginia to
act in the approaching election is to nominate
q strai ght republican ticket, like the party will
do 10 every other State, and make it attractive
enough TO draw support from other parties.
Indeed it seems to be the opinion here that al!
tho simon pure republicans agree with Messrs.
ConkIing and Blaine Oh this point, and that
tho chief supporters Of the unplodged electoral
ticket are restricted to dcserters or would-bs
desertcrs from the conservative raLks. who arc
pursuing this course in the hopo OF obtaining
federal cfico.
The Senate Appropriation COMMITTEE 10 day
completed the consideration Of the special de-
ficicrcy bill, and will report it 90 Monday. Tho
House bill wes amended in several particulars,
the principal oues being an appropriation Ter
tho purchase OF iron TO be used III the c)n
struclioa Of the new State Department, 50 that
the completion Of that building may not DO do
Iased. also for fitting tho new National Museum
with gas and water, AID n verbal one. making
the Court instead Of tho Judge appoint deputy
u. s. marshall, SO as 10 avoid constitutional
objection.
Gen. Boalo hes tho hs! Of ilcus 10 tho River
and liarbor bill relating to improvements 10
Virginia, and siys il must CO; tlln others be.
fore it will meet with his approval, and no is o
member Of tho sub committee OF tho Com
mittoc on Commerce, which has that It'll 10
charge. The il tonlion Of the comnittoo at
prcecnt is TO strike Out some CT tho appropria
FIR fhn rInnt IN mt O m M
der to decrease those Tor really important ones,
but it is moro than probable that the advocates
CT tho dry crooks will sacceed iG this as they
nearly always have done with previous similar
bills, end GET in their appropriations by refusing
to vote for the others uoIcss theirs arc in-
Guided a delegation from tho neirhborhood
of Colingwo, d wiil call uron General Bealo on
Monday with reference to IN appropriation for
| deepening tho chauncl at that place.
Congressman hostetlor, domocrat from To-
| diana, is repnrtCd 10 be dyi5g at his rooms in
this city. II, has been Ill fer only three or
| four days. Should he die nc will be uc,erded
| by drntc:st. for, though he Was elected BY
Only ono thousand mSi 5rity, national was
| ru1rirg 10 his district and received four thous
aId votes, which will be given to tic democratic
candidate at the next clGc'lon.
Mr.. Cheun1c, ct Rh9dG Island. vas before
| The House Committee On the lutor-t c,anic
Csnsl 10 day, adv(c itod the construction of q
ship railway across the l-thmus Of Panama, aad
| claimed 10 be the ir7 enttr OF that piaG.
| Tic sub committees If lie House having
| The army ADD Eavy appropriation bills undCr
| C moderation aro hnsily a. work on them, aad
| will, it is said, havJ them ready t. report IS
soon as the Diplomatic Till. 20 be reported to
the House to dag, shall have hHen passed.
At n,cctiug 81 The House District Commit.
! Ice 10 day il WAS discovered chat tho assees-
mcnt tag on properly ia ueor2etown belonging
| to the LiIc,le estate. which will 10 ibheri!ed
| by d s,n of Commissioned D0ut, was reduced
| from s., 800 to 500, but the Commissioner said
| that when that aSscSs0GGt was fixed ne Cid not
serve, aaa that tho commissioners nado it a
rule never to serve when GS:cSSueDls Wcro
| made on property in which they were Interested.
State Senators Cannon and Walker, of Viz
| GINA. the tCrmCT rcGGjus ard tho latter a
| radical. who were here some days this week
bargaining with Senator Dan Cameron for the
| sale of Virginia TO Grant for tito federal itnu-
euco ard patronage 10 three congressional dis
tricts. have pope home. Tho amusing part Of
tho transaction is that tLcy were engaged 10
| the salo Of property that docs not belong to
them that they cannot deliver. and that the
| man they wtro negotiating with was as well
aware Of this all the Time rs they were, and that
the Distinguishing characteristic Of his family is
that they never allow themselves to be cheated
| 10 bargain.
Judge Wcstcl Willcughby. +. NJ. Hunter,
and two other porsoIs whom the assistant at
torncy did not recoect, but one of whom, he
| said, wss colorcd boy, lodged o complaint
| with Di trict Attorney Corkhil yesterday
against George Nowland and Robert BalIepGer,
| for an assault committed by them upon John
| Hunter, 90 tho Alexandria ferry boat. within
| the jurisdic ion OF the District Of Columbia, over
which district tho Unitrd States courts have
Jurisdiction. PROCEEDINGS, it is understood, will
| DO commenced at ouco against tho parties
named.
| The judiciary Committee o! tho House met
to day, aud, it is reported, concluded their 10
vestigaton OF the Acklen CASE. tho result Of
which, it is generally understood, will DO rcso'
luton oensuring that member for his "sporivo
tricks"
MIR. Waldo IIuchos, tf New York, 10 the
Hous, to day tried to have read an article from
hs New York Post. censuriDg tho democrats
for their FREQ trade doctrines. but tho Speaker
couldn't Eco il"
| MIR. Randolph Tucker has received dispatch
| announcing the death Of Judge h. Pendleton, OF
| tho Winchester Circuit. tie was appointed
Judge when Virginia WAS under military rule
| snd continued To hold that position until hif
! death.
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