Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-20
FROM WASHING7OM.
Special Correspondence Of the Alscd. Garsti2.
iT4saIyGToH. D. O., NV, y, 1889.

WASHINGTON, D. o., NV. y. 1885,
Virginia poiiic; ssen 10 b. fruitful topic Of
conversation hare. Ii is said to ds2 that Gen.
Wickaam c,Ducl c)ntfcl the c2lcred vote OF Ito
STATE. ana lhst probably he cnl7 man Eho CID
ia Judge Ri7es, who. on State 1:stion, might
possible successfully Withstand tho itfaenoa that
General Malone wcu!d ha7s upon tee &C.
gross Judge Rivos is dett payer, ard would
probably sc,ept G nomination fol Governor
upon re! republican platform, from which
the deb. question wcuId bo entirely excluded.
Il is ssil here that G:aeral Malone is net too
much prcdispoecd in favor Of Massey as his
oandid.te for Governor hut will probably have
| to take him f)c want Ct bother. L: 10 also
said htrs that largo n al 1Iity ct the people CT
tho State, even Of the wbi;e fsrmss!, ara II
| favor of forcble rasdius meDt OF tho Slate
| dsbt, aua that With u5lted republican pstiy,
under tho leEd Of SO prCnourc,d end consp:c1
| Gus q friend Of the clloted man as Judge Ni7es,
| hs democrats must u0ito their fGIc:s 90 somo
| acceptable com pronise or elso lose ccEtrol OK
the State next November.
| The improved s5stom 10 The pUs:ofioo BelV!o,
ard its extslslcn hava resulted IL largely laa
o:eastd Esvenu:s ualil now il iS yearly self sup
porting. Il statement Just prepared 10 tho dc.
partmcat shows that during tho last Escil year
tho receipts reached ths unprecedented ratio
OF o. per cant. Of the expenditures. Oac s0uroe
| Of new IevCEuo has been the ESQ of postage
duo stamps instead ct tho COLLECTION CT iGsuin'
GENTLY psid mail mater By carriers e1d peat
masters.
Dispatches received a. Ike War Office this
this noEEleg say that . Canadian named
| Thompson, formerly member Ct the Canadian
mou1tcd pol;oe, is rtw With Sitting Bull as bis
chief adviser end that it is osiog to his advioo
that the hostile Sioux have apparently G5eH-
doncd their iaoa Of surrenderiDg AID haVc TO
crossed tho border and gone back into Csreda.
the Iodan mode ct life. and, berg n:s,hley'
Gus iellov, ia likely, vith tha great i, fllelco he
is said to have over Sitting Bail, 10 DO tic Gauss
of no little trouble.
The local musicians of S.u ApoLia, T,x.s.
baving appealed to Gen. Sherman 10 prevent
the u. 3. band stationed there from f1rn;sbirg
nusi, 10 the citizens Of that locality fer pay.
and thus ,asiog away the busuoss that they
allcgo lcgiiinately belongs to than, the General
hss refused the appeal. saying iha5 ii The baDd
ohOcsss 10 turn aI honest pcEDy, aud The Gill
Ems cf San Antonio choose to give it TO then
he shall not OF c.. Tho Secretary ci We: 81.
proves the endorsement.
Tho funeral of the late GeDersl q! "A toak
place OF rnca to da7 10 ST. Johns Church.
From tharcl tho remains we're taken to tho 6 i
etTsct depo: and rut on The n. n. train fAr
PHILADELPHIA, where they will be iate!rcd TO-
morrow with military bonors. The escort 10.
!; day consisted Of detachment Ct mounted
police, Tie Mariro Band, four c:m2aDics OF
ma.incs, two companies of u. 8. artillery aad
the Washington Light IofansTy, AID tho cT~
toge az it moved down the Avenue prsEe atad
very imposing sppearaoce.
General Rsum, Commissioner OF lGief2al
Revenue, when asked to ds7 obout tito taIta-
Iino supper to which no and the other sDeake
at the Republican e eeiirg in Alexandria right
bsfora last wero ioyied, remarked that TO VS.
net affected By it. as ho Waen't huo2ry.
| An immense crowd il expected htre oa ire
4.h CT next March TO witness the inaugural CO.
remonies. All the rooms in tho hotels have
? been engaged for that time, and II IS expected
thst the throng will be so crest that A!exan1El*
will have It's capacity extended to the utmost IN
affording accommodation TO those who VII! Do
unable 10 obtain it hsro. The Riggs House slone
has had applications from one city (Philsdsi-
psis) for accommodation for 100 people on IN
susuystion dcy, and 81 the other hotels IN Inc
city sro pressed in similar wy. all tho 10.
tolls in ALEX qnGris will dcus.loss be crowded At
tho eamo time. 49, -.
cheerful or feel IS sa1guiHe sbsui gotil2g b'ch
his old place as Secretary Of the Senate s5 no
did some limo ego.