Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.

least Transporting, ard the quld nubcs nsVo 10
| content themselves with 1umors and prognosll
cations about the elections to take place to NOR,
lrow. Concerning these elections the general
| impression is that Indiana ard West Virginia
| will 20 democratic and Ohio republican. Such
| ia tho opinion of so good q republican as Mr..
Uptop, Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury.
Senator Kellogg, however, even comedies Ohio
| to the democrats, and basis his belief upon the
ground that Cincinnati by tho completion OF Its
new railroad has become practically Southern
city aud that its interests Being Southern Its
people are sensitive enough to DO subj cot to the
| influences OF those interests.
The receipts at the Treasury to day from Gus.
toms amounted to SITS. 1874; from internal
revenue, $643,6O2.
A scandal has been raised 10 naval circles by q
| woman from Braz,s. Texas. who has come 90
here and accused Lieutenant Commander U. II:
Schmi!z, in charge OF the gun boats stationed at
Brandon on the James river. of running her. The
Secretary of the Navy says the case iS ono Ct
morals and not OF dereliotion in official duty
and that consequently nothing can be dono With
it unless official charges are preferred agslnst
Schmitz. who asseverstes that the whole affair
| is but an attempt at black mail.
The following changes ID the Virginia post
Offices were made to day: A. w. Garner, ap-
pointed postmaster at Dfapersvio, Mecklepburg
county, vice j. q. Gregory deceased; q. Is.
Sproles, at Beuham's. Washington county, vice
Calven Acuff, resigned; j. w. Warren, at
Kings Prince Edward county, sics W. II.
Thweat, resigned, and S. s. Grandson, at Della.
Halifax county. vice A. A. Mills, resigned. Tho
site of the Office at St. Tammany, MeckloDburg
county, wss changed to q point one mile and
half 10 an easterly direction ard A. ii. Brady
continued as postmaster.
A projcc! is 90 foot here for the establish.
ment of geological garden in the grounds Of
tho Smithsonian Institute. The officials OF that
institute arc iurthering it BY all the means 10
their power. They are induced to do 30 by the
large number of offers they receive of rarc boasts.
from which, they say, they can sclect what
will prove most attractive exhibition.
The regular fall term of the Supreme Court
Of the U. S. commenced to day. Judge Clif.
ford is reported to be better, but was not on the
bench. :.
At q meeting of the Virginia Democratic
Campaign Club, held here last Friday night.
8. q. Nesle, OF Alexandra, formally declined
the presidency of that club, to which be had
been eleoled. basing his decliuation upon the
ground of bis campaign work in tho S;h con-
gressiona district OF his State.
A we'll known republican, of Loudoun county.
Informed me to day that be didn' SEQ how Bar
bour could be defeated. He slid bis business
called him monthly to all the counties in the dis
trics, AID that, though he heard in some PLACES
that Williams had strength 10 othors. when he
went to these others he found the strength not
there, but reported TO be somewhere else, 90
that he never could find it. As the democratic
mljority was large at tho last election and will
be larger at the coming one, By reas>n OF Tie
delicqusDt oapitation taxes Of the negroes, ADD
ss Gen. Wiliisms will receive little democratic
support and Major Bayly will not receive the
whole strength of his party, it is supposed
Mr.. Barbour's majority will be three or four
thousand.
The large wharf at the Arsenal is bsiog re.
built.
The steamer Gulpare, which started fer The
North Pels but didn't reach there, has returned,
aad is DOW lying in the stream of the wharVes
of this city.
Large numbers Of people arrived hare By the
trains and boats from Al. xandIia this moroing,
among them many from Lsesburg and Freder-
icksburg. on their way to the BAltlmoro seqll.
centennial
The new steamer Excelsior. to run on tho
Quantic, route. which arrived here last Satur.
day, hiss been visited By many people. oil Of
whom admire her aud the elegant syle in
which sho is furnished. Il is said that for Ito
present she will take the Ilaos OF the George
Lsary 90 the Norfolk route. tho latter being
Withdrawn 10 order to undergo extensive repairs.
The Is b iostant is the time set for tho Excl
sicr to commence running to Norfolk.
The ROOMS on the lower floor OF Capitol, 70
Gently occupied By the HUNDRED, of clcrks tho
democratic c,nprt ssiooal campaign committee
bad employed thtr,, we're completely deserted
this morniog, the com nittce's work being over.
at least tor season.
Mr.. Jonah II. White. an old Altx,ndriao. is
now temporarily located at the National Hotel.
10 this city. He has been appointed the nas-
sent er sgeDs OF the sssCoisted railways Of vlr
pioia aud ito Carolinas. comprising the Pied
mont Air Line, the Ceutral Short Liae. the
A,laptic Coss. Line, and The Seaboard Air Line.