Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-11
FROM H-ASHING7ON
Special Correspondence OF the 4le1a. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. G., August II, 1850.

tE-Attoraey General Willama, ena5 LAD
dauiat" Villas, because when member Of
Grants CsLine! be made lautaulct, driver,
tootmGr ard Irtry, used by his family, rtqui-
sites CT lis tfic,, sni paid for them cut Of The
public treasury, has jast returned from New
York, whittier be Eeut to attend tho recent
radical Conference, lie is by no means as san.
euine al he would wish 10 DO, aud is the more
troubled because. when at Co1ey Island, his gold
waich chain WAC cut By pickpcckct and mis-
handsome gold watch stolen.
| Ihis is famous tins fer excursions, ADD
| hardly day passes without. G large number OF
excurS!onlss from different parts eff Inc country
visiting the Capitol. The r0!uuda Of that
building IVES eDliVeGcd this morning by NUN.
trous party Wto had come all the way FROM
| Georgia
Senator Jones, q Florida. who has been here
fer tho past few days, will leave Tonight or To-
morrow tor lndiaOa. which State he is to psi-
italy c.uvss5 for General Hancock. lilo says
| that both parties have their forces Well orsau-
izad iG that State. but that he believes on o
Strict national issue Indiana is democratic, end
tint from oil the information ne Gao obtain he
cant help thinking the STATE will give demo.
cratic majority Dt1; O5icb:r.
Attorney General Deveus returned 10 tho city
late last night. Like Of! the rest of the promi
nent republicans now here. he assumes a c,n.
fdnnt Dir while taking of the next elcctioo,
but that assumption is so apparent thot i! loses
lis effect even upon the mere credul0us noal-
bcrs OF bis own party.
The receipts at the Treasury to Gay isom
customs amounted to $ l. 02i ,l7G; from internal
revenue, S404, 7S7-Desrlv miIiion and 4 hall
dollars, and still Mr.. GaIG.G is rot wiiliog TO
remove the prohibitory tx 90 sEt and paper.
Captain }. X. Church, formerly resident
OF Al, Xsndra, has obtninod, through the IN
llcuce of Postmaster Mckensio. Of AK !ndria,
q clerkshlp in tee Pension Ofiioc. Genera!
Walker, superintendent CT that Office, says nc
is bothered to death With applications fer cllice,
and will ric3lVo GO more this week.
Senator Morgan hos arrived hero tloui his
home IN Alabama, and vii! 20 hence 20 New
York in 1ay or tRo. With regard 10 thc .cH
cent election IN his State, ho says 10 many couu-
ties the negroes did not vote because tic re-
publican c.rditatc9 Wcro Objectionable to them,
cpd that the republican assertions of budeziDg
arc inside wl!hou. the slightest fourdat0n, eud
cannot DO established 10 suelc ins.suo.
An intelligent, we'll informed, and By 20
means sanguino Msryandcr, who mas lust re-.
turned from somewhat cxtouicd tip through
the States Of Ohio and Pennsylvania, asys shat
Whlo sitting 10 the reading room CT hotel 10
C!nciuuati his attention was interested By 8 con
vcrsat!oa between seven commercial travellers
who had net there casually, each AID every
one OF whlm gaVo it as his opinion that from
what ho saw and heard 10 his travels. 0 1io
would 30 Tor Hancock, Gad no fortified their
belief ay tho following well known facts that
Garfield is lot es popular IS Hayes Yves, and
that Hatc2ck Is more popular than rilicn was,
and that yet Hays only beat Tilten !, 600 votes
that ct the last clcc;iop, 10 which republican
Legislature was elected and Mr. Thurman Co.
tested Tor the Senate, every railroad iutcIes. in
the State WAS agai0s! hu because Of bis rail-
road bill. but that now eli those Interests will
be either neutrsI Or thrown !cr Ileucock; AID
hosly hat the existing split 10 one OF tic con.
gressUnGl districts OF tho State is more
thnu Sufficient TO turn tao scale liz
favor OF the demo Gratis. With regard to
Pennsylvania be said that th, head
Of large ma0u!ec Turing firm in Pittsburg, who
hes always heretofore votcG tho republican
ticket, iatormcd him that he IuG many Of thosc
with whom ne had formerly acted were going
10 vote Tor Hat c,ck, for the following rcasous ::
that they believed his election would tend more
than that of GUrfcld's TO that complete rcsto-
ration Of anicsblo relations between both Sec
t!crs Of tho Uolon 50 necessary to the fullest
development Of The manufacturing trade
OF tho oJuntIY; That lianonck ia ius!
as Datiooal mrn al GaF6sld ind hes u
purtr character and that, having tried 10 vain for
years past by Gghlog In tho republic ranks,
to relieve themselves Of tho corrupt republican
ring that rules their cltT they have determined,
as the Cny mcans Of clfi@g tia. object, TO
iOlo forces with the democrats. ard that he be-
Il thn ~
wou.G be OF itself sufficient to alter The political
cmpltxion Of tho whole Of it. Tho gcn'l.maD
tn 1hona | allu!n also visited Tcoucs.co aud
kcntu,kg, 10 which Stats, ne SAYS, ;ho demo.
Gratis wilrol! up their usua! mt ,rl!lts aat that,
though the rarty 10 Tennessee il even moro
equally ivIdod on tn,ir State debt question
ihau in Virginia, they, like reasonable creatures,
don't all1W ;ha! question to divide them CO ia
;ioDal issues, aCd will, therefore, vote as o
unto for Ia. c)ck lie also s.ys tia. in thst
State UD local cItciors .hey have adopted the
French plan OF ulIOTl3s every asiirsnt for al
CliIc1 to ruI Tor Il without nomiosti1n, tu;
require u,sl ,!'y TO elect; that they have
broken The color !inc b. s:ch o9uls,, and that
"a The recent elec!iuu several negro c,rs.abes
were elected 10 Nashville.
4 handsome statue Of tho iaio Senator COL
Iamor. Of Vermont, by L. P1wcrs. vas crested
70 the Sauary Hal! OF The Capitol day. Tho
marble out OF which it is cat is remarkably pure
but the aaiuo is probably the stliest ouc ia the
ball.
DR.. TuIn., atcGot2ry If the Nstioaal Board
oil Health. sass TO day there is not c:so of
yellow fever withio the limits OF tho United
States, nor is there likely to be coo this sum.
mer, and lAat the system adopted by the board
Of having ugouts 10 foreign inftc,cd ports to
notify them OF inc sailing OF CHIPS trou those
por'S fer this c0uatry, is perfect aud must &.
clude The disease from American poris.
Secretary Sherman has appointed j. w.
Riley, of Acsomao c,urty. Va. to position in
the Internal revenue servico and referred him
10 Commissioner kaum for s8sgnnen-at
least his ls what Mr. Riley s,ys.
MR. EENNoE's WEATHER FOR AUGUST
MIR. Henry G. VaBIor's weather prediction for
| August is as fellows: