Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-21
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Special Correspondence of the -alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Juno 81, 1850.
The receipts at thu Treasury 10 day from
| customs amounted to :63S. 1913; IrJm internal
rCverue, $CC9,Tl2. Thc Dc i3nsl bank notes
received for redemption amounted to $37l, 600.
llte!lsctc> .co;i7c2 here 10 day irtm MIR.
GnG.ld ia 10 tho eff C; thal Don Cameron hes
| agreed to acosp! re citc;ioa to II C chairman,
| ship Ct Tho republican national eyeiri7o CON-
| mtlcc. Considering the omphaticlly ext rcsscd
! Intention OF this committee to dapCso him at
Chicago, and the wound hiI vanity must hnva
| received in oo5slqueuoa OF HIS having to rucEic
| TO their dcmauds 10 order to save himstlf thai
| modification, this acton Oh his part is looked
| Gpon IS remarkable and % iudic,iug promises
! OF bc0cfita to DO conferred should MIR. GaGald
BE eltcted. The policy of tho party now will
b. to DO all ID lis power 10 remove the chr gin
uoder which Tie Grau!itrs arc !ab2riug anu 10
| Induce them to rally to tho support of tho
ticket
Tho plan adopted By tho republicans is for
| their congressional committees 70 devote its
/ whole attention TO locking utter the doubtful
congressional districts 10 oil the States, and to
leave tho conduct CT the presidential e'c,ioc to
the national executive committee. There are O
large uunber Of districts from which tho pre-
sent democratic members were elected By pIu-
Rallies, aud tho CT cot is 10 50 arrangc matters
| that republicans cao DO returned from them at
| tho o: X cleciou. The proposed spit 10 the
democratic party in Vireioia will afford the
committee foo field Tor operations ia thai.
State.
The Differentiation Ct the Virginia delegation
at Cincinnati 10 support MIR. Eag.ish, Of Goa.
| nec.iclt, Tor President, indrc!s pe to say that
| that gentleman i msn Of the people Gud al.
| together AID entirely !. sst nade, lilo com-
! mcnccd lilo as carpenter, having served en-
apprenticeship at that trade. and by Industry,
| economy aod stIic. attention 10 his work. soon
acquired moaus cucugh TO mako small in.
v'smeuts 10 New Haven properly, which this
| good, solid. common. p!ecic.l tc0so couvirced
hiU. would DO profitable. His thr!tinass aud
pGobi'y s. OF Won him tho coHt louoo OF his ftl.
low cIizeas, and tc rapidly acquired wealth and
influenco. lie DOW AID for yesrs pas. has held
40 inl1cniial position 10 tue New Haven Clcck
Com aDy, the largest 10 the world, 10 en- txtet.
slvo rubber Company, 10 Tho Valentino Butler
Sale Company and in the Fms. National Bank
OF his CITY. lie is also ono of tho largest real
estate holders in New Haven, upd has
q largo Interest IN the Adams Ex.
press Company. Ills cetatc is estimated
to b. worth from five to SIX millions Of
collars, aud as he OILY has ono Child, a grown
sor, to leave 1t to- and hiss always been liberal,
il tiero should bo C call on hcl for tho siaews
Of tho campaign there il 10 doubt that its r.
sponso will equal .exptc:a'i,us. MIR. Eogish
has an rteproscasbie private and public record;
has tho resptci alike Of political friends and 90
poncuts; always has been ecocroul to tho poor,
Gmoog his numerous contributions, hCiog Isrsn
| annual sub :criptious 10 beth tho Protestant aod
Catholic orphan asyIums Of his city. His 20
iilc,l lllc commoncad os member Of tho Com
mon CouGc OF his city, from which he rose by
gradual promotion through tho grado Of Alder
men. president I tho BJa1l OF SEX c:mea,
member OF tho lover house OF tho Legislature,
member ut Tho upper house. memb, r of the
Unltod States House Ct Representatives, 10
| which he voted for tho abolition Of slavery 10
tho pIstrlc. OF C0lumtia, Gtverntr. to tho
position OF unicd States Senator, to which no
was elected to till the unexpircI ttrm of Senator
Ferry. Ills War REGARD is uuimpc4chatlo from
O Ncrthein standpoint, Old he l. tho intimate
pels NAL friend OF Governor Seymour. lilo is
about G% yours Of ugr. and attends pcrsonsly
| to oil lis business, aud was tho fist democratic
Governor elected 10 tho Il Isl nltrr tho war.
breaking thu lc, Ct political IS raci.m ia that
section OF the country. Should he be tho ROM
| nee tho votes ot bis own State, Of Nsw York.
aDd 81 New Jersey. GtCjrdlrg 10 pc0rlo we'll
lntormtd about political AFFAIR." in lhaso Sn;cs,
will be scared.
Tho democratic cXtc1tVo clmai;!ca il pro
par'nc the political lie of Mr.. Garii,d, and
VIII keep II SianGitg 10 their rural prtfs. Ii is
~ no means calculated TO gain Mr.. Ga!iioId
7olca, Grd the worst CT it ia that it is obtained
| from tho Official records OF Congress.
Inc city Ia exceedingly dull to day, nearly all
the republican politicians having gono to their
homes and all the democratic ones 10 Cincin.
nat'. The withdrawal CT Messrs. TiIdcn and
Seymour ls generally accepted as (inal and as
leaving the convention untramnollcd in lis &C..
lfcuon OF the Strongest man before it. Among
Washpe o1ians Hancock. Bayn:d and Field
arc DOW tho prominent candidates. The demo.
oas arc elatcd at their prospect of succ: 81, aud
thtro is no doubt that tlto republicans ara evr,
more Than lLVtrscly depressed
Intelligence from along the liue OF the Chcsa.
pcnko and Ohio cantl to day ls to tho tffoct
that tho damages 10 thht canal caused By tho
zee lot storms have all been 1cpa1cl, and that
largo r1hbcr Of boats arc now Oh thcir way
down.
Tho steamer Guloatc ct t,go o'clcck 10 day
Wos l5lcg 10 tho stream between this city aud
Alexandria under orders, it i1 said, to start en-
her search for the North Polo this afternoon.
The Secretary of War this morning positively
refused to grant fuIlou2hs TO acy Of tho On
listed men Of tho squad who were brought ca
here. to 60 with ter, and they wcro all
furnished with transportation bick to
their command. LieuteLaos Dog and
Doan, however, have had their futloushs *
tended and will sail With the Gulnarc. There
seems TO be two ideas prevailing abcu. this OK
pcdltoo, ono is that Captain IIowgate, by soma
occalt process expects to reaIiz, q bonatz,
IRON II, and tho other that rrg has b,cn
formed for thwarting all his efforts Tho ship
as seen from passing steamer looks taught and
staunch, and flies the stars aud stripcs from her
peak as ealIy aud as boldl9 as though sho had
an American register.
The steamer Arrowsn NTH will leave to night
TOR Baltimore, where she has blcn chartered IN
run excursions for tho mex. seventy days for
Sl1 600. her owners 10 bear her RAINING ~