Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-02
FK ga WsHEEjEa Tetyt,
Special Correspondence Of the Ale1a. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Ju'y 3. 1850,

WASHINGTON. D. G., July 2. 1850.
Among the senators in tie city 10 day are
Messrs. Kellogg Beck and Farley. The two latter
meeting a. the C.p;!ol this mapiog fclicitated
themselves upon The fAvorsbIo prospect for, CT,
as they put 1.-THE assured o.rt.i0ty Ct, demo.
cratic President % the 4lh CT next Mach.
While at the Capitol Mr.. Beck drew tho amount
Of salary duo him, AMI it was 81 much that he
remarked no was glad 10 had b,en kept too
busy last session to spend much money, and
that it would DO moro agreeable to spcad it
DOW. MIR. Beck is ono OF tho few democratic
senator's who arc rich.
MIR. CressHoll Postmaster Cereal under
Ger. Grant, was interviewed this morniog %
tho sui .iect oil the serted and generally believed
deft c:iol among the Grant wing of the repub-
ic,u party. lie denied its cxistorc,, sud said
tho party wns thoroughly uoitot. Ilesl5o said
that 10 Maiy'ap not only Grant republicans, but
heretofore good democrats. were rsilying to tho
Garfield ticket, among whom he was st liberty
to cntion Col. FL. Webster, tho democratic
collector at the port of Bsltimcre under Pre!i.
dent Johnston. end MIR. Frederick Store, demo.
cratic member of Congress from tho 5h
district 10 1872. MI. Crosswcl's words
were brave, but thero waa s: msthiug 10 bis toae
OIL manner that led the Interviewer to believe
thst his heart was not in them.
Seaator Wallace Was 10 the city last Light
lie corrobOrated what was said 10 this corr sion,
deroo yesterday about bis r0babe election to tho
petition Of chairman Of tho national democratic
executive committee: that ho would bo mado
eligible thereto By ill.,, resignation OF MIR. Scott
tho Pennsylvania number Of that committee,
and his appointment to Il til, vrclrcy; that
Mr. irnum did not want to retain tho chtir-
manship aoy longer. and that, as al original
Hancock map, tho general Raoted him elected
Mr. Wallace mentioned somo OF the particulars
OF the recent interview between himself, General
Hancock and MIR. Tden, umorg them that
Dir. Tildcn had stated that tho General always
had been bis fsvoIite for the nominsiiou, and
that he would take as great interest 10 | i, cleo
ton and DO as much to sscurs il as no would
ave done had be (rllden) been the ucmioe,
This OF cturSo means that tho contents ct that
famous bsr' arc at the disposal Of the ra:ionsl
democratic executive clnmittec.
General Duncan Walker, secretary tf the
national democratic eYtcItiv, committee, re-
turued from Naw York to day. lilo says that
So far as tbs os!ionaI ticket is concerned uaity
aod harmony hava been completely restored
among the NV York democracy that each
wing Hll exert its u.ttrmoss efforts, it fer no
other reason just to show what the united dem
ocraio party ct Nav York c,u accomplish, and
that the estimated msj,rity tor Hancock ard
Eagsh 10 that State will 10 from thirty to
forty thousand.
Mr Altck Stephens will leave Culpcpcr G.
IL. 10 morrow fer his home, stopping ut Rich,
mond o1e dry. and OF Augusta long cuoush to
deliver speech 90 national stfiirs which he has
taken some pains to prepare. MIR. Stephens
sty5 no is too old to be enthusiastic but that ho
Is convinced frog, what he secs and hears, from
his experience, and from his Knowledge of
American human nature. thai Hsnccck and
Eoglish will be elected. Mr.. Stephens is much
pleased with tho hospitality shown him at Cu.
poper. Whllo there ho was consulted by tho
readI1sters as to tho course they should pursue.
They told him that they would be satis6 ID with
bali tho electors on the State ticket, Ho pd-
viscd them not to be obstinate, but to ACCENT
four or oven two olthe electors, nud to DO moth
lrg that would epdang.r tho vote ut tho Stsso.
Ii IS said hero that proposition 10 let tho rA
soJus.ers designate some OF tho mcn on the
| electoral ticket would be agrood to by mujl.ity
OF tho regular democratic organ;z .tior, aud that
those men 10 " 90 tho ticket who will give yay
their p!nces will be wise. fer that when tho
rth,es are to ba distributed thcy will not b.,
forgotten.
real estate agpot who has sold houses to
various ofioo holders horo up)n tho mouth!y
lnsalncut payment plan has been informed
by them that they will psy 20 ucr', ns it is
nroosb!e they Will los, thor pnstions al or the
an oil exs March, and that thy clnnos b.
I, Cted from thpir hnc ~ no nrno,.a IF lao n A..
frro that lime. Such is the talk here, rnl lis
all ono ard tic samo way.
Mr. DUNCAN, one ii tho !rssccs OF tho Al,x
andIla canal, lntormed me THU mprnins Lhut
the receipts Of that canal up TO this time wo,c
greatly 10 excess Of those OF the sn,po period
laat year. add that the indi1llors for pooi
sea4oa were 'xc :llout. lie s1yI the exp; cs
OF tho canal arc $4,000 and the rec. pts last
year were OILY $l.70O.
Mr.: q. Z. Round, OF Pfbe, William. Was in
tho city yesterday. 80 md nj, sta. Cannon
of King and 9 lccn, Mayo Of Wcs;morcland,
AID Grcao CT Stafford county, arn as prants Tor
the reaci1sters' nomination for Congress for
tho First Virginia district. John Wolff is the
republican candidate, and among tho ntm,s
mentioned 10 connection With the oouscrvatlyc
nomination nro lhnsc of General B .alc, tha in.
eumbent, Ju lgo Goobr;ck. Of Fredericksburg,
K. J. washington, Of Westmorelaud and Mr.,
Meredith Of proco William o!uaty.
ShvGRE WIND SToRM.-A s,y:ro wind
storm, attended With s>me rain and iulo hail,
passed ever portion Of tho Southern end Ct
this County last Friday ni;e,ncon, tho like of
Wh!ch. It is said, was lever before Witnessed 10
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