Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-29
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Special Correspondence Of the Ale1a. Gazette.
WASHINGTON. d. g., May 90 1850.

" GSuiNuiOH. II. u, may ~. lSSU.
The city TO day presents tho appearance Of q
geatral holiday. Al the departments arc
closed aud neither house CT Congress. nor any
OF the c1mni:tcos thereof il 10 scssi0n. Thcus
ands Ct people have ronc TO Arlington and other
cemeteries, AID uiary % ricnics to other pltc g.
but sill The strccts;rc ctoHded, and military
companies and other uniformed bodies Of mer,
both white ard c)lorcd, accompanied With
bands Of music. are lnalchi0r. Tho Wsshiug-
ton Light lrt.otiy, as they rcturocd TO their
armCly, at ! clock to dag, were followed by q
crowd III st least tWJ Thousand EcirJcs, At
tractOd b. The sight CT tic soldiers aud tho
sound OF the lIuac. All tic stores and The
market were cpcu. .uh though tho Letter was
the Only pace at which business seemed 10 be
brisk, The tolmcr were by 20 mosn5 deecftcd
lndced, the Capitol e2d lis departments were
the ouly buildings atou! when their seemed to
b, dcGrlh OF humanity. Among the local pop
u!ar resorts, that at G:es5Cro' was Tc! patron
IL d, Tho ic!r3 beats Iunuing between hero and
AiGXlndtla sCp!iGg there regularly aud carlY.
lug large nuAboTE OF passengers boil! Ways.
Tlcramo!s 81 tie fictitious strength Developed
recently by ti.c op90ucuts Of third tern!i5ul have
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nation 10 be naic as Chicago, Lu: the CID
have done i;oGI the G!si, Chat G;aLt will De the
no@,iDCe. They a'Sj say bat il any coalition is
!tpuisit0 10 fec; thai tud it will be between
tho GRAFT lad Sherman meg, ani that tho pay
Mr. Shprran will rec ITO for iio assistance he
briggs 10 tie cause viii 90 either tho vic, rrtsi
deLcY or another lcas; ot four years on thc Treas
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say that tho CtIy chauce apy republican can
have Ct b2iGe elected 1iust te founded upoD
his ability 10 cIIry some 81 the Southern States,
aud iiGt rs B!aiCc G.vi away Tic republican,
party - ;hc South l.; 4 ,icasirg tho i0lcj bill.
Grant has decided 10 b. Jyan MIR Coz oliistory
thaa his S2e,CHcs lave ini.cittd. sn1 h7 that
meas will = :cnrc several S;atca of the South,
amntg them Virginia, and sly that Malone
has promised TO put CD electoral ticket In the
Fl I'D to keep his white and black lcrc,s together,
and give tho vo;c Of that State TO Grant il ho
be nominated. Nir.iaiaGs here believe Grant
will he nominated, tut when such talk as this
reichcs their cars they sniIo hLd ask tie takers
ii they haze heard OF the defeat the combined
raaC justcr ard Maizena, forces have rtc'ully
sustained in nearly all the cites OF Virginia.
a well informed newspaper mon who has uSt
returned from an extensive tour through msuy
OF the States OF the West says that tho feeling
among the democrats IN all Of them IS precisely
similar to that prevalent in Virginia, namely,
desire that tho Cincinnati convention shall
nominate tho man whom it4 combioed wisdom
shall deem most likely 10 Slccetd. and deter
mlnatlon 10 support him whom nominated with
all the legitimate means ct Command. They
have N hcelarcp IN tXlrCs>lag thcl. belief thst
Mr.. Iidvn - tia t9ctkrst MAJ that could be
nominated, tu; brl,C2 that even h. can ba
Ccc'CJ.
M0st sll tho GIvtincHcLt lots at Harper 5
Ferry Wero Cl:pu5@d Ct Et tho recent ressle
there ut what ere coz slGUred fair prices. The
water power Was no. said. tho Govcrnment's
lowest rice for it bciay $25 0C0 End the highest
price offered bt!rg $40 600.
a heavy rainfall 10 AeZanGlis yesterday was
US be ID this city. but here there 81 0bly the
llPhost sort Of a sh0Tcr.
Five c2ored delegates Instructed TO vote for
Grant arrived hare last week, and were I'M n q
diately nsbhed By the Sherman mon who mad q
proposals which induced them TO change their
opinions about the slvisat!ity OF nomiaa iing
tho TX President. Tee HIsine men soon after
wards took them in hand, and in Il way peculiar
to the magnetism OF the plumed knight soon
imbued ,hem with the idea Of the superiority CT
that goLtlen:a;a illness for tho Pre- sidenial Of
Gco. MIR. Lon Cameron hearing of lnis sent for
and had talk with them, tho result of which
wss that they started that night fo- Knoxville
in cdarse Of one Of his agent TO il II Ience del.
ogaLo who lives there, aud that from Knoxville
still in charge OF Nj. Caneron's agent, they
viii travel from one pace ~ another until the
day tho nat onal convention mocts, when. with.
out having hsd n chance 10 DO ''scGn' by any
bedy else. they VIII arrive at Chicago just r
time To be marched - the convention and Cast
their votes fer tho man on horseback.