Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-05
FROM 1FiSHTNGTON
special Correspondence Of The Alerc. Gazette.
WAsEINGToN, D, c., August i. 1880,


Collector Mills, Of Richmond, nor will anything
be done until the special Treasury agent, now
investigating that case, shall make his report.
Capt. Spitz!r. deputy collector, who was r,-
m5ved b Mills for dsregarding the civil ser-
vic, reform order. prohibiting active particpa
ton iu politics, is Mills prosecutor, charging
him with tho vary otfeIso for which no was re
ncyad. As the participation 10 politics. Of
which Mills is guilty, consisted 10 working hard
aud openly for Grant Instead of Sherman, it is
81 no means unlikely that Collector Mills will
have to walk the park,
f. gentleman from tho LIST confessional dis
trlct OF Virgiuis says tho prospects of the regu
Jar democratic ticket arc improving there; that
the Impression there is general that Hancock
will be elected; that most Of the employees
about Fortress Monroe ere therefore Hancock
| men, Gbd that large numbers of the employees
| at the Portsmouth Navy Yard havo determine
ed TO vote the regular democratic ticket belicv.
| iEg that no favor will b, shown readusters by
Hauc2cks administration.
All the Cthceholders, with the exception of
| Mr. Hayes and the heads OF departments and
bureaus, have, it is understood. complied with
| the demand made upon them for contributions
| to tho republican election fund. Many Of them
paid the assessment gTudgirgy, but they dared
not refuse to pay it lest the loss of their Offices
would be the consequence.
! a letter from Oregon states that tho recent
republican majority in that State was due to the
use of money By railroad now 10 progress
OF construction in that State, a1d by the faiiuro
OF tho democrats 10 take tho proper steps to Sc
cure victory, they imagining that they had
tho State safe, aod that there Was no necessity
tor making any cXcrtiop.
| The following uew pCstoffioes wero establish
cd 10 Virginia to day: Cody, Halifax Co.,
with L., IL. Tbscker as postmaster; Cold Har,
Dor, Hanover Co., with b. Ii. Tucker as post
master; Ivy Hill. Campbell Co.. With g. H.
Petty as postmaster; Haywood, Madison Co.,
with B. j. Hall as postmaster; Marmora, Din
WiGdie Co.. with Falconer Davidson as post
master, and CuscoRilD, Mecklenburg Co., with
Il. L. deter as postmaster. Many moro new
postoticcs will DO established. not only in Viz
sioia. but in all the Southern States during tho
current year. tho people of that section not
being rs willing as they formerly wcrc TO wais
week for thsir nail matter, ard then have to
lido six and ten miles ter it.
Tho receipts OF the Treasury to day from
customs amounted to sos, ljG; from internal
rUvcuuc, Sill ,Gj5. Tho national bank notes
$73. coo.
tx Senator Conovcr, who is now republic
can candidate for Governor OF Florida, arrived
hero irCDl that State last night lie talks CEN
llden!ly OF his success to outsiders, but to hcso
who know the real condition Of political affairs
III Florida, it is said, he acknowledges that ho
leads iorlcGh hope, and TINT, being carpet
Dagger, he will not rccaivc even the whole vote
Of his party.
Mr.. Riddehrrgcr q prominent readius!cr Of
the Valley Of Virginia, arrived here last night.
and LETT this moroing for Petersburg 20 SEQ q On.
Malone, who is sick there. 10 q CON.
Vcrsation with gentleman of this city he stated
that the Malone ticket would receive co 600
votes, but Mr.. Riddlcbsrgcr's hopes in this
retpcc! arc the father of his thoughlp and
such talk don't fool anybody but those who
want to be fooled. A comparison of the views
of pcoplo from all portions of tho State recently
hero shows that ii tho Mahoui!es get 10000
votes for their electoral tiekat they will do re-
markedly well. and the regular ticket will then
have q vtTy respectable plurality.
| SEQ by tho Washington Republican OF this
morning TINT Col. John w. Fairfax, en- indie
pendent candidate for Congress from tho 1st
Virginia district, says That o paragraph about
him that recently appeared in this c,IrespoL-
dcncc is totally fa'so. That may b. 3d. but
if 80, the iau!t i5 with tho Colonel and his
friends aId not Hith your correspondent. for
either Bragdon or Gordon, who wtro 10 the
city With the Colonel last week, informed o
friend that they had cMlcd upon MIR. Hayes,
and coorcd barber ct Wizards informed
geDtlt mlu he was shaving thai Col. Fairfax
had bctn there, and s!auES that he was Gu
didate fer Congress. loft word fer Stuart,
the head barber, TO me- down 10 the Nero
politen that night, whcro he vas to meet somo
political friends
Msior Sam Yos;, If Stauo;on. Virginia, is
here 10 dag, on his way TO New \ oIk, 10 attend
G mccilog OF the republican na'oBal executive
committee, Of which he Is memblr. 10 morrow.
lis expected to meet Messrs. Lewis AID Wick
ham hero ADD 20 ca Rth them, but Mr. Lewis
went through last eight, aud Mr.. Wickham
proball' also passed on through without STOP.
ping. The 81 j)r says tho tunders aud the re-
aGiGSterS OF his DISTRICT hate each other more
intensely than they do the republicans, aad that
at discussion between Mr.. James Buugord.
ner. the tun1Cr c!nvsss:r for the distrlc:, and
5. g. AllaD, the rcaC lster cleotor, las: Satu:-
day, they went Tor each other scalp, snd that
not only IN his dlsllc:, but throughout the
State the Mahontcs have determined to reject
all ttt:rs OF prom!sc; that tho Woodstock
eff5rt las! W ok was q complete fasc,, AID that
many Of the rcacj lsters who ct first signed
their Nance to paper asking far Gem promise
subsequently, scratched lhsu of, or got hold
of tho papers on which they wero written and
toro them up. lie ssys the republicans arc
resting on their oars, and waiting to se;z, any
advantage the fight auorg the democrats may
afford them; that they will afford the Madou.
ties al tho assistance in thcir power, and if the
fight continues till The election they will support
the Mahonitc candidate for Congress 10 these
districts 10 which the republicans have 10 chance
Of running in their OWL. Ho plso says that tho
p Icy adopted by JUICE Harris will force the
! iuGd4rs to make him their candidate for Con-
grass, tut that there is great Danger of his be-
ing bssten. aud that MIR. j. r. Tucker will haze
heavy odds TO contctt against 10 the aGj)iaiog
district, IN Tfioh the rGadiustcrs, rcpub!iosn7,
end all the clemens Of opposition will be com
bined against hin,
It IL nCW understood thar Tho ,.anfn1 inf,rn,