Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-08
Special Correspondence of the Aleua. Gass
WASHINGTON. d. g., Juno S, 1850

The news from Chicago is again the all ab-
at the Capitol, but 10 every ct! or portion oil the
city. Ii may be sad that Washington is now a
CITY OF bu latiu boards, on wish are posted every
three or four n.ioutcs shrr: crisp dispatches
from tho republican couVenIau, cootsiuicg 40
counts Ct the Proceedings f that body as they
occ1r. Thtro aro Gv. or s,x such boards iD
5iif.rent parts Of tho Cspito', one 10 cGoh CT
nesr'y oil the departments aud hotels, and one
at all the uum2rouS Geographic stations, and
every Que or them IL surroutd.d With n crowd
OF esgtr eGq1irers slter the latest Iews. The
prtc cdrgs CT both hlu1c5 OF Congress- sre
ccnauc:td IN a ll3lless aud urc0corrucd way,
aod by hardly QUORUM ut members Hhiu
notlicg is heard oil 10 Il c cloak rooms aod lob
bics bu; opinions and { u-sj aGd surmsts hbcut
tho Ghicapo nominltion. la tho Senate dupli-
cate b1lielins were sent in on Il C QIor as soon
as rec iVCd, aud attic cd uorc altcutiun than
the ii Is and rts)iuuous utd'r consdcraii 10.
Mr. Blaine, Who was Il ere Y; s:elday. vas ab
sent to day but Mir. WIpdom sat there, ock-
Jog es mad rs bull. with a dispatch 10 bis
hand Gnn0ufc clog that his immortal ten hsd at
last split, xix Ct them basely deserving him,
when. rs he valDly imagined, they were Just 90
the point OF receiving ttlcc;iva reint1rcemenis.
lie seemed to have ltss all faith 10 tho relic.
tility of human nature and to scout tho idea
lhet there il any such wCrl Is ".tick" in the
| vocabulary u'rtpuhlIcsn politicians. Mr.. Ferry,
also, who promised Cooper, the father Ct tho
yourg lady be tried to Deceive, tina. he would
give him u foreign mission when he waR made
Vic, President, vas also absent, being 100 cha
lal l. 4 bo,, r., 4
raised ct Chicago. The lacrosse 10 the Shcr.
men vote 10 the early ballots this morpiog clc-
waited tho hops Of the Fri: Il Is Of the Secretary
90 little. ku; the s1bstqutnt decrease made
their condition worse han it was 4. first. Tho
Garfield rise, which | as just tskcn place, is
ssid by some to indicate the identity OF The la, k
horse, but the Grant men still prefcrce stiff
| upper lip, End say lhc General is tlowly sod
| surely arriving s., The goal. As write. how
ever. the iiieLdj Ct I'll parties arc overwhelmed
with surlrisc, a1o, il the tlu.h DO spC kcr, with
! Grief, TT the news Ct GiI6aId uoniuatior,
which has ist tetD r, cnved.
1t is reported ct the Garlic! to-day thet NJ.
| WLittskcr the democrat, member of the House
| from Oregon vas 70 cif c:td ct tho Cltc!on bed
in his s a:e yesterday. As Oregon only has
one rlembcr, il this reptr; DC true, it is tie FIST
| p1o IN tie kraad light that will emo eff nt Xt
November aUd gv!s the GGst blood to tho dem
Ccrste.
The Stnate to dGy ;5 On the c.lcrdar. When
the motuirg hour IS ovtr the Appropriations
| Committee will move to suspend al prior orders
| AID tax, up the suad.y evil bi |. and it is prob
able that that motion will b. adopted, as every
body wsDts The ntc:!s!ry appropriation bills
gotten through with as sool o. p ,ssbe. When
| this bill shall have hcon rss-rd there will b.
only orc mere, the dtGoie: G. biz, 'Lst will have
10 be pissed before The S2sslO1 can acj,ur0, ard
| the &C journncrt is the point to which all are
DOW working ss rapidly as possible.
Mr. Mcdonald Las tho right to tho f,cr Oh
the Spofford' kellogg bill as soon as the morn
ing hour is over, and Mr.. Williams wants to
take w the Mexican pensions bill, but as stated
| abtvo it is prob1bIo The suodry evil bill will
override all Others
TIE txperts in the case Of II c fam1us Sprips
or letter made their report to the House Con-
| mittte on EIcctioUs Ibis mornitg. Two Of them
assert positively that F.pley wrolc tho letter
bins,lf, and the third one says it looks to him
very much the s2no way.