Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-31
IRON HiSHING?ON,
! Correspondence Of the IAIeeu. Ga>eY,

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WASHINGTON, D. G.. Dec. 81, 1881.
DIR. W. W. Dd7g;n. enc CT lie o:s;os cf the
Alexandra csnaI. who has last returned from
Baltimore, where he has been 10 msks arrange
m'nts about repairing tho Acqueduct Ct that
canal. says The water will be shut eff tonight
Tor The saa:on, aud tho repairs BE- commenced
as cary IS possible. Uader all tbs ci,cum-
stsrccs the business ci the season has been az
GOOD IS could have been expected
Inc Woik OF making 40 island of the alta OF
the Potomac eff this city BY dsposilioy upon
them tho mud dredged Ircm tic chaopei. is
progressing rapidly. An immense Quantity OF
mud has been 80 deposited both BY scogs aid Nv
the d1Gmy ergllcs which luo o. the ,rsmway
That leads from The back of the chaauc TO tho
center Ct the flats, aud the: was tui!. 70: sha
purpose.
New fesrs Day will he generally observed
hero az a holiday. Tho Usual receptions Hj
DC mold. lSdeed almost everybody witt house
or rooGs will EtcciVo. The reception ut the
White House will DO pretty much after tho or
der usually observed there. Inc names oil tho
iadIes who are to take part II a ptrton of tho
Ifcsldenl'5 reception have not yet bjen at
nohuceu. Ih5 matter was lett to tho Secretary
S'oNb Uu' Viz L Is 81 GETtl6CleT
about such affairs that tho list will be submit
ted 10 HIN betCr, it is nnnuuroed aud ha will
| not return uo!il tho arrival OF tho limited tS-
press trsin this alicraGon.
JUICE ii. a. TGW9e. Of pcr;smrrlh, Ohio,
has been sppointed clark Of tho COMMITTEE On
the District o! C0lumbis. Vioa Mr.. fl. y. Ciar-
gett, OF Leesburg, Va. This is quite q luora-
two position. tho salary being St day, tho
yoar round. MIR. Noale, the chairman Of the
oommlttee, who had the dispoal of lho place,
givo 1t TO tho Judge beGRusO no ia ono Gt his
Oldest and best iiianda. With rutorcuc, 10 tic
reclamation ct tbs Potomac lta. Mr.. Neal
says the bill that ho has prepared Tor that pIr
pose. he will cndeaVor 10 haro reported lavui-
atlp at tbs earliest poss ba moment and With,
cut amendment, aud that DO will Il. I'll he c,n
to have it passed by tho leuaa IS aoan AZ rrso
lic,tl..
A we'll informed Tennessee pulticsu now
here. when asked tits morning Tow tho prt-
posed Malone movement ia hil Slate would
succecd. replied that I'll would not be oven a.
tempted. az tho Tennessee republicans wcre
not such ID tools as those in Virgi1ie, who
put the Mahnn!ia 10 nagtr ard then never
got smell OF tho raf. "
1t is understood hero that tha drah OF Mr.,
MeGomb map possibly change thu whoe sspect
OF Affairs as regards the salo ard proposed tx
tension oil tho W. Il 0. Il. Il. MIR. MoComb
was tho party most intercatci 10 that road. add
was expected to BIZ bidder at tho saIs. What
bis hcra may do 10 that respect is lot known.
Mr. j. +, Lewis is hero on his wsy to Rich
mond Whcro he wiIl be sworn into cfFic, as
Lieutenant Governor CT Virginia next MOI
day, having previously resigned his position as
y. 3. Marshal Tor tho western district of that
State. His son has not yet been appointcd
Y. 8. AttOrn'y Tor thas dls.rc G., cor has Mr..
Lewis boon assured that no can nsno his own
succe s)r. cod como Of the raaG listers 20 80 far
as to say that no has received oil tia federal
patronage hc is gOiGg to get. Many Of MIR.
Lews's fIleIds thick he has not &C. cd wisely
in giving up six thousand dollar cffico for
one that hardly pays that many Hundred -
MIR. Fu kerson arrived her, last night. Mr..
Paul will, it is rr:b, be. not bo hero at The re-
ssseub'lcg Of CONGRESS- aS be IL led up al
home with chronic bu! not dangerous inds
position. Gaueral Malone AID Mr.. D. r.
Windsor Of A'cx,nGria, took a promenade &C.
gather yesterday evening. Ii is reported tia.
MI. IL. II. Simpson, promioept rcst lser of
Alexandria will DO appointed 10 psu, on the
House side Of the Capitol. Numerous add
tional changes amoog too employees Oh tho
House and some 90 tho Scoato side Of tho Car
itol will. it is expected. ba announced nrx.
Tuesday.
1t is learned at tho State Dspsr.ucnt ihst
England has so far taken no nolcs OF Mr.
Blsioe's 5rath dispatch about the hbropa,ioo
OF tho Csyor-BulWer treaty, and it is doub,-
tu 1t isiuro to nolico * at sll would ba re-
stnted By tho pppulsr feeling If tho oauDitv