Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-03
From HASHLNG7ON
Apec'al Correspondence Of TIE Aleaa, Gese
WASHINGTON, >. e., Sia-ch. 1881,

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The city Is EoR crowded in sii is pals tus
the arrivals sill con.i.ua auG lho rur,ber CT
strangers is Ices.lcg h1ury. E7ery !ran,
aad they nle arriving q; oro CT o;lSr CT The
depots almcs: every half Lcur. CORES in IAN
med to its utmost capacity, apa The boats that
aro reactioS here from Norfolk, and the Alex
andra ferry boats are adding largo numbers 10
the throue. Tie Capitol is so crowded in every
portion ct its extent lbs! it is difficult 10 move
about in it. AID there have been rare occasions
when Pennsylvania Aver us has contained rlorc
people and presented mere krillia1t appear
atc,. The arches tha. epan every iuiaisec
tiou OF that AVtnue ard every Lui!dipg OF
either side ct /. are goreoously decorated
With t1age, bsEuets end hRrds:me devie: s.
Among tho arches. tho two most prominent,
have been given to Virginia and Maryland
that OF the former spanning 6:h street AID that
of the latter 7th. Bands OF music are plsyiec
AID soldier compauiss matching abou. contlru
cusy aud in every direction, and tho whole city
is 10 Whitl CT excitement. The crowd sutges
over tho sidewalks of the Avenue iuio tho no.
tel; aud restaurants, which arc fIlld to rerls.
ton. Whole legislatures of mspy States snd
lonumeraDe other civic associations ire tcrc
among them some from the South, AID move
ABOUT as solid bodies. A half miioa Of
strangers were expec:cd here to morroa, and if
the day DO tGir that expectation will bo realized
Among the lnm9nse tbropg are aG2 d!s,la-
grlshed men from ell parts Of tho country, in
deed OF tho world, ono of the most noticeable
abou: the Capitol to day being tho young Cow
ernor of Utah Territory. General Sheridan is
here, and had quite an ovation 90 his arrival.
Ge1erai Hancock will arrive this afternoon, AID
the Light Infantry and other military conpsp-
les are DOW assembling to meet and escort BIN
to lis quarters. 1t is understood that tho
| horses Will be taken from bis carriage BY lis
admirers, who will attach ropes 10 il aad drag
| it themselves.
Mr.. Hayes, who las had veto Of tho iuud-
Jog bill prepared for week past, sect i, to the
House todsy, when il WIS read snd the bill failed
to pass over bis veto. Mr.. Hoer viii movo IS an
amendment to tho de6eiMc3 bill DOW before it
the iupdlog bill as it passed the Senate, With
the 5th section omitted, bu. it will hardly tc
adopted, rs several dcncc.atio members said
this morning they would volo q inst it, but
even II it Should pass the Senate II this shsps
It can not 60 through tho Heusc.
| 1t is understood that the stand taken by Mr.
Blaine, the premier of the new administration,
ogai1s5 any agreement or arrangement With
General MahoEe, WAS, ii anything, even moro
decided than was stated IL yesterdays G;Z,tte,
and that the President elect is thoroughly in
accord With him. This, of course, ia exceed.
lugIy dlsc0ura2ing to the Mehoncl!cs, CT whom
a large plumber ere here. Sumo Of tho Viz
gDis republicans. who have been leaning to.
ward General Mahoue ard who havs bceu Dc.
ceived BY tho account cx Senator Lewis brought
back from Mertor, can hardly teiese that the
President elec: is 80 utterly opposed to hlsLoae
ss be ia said to DO uow. sud assart that i! tie
| General doesa't attempt to rulo tho Republicans
IN the Senate. but vi keep qlisG ard tsko his
time no will yet be master 81 The silua:oc, IS
in their opinion, Baiuo'i place will beoytro
80 dlsagrecatls 10 him altcr short tus that
be will be compelled to raSgo, 81 CT with talk,
OF course, is bosh
Among the immense coSd now here gro
largo number OF ViIgIuiags, mostly, however,
| Republicans end Mahonites, who have ccms 10
spy cut the lard and select tho pisces thew &c
| Sire, but which alas. so few OF thom will receive.
A few republiosrs want sn extra session Of
Congress. but tho prevailing opcou to day is
that ncne will be Called
| Mr.. Morioo, of New York. st tho rtqu- st Ct
the eRtlrc congressional delegation from his
State. has declined tho position Of Sicrctary ct
| the Navy. rendered bin by President elect
Garfield, AID it is understood that MIR. James.
present postmaster of New York city will flan.
~ have the postmaster Generalship, though The
pIsoa has been tcadercd to Judso Huot, Of
Louisiana ~ this connection il may be stated
tia. The new President waited 10 aoplint 10 a
| place 10 his Csbnet man from tho bord:r
| Southern States. those State il which ha sup.
posed three Wtr, scIac respectable republicans,
but thst there Wa' go much lighting, SQUAD
| bIlpg, dctrac loo, charges end o1unter char6cs
| among them ths. be Hss upabe to sclcc: QUO
devoid at least Of nominal reproach, and had 10
60 to the extreme South lor ono, ia !bs paTs2i
OF judge Hunt. of Louisiana.
Mr.. z T. Brown, of Hamiltol, an Mr. Nj
! GsIvie, Of Waterford, Loudoua CO.. Va, ars
aspirants for Mr.. thinkers place rs Postmaster
| ct Leesburg. Nj Brown ia straightcut re-
publican, and takes no MahoLism with bis.
A RUNAWAY TRAIN. Tho most hair raisug
| episode that ever Eappened to New hleXico
mountain railway train fell 10 tho Iot Of Contuc
tor BlCsslnQham reorDtly on tho West slope Of
Glorletts summit. The train ooIn plised nea,y
thirty loads, snd ss it eptcred upon The desc ut
Jake Brown, the eDeiGeer. threw co tho water
brake, but found that it Vas broken and would
not work. The Train eared momentum to such
G trightful extent that the switch cl5las and
| books lIluZ 90 the pllct bsss in front were
buried FROM their plsoss into tho cir, breaking
onn Of tho locomotives eu1rd rails. Brown
called for brakes, but The train men had already
set every one aud realized that tho train
was beyond conirc. Seeing that nothing could
be done To stop the mad coulss tho train was
running BrowO Jumped from the cab while 60
ing at tho frigbtfu rsto of sixty miles an hour
and landed seventy two feet distant, actual
measurement. Blessiughap, who WAS Oh the ca.
boose. With PawDee Charley and wife as passen.
Rers, fesriog that the train was going 10 destruc
ton, cut bis way car locs, and checked it with
the brakes, while the train Continued its veloo
ity down the long grade. The fireman stood OF
lis post like hero and, while tho engine was
plugging down the FIJI ghs ct eiddy speed. he
orawled out CO tho footboard and pokcd SIND
through the sand bex, tblpking that it might
assist thu wheels 10 getting grip upoo the
rails As the train sped around Material curve,
which is short and Steep" tho velocity was so
great that the locomotive ran on one rail AID over
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