Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-01
FROM WASHINGTON,
SpeciG! Correspondence VI tie Alena. Gazette
WASHINGTON, d. O., June |, 1881.

The State Department has received official
il formation tina! national exhibition cf the
artificial and national productions of Mexico
will be gwen at OrZ,bs. "a this will be the
brst exhibition OF tho kidd e7lr eiven in Mcxi-
CO great deal OF interest is manifested respect
ing 1t, and a largo number OF visitors from
abroad, especially from ths United States, will,
It is expected, be present durlcg its continuance
No lucorsiderable amount OF money changed
hands hero 10 day on the result OF the Darby
race. lrcquols is no American born and bred
horse, end these who allowed their prjutices
against home things to i:tlI,bce them are SUI
terlug the c)rs:quarc!s.
Now that this c)untry has succeeded 10 got.
tlDg fifteen thousand pounds from the Brush
government for the ForIuue By affair without
any trouble, it is induced 70 think it can rccov-
| CT portion q the tltlilax award. and 10. tha.
purpose Secretary Bl,ioe has santfor Mr. New
berry, OF NJ ;chigaD, who YVES SO anxious to have
that sat aside during tina session of tho LAST
Congress. to coma on here and brirg with him
| all the evidence no has barring upon ths. ques
ton.
Copking may SHOW up very wax tho Nov
crk Legislature, but thcte Is 20 doub. that
among republicans here be is ODDS d ,red pow
party who don't hope for or eXpsc. ofhc, uadar
the present Administration are by no means
m assured 10 their expressions Of condemnation
OF be men and measures ty which, they saY
no has been murdered. They also say that d
| matter how the matter Esy end Now the re-
publican party. as on otf,cuvo p llioal olg .ui {.
cation in New I ork has been u .tcily destroyed
Mrs. HenniDg. an old lady. residing at tho
Navy Yard, whll, 10 tho Capitol grounds to-
daV. 90 her Wsy homo. was approached by two
haltagroWn negro boys, wac asked her tho Tsy
| to ID street, and when she stopped 70 tell them
one held her srms @hie the other put Iil hand
| in her pocket and took her pormouir. WHOM
they both ran off. leaving her scared almost to
death and robbed of every o,ut she had
MIR. Ed. Winship. cashier OF the Sergaau. OF
Arms OF the House Of G!pr Sentatives. has re-
signed to take more lucrative position 10
Ohio, and Mr.. Thompson will probably not ap
point his SUCCESSOR, but will attend to the do
| ties of the Office himself, aad therefore be hero
most of the summer.
Th, venerable ADD efficient chief clerk OF the
Office Of the Fus; Assistant Postmaster General,
Dir. j. Fl. Mari, Was to day the recipient Of
very hands >ma and elaborate aoraI testimonial,
pres ,uted by til, clerks of that Office, tho o,ca
Zion being tho 50.h anniversary of Mr.. Mari S
| introduction ioto tho Department The f,w-
ers we're fashioned into Maltese cross, with
| 1881" at top, and "lSSl' at tn bottom, With
| the words June frs" on the right and left
| arm of the CROSS. and IN ar.o" 10 circle 10
| the centre; letters and figures 10 bue umor.
| telles q s'Z, til, cross Is ab0u; thirty inhces
| 10 diameter
Notwithstanding tho fac: that many Of the
Northern newspaper ooTrospo odontJ stationed
hap m nh Md ~ tko
proceedings Of the Mahopite Convention to meet
| there to MORROW. ltIlo or no ioteres: IS maoi
| tested here o)ncernrg the &C loo of that oon
ven!ion. It's generally c,nc:d:d to DO nothng
but a convention of small and iosigni6c,nt
portion of the radio party. ADD tina: all bu.
aVoWtd radlcl'5 who intend TO support the
ticket it shall nominate, will only do 50 btcIuss
they have not tho boldoesi to como out opeol3
and declare themselves radicals, ADD would vote
| the ticket il composed entirely Of the most pro
noupcod radics's 10 thu ate. The result. Of
tho recent elections 10 Virpnis as thu continue
| to come 10 show ooncluSVely tha. whenever The
Mahooites mustered u9 streogth enough to
| mako fight they ware utterly defeated. and
| tho teiict is general that 20 matter who may bs
nominated or whct sort OF platform may bo
adopted the democrats will sweep the State
! next November.
The third relief OF tho Capitol police beog
informed by L;eu.eHant Smith. Of that force,
| that they could procure b,;tcr unif,rn sum
mer hat at cheaper rates 10 Alexandria than 10
this city, sent there and supplied themselves
and are much pleased with their bargain.
The MYSTERY OF INlQUlrY."-A afoa!
| many good poop Q labor under the mistaken no.
| ton tbs! the world IL grhdusly growing better
| as Christianity ia dtlsed and civiliz,t ion ad.
vanced and Vsinly dream Of millennium glory TO
be achieved by the preaching Of the Gospel.
Where such promises sre - b. f,uad in the
New Testament no one has ever yet been able to
toll; on the contrary, we are told tina. "oVil men
| and seducars will wax woras I'D worse decev-
| ing and baing deceived" aOd That i! will yet be