Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-27
ECON lEASUINGION.
Special Correspondence Of the A'era. Cozcn

York, 10 be Secretary Of The Treasury; MIR.
James. ~ b, Postmaster General, AID Mir.
Hau0a. 10 bo FIrs; Assistant pcs!usste! Ge1
oreI Tbs pCu1iDstiop 6: f;ir. ,!clnsa occasioueG
sGmo surprise; :iat Cf tho two others did not,
a5 it was cxpeoscd. |. ia supposed thu. Mr..
James IVES DorDi5atoa in order to avoid any
difficulty tina. n gh. possibly arise ircu the
doubt respecting the duration ct his !oCn Of
ofies, ag soma seem 80 think that his term cy-
PRED with death OF lho President Garfield. II
] TBS stated 10 this c1rfcep05doUce ycsterjsy tina;
| the President would not remove Any haIt-bteed
who would ccn=cnt 10 haeomo sawart. end as
Mr. Jnng5 is oct tEo SORT Ct uan to stand By
prilcplc, ami IS nlr. Couiag ted hii,. is cot
mado OF tho stuff on: CT which heroes ore
formed" he accepted the situation ut once;
became as good a,alRert rs .ho haS:, aud, as
consequences, has been allowed 70 retain bis
oGc2. Why Tie n90li2@llOn Of so Attorney
General was not eco. IN vas MISC e QUESTION thai
nobody kacw h14 &c scsHcr, but there YVES
rumo. 10 tie 20: that Mr. MaoVcsgh had
consented TO hCli OF uatil the regular sss,iop.
The open session CT ;ha Seua!e to day s9ss
cytremolg short, tho oaly business done in it
being tho passage Ct "a resolution giving the
pages pay fsf the foil mouth OF OJtobtr IL
then Heot lSto executive sGs:l0n, but ritcr a
short tine took recess Ter BIZ hour III order
that tho Committees might Goi OF tho romina
lions that bad beer dcDt 10. Az effort will DO
made to brig Tho sess!nu to GCso ;h:s niter
poop ate ,litrc Is % reason v!;r ii ahonld rot
succeed.
Mcssgs H;scock. Keller ait, burrD&F, oanli-
dates Tor Speaker Ct ti,i tlouc. r:o all here,
ready 10 ca'cA i5s 5@rG Ill, y sirggs!o 10,
which they will ;;sssr dultg DOG rrelty SOON
and ooI;1uC upl. me oJi; meLa. incat Of the
gosaiGn Ct Congress.
Msssrs HIsdy aaG tsohu!; +, WAC aro uaiT
runairg tho li.h0Go mov2u. nj 10 Virginia, 60
longsT stop ct tho hriust01 li3!ei, 81 iurnerly,
but put UP al tho l'ortIand ;.s, whero Gtn.
MahCne has his quarters
The nomination Of Clifford Hiathsm as post
master at Lyaehbufg viii como upin tho exec
utleo session OF The Senatn L 10y. The dcmc-
Gratis sra nnlE IL ;hci7 Gp;,o,ii4n 10 j.. and il
they ais all pTlscEt Or paired j: can 20: ho COL.
6rmcd. Thcif ictouiou ia to postpone ito cal-
eidera,Cn aud it chat falls 10 s:a7c elf vote by
dilat0ry motI0Us.
The oly noU:aaion SECT 10 tIe Sena!n &c
day from Nirgio. sas that q Comous L. Nor
ment TO be postmaster 81 Suti1ik. THE is Rul-
if ii is it will meet with The opposition that
that Of S;.tham has 10 evcrcoma.
As tho visit Of General NlshoHo 20 Nay Yoik
to obtai1 iua::a Hlh which to c)niuGt his cam
paign failed &c accomplish is CT iaot. s!r0ng e.
fot;s aro btlLg made hero to raiso him all the
monty re may rtgniro, GGd thc republican A..
tiansi oIm nitieo will Bssiat to is U:ln ,st extent
Mr.. Jewel, !.s cts'rnaU, came on iGr that purr
rcsc, ard Gac republican, Sc5atcr hls subscribed
$500 to The i:.aH. ST & copfcreoco with Col
lcc.or Brady uul Mr.. ,jcwcl last nigh. arrange
nentB Ecic mada tcr paying The osptai N tex
OF every man IN The State who would vote the
h1shone ticket. snd Tor paying osDvas=ers Tor
bringing cut al. such v0;c:s Gu ELECTION day. 10
vloT OF all this, wis: aro the Virginia DENT
crnls doing? They havo ucbod? to hll Q thou,
but every QUO Of them who Clo saaTo dollar
to their CAUSE should give i! willingly. for.
should Malone succeed i: will cost them mnro
than oil they may contribute 70 defeat him, 20
matter how nu.s! that r:ay be-.
Mr.. Clalk, member OF tina House from Mis-.
souri, Instituted sui: for diSo:c, 10 the court
of this Disiric. t. ley. His wi!o is very pref.
ty Eonar, bat is reported to have b,en untrue
to him 10 Eunc!cu5 iIsancts
Il is slated here that Dix. W!o!Ar5; is much
put Gu: at the iobcspi:aii!y With which he WAS
treated b. the Vrgibians OF Yorktown. If this
be SO mr. Winthrop should hs iofo!mtd that
the Congressional Ccramii si0o, not Virginia,
invited hin to Yoikt;wo. tut that, ncVcr!hc.
less, Virgins would haya treated him With Ecr
wonted hospitality h.d i! rot becp that the
Mahoneitos 10 her Legislature prevented her
from making au appropriation for that purpose.
The Conntc:icu. raeim:nt that went from
lorktoWo to Charleston arrived hiro this morI-
log. sId will parade this a!tegaeo'.
Ii IS reported here that the MahGnsi;eS oil
F:fGioiA efc not satisfied with the wy Brady is
rEu5ing ;he!r c2ulp:!go, sDd shst il &c sends
out auy rCro such speakers ks EtrnRld aud
Wol;z 10 al seriously damage their prospects.
|. is ssii iEa; he latter, IL bic speech at Alex
andrla isst moGGay sight. told bis negro
hearers that they need have no fear about
supporting tho hlahcpo ticket, SIS it was RI
publican move made to capture The democrats"
ard that as constq1erc, the tc9 white pco.
pie there Who Intended v1i0g The: ticket
thought b;t!er OF it srd resolved 10 vote Sith o
party abort which there Vas 81 least somo c?r.
talnty. Volt is very unreliable. according to
General Malone, WHO betors WclZ btc.Ee
one of his followers. said ho hal sRcrn that
trunk be ho hsd lost was verb 5000, but
that when /! VA found lis appraised value gas
only $G5.
Richmond's Yorktown centennial celebration
closed yesterday. The demonstration CONSISTED
OF parade Of all tho military end civic organ
izat,ons ct that city, together with srcmsrksbls
business and trade display, the wbolc occary.
ing nearly two hours 10 passIOg given point,
Basiness ;hrouehou. tie city was suspended,
and the sroois we're .hropscd with people,
tho c!iy'S population bciDg augmented by not
less than twenty Thousand strau2e!S. a.. the
conclusion OF tho parade the British flag Eas
raised on the State capitol building. AID was
ssluted By the Richmond HoSizArs. The fss-
tiVities concluded last night VIII. grard ryrc-
technical display on the capitol sroaais.
At q moatipg of the Virginia Republican
Association" in Washington lost night, Louis
r. Payne, formerly of this ci!y. vas obostn
secretary. and among the new members admit
ted Wss I. B. Pinu. Aconntte Of i've WAS ap-
pointed to secure reduo:d rates OF Transports
TOD. The committee to Wait upon Sruntcr
Mahone was instructed 10 maat at tho RIGGS