Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-08
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Of the Ale1d. Gasette
WASHINGTON. y. O.. ian. s. 1881,

SPINttSL OL7FthpOLIcRSC W tfte dtcICtSs Ousette
WASHINGTON. D. O., Jan. S, 1851.
hlr. John Wei z. tbs defeated republican
candidate for Congress from tho lst district of
FirRiLis. who is 10 the c;.y, sa5s the rcpubli-
c,Ds CT bis State vii 60 whioh ever way Judge
Hughes directs them. AID gentlemen we'll &C.
qaainled wi:h Juigs Hughes. say that be
lears toward tie Malone movement.
Il is understood that Of 81! tho denoctali, u.
s. Senator'S o1Iy orc has written a letter to
General Mahono sltco his election. This Que
expressed bis eorroH at The eplt that had &C.
CARED in tho democracy of the Old Dominion
Mr.. W. W. DUNCAN, one Of the lessees Of
he Al5xerdria Csusl. is spoken of ia oonnec.
| iou with the u. s. msr5bAship of this DISTRICT.
| COW filled by Fred. Douglass. wnc, it is said,
will be given foreigu mission under the new
| edmi oistraion.
Dir. Blanc will resign bis scat 10 the Secatc
On the ooh of February. SO as 10 be ready to
| atc,pt the position of Secretary of State %
| der President cleo: Garfield M:. Frye vii! BE-
elected to ill his / Ice 10 the Senate.
Judge SWalne hss written private letter, in
which be s,ys he would resign DOW, but that
he fears Mr.. Hayes would appoint Stanley
| Matthews to tis place. aud that 10 prevent that
he will postpone his resignation until after the
iSauSurstion Of President elect Garfield.
Ger. Beale made bis appoararc, 10 he House
this u orCiog for the first time after the recess.
lie had to rldo 10 slsigbs ard buggies and 90
horseback for severiy miles from his home in
WcstmOrelaad 20. to Fredericksburg, where he
took tho csrs. lie repre- senls tho country as
presenting the most descl.te aspect. and that
the trees sling the roads hsvo been cut down
| for fuel.
The Houso appropriation committee agreed
this morning upon the Iodisn appropriation,
bill fixing the amount at "a 526. SCI.
TIC Navy bill will be referred TO i. by tho
su5 committee on Tuesday next
Ihere was 90 session of the Senate 10 day,
aid the House was occupied with the consido-
ration OF tho funding bill. 1t is DOW conceded
that Tbs Wcoi Bill wil fsil, though it is thOppbt
the House, ii not tho Senate, will pass SINE
reiunding bill.
There is ru1or here til, mcruiog TO tho
efftc! that tho coutem plated attempt of the
Pennsylvania Central r4iroai to buy tho A. NJ.
Il o. riiIroad, will be autagoniz,d by Jay
Uood;, Hs cwas I'll tho reads entering ct
Memphis irou tho Wes:. K T. Wilson owns
the roads colneciog Bris,oe With Memphis.
ard the runner is that Gould and Wilson have
nooed their interests sn1 will buy tbs A, M.
& y. X. H., now 10 The hands CT receivers and 10
bo sold, which will give him through line
from tho Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. HIS
already owns Northern rou:o bstwsen the
two OCEANS, ard b. his rumored propose d pur.
ohssa will have Southern between Norfolk
apd San Francisco.
1t is understood here 10 day th,ttba epnoiot.
mert OF Dr.. Gimcr 10 be POSTMASTER at Rich
mond wi | be ri c:ed by the Senate. and that
both democrats and republicans will work for
that end. 1t will DO ric5ltc:ed that Dr.. Gil
mer 50 far fcIgot his .eppt!icani:m as to advise
az a!!larc, OF taet party With the Mabooeites.
Judge Gray, the newly appointed Collector
Of Customs fer Alexandria. tells ND this
mortiOg that when be was making his snplioa.
tion fer that place he told Mr.. Lewis Mcket zs
Ut y, AID that tho latter in'rcdUc ID hin 10 Mr..
Johnson. Cou i:s'ouer Of Customs, from
Ghocl he Cb!sincd tho reformation be ceSired.
columos devoted TO Gen. Malone 10 this morn
ipg's Republic n of this city. hsv, c,me to the
conclusion thst the Gantr:l has not yet deter
niped what cou!se he will pursue when be
comes to the Senate. bu. will, as Mr. Popham
says, wait Tor circumstances to determine bis
action. The General il !llc eff 10 lis figures
about the States rGycru:, which tho annual
repor;a show to b. larger than be states. and
read juster clmmitteo OF the State Legislature
reported Ina. by tn, McCuOch bill the State
you'd Lave surplus reyanue Of $300,0O0
a prominent West Virginsn, now here, says
that The people Of thst State, q, general thing,
think that their State ID responsible for no share
Of the Virginia debt. but That the respectable
men among The esders beitye she is liable for
pert OF IT, II thst psrt can be properly and accu.
rstely ascertniued and TX q! IS the present egis.
latu-e is the Eqost able ss well as the most re-.
anected the itata has had foT some years past,
the settlement Of that question should be left to
it. She reason the people at largo think West
Virginia owes no part or the Virginia debt is,
that they baiove all the money Of the dobt YVES
scent in the portion CT the State from which they
have been cut OF.
General Malone is still the tcri, Of o good
deal of sp: cnislion. General Joe Johnston says
he believes he will DIN the republicans, but tina.
he does not see how the republicans can afford
10 support the lesCer Of party the chief plank
in whoso platform is practical reputation, az
the attempt Of the Mahoni:es to parade them.
selves in the guse CT the real debt payers OF the
State ls too transparent to deceive anybody.
Other prominent democrats, o1 the contrary,
do not believe thGt ho will so act. for tho reason
:hst ho will nave tho same lculty with the re-
pubic MS that 10 ms with the democrats, that
is the opposition Of I'll The leaders CT that party.
Tkey believe that al the Malone fass lie created
by Hr. Gorbsm to secure the Generals vote for
himself IS Ecc.etary of the Senate and one of
them Gays tbs: prominent Northern republic
oan ecitC1 tad him 10 later than yesterday
morning thzl he did not want Malone in the
psfty, a;c w;ud oppose any such I'll iiaiion as is
proposed by the Washington Republican. Mir.
JofgeEssn sgree5 with those who cay that thu
General viii haze the same opposition from the
leaders Of The republican party in the State that
he now receives f!o:l the leaders of the demcc-
Tscy.
FOREIGN NEWS.
1he Car has issued uksso granting the
title OF SereIo HiXhnuss 10 tho PiiLcass Dol
gorouGL
Tho Agsncc Euseo Of 81 Petersburg Gays:
"Ir the dIs.r!c.s where the crops have failed the
state will advance SEED and execute public
works, inttesd Of advancing money, es FORM
erly."