Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-15

Virc;-j. ptlitej say ,hss such policy
will lcs9 :he Genera! moro republican votes
than can BE- otl:et by those it will hli0g rim
from The democrats.
A delegation Ct republican Flsbouelts from
A!exandiia, consisting of D. A. Wicdscr Il.
II. Gregory and d. W. Whiting bad an inter-
view With their loader in tho libby Of ,he Sen
ste to Gay Hith ngTd 10 Wha: they deemed is
their share OF tho federal patronage ct his dis"
posa.
Efforts orc now boirg nade. with favorable
ufCsgic:5 at sucGess, Tor the extension OF the
MANASSAS Gap branch OF Tie Midland Railroad
20 tho cOai fields 10 Yves: Vifeicis. The prof.
pecs has been brought TO the attention Of
Northern capitalists. and presopts such excsp-
uonsble cnsuces Ter renuneraiVe iCaestmenis
that they have taken it into serious oopsidcra-
ton. std the Indications ere that whist is nov q
proposed extension will soon be 10 the way Of
of ocOouios rapidly accom- plishcd iect.
The iuuour ttGt General MshoDe's begging
tour to the Union League OF New York was
fsinro is being srcrg thonod daily by people
from that city. Ho did get few small sub
Bcripliors but bothing ike what he hoped for
or even expected. General Mahone addressed
the Uoiou League clnb, tho cub that cited
ilovac. Greedy to appear before thcu Tor going
ga lhe is!l bond Of Jef,raon Davis. Mr.. A.
VI k:Iry. the chsIrman OF tho eXeoutivo onm-
mittco IT tho Virginia democracy Was 10 Nav
York Iaat thursday night and made short
speech hot0re Tho MauhaIlan c ub. nov polit
ioal urgs1 .tiop.
fho i0fcIgn guja;a, with pr0pcr ESQ brtF, we're
jr,gru TO eli the rnlos Of iatereS! 10 and about
tho CITY 20 day. Pennsylvania Avenue vi be
bril'i2ulIy illuminated with electric lights TO-
DlgEs.
hen tho tiet CT guests werO received 10
The Senate chamber yesterday niornoon, it WGs
observed that General Mahone kept his SCAT
and vas not presented 10 them. IS m )st Of tho
other members CT Tho SrBaIe We're. 1t was
srglcstcd 10 tho reporters gallery TINT he prob
atty su2pt sad they were ''BoulbonS," o GLASS
II pcoi ID Tor whom hu has 40 use.
The President of tho Yorktown Commission,
When Informed this morning that tho New
York llatsld c,!led that commission electric
ineffcens' b cause they had rot prenartl ac-
cNmm .da!lOos fer tho CXpeo!od crowd st tho
Yorktown ccntcuni.l, rcmarktd that tho com.
mission had invited no coo 10 b, ct yorktown
before Tuesday, aud that ty that time accom-
noja'ious you'd be ready Tor all their gdes's;
they had no.hicg to do with preparing accom-,
mOdcllons for other people. Tho President!
snd his parry will leave hero Monday ntternoon
for Yorktown 10 tho u S. steamer Dispatch.
o. The same day, bus not st thu same hour.
tho s;eBnrr City Ct Cat1kI will lolvo with
Secretary iaioe bad Tho foreign guests, the
steamer Exc laicr with tho Yorktown Commits.
slOn Gnd their gnes!s, and tbs u. S. steamer
Ia!lspoosa with those who can not fad accom-
modat!o:s oG the other steamers named.
IHO moro witGCssos were examined 10 the
No~sstc o:se by tho graf d Jury this IN ,rnicg
and tho Captain Will probably DO INDICTED on
Monday.
TIC 'cssion Of the Serso 10 day was short
and ualntere'ti0r. A resolution was adopted
tast when i: cj>uros co Monday il will be
until noon next Friday. hut i. will probably be
Monday week before it lranHec:s any moro
business
Among the srcctatois 10 the gallery day
werc tho ytuog adams now here on their way to
*nhoa ut Hampton. The cviliz ,tioD of tho
DID World Wero on the floor of tho Senate
yestrrdaY-lhe harbsrism of the Now were 10
tho galleries tu day.
Rev. j. L. Newman sud Mr.. Horace May
usrd were Oh he republican side OF tho Senate
10 day. and tx.Scna,ors Wallace and Randolph
on the dernocfsii side Mr.. Wallace thinks the
running Of IN anli ring republican in i, State
this fall will probably give 1t to tho democrats
p II the army and navy officers in tha city
called upon tho President this morning and
were formally presented TO him