Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-24
From WASHINGTON.
Spectdl Correspondence VI the Ale1G. Gdzctt:
Il Il Mr. Ol 1881

ifAsaIHGToN. D. O.. May a. 1851
TITS week 5 number Of Puck is rendered par
ticu!a,'y attractive by a CARTOON 10 which Mas
Loac is represented Standing on a small portion
Of wrecked bridge, communication with tho
democratic shore bthind him washed away and
thnt With the republican shore 10 front Gu! off
by tic Conkiing fl ,od, and Crying ou.. "sin't |
in devil of Gx?'
There IS muoh doubt as to whether TANNED
dog" the term applied to General Malone on
tho postal card written by Mi. Carmichael,
comes urder the law excluding Indecent, eWd.
obscene and lGscivious language" from the
mail. The daioiticn of the word indecent
might possibly DO c7nstrued so rs to make the
Law apply 10 tic ease, bu. many think other
wise.
| There is quite gathering ct Mahootts here
| to day. The Genera! has not gone homo yet,
end he has cow with him Messrs. Paul, Came
ROE, Groner ard several other OF bis trusty lieu
tenants. They were all at tho Arlington Hotel
this morning. oXpec. others to c)me, and will,
| i. is still, hold CONSULTATION rcspcc leg the
platform TO be adopted ard tho ticket to be
nominated At their State Convention to bo held
| iI Richmond neXt month.
Washington seems to have moro attractions
for senator's than FOX representatives., for though
bu! few OF the lstter are here, the postmaster OF
| tho Senate is still distributing mail to forty
Senators. Among tho latter tho only two seen
| about tho Capitol this morning were Messrs.
poodIetoa and Kellogg.
Mr.. k:nneth Rsyocr, Solicitor Of the Treas
| ury. he's got yet becn requested 10 resign, but
hiss 20 hopes of berg rc,aiaca. His successor
will probably b, his assistant General Robin
SGD, though many think that Mr.. J. Amber
Smith, Ct Va, will be appointed.
TIC Pres. dents wife is said by Ter physicisn
to day 10 be cntirey out Of dsrg:r, aud that
barring 60 improbable rolspso she will soon BIO
scll cI,ugh to start for Mentor.
THO policy tic ADMINISTRATION ictcnds 10
pursue with regard 10 tho Malone movement
10 Filgiaia is still 90 unsettled question. The
latest information regarding it ia tbat tho Pres.
| dent IS in ftvSr Of suppcrlicg 1t 20 thu utmost
extent CT his ability. asd that ho will do all be
csu toward detetIi0g tho republicans from
holding convention aaG to make them adopt
tho ticket to be nominated Iy the Malone cen
vcuion ocxt month. but that Secretary Biaino
| Wsn!s the republicans to bold convention and
to let that convention determine Ihethtr or
net it will be advisable to accept Genera.
( W Huuuo as INC oCW TSpuUllJtO ICGCtF.
| P.lvate dispatches received here to dsy from
| New York state that forty four republican
members Of tho L2gisla ure Of tina, State have
| sigltd paper 10 the { feet tha! they viii rot,
uGdCr coy craumstaacas, assist 10 tiIa rc.l &C.
| tloa Of McsSrq. Conkug and Pistt 10 tho u
S. Senate, end MIR. k:tciam, republican
member of the House from that State, poS
here, says that this meaSs they will not 90 ioto
| tho republican caucus. Ii this be so aid the
democrats remain upi;ed the election of aeno
tors can be postponed uutI after new lI,eisla
turo shall have been elected, srd in that case it
ia highly probable tho two r:y. seustors from
| New York may be democrats.
| No doubt seeGs 10 DO entertained of the
| truth of the report that 90 agreement has been
entcrad into by Gov. Cornell, # New York,
nld Mr.. Robertson, b. which Conkiirg is to
b, tl.ug Uttered, uuicss he obtains tho support
| ct tho mocratS. and tho mechlGe kept in con-
troll OF tho former, to 10 used for securing
bin the republican ronlnai;u Tor Tho Prcsi
| dtnsg 10 1854
The talk abcu: tho Trea.ury Department this
morning is TO tho effect that all the parties
recently investigated there vii! DO rcn3vad.
II is conceded on all hsnds that the Cooking
Blaine mbrosl!o has done much to squeloh tho
independent movement 10 the South, and that
if it be cootinusd the few Southern politicians
Who c91scn1lated joill1g tuoh movement In
order TO obtain ctiloo will postpone following tho
MGhooltes' example in Virciuia until moro
| copgcriant season.
The U. s. Daruy Marshal who ssrzed tie
warrant of arcs. upoa Mc. Carmichael for call.
Ing General Mshono dan ned dog on postal
card has returned He says that Mr.. Cs.
wife is true blue. snd that when her husband
lntorncd her that he had bccr arrested because
no had written tho card, she said Ego ard
write another enc, | eau stand srAightous
repubic0n, Gu. Mshone-GaEl'
iNg!nia1s hero regret the COW Suodsy law
OF AeXantrs aad tho uotoriety that has been
given 20 il. They say that it will not only Affect
ul1rlous'y the material Interests Of the city bat
have damaging fleet upon the whole State,
! NOW tnst the season Of excursions has com
menced, tho captains OF the stesmboats running
on tho Potomsc will DO notified By tho Treasury
Department that they mus. not csrry moro pss.
sengers Than their licenses authorizs them to
take on board
Professor Gamgee, whose new motive power,
according to hin, is 10 reVoutioaiza the trans
poTtSt!on Of tho world, says the apparatus for
G1niGilnS Il. no" IN process CT construct IN ct
the Navy Yard, will be completed in abou. two
%e2k:. As IS known, he generates his steam
from nnmonis, then recondenses it and usos il
over an unil mlted number of times.
| LEO Iumor That the Danish government ia
anxious 10 sell the Island of St. Thomas to tho
United States or to any other government. for
slI millions or any othe: amount of money is
officially denisd. Tho Danish government and
the people CT ST. Thomas gro perfectly sstisG ed
WIN their present relations ard havo no desire
TO change thenl.
! VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILROAD SEcUNErrEs.
The cerlliestsH representing The Gtst and second
mortgage Of tho Orange snd Alexandria Esil.
coAi Company wtra received yesterday for re-.
demptio1, at the Safe Deposit and Trust Com.
psny OF Baltimore. 4 large number were re-
deennd, AID i! will BE- but few days before tho
oallro amount Is in. 1he first series amounts 10
SoMEo, and the second to 81 100000. The
holders Of tha:o certificates received tor p.iEci
pal and intercs: TO July l. 1889, bonds of tho
'I'at series" new is:ua) Virgins Midland Rail.
Wsy COMPANY, dated March l 1881, and payable
Ma:ca |, 1896; snd of tho second series" dstsd
March l. 1881, and payable March l, ISL, tbs
bonds Of esch series having attached thereto
coupons Tor interest st tho ra,s of six per cent
per aIlum, payable semi annually March and