Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-19
FROM WASHINGTON.


Congress in that district. and that there is
fair show Of his election No one is striving
for the nomination, but there are several
popular and well-qualtied gentlemen in the
district who will accept the nomination if it
be rendered them, and who, in that event,
will make an active canvass
The President returned to the CITY last
night, but is not expected to remain here
long. His summer trip doesn't seem TO have
benefited him physically, for he looks more
puffy and liabby than he did when he went
away.
Col. Bright, Sergeant at Arms of the Sen
ate, and largely Interested in the Potomac
Manufacturing Company Of Alexandria,
who has been absent nearly all the summer.
Is expected to return tomorrow night AS
soon as he returns it is thought that the
works of that company will be enlarged and
operations be resumed there on a greatly
increased scale
Gentlemen from the Mississippi dstlic! in
which General Chalmers is running for Con-
gress say that the General up to date has
not been able to get q cent of the money
Mr.. Hubbell has eXacted of the federal Of
flee holders, and that unless he does get
some, and that p. d. g., his defeat will be a
DISASTROUS one.
The democratic conventions in the two
Cincinnati districts met to-day. The inn
preston here is that Folctt will I've nomi-
mated as the opponent OF Bu;terworth. and
Jordan as that Of Smith, whom the rcpubli-
cans have nominated in the place OF cx-Gov.
Young. Ioung's Irish friends all over the
city are mad at the way he has heen treated.
and, it is said, will join the Germans in
supporting the democratic nominees.
The work of improving and beautiiNinu
the north walk TO the east front of the Cap
itol has been commenced but Judging from
the way work on the Capitol always pro-
crosses, it will not be completed in time for
the meeting of the next session. An orna-
mented wall will he extended from the
north end Of the east front TO the north end
OF the grounds, and the ground west Of that
wall be cut away SO rs to he OH Il level with
its base.
A prominent Maine democrat here to-day
says the reason the republicans carried thai
State recently was the fact that thousands
of democrats were numbering and lishin.
that they could not be expected to come TO
the polls at their own expense, and that The
managers Of the democratic party would
not supply the money requisite for that
purpose, for the reason that they were or
posed to the sreellbaclS coalition. He said
IN talking to the GAZErTE'S CORRESPONDENT
Il hope what | read in the republican
papers about democrats in YOUR state re.
tusing to vote for Massey because he was
once readjustcr is not true. for il WIS lust
such democrats that helped TO defeat III up
in Maine"
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the floor Of the Capitol building under the
rotunda is for the collection of books known
as the 'Tonner Library" which was present
ed to Congress by DR. Tonncr of thi; city
upon condition that it should BIZ kept to-
gether. The other room is for the pamph.
lets and documents that now crowd the
| Congressional Library.
Mr.. DUNCAN, one OF the lessee; Of the Alex
andria Canal. says fifty boats have passed
over that canal SO far this month. This is
not as many as were expected. but is moi so
bad considering the diSorganiZed boat SER
vice when the coal shipments were resumed
The selection of ex-senator Mitchell 4
caucus nominee for the t. s. Senate by the
republicans the Oregon Legislature. shows
that the monopolists have rs much control
over the republicans Of Oregon as they ever
had
Intelligence from al the Congressional
districts in Virginia received at the rooms
OF the democratic congressional committee
to-day is of the most favorable character
and what to some may seem remarkable
most of the letters contain paragraphs SINH
lar to the following taken from one from
the Sth district. THE white republicans.
or rather the more reputable ones among
them, Judging from the way they talk, are
as earnest in their hope for Mahome's de-
feat as the most consistent democrat The
writers of these letters, I'LL believe that Mr..
Massey will lead the ticket in their coun-
ties.
A gentleman who was at Culpeper Court
House yesterday says that Mr.. John s Bar
bour, democratic nominee for Congress in
that district, and Judge Smith. of Warren
ton, made effective speeches to a crowded
meeting in the town hall there, and that af-
ter the meeting many realjustcrs shook Mr..
Barbour by the hand and told him that
while they were readiuster& on State CUES
tons, they would not allow Gen. Malone or
any body else to turn them over 10 the re-
publlcans. especially TO the Arthur wing OF
the republicans Mr.. FAIR, the Malone
candidate, was there also, and was offer
ed an equal share Of the time, though
the meeting had been called by the
democrats, but as he was rot allowed
to dictate the terms OF the discussion,
he refused to come into the meeting. and,
with Wales,th man who assaulted Nj. Wise
at Louisa Court House, and an internal rev
emile official named Egborn. went to anotl-
er part of the town and spoke to a meeting
composed almost entirely ofnesroes.
The following Virginia postmasters were
commissioned to-day: r. f. Horton, Riner,
Montgomery county: J. c. Adams, Wool
wine, Patrick county, and W. D. Mmter,
Overs Store, Henry county.
No one here doubts that Mr. Blaine is in
active sympathy withthe straightout repub-
lican move in Virginia. nor does any one
doubt that if he be not the King OF the re-
publican party in 1884 he will al feast BE- IL;
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