Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-16
FROM WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. Is, 1852
Judge Garrison passed through here to-day
on his return to his home in .Accomac coun-
ty from Richmond, where he had been 10
look after the certificate of his reelection
to the House from the 1st district of his
State. The Judge, by the official returns,
from every precinct in his district was cleo
ted By Sc majority, but the fact that Gener-
al Mahone's returning board refused to nj
low him to see the copies of those returns
sent to them, looks as if they intend to give
the certificate to his 9Iahonetc opponent
This. however, while it might cause him q
little expense aud inconvenience would be
advantageous to the Virginia democrats. as
it would give the country additional proof
of the insinccrity of Mahones cry for Il free
vote and fair count, and show that Malone
is resorting to desperate means to offset the
proof of fraud that will exclude Capt Wise
from the next House.
Mr.. George d. Wise, member and mem
Der elect of the next House, will arrive here
from Richmond tonight. His opponent Mr..
j. Amber Smith, has been here for Il dav or
two
l. :. Commissioner Bundy, vino has sued
the Bar Association of this city for $4,000
damages, fer denouncing his action, as
police judge, in committing a member Of
the bar, Mr. Newton, formerly of Virginia.
TO the cells without due proyocation, was
CoInmonwealth's Attorney of Richmond,
! during the military government OF Virginia
The Washington monument to-day reach
laI hn hf,Ifr nft ~.
| feet. The derrick will now be raised thirty
feet. and another section Of the monument,
| twenty feet high, be put on before the sus.
pension Of the work for the winter.
4 compendium Of the late census will be
ready when Congress assemblies, and the
whole report, consisting of about fifteen
thousand pages in fourteen or fifteen vol
umes, will be ready by the end of the cur
rent fiscal year.
Shaw, implicated i'll the star route bribery
charges, waived examination in the police
court here to-day, and was held in s., 500
bail for appearance before the grand Jury
for indictment. 1t is understood that SINH
lar action will be taken in the case of Foot
tomorrow. Dickson, it is said, will under
go preliminary examination, and his case
Will be called as soon as an essential Wit
ness now on his way here shall arrive
Strong evidences of the wishes of the
agricultural people of the country for tariff
reform, or in other words for tariff iorrevc-
nue. only, isatforded by the result ofthc recent
election in Hancock's district I'm Texas
The district is the greatest wool growing
district of the State, and though Hancock
ran on q low tariff ticket and Davis his
competitor, on 4 high one, and enc that pro-
tects wool rs well as wooden manufactures,
the former is elected by five thousand ma
jority
People here who know Judge Kelley say
that he is impressed with the idea that the
country at the recent ecctin, endorsed
his views respecting the abolition Of the
| internal revenue system, and that he will
not be as willing at the next session of
Congress as he was at the last TO subord-
nate his convictions to the dictates of the
caucus. and will therefore at an early dav
in the session introduce bill for the object
referred to so as to anticipate the democrats.
and in addition, create reason for kccppe
up the present high tariff.
MAJOR Halns says if the contract for the
dredging work required in the reclamation
OF the Potomac flats has been awarded, of
which he has no Official information. the
| work Will commence as soon rs the DREDGING
machines can be brought here from New
York.
A gentleman here from Richmond to-day
says Mr.. Massey Is there arranging his proof,
OF which he has more than sufficient, of his
election, and OF the frauds that were COM
mitted against him in almost every county
IN the State, and that he is confident that
the Elections committee of the next House
will not be as partisan as that of the pres
ent body and will therefore give the contes-
ted seat to the man who was fairly elected,
which man is himself
Mr.. ID. K. Windsor, postmaster at Alex
andria. contemplates making investments
in silver mine in Mexico, but having a
prudent desire TO see the hole into which he
isl put his money, will start for his ElDorado
about the first OF the year and be gone two
months.
The glazer who was at worl: at the 9th
street depot here when President Garfield
was shot, and in whose lump of putty q
bullet was said to have been found, pre-
sented his claim to the Garfield auditing
board to-day. He says be does not want a
specific amount of money as compensation,
and will be satisfied with an Office But his
claim IS just as we'll founded "a the enormous
ones Of the doctors
The coal companies at Georgetown arc
pushing business TO the full extent of their
ability, and if not interrupted by cold wealth
er Will be receiving all the coal they can
until the middle Of next month.
The arrangements for the Garfield Fair
have progressed SO far that visitors to the
Capitol were excluded from the rotuu,la
and statuary room to-day.and will not be
admitted thereto again until the close of the
fair.
MT y. a. Logwood and wife OF Liberty Va, are
"a fast nF tha 1,r;J
arrived at the Metropolitan Hotel this fall.