Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-08-30
FROM WASHINGTON


Special Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WAsnlNGToS. D. c., August 30, 1882
y prominent New York politician here to
day says that his party has certainly los
Pennsylvania, and that he is fearful it vii
also lose New York. He also SAYS tina,
while Secretary Folger has his hopcs set or
'he GOvcrnorship of New York. he will moi
consent To be il candidate of either faction
into which his party is divided, and that in
order to save the State both of those fac.
tions may agree TO give him the nomination
MI. Lapham is chairman Of the committee
appointed toinvcsIie cate the mcnhaddcn fish
cry. lie was here Yesterday on that bust.
hess ana left las; night for New York, where
the COMMITTED, of which Senator Johnston is
one, will hold Il meeting There has been a
great falling oil in the catch of food fishes
al along the Atlantic coast. The menhad-
den, or aiewiie, is the lish.upon which food
'!sheS i've, and the idea has been suggested
That the Immense number of the former that
are caugh, for ui! and fertilizers has dc
/ rrlvcd thc latter of their food and driven
them OIL to seek it elsewhere.
Mr. \. Pope. formerly general passenger
agent of the Richmond and Danville sys-
TEN. the Coast line and the Scaboard and
Roanoke Railroads, has been appointed to
| mat same position on the Norfolk and
Western, Shenandoah Valley, and the East
! Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroads,
a rival line to the Richmond and Danville
system, OF which the Virginia Midland is q
part.
The largest schooner that trades on the
Atlantic coast, the c. B. Church. arrived at
Georgetown last night with cargo of 2lUO
IA l.. ii hf,.
sails are hoisted by steam.
1t IS currently rumored that DR.. Bliss,
when Congress refused to pay his cxorbitant
bill. suggested to the other surgeons EN-
ploycd III the late Presidents case the idea
OF making ont their respective bills and
presenting them to the executor of the Gar.
tleId estate, and that all of those surgeons
approved il except DR.. Agncw, who said he
lclt rs kccnly aS amy OF the others the in
suits that had been hrapcd upon them i'm
Congress. hut that lie could not dcmcan
himself to the extent proposed. The sur
@cons then presented their claims to the
commission appointed by Congress to audit
them, which will be compelled to scale the
claims terribly, as while they amount in the
aggregate to $GS,00O, Congress has only
appropriated $;a!5.O00 with which to pay
them.
The American and Central Coal Compa-
MES Will commence work ut their mines to-
morrow. All the other coal companies at
Cumberland are already al work Large
arrivals of coal boats at Georgetown and
Alexandria are expected to begin next week.
Two boats Went through the canal to J.
l.. Agncw Il Co, to-day, and two went
through yesterday to Robert Portncr.
Political news from Virginia to-day is to
the following effect: MI Mayo, the Ma
hone candidate for Congress in the 1st dis
iiict. recently told Il rcadjustcr friend that
he WAS no rcadjuSter and had never been
one, and that he only joined the readjuster
party III order to carry as many rs he could
over to the republicans. Mr. HarnSbergcr,
IN" Malone member of the Legislature from
Rockingham, it is reported, says that Paul,
TN" Malone candidate for Congress in his
district, Will be defeated. Libby, who takes
Nr. Spaldings place as Mahone's canJi-
date for Congress in the ID district. is said
by pezendort's friends to be weaker can
dIdate than Spalding would have been
\ Wcll-knoWn Mahonete here to-day SAYS
that efforts are being made by the managers
Of his party to dcpose Mr. Farr from his
candidacy in the Sth district and to give the
nomination to one upon whom the party
has not bestowed so many of its flvors.
?lr. Elam. Of the Richmond Wig, was in
the city last night. 4 meeting. of the
preachers and elders of the colored Baptsts
in Virginia was held at Lynchburg Monday
night, at which one hundred were present.
1t was held in the interests of Dawson, the
colored republican candidate for Congress
man-at-large, and Il resolution indorsinc
him and recommending the colored voters
OF the State was unanimously adopted
It is supposed that the republican numi-
nation for Congress in the Prince Georges
district of Maryland lies between Gen. Whit
taker well known in Alexandria, and Gen.
Bcalc, with chances in favor of the latter.
Col. :. I. Suit is assisting Gen. Bcale