Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-08-11
FROM WASHINGTON

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Special Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. August 1O.-Thereis
4 row in progress between the National
Board of Health and the Marine Hospital
service about the control of the 100000 APP
propriatcd for the suppression Of epdemics.
The latter now has charge ofthc money and
is spending it, but the former has applied
for it. and is anxiously awaitinga Geographic ,
response from Secretary Folger who Is in
New York looking after the gubcrnatorlal !
nomination in that State.
Everybody here. republican rs we'll as
democrat. who has talked TO the GAZETTE's |
correspondent about the recent personal as
sault upon Mr.. Massey condemns that out
rage, and says if the white people of Nir-
ginia are like their fathers it will increase
Mr.. Massey's strength by thousands Of votes
The manufacture of car axles and other
sorts of iron work by the vapor fuel process
is now in successful operation at the extern
sivc establishment of Mr. WaShburn. ut
Boston. who was in Alexandria last spring.
1t is said by pcopleh here who arc interested i'll
| the works at Alexandria, that rolling mill
/ will certainly he i'll operation there during
| the approaching fall
| senator Beck. Of Kentucky, was the only
Statesman still at the capitol this morning,
and he seemed more interested in his own
affairs than in those of the nation.
| Ii is reported here that Gen. Grant. whose
redcemng quality is his faithfulness to his
friends has recommended Co.. Mosby, now
L. :. Consul 10 Hong Kong to the Presi
Il fail Ir,1,,a IF tho Wust az ,liSt ri 4
of Virginia, vice Rives, resigned. and that
ii is probable the recommendation will ef-
feet lis object.
\ telegram was received this morning
from Secretary Folger turning over to the
Marine Hospital service the one hundred
thousand dollars appropriated to the sup
preston of epidcmcs. This is cut direct
nj the National Board of Health whose
funds now are barely sufficient to maintain
lis organization. Dispatches at the office Of
the board received this morning state that
there have been i2 cases of yellow fever at
Brownsville, Texas, and II deaths this sea-
son, and that the third we'll defined case is
reported nj Charity Hospital, New Orleans.
Mr. Alcck Stephens will leave here next
Tuesday. and feeble lis he is. will stump the
State OF Georgia, for which he is the regular
democratic nominee for Governor
Il. d. Evckley. Il prominent colored re-
publican OF Alexandria, and clerk in the
po5toiiicc department for several years past,
has been notified that his services rs GOV
eminent employee will not he required af-
ter the Close nf the pre- ent month. 1t is I'M
dcrSlool thai his removal is the effect ofhis
luliewalinn.:,, in the Malone cause. 1t is
also understood that now, that he has been
Renewed and is relieved of the restraints OF
,,ttI In. t,.I> f,. tl,.
publican ticket in his State. and will stump
that part ot thc State in which his race has
the INA jUrIty OF votes in the interests of
Dawson. the republican candidate for Con-
gresham at large.
general naval court martial met at the
Washington Navy Yard to-day for the trial
OF such prisoners AS NAV be brought before
it. Commlndc, J. \. Howell is president
of the court. and Master =. Z. l.nmly the
judge advocate
The decision OF Secretary Lincoln not to
appoint females Ia the new positions in the
SurScun-t;rneril's and Adjutaut-Gcnerals
offices, Ior work on pension CASES. is said to
be due 10 the fact that the character OF the
work required il not suitable for females
and could not he performed by them
The nomination of Mr.. John Amber
Smith for Congress by the coalitionists o.
-
ell upon here Is II sign that the Boss is los
ing his power even in his own party, for il
: is we'll known that he wanted his stauncl
friend and supporter, Col. Jones, to have
the nomination, and had his chief lieutcn
ant. Collector Brady, on the spot diligently
engaged in trying 10 accomplish that object
! Col. PuphamS son, who WAS recently {,
: cadet al 81. Johns Academy. ut Alexandria
+ has received IN appointment in the HOUSE
folding room that pays him $50 Il month.
The August crop returns To the Depart
! mcnt Of Agriculture report cotton as more
G favorable than for many years, and wheat
I corn. oats, rye barley, buck wheat potatoes
= antl tobacco in Il like condition
u Some coal is arriving ut Georgetown from
# Cumberland, and shipments have com
: mcnrcd there. The large tollr-master c. NJ
Ralch. which brought load of ice here
went there to-day for Il return cargo.
G y man named Mason, whose wife is AZ
employee in The Treasury Department, wen
10 the Appointment Clerks office there TO
n day 10 have her turned out because sh,
e would not furnish him the means TO live il
I diaSolutr idlcnrSS. but being treated rs ht
deserved. hr made an assault upon tn,
. clerk and attempted to break the larry,
5 plate glass mirror in the room, and wa
= making things pretty lively generally whe,
D he was seized 10y the guard and torrbl,
elected.
VIM. A. Mohler. Longwood, Rockbrids,
e co., Va, and +. G. Haden, Haden, Fluvan
M CO., Va, were commits STONED postmaster
to-day.
: Orr NEXT CoNGREssMAN.-We have ia
: ken some trouble to ascertain public senti