Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-08-14
FROM WASHINGTON

seeing Ex-Governor Tom Young on the
street Saturday morning, remarked to the
GAzErrE's correspondent that both the cx-
Governor and his foul-mouthcd colleague,
Buttcrworh, who represent the two Con-
gressional districts of Cincinnati III the
present L. :. House of Representatives.
were no more now than defeated candidates
for the next House, and that unless there
shall be 4 revolution in that city neither of
them will be reelected.
A gctleman from Prince William county,
Virginia, says that the democrats of that
county have appointed their delegates to
the district Congressional convention and
instructed them 10 vote for the renomina
ton of Judge Garrison. Intelligence from
other parts Of the LIST district is to the effect
that the Judge will be renominated with
out serious opposition, and be reelected by
Il larger majority than he was before
The Board of Control of the Democratic
Congressional Committce-Messrs. Flower,
Randall and others-while not in the city,
are always within telegraph communication
of their Office here. They are doing all the
work that is required, but are doing it in
qlict way.
The want of room for the Congressional
Library has become so urgent that all Of
that space immcdiatcly beneath the rotunda,
known as the crypt, is being rendered avail
able 1t is being walled in, leaving only
two biscctinG asles that connect the east
with the west front and the north with the
south wing of the Capitol.
The buildings west of the Freedmens
Bank which were included in the Govern
Of thot han u.li ,h
extend from the bank on Pennsylvania
avenue TO the corner of fourteenth and Il.
half street, are to he removed and the lot
upon which they stand made into IL small
park
4 Nirginian, al present residing in the
city informed the GAZErrE':5 correspondent
to-day that he really believed Capt. John
Wise would be the third man in the race,
and that he would bet live hundred dollars
he would not be more than the second.
Ex-senator Conklmg was at the Depart
ment Of the Interior to-day on business con-
ncctcd with the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
The following Virginia postmastcrs were
commissioned on Saturday: +. :. Grove,
Louisa {. H.. Louisa CO.: James =. Gillian,
Blacks and Whites, Nottoway co., and J. $
Clark, Popsham, Orange co.
During the latter part of Mr. Defrcs'
management Of the public printing he was
sick, and the affairs of his Office eot in rather
bad condition. The new superintendent
has found. among other things. that thirteen
hands We're employed as wctters of paper
so fine that it should be dry printed in
other words that they were employed to
injurc paper The Congressional friends OF
the parties removed tried to have them re-
installed, but when Mr.. Round explained
the case. showed the difference between
work done with dry instead of wet fine
surface paper, and said if the paper had to
be dampcncd it would be better to have il
not SO fine. they had to acknowledge that
the removals were unavoidable, and wonder
ed why they had not been made before
\ dispatch received at the office Of the
Marine Hospital BOARD to-day from Browns.
willie. Texts. REPORTS thirteen new cases bul
no deaths there yesterday, and twcnty-three
new cases and one death there Saturday
The National Board of Health have de-
tcrmnrl TO rcsuhmit the case of the $780, O(
appropriation 10 the Attorney General ant
think that iithry are not entitled to it they
are not entitled To the other $500 pro
vidcd for. The existence of the Nationa
Board expires by limitation next year, ant
II Is not now supposed that il will be pro
longed
y gentleman here to-day from a recent
visit TO Clarke county, Virginia, says thai
though some of the democrats of that coun
t. at first thought Massey a rather hittcl
pill To swallow. they have now, without ex
ccptinn come 10 the conclusion that ii i:
not wise to be hunting for 4 smooth stick
when there Is 4 rough one at hand Will
which to X! Il snake. He also says, as pre-
viou$ly minated in this correspondence
that while some OF the democrats Of the Val
ley portion of the Sth Congressional district
of the state may give Mr.. Conrad a compli
mcnlaly vote III the nominating convention
they cunccdc that Mr. Barbour will receive
the nomination, probably on the first ballot
\ gentleman who lost his Office a few day:
ago received this morning an assessment
circular. II came Just few days too late
4 similar one has been sent to all office hol
ders--Stac and Federal. BY the time Gen
cral Mahonc'# circular for , per cent gets
around, and some eight or ten more ola lik,
character from other states, the office hol
ders will have been pretty we'll blpd.
Raleigh +. Colston who has just been ap
pointed TO place in the pension office, wa
chiefclerk i'm the Treasurer's Office at Rich
mond under Il. NJ. r. Hunter, but WAS tur
ned ont by order of General Malone. 4
great changemust have come over the spir
it of his dreams in order that the Genera
thus smiles upon him again.
News here to-day from Gr;lyson county
Virginia, is to the effect that Mr. Hale. one
OF the big four, rose from sick bed tc
meet Capt. Wise there last Monday. and
that the sense OF the meeting was so pro
nounccd in his favor that the Captain re-
ce'ved another plain intimation that his
lot rs candidate for Congress is not happy
one.
John {. Senger was commissioned post
master ut South Bangor, Buckingham co.,
Va, to-day.
Secretary Chandler left here ut noon to-day in
the Tallapoosa to inspect the navy yards on the
Atlantic coast and to determine whether or not to
exercise his discretionary power of closing any OF
| them II he thinks proper.
The extended bonds are coming in for exchange
Very slowly and it is now thought that not more
than two hundred million will be sent in for that
| purpose.
AN UNKNOWN BODY FuUND.-On Satur.
day afternoon the body of IN unknown white
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