Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-02
FROM WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, u. G., November >, lSS2-
4 telegram in one otthc morning papers of
this city to day stating that the Tennessee
Legislature had assembled, was calculated
to produce the impression that something
was going to be done to correct the clerical
error by which the names of three counties
in that State were omitted from the reap
pointment bill thereof. But the telegram
referred to WAS erroneous. The Tennessee
Legislature has not assembled, nor has
sion of it even been called SEES
Judge Sencr, Judge of the L. S. Court of
Wyoming territory, is in the city to-day.
The Judge formerly represented the Freder-
icksburs district in Congress. He is just
from Fredericksburg, but is very reticent
about political affairs in that district now,
and says politics are considerably mixed
there. The Judge, il is understood, would
like very much TO exchange his western
judgcship for one nearer home, but as Mr.
john Fan! will probably defeated for Con-
grcss, the vacant Virginia judgcship is kept
open ;or that gentleman
Mr.. DeZcndorf, straightout republican
candidate for Congress in the I'd Virginia
district. passed through here to-day on his
way TO Williamsburg, where he has an APP
poinment TO speak Tomorrow. He says
the Malone mayor OF that town saws he
shant speak there, but that he will or be
killed in the attempt. Mr.. Dezendorf saws
the nomination of Marshall will increase
his vote by one thousand, and that he is
sure TO he reelected. He repeats his asser-
ton that Dawson will get ten thousand
votes in his district alone, and says he hears
lie VIII receive two thousand in the 1st dis
trict lie believes that Dawsons vote will
exceed the expectations of his most sanguine
friends
Editor G0rham of General Mahonc's
Washington organ says the Virginia demo
Gratis are talking with their fingers, and
that Malone will sweep the State, clectins
Capt. Wise and six of the other Congress-
mea. Many think this is only one oil the
cards i'll the brag game the General is play
ing, but it is II fact that Virginia Mahoneites
who nave been here during the last few
days say they will surely succeed. and that
Malone will be II fool if having the whole
machinery Of the election in his hands he
allows hiInSe!ito be defeated by any such
Stiffness rs free vote and Il fair count.
Such talk as this should put the democrats
on their guard, for there is no doubt that
the MahoncitcS have determined to hesitate
ut nothing TO secure success Mt the coming
election. and recent developments at Alex
:,ln!Eia are supposed here to indicate that
they have their pegs pretty well set The
only way the democrats can prevent the
reception o; thousands of illegal votes is to
have reliable men at the polls TO challenge
the !lauducn; voters as they present them
selves.
Carpenters are nj work to-day in the
rotnndl and Stauary Hall Of the Capitol
preparing them for the Garfield fair, which
will open the last week in this month.
In the S0tcldo murder ease to-day the
object OF the defense was to establish the
moral turpitudc Of Barton, and also to prove
that he and not the accused fired the fatal
shot.
Mr.. Chapman democratic member of, the
House from the 9Th Maryland district, is in
the city to-day. There have been rumors
about the uncertainty Of his reelection. but
he says they arc without foundation.
The Washington Mahoneites like those in
Virginia arc great braggarts. One of them
who has been asserting about the Capitol
for some time past that he had from $500 to
$4,000 to bet that Malone would elect
seven of the ten Virginia Congressman was
offered bet of fifty dollars several days ago
that the General wouldn't elect six of his
candidates. He went down the street to
get the money but has not yet returned.
Mr.. B. Mills, member of the House
from Texas, is still in the city. He says that
his State will send a solid democratic dele
cation to the next Congress.
In the bribery case to-day, the object of the
defence was to prove that Payne, the defen-
dant, was only the messenger between Fall
and the juror whosays an attempt was made
to bride him.
The weather reports have been incorrect
for some time past. The reason has lust
been discovered: the barometer at the Sig
nal service headquarters has become defcc-
tive, and it was the standard of all the 9TH
ers i'll the service
The Postmaster General believes that the mar
rage ana birth insurance companies that have
oeen established i'll numerous portions of the
south are swndling concerns and that their letters
which now encumhcr the mails should be excluded
from the privileges OF the postal service He has
however, decided TO allow the ST. Elmo COMPANY
OF Chattanooga, To adduce as much proof as it can
TO establish its honesty and TO make its case the
test of all the others