Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-27
FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 27, 1885
En- President Diaz, of Mexico, called upon
President Arthur ut the White House this
morning. The interview was most cordial
the representatives Of the two governments
expressing to each other the highest con.
sideratiOns Of their respective countries
Minister Foster to Spain will give q grand
entertainment to the distinguished Mexican
tomorrow night, which will probably be
the only social party he will attend while
here. The American company who have
the charter for draining the valley in which
the city of Mexico is situated and who have
the S2UO, 900 forfeit TO deposit next month
have already obtained from the Diaz party
who represent their Government, permission
! to make that deposit here Instead of Mexico.
The subsidy the company is to receive is
all the reclaimed land, and in addition
nine millions OF dollars TO be paid in monthly
iastalmeuts for thirty years. This money
Tue company want TO get possession O. al
once and for that purpose have proposed to
the Diaz party that it be paid In two
Instead OF thirty years, and 1t is
probable the concession will be granted, as
the Mexican, like the American Govern.
ment, seems now to be in the hands of men
who are playing it for all it is worth TO
themselves, and they are parties to, and
vii. be benefciaries of, all the schemes re-
ferred to and indeed of all the others ia
their country in which Americans are inter.
ested.
An internalrevenuei Inspector Kentucky
named Tracey, good and true republican,
had his Office taken away from him so sud.
denly last week that it made bis head swim
Upon inquring the cause of his sudden ana
apparently causeless removal his friends
here were Informed at the Treasury De.
partlnent that be talked too much. and up
ON pushing their inquiries they were told
that he had been speaking disrespectfully
Of the President. 1t is daily becoming III ore
and more apparent that though this is re
publican government the people here have
really less Freedom than those in monarch
lcul countries.
MuJor :. +. Bayiv, who Is now q resident
OF Norfolk, is i'll the city TO day He says
! that unless he can find some profitable
business III which to engage in there pretty
suOu he Will make his future home in one
VI Tue western territories, probably Dakota
Rev. Dr. Bullock, Chaplain of the Senate,
VIII, during lle month Of April, fill the pull
| pit vi Rev. DIR. Wiuecoop's church hore.
In May he "lli 20 10 Kentucky 10 attend o
meeting OF his Church there.
The appraisement Of tobacco for rebate
on the Isl Of May will be made by the com.
mission merchants, who will also make the
claims which Congress will have to nav at
lis next Session.
The Treasury Department has referred
| the matter ct the temporary expectation OF
whlskey 10 Canada, SO as to extend the bon
ded Term, TO the Stale Department, saving it
has no objection to such eXportation Can.
ada refused TO receive it if this government
objected
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, is still confined to
MS room here by sickness. General Rosser,
| the eX-Coniedelate cavalry officer, is in the
city, SO Is Senator Morgan, aud ex-Repre.
seut&,lves Eobe>on end Jorgensen.
General Diaz and party will visit Mt. Yer
non next Thursday on the steamer Dis
patch.
Secretary Folger continues to improve in
health. lie says he cannot stand as much
as the President aud will not make the at
tempt again.
y Cabinet meeting was TO have been held
to-day 10 consider the subject of the anlic
patton Of the interest on the next bond call,
50 as TO relieve the strnSeucy in the money
market on Wall street, but as only two
members. Messrs. Chandler and Freliny
huysen, were present, nothing was done.
WIN regard to the reported indictment
Gt ex-senator Kellogg by the grand jury,
District Attorney Corkhill says il is not true,
MI Kellogg, when interviewed this morn
lug on the subject, said so far as he could
learn no Indictment had yet been made, but
that Walsh and Ker were doing all thev
could to have him indicted. He spoke in
bltler terms OF the two parties alluded to,
and seemed So angry tia, he induced the
belief that he dreaded indictments
In the star route trial to-day the effort of
the defense, as it was yesterday, was to dis.
credit the evidence Of the witness Rerdell,
who was said by Dir. Ingersoll to be the
dome OF the capital of the prosecution. This
was denied by Mr.. Merrick, who said that
tue guilty parties would be convicted if
kerdell and his testimony had never been
heard of. The defence was allowed to bring
IN as evidence what they asserted were ali
.ue euec"s gwen oy dorsey, so as to show
that they were for legitimate purposes.
Many of the journalists In this CITY were
entertained at lunch to-day BY the railroad
company in the Hotel Daz, tue name given
| BY the wife of General Diaz to the Pullman
car 10 which the Mexicans came here.
Mr.. Edmund Burke, Commemorative
attorney for Alexandra County, was in the
city to-day, and had dismissed the District
warrants Tor the arrest of certain officers of
his county for assaultng and taking away
the guns and pistols of certain parties in
Washington for an infraction of the fishing
laws, ms the said officers had only acted in
the discharge Of their legitimate duty.
man Of afsirs from Mississippi here to dav
says that the prospects Of all sorts of crops In that
State were never better than at present, and that
the State Is now self sustaining raising every
thing she consumes. He said there never was
greater faacy than the belief current in the North
that Mississippi only raised cotton, AS the ONLY
article OF provision she did buy was bacon, and
that to only limited extent and because She
could buy it cheaper than she could raise il, rs II
was now almost the only thing into which ths
western farmers could put their corn.
Coal boats from Cumberland are arriving a,
GEORGETOWN daily. Mr. Moore, the suprrinten.
dent OF the upper portion of the C. and q Canal
says that no troubl- is anticipated from the hoat
mems reported strike
here are aifca'iy scores of applicants for the
place of Postmaster General hut no appointme,t
will be made until after the burial of The late Sir
Howe.
A barefooted Georgia farmer, while hoe.