Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandra Ga.ei;sl
WASHINGTON, j. c., April 3, 1854,

from lne uemOCTdlS, HOm lue SIialSuI-
out republicans, and, the most bitter
Of all from his own party. He also says
that Blaine is the favorite OF large majority
of the republicans Of the State the others
being divided between Logan and Sherman,
the latter the weakest. He also says that
the Arthur boom has developed so little
strength in the South that the Presidents
friends will advise him to forbid the presen-
taton of his name to the convention, and
that as Southern republicans like to be on
the strong side the probability is that though
the Southern delegations may be appointed
as Arthurites they will vote for Blaine in
the convention. He also says tha: it is
thought possible in his State that both the
Malone and straightout delegations from
that State may be admitted to the national
convention, but the votes of the two to
count as one.
The contested election case of Massey
against Wise from Virginia will probably
come up before subcommittee Of the
House Elections Committee next week. The
briefs in the case have been prepared. In
Mr.. Massey's it is stated that MIR. John
Wise, a candidate for Congress at the cleo.
lion, as u S. District Attorney, ordered the
arrest of every judge of election who re-
fused TO receive vote upon an illegal Tux
receipt.
The House to-day soon after meeting
took up the Agricultural appropriation bill
and passed it before two o'clock. The
amount appropriated by the bill is S430, 900,
which is S25 600 more than appropriated by
the bill Of last year, and So, 900 less than
the estimates of the Agricultural Depart.
ment.
At the Danvile investigation this morn
lNnN
Southall, of Lynchburg, for the prosecution,
and w. b. Armstead and q. d. Wise for the
defence Mr. Wise gave a plain and fair
statement Of the outrageous means resorted
to hy the Mahonetes &c decrease the demo
cratic and to increase their own vote made
clear the illegality Of the tax receipts upon
which the negroes voted, and told how
the Mahoneites had arrested the judges of
election at the white precincts, thereby
depriving the voters at those precincts
of their votes while they allowed the judges
at the negro precincts to remain at their
posts and receive all the votes that ere
offered. Among the witnesses examined
Yesterday afternoon was Mr. Thomas Pop
ham, of Rappahannock county. He3made
the remarkable statement that the votes Of
the people of his county could be bought for
sheep, and that money carried the cleo
tons there.
The expert employed by the House Dis
trict Committee to examine the financial
affairs of the District Government reports
that under the system OF the former COM
missioners all sorts Of corruption were posi-
BILE, which it is now impossible to detect, but
that by the system now in operation cheat
ing is impossible.
A Virginia republican from Alexandria
here to-day says that the county and city
convention to be held there OH Monday
will appoint as delegates to the Malone
State convention to be held in Richmond
on the 23d men who are not only opposed
to Arthur, but strange as it may seem, TO
Malone also.
| A telegram has been received at the De-
| partment Of Justice from the [. s. District
Attorney at Galveston, Texas, announcing
the indictment by the grand jury of Edward
Guthridge, late T. S. Attorney for the east
eru district Of Texas, for having demanded
and accepted bride, and also of VIM.
Umbdenstock, the internal revenue collec-
tor and VIM. r. Scott for bribng Guth-
ridge.
Senator Miller, of California, says the
San Francisco dispatch published this morn
ing to the effect that he had declined by
telegraph to become candidate for the pres.
idency is based on misunderstanding of
dispatch sent by him to the Central Com
mttee yesterday declining to be candidate
for delegate to the Chicago convention. He
had no thought of the presidency.
The House Naval Committee this morn
ing commenced the demonstration of the
Jeanette expedition. Mrs. belong, En-
gineer Melville and Lieut.. Dancnhower
were present. This nvestigation is at the
request Of DR.. Collins, the brother Of one Of
the lost expeditonists, who says his brother
was badly treated by belong and left to
perish by Melville. Mrs. belong is pres
ent, she says, to see that her husbands
reputation shall not suffer.
Mr.. Hopkins, after the adjournment Of
the House yesterday afternoon, informed
Mr.. Keller that he intended calling up to.
day the resolution in the Keller Boynton
affair This information both alarmed and
provoked the ex-Speaker. He said he
could see no reason for calling it up at all,
certainly none for such unseemly haste
that he hadn't even had time to read the
report; and that there were statements in
that report, for instance the one in which
he was made to say that Guilford White
was a tramp, which were untrue Mr..
Hopkins listened to all he had to say, and
then replied that he would ''let up" on him
for one day longer, but that unless special
reasons, not now apparent, were adduced,
he should call up the resolution on Monday.
Mr. Speaker Carlisle and Justice Harlan
of the Supreme Court were before the
Springer committee to-day and testified to
the good character of Gov. Murray, of Utah,
when he lived in Kentucky.
The House Judiciary Committee has com
menced the investigation Of the charges Of
corruption against Chief Justice Axtell, OF
New Mexico.
Several prominent democratic members Of
the House and Senate have gone to Brook
Ign to attend the banquet of the free trade
club of that city to be given tonight.
In the Senate to-day a petition was presented
for extra force in the 1st mptrocrs office in or
der to expedite the settlement Of the tobacco re.
bate claims A bill was INTRODUCED to reimburse
the several States for interest paid on war loaDs
and other purposes. The consideration of the
educational bill was then resumed, Mr.. Morgan
continuing his speech in opposition to it inter
rupted by Yesterdays adjournment.