Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-29

= correct and that Mr.. Crowley made the
IDENTICAL statement referred to. Messrs.
Crowley and Conkling have heretofore been
fast friends. but this will sever all the ties
hat bound them together, and induce the
ex-leader of the United States Senate to be-
ieve that there is really nothing true but
heaven. Mr.. Springer has also received a
letter from ex-senator Dorsey asking to be
before his committee, but the
of this letter Mr.. Springer will not
divulge, because he says they would smirch
the character of men who up to this time
have been supposed to be honorable, and
whose names have never before been con-
nected with the star route sWlndle.
General Grant is an anti-Arthur man, and
is for Logan. He is still in this city, and is
RAPIDLY recovering. He says the New York
delegation will not be solid for Arthur, but
will be divided between Blaine, Logan and
Arthur. He also says his relations with
Mr.. Blaine are not friendly, but that be
would not decline an invitation to dinner
because Mr. Blaine was one of the guests,
though he would not so to dinner given
especially to him.
Republicans from Virginia here to-day
saw that the bargain between Malone and
Arthur is still binding. Malone has prom
ised Arthur the vote of Virginia in the Chi
cago convention, and is doing all he can to
make that promise good and Arthur be-
lieves he can. The President, they say, is
confident of the vote of the South by means
of the influence of federal officeholders, and
it was for that reason ne refused to make
Southern man Solicitor of the Treasury,
and appointed one who could help him in
Michigan They also say that with the
SIS, 900 subscribed by the federal Office
holders in Virginia at the late meeting of Ma
homes State committee, and other sums OBJ
tanned either directly or indirectly from the
Government, General Mahone's home or
gan will be supplied with new presses, ma
chinery and type early in April, and that
paper he sert gratis TO as many people in Nir-
oinia as will read it. They also say that
while the General is satisfied Of the loyalty
of postmaster Windsor, Of Alexandria, he
wants the negroes to have as prominent
part in his game as possible, and it was for
that purpose that Brady had Mr.. Windsor
set aside at the recent ward meetings in
Alexandria, and the control ofatfairs there
put i'm the hands Of negroes. Major 5. y.
Bayy, they say, would have been selected
as the Generals manager in the Sth district
but for the suspicion that he is Logan man.
1t is said at Georgetown to-day that the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will not be
ready for navigation before next Wednes-
dav. if then, and the Alexandria Canal not
before the lst of May. 1t is also said there
that delegation Of the coal companies and
hoatmen has been appointed to wait upon
the President of the c. & 0. Canal and see
if the freight on coal cannot be made less
than forty cents ton, and if not, they say,
that there will be little business done on
the canal this season, as at present rates
the advantage Of Georgetown over Balti-
more is only seven cents ton.
Secretary Folger has notified the Collector
of Customs at Boston that the steamer Gre
clan left Glasgow on the 22d instant for
Boston with go pauper immigrants from
Ireland on board. The Collector is instruct
ed to ascertain if the emigrauts come with
in the prohibitory provisions of the Emigra-
tion Act, and if SO to prevent their landing.
The Secretary of State to-day telegraph
ed Minister Lowell at London to express
the Presidents sympathy with Her Majesty
Queen Victoria in the bereavement she has
suffered in the death of Prince Leopold.
Neither house Of Congress was in session
o.day, both having adjourned over till Mon
day. and the only committee room at the
Capitol that attracted visitors was that in
which the Danville investigation was in
progress. The witnesses examined up to
O'Clock were j. B. Stovall, Of Halifax Thos.
J. Wilson, of Fincastle; 3. IT. Jones, Of
Martinsvile: J. G. Richards, of Bath, and
Ed. Lewis, Perrow and Shan, negroes, for
the prosecution, and Rev. DR.. Goodwin l..
l.. Bass, G.. H. Norton, J. | Pritchett and G.
w. Swain, of Danville, for the defense.
The testimony, in the minds of all the I'M
BIASED spectators, was to the effect that the
riot was provoked by the negroes, that the
whitepeople were compelled to shoot to pro-
tect themselves and their families, and that if
they had not done so when they did the de-
struction of life would have been great
er than it was. One OF Mr.. Wise's
witnesses was a man named Rich
ards, from the educated and Gull
tured North, who said he had been sent to
Virginia ITO write bograp hical sketches Of
her prominent men," The degree of his
culture can be estimated by the fact that in
his testimony he said he ''sot" down to read
hand bill, and that he hadn't saw"
man about whom he had been asked The
result of to-day's work was by no means
satisfactory to Mr.. Wise, as judged by the
appearance that gentleman's countenance
wore.
The U. S. S. Tallapoosa left the Washington
navy yard yesterday evening for Fortress Monroe
with several members Of the House Appropra-
tons Committee us passengers.
Lieut.. E. A. Darlington, 7th cavalry who COM
manded the Greedy search expedition Of last year,
aud who has been in this city since his return,
has been ordered to join his troop
The Treasury Department is informed that
under the provisions of the new tariff Of Germany,
consular supplies will no longer be admitted TO
that country free of duty. In view of this fact
it is probable that the free entry of supplies for
consular officers OF Germany in this country will
be prohibited 1t is understood that the Secreta-
~ of the Treasury has recommended such action.
One of the most knowing democratic officers of
the House in talk with the GAzETTE's correspon-
dent to-day said that he never has thought this
Congress would do anything with either the tariff
or the internal revenue, and that much of the
session has now elapsed that it would be impos-
sible for it to be otherwise even with fewer OPP
ponentS of change.
The House Postofice Committee has agreed to
report fayorably bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to pay in full the amount due
Southern mail contractors for the years 1853, 80,
go and 81, and appropriating 1915 900 for that
purpose.