Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria dazette'i
WASHINGTON, d. c., August ID, 1854.

A democratic politician from North Caro-
ina, in the city to-day, says that he mas
heard since he came here that the repuDii-
cans saw they have Il fighting chance IN MS
State. II they have, he says, 1T IS more
han he knows, and that if he has cause
to pride himself upon anything, 1t IS MS
knowledge of North Carolina politics.
"There isn't" said be, 'the remotest chance
of the republicans carrying North Carolina
next fall, nor will there ever be until after
there shall have been democratic admins
tration. the acts of which will show the pee.
nile of the State that the Government AT
Washington has put off its sectional ana
resumed its national character. III any such
danger really existed all that would De
NECESSARY to remove it would be Tor the
democrats to draw the color line, ana Tor
their speakers TO revive the memory Oh Tue
Onslow affair" whats that?" asked the
GAZETrE's correspondent. "Why,' he re-
nIied "bcfore we changed the constitution,
and made the county officers elective ny the
LEGISLATURE, all those officers III the eastern
nor,ion of the State. where the negroes nave
The majority. were negroes, and III onsio"
county the negro commissioners Of the poor
brnkr I'M the poor's house, put the white
inmates. among whom were odd people and
children. ON the block, as was done with
slaves before the war, and auctioned them
oil to whoever would agreed 10 support
them for the year for the lowest sum, anu
some of the white girls were thus taken
charge of by negro men,"
\ letter received at democratic headquar-
ters to-day from Colorado, which State the
republicans count on rs one Of their safest,
saws that when the polls are closed there on
the night of the !,h of November it will be
found that the vote Of that State has been
cast for Cleveland.
The suit which a1r. Blaine says he i'll
tends to bring against the Indiana news
paper for libel in lepublishing the old story
about his forced marriage is looked upon
here as only another of the "plumed
knights" tricks, of which his brain fag
attack was a sample, and that the suit Will
never come 10 trial.
The Treasury Department has SCI a large
number of its clerks 10 work collecting sta.
tistics and doctoring them so as to make II
appear that there has been less stealing un'
der republican than democratic adminstra
tons. and will print the same for republi
can campaign document.
II is understood that though the wife and
| mother of Cross, the dead Arctic explorer
object to tha examination OF his remains
his brothers intend having the casket
| which is in the receiving vault at the Con
gressional cemetery. opened TINS afternoon
and its contents inspected by medical eX'
| perts. It is also said that the War Depart
| ment is rather in favor of this, as they know
| that Cross remains were not eaten by tht
survivors, and that their condition viii
throw discredt upon the whole story o
| canpihaliSm.
Baron Alvensleven, the new German Min
lister, has arrived here, but has not yet pre-
scented his credentials to the President, be
cause the latter is not in the city. His pr'
dscessor was recalled by Bismarck in dis
grace because of his conduct in the l'aske'
matter. and sent to one of the smaller
| European courts.
AT noon to-day Mr.. DUNCAN, one Of The
| esSecs Of The Alexandria Canal Company
called al the office Of the Secretary OF Wa
| to present the deeds of release To such por
| tious of the piers Of the Canal Aqueduct a
| Georse,owu as nay be required for the FREE
| bridge the Government proposes to cree
| across the l'Otoinac at or near that site
The Secretary not heing in the city, tn,
papers were left with his private clerk
| When The Secretary returns he will rele
them 10 the Attorney General for his opinion
and being satisfied of their validity, he vii
then consider the Question OF acceptin!
them. According to the bill 0! 1881, unda
which, iftbe terms h" accepted, the proposed
bridge will be ::l;!t, the perpetnty OF Thu
! Canal Auuaduct is secured.
Senator Ransom has just returned here
from New York, where he vent to attend a
meeting OF the executive committee of The
national democratic committee, of which h
| is Il member. lie reports that all the intel
! ligencr AT the committees rooms in New
| York is of the most favorable character.
| 1t is well known that after Mr.. Merricb
Withdrew from the civil prosecution of the
Star reuters, Mr. w. y. Bradley, OF Ohio
was employed by the Government to con.
duet those eases, and that he, too, with
drew after short service. 1t now turn:
out that according to the plan Of action de
termined upon by Bradley, the case against
| Dorsey Was the first to be tried, but that
when the Attorney General became aware
Of this he objected, and that Mr.. Bradley
threw up the cas-. rather than allow the
| plan for its conduct TO BE iutcrferred with
| and changed.
A democratic politician from Baltimore
| here to-day, in talking about the dead lock
| in the democratic convention Of the Second
| Maryland district, in which fourteen hun.
dred ballots have been taken, says that
six years ago Mr.. Shaw gave Mr.. Talbot the
nomination with the understanding that be
was to have it next time, but that Talbot
has pever let go his hold, and that Shaw's
friends now say the thunder has come.
A republican from New York here to-day says
he is afraid that the republican detection there
will more than offset the reported detection among
the Irish democrats and that the latter is causing
q great increase of the former. He men.
toned two large firms in that city, all the
members of which have heretofore not only voted
but subscribed largely to the republican election
fund.- every one of whom will either vote for
Cleveland or not vote at all next November.
A FAMILY POISONED.-From the interior
of Raleigh county, West Virginia, come the
lie al OF niolI: bot Is LII