Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

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FROM WASHINGTON.
,snsc,a, CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandra Gazete.l
WASHINGTON. u. c., August s, 1884.
From gentleman interested IN tne pro,
nosed free bridge across the Potomac at
Georgetown, here to-day, 1t IL learned tnaU
the seeming delay in that matter results
from the fact that the deeds OF release 1rom
Virginia and the Alexandria Canal Co., TO
so much of The piers of the canal aqueduct
q. NAV be required for the ne"
hridge have not been prepared, but
that those deeds will be completed IN snort
time and that as soon as they shall be they
will he handed to the Secretary OF war VINO
will refer them to the Attorney General,
and that if the latter shall be satisfied with
hem. of which he has but little doubt, the
work of building the new bridge Will be
commenced and be completed during TIE
coming winter, when canal navigation VIII
be suspended by reason of the cold weather.
There is a rumor here to day to the effect
that the real cause of Capt. Hoxie' trans
fer from his position as assistant engineer OF
the District of Columbia is that he would
have been likely to interfere somewhat
with the workings OF the ring that has got
ten the contract for the sewerage Of this
CITY. and That it is probabl the matter will
he brought to the attention Of Congress at
the next session Of that body. and if so, 1t
will be- shown that in that also things are
not what they seem.
ASIAN evidences of the general satisfaction
at the nomination of Mr.. Barbour by the
congressional democratic convention in AL
exandria last Wednesday, it may be stated
that Yesterday an Alexandria republican,
now residing in this city, told the GAZETTE
correspondent that he was gad the
nomination had been made, and that if
he had not lost his vote he would 60 back
tn Alexandria to vote for Mr.. Barbour; al.
go that to- day Northern republican who
lives in Alexandria county, but whose bus.
mess is in this city, told the same correspon-
dent that as he had been unable to see Mr..
Barbour to congratulate him upon his re-
nomination, he would do so through the
GAZETTE and that if he lived till Novem-
her he should cast ballot for him, though
convinced that it would not be necessary to
do so to secure his election.
At republican headquarters it is learned
that such influences will be brought to bear
| upon Malone before the day of election
that he will consent to allow the straight
out republicans Of his State representation
upon his electoral ticket, so as to secure
for that ticket the full anti.democratic
| vote of Virginia. Some Of the Generals
few remaining friends, however, deprecate
auy such surrender, and say that Blaine
has no love for them any how, and that in
the event of his election he will be sure TO
credit the boasts Of the straightouts about
the strength they brought him, and to
transfer to them the federal patronage the
General now holds in the hollow of his hand.
At democratic headquarters here to day
it is said that the republican talk about try
ing 10 re: republican majority in the next
House is all bosh, end that it will require
all the republican work and money, and
more too, to save their Presidential electoral
ticket from overwhelming defeat, let alone
to fight for a majority of the House. The
democratic majority in the House now IS
seventv-seven, and from present appear
ances that majority will be increased, rath-
err than diminished, in the next Congress.
It is also said there that Buffers candidacy
is sure to help the democrats in the Northern
States, as the republicans have based their
chances for some Of those States upon the
hope that they have deceived portion of
the labor element there into their support,
and that ii they have that portion will now
transfer their support to Butler.
About ten thousand copies Of the speech
Mr.. Voorhees, made in the United States
Senate in favor Of demand for the release
of insolvency, an Irish American, arrested
on suspicion in England, has been sent from
the democratic headquarters here to the
Virginia democratic headquarters in Alex
andria, for distribution among the Irish
Americans of that State.
Mr.. Cobb, member Of the House from In
diana, in a letter received here to-day, says
that the political prospects in his State is as
favorable as any reasonable democrat could
desire. Ex-senator Mcdonald, Of the same
State, who is here on a short visit, says the
same thing.
The fact that n resolution endorsing Mr..
Randall's course on the tariff, introduced at
a meeting of democrats in his own district in
Philadelphia night or two ago, was received
with such general opposition that it had to be
withdrawn, is looked upon here rs tendingto
support the assertion of the chairman of the
democratic executive committee Of Pennsyl
vania, that the keystone State with resume
her place in the democratic column next
November, as it shows that the laboring men
there have had their eyes at last opened to the
fact that while high tariff compels them
to pay double for nearly everything they
buy, it neither increases the demand nor the
price of labor, and that being undeccived,
they will vote the democratic ticket.
A member of the Virginia House Of dele
gates here to- day says it depends altogether
upon the report of the grand jury of Peters
burg, in the Planters and Mechanics Bank
case in that city, whether or not the trans
actions of Governor Cameron with that
bank will be the subject of investigation at
the coming special session of the Virginia
Legislature.
Dr.. O'Donald, the man with the mythical lepers.
was at the Capitol this morning, inspecting the
stsir-steps on the east front, to if they would
be suitable place from which to deliver lecture
upon leprosy. But being informed by Capt. AL
baugh of the Capitol Police that any attempt to
lecture there would result in his immediate arrest
and commitment. he retired after looking at the
pictures in the rotunda.
POLITICAL.
Cameron, Malone, J. S. Wise and Libbey
are at Fortress Monroe arranging for the
campaign.
The democratic convention of the new