Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
lSpec. Correspondence Of tic Alexandria 1aset'e'i
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. %. 1854

,ays that it IS generally kno"u NV
he true reason for his opposition 10 CieVe.
aud is the refusal OF the Governor 10 gram
some of his applications for ONCE. he says
30, Az Dana requested the Governor to
onno;nt MIR, Bartlett, one of his employees,
a member of his staff, also to make Mr..
pnrcall one of the railroad commissioners,
hoth of which requests bad to be refused Tor
GOOD and sufficient reasons. In the latter
case Mr.. Herman was appointed, though
that gentlenan's own father bad requested
the Governor to appoint some one else. Al
ter hearing what the ex-senator had TO say
in behalf of his friend, the Governor re-
nlied that he was obliged for his ADVICE,
Int that he had previously determln-
cd TO appoint his son. and that notning
he had said had changed that determiDa-
tion The ex-senator being very much sur
nrised when the Governor told him that ne
intended to appoint his sou, asked the rea'
eon and was told that that his son was an
old and respected personal friend, that MS
honesty and efficiency had been trled ana
assured, and as he was suffering from a
wound the salary of the position would
enable him to tide over the time until ne
recovered. He also repeats what was said
bv Mr.. Apgar in his speech at the chicago
convention, that the Governor, by granting
the requests of certain New YORK politlclans'
could have avoided eve the slig BIT stposslble
opposition from his own party IN that STATE
hut thai being a true civil service reiormer,
and holding the States interests above his
own. he chose TO do light and incur oppo
sjtion. thar wrong and further his own adj
yancenent.
Mr. Hazleton, lately Of the Baltimore
dncrican, who first exhibited signs of men-
| tal alteration by his fasco in the purchase
| or the Baltimore Gazette, and who has
been growing worse ever since, was taken
charge of To-day by his friends and sent to
St. Eliza beth Asylum.
Col. l. Q. Washington, one of the most
respected aud respectable OF the Washing
ton correspondents, has returned from his
annual visit to the White Sulphur, and says
the democratic outlook from that quarter is
favorable. The Colonel made speech in
Greeubrier county, West Virginia, during
his absence, and is booked for one in King
George, Virginia, his native State:
Congressman Wilson, OF West Virginia, IS
in the CITY to day. He says his State is safe,
not only as respects the Governor, but also
her four members of the u. 5 House of Rep
resen:atives He says the republicans COM
mencerl to snend money there, but stopped
as they foi.nh IT,. for all they had in OHIO.
| When ask=, il there wa! any OF the report
ed Irish Catholic detection in his State, he
said there was none as the Irish Catholics
there were as sensible as any OF the other
residents of the State, and there was no
reason why there should be any detection
among them.
That all the whole weight of the Admin.
istration has not yet been thrown in favor
Of Mr.. Blaine may be Inferred from the fact
1t l.,1- ha lar nIfinn II
had worked for Blaines nomination, and is
known as II great Blaine man, applied for
increased salary the other day. he was in
formed bv the commissioner that he would
haze to wait Until Mr. Blaine was elected
before his request could be granted.
: General Butter has instituted suit against
the GOVERNMENT for imaginary damages te
certain unused water power on the upper
Potomac, bclong ing TO an airy com
pany called the Great Falls Manutac
tuTlg Cssnpary Of yheh th 10 Gea ae a11 \
to Alexandria occasionally and go through
the form Of electing IL president and direc
tors. The General says he will compromise
for $3.50 600. As the day for paying suc
claims will have passed when a reform ad
miuislratu;i shall be inaugurated, and as
the suit caunot b" decided before the incom.
ing Of such an administration, it is probable
The Governor Will have To leave this claim to
bis heirs.
A clerk in one Of the departments here
Informed the GAZErrE's correspondent to-
day that very few of the clerks had paid
their political easements, but that if Ohio
gave the republicans large ma ority they
would MI pay.
Mr.. John Goode is in the city to-day. He
has Just returned from a campaigning tour
in his State, aud reports the democrats
there to I've ia the best of spirits, and conf
dent Of el;-ciug eight of the ten members of
The l. = House of Representatives to which
their Stale is entitled
1t now turns out that though Mr. Blaine
says he married his wife twice because he
discovered that a marriage without license
was invalid, the laws of the State in which
the asserted first marriage took place, at the
time reported, made a marriage without
license perfectly legal. Mr.. Blaine's case
again proves the truth of the old saying,
| that lies like misfurtunes never come sim
ely.
Captain W. P. Clark, of the I'd Cavalry,
and attached 10 Lieut.. General Sheridan's
staff, died here this morning. He was dis
tinguished for his service in lighting Indians
and was regarded one of che best authorities
in the army on the Indian sign language.
Among the visitors al dem ocratic head
quarters to-day was a gentleman who at.
tended Mr. Beecher's church in Brooklyn
last night He says that during the service
Mr.. Beecher was asked if he had written
letter advising young men to vote for Cleve-
land, and that he replied yes, and that he
stood by every word of it.
Senator Pugh, Of Alabama, says Mr.. Blaine
has not exhibited the possession of much
understanding by bis recent letter. He
also says that the recent actions of Mr.
Blaine aud the other managers of his party
show that these gentlemen are alarmed
and that Blaine's unprecedented personal
canvass shows that he considers his case
desperate.