Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gaz ett ),
WASHINGTON. D G., August %. 1874

FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAz ett
WASHINGTON. D. G., August %. 1854.
A letter received here to-day f.rou. Mr..
Hurd's district in Ohio says the opposition
to Mr.. Hurd from the protecti' ,nists, among
his own party amounts to lit .le or nothing,
and that no will be re-elec red by a large
majority, increased con ,iderabIy by the
votes of free trade republicans 1t also says
that judging the rest Of the State by that
district, Ohio is safe for the democrats.
MIR. Butterwortt, commissioner of patents,
who has been dominated for Congre SIS by the
republicans Of his district in Cincinnati, has
written u letter accepting the nomination.
Mr.. Butterworth is the same man who when
in Congress made such an obscene speech
that he was interrupted by motion that
the ladies' in the gallery be requested to
retire. But Mr.. Butterworths party don't
object to such things in their candidates.
A letter received here this morning from
Congressman John G.. Lamb, democrat from
| the Terre Haute district, in Indiana says that
prospects are better in his district than they
| were two years ago, and that so far IS the
whole State is concerned there is no doubt
that it will go democratic by largo ma
jority.
A letter received at democratic headquar-
ters from an elector on the democratic
ticket in that State, who had seen in
Northern republican paper that Tennessee
is doubtful State, says don't take any
trouble on account of this State; it will give
its usual maj ority and on the same side.
A letter received at the same place from
MIR. H. St. g. Tucker, Of Stanton, Va,
says the democratic majority i'll his State
will be upwards of twenty thousand.
Heretofore the banks in this city and
Alexandria when they wanted to send
money to New York, could deposit it at the
U. S. Treasury and get draft on the sub.
Treasury in New York. They thereby
saved the expense Of sending money by ex-
press. An order has just been issued which
stops all this, and prohibits the issue Of
drafts except for government purposes.
\ member of the Virginia legislature
here to day, says that body will re-ehact the
old election law, as General Wickham will
n 1t consent to The passage Of the new law
pr, p ,ry amended, aud as that law cannot be
| % Used over the Governors veto without his
vote. He says that Wickham is a. much in
favor OF the new law as any one, but that
the Blaine managers are opposed To 1t, and
that he does not wish to antagoZinc them,
vet awhile at least. He alse says that the
Legislature will take recess after a short
session until some time in the winter, when
Ii will re.enact the new law, amended by
striking out the word free holder" He
says that about half the judges in the Stale
are democrats now and that therefore the
Mahoneites can't have a much control ol
The next election as they did of the last one,
when the democrats carried the State ny
nearly twenty thousand, and that Tor these
reasons the democrats will allow The next
Ill oll al lam
will, when the Legislature reassemble>, re-
enact the new law under which the subse-
uuent elections will be held.
A skilled mechanic, who went to Alex
antlra yesterday to witness the new process
of manufacturing screws, by rolling Instead
of cutting them at The Eureka Bolt Works
in that city, says the invention is most
valuable one and will rcvolutiGnZe The
manufacture of bolts and screws.
Farmers from FauquieT and Fairfax coun-
ties, in Virginia, here to-day, say they had
tue rains yesterday.
Mr. John Goode passed through here to-
day from Southwest Virginia on his way
TO Accomac CO., where he has an appoint
ment to speak next Monday. Mr.. Goode
has been canvassing in Southwest Virginia.
He says that every thing is favorable for
he democrats there, and that that Congress
siona district will he redeemed next fall by
the election Of Mr.. Trigg. Smyth, hereto
fore strong Malone county, WILL he says,
probably give a democratic majority of two
or three hundred, which will be- gain of
about a thousand votes in one of tie conn-
ties OF the district alone.
Surgeon Black, of the Tallapoosa, who
was drowned, was the surgeon who accom-
panied President Arthur on hi. famous
Florida trip. and who did not hesitate Ia
asrribe the Presidents sickness on that trip
to its true c,ise-an oyer indulgence III
Wine-and, who thereby incurred the presi-
dents Serious displeasure.
Intelligence here from New York is to
the effect that General Malone is there con-
ferring with Chandler, Elkns and Butler
for the purpose of devising ways and means
for defeating Cleveland, but that the mana
gers of the democratic campaign are pursu-
ing the even tenor Of their way, knowing
every move of the enemy rs soon rs il is
made, oilsctting it at once, and serenely
confident that victory will perch upon their
banners next November.
AS anticipated in this correspondence
some time ago, Commander Schley, of the
Greedy relief expedition, has been appoint
ed chief of the naval bureau of equipment
and recruiting.
Mr.. Barbour will leave for New York
this evening to consult with the othermem
bers of the executive committee Of the
national democratic committee, and will
probably be gone two weeks. He speaks
confidently of great democratic victory in
his State next fall, and of democratic gains
in all the other States from which he has
intelligence.
Ex-senator Thomas F. Grady of New
York, has rendered his resignation as a
member of the Democratic State Committee.