Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-06
State farther South than Virginia, il

talking to the GAzE1TE's correspondent TO
dav sad that Y rginia would not be favored
much by the democratic administration,
and Nightly, because the democratic party
of tina, s. ate 10y acrt ping the RiddlebergeI
dent bill, bad e.dor ed the repudlators, ana
that no administration could afford 10 %
BY sustaining party 80
smirched. Afiliation with Malone, he SAID,
had defeated the republicans last November,
and that no matter whom the democratic
nominee might have been, Virginia would
have stood a poor chance for favors.
state senator Callahan, from Portsmouth,
Virginia is here to-day. He says that
while he aud all The other true republicans in
his State are as firm supporters of repuoli-
can principles and policy as those OF any
other State in the Union, and in national
elections will continue in the future as IN
the past 10 support republican candidates,
they have been treated so outrageous'y ny
Malone and his party Of scalawag Demo
Gratis that they are as anxious 10 deleat nini
a. any democrat can be, and Will WORK TO
effect that Object in the next State elecCon;
He also says that the colored people VIII
never again cast their votes solidly Tor Ma
hone.
Now that the Cabinet has been confirmed
there is but little expressed oGectlon 10 us
composition among the democrats eAcep'
by such impracticables as Messrs heasan'
Mills and a few others, who say that with
the President and two members from Ne"
York. one from Massachusetts and one from
Delaware the administration will be run III
a,cordauce with Eastern ideas Every
BODY else seems to be satisfied with II, ana
those who at first objected to two members
from New York, sing low since they nave
been informed that two members from one
State is by no means extraordinary. VT.
Mcdonald. il il understood, will be plaza
ted, aud his wif-'s ambition be gratihed, by
foreign mission, and most OF the other
gentlemen " no were spoken OF IN connec
ton wi Ia G .biaet POSITIONS will, 1t Is sniu
be rendered important Offices.
The crowd here is rapidly thinning out,
and the street decorations are being re-
moved, and by Monday next ths city will
have resumed its usual appearance:
Most Of the strangers who will remain
here after Monday hext will be Office seek
ers, of whom there are some from every
State in the Union Among the Virglnlans
| who are reported to be applicants for posi-
tons under the new administration are the
| following some of whom are here ana some
at home: Eek Senator Johnston and ex Con
preSSfliaS (TOOu6, DOtu vi ~uou "e'p w ~
Solicitor Genera, Mr.. Beverly, who aspires
to the Agricultural Bureau; Ex-senator X
NJ. II. Hunter who wants the internal
revenue CO e,t .saip for his district; MIR.
Ashton, OF King George county, who wahts
an assistant district attorneyship; Messrs.
Nicely, AyIett and Nash, each OF whom
| wants to be District Attorney for the East
EN- District OF Virginia; Mr.. Shepherd,
who is an applicant fer the internal colIec,,
torship of the Alexandria district. and
othe :. among them one who would Ike 20
! BIZ srd Assistant Postmaster General.
A gentleman well Informed about the al
fairs of the District Of Columbia told the
GAZETTEs correspondent to-day that what
killed the bill for new city postotice in
this city was Mahone's support OF 1t, and
the fear of the Hnuse that some of the ap-
preparation would find its way into his cam :
paigu fund.
The bill to prohibit fishing in the waters
| of the District of Columbia for five years
| by SENS, traps, gill nets, or any other way
than by hook aud line, received President
Arthur's signature and is Il law
| The IL official act Of Secretary Teller OF the
In terror was to transfer from the Pension Office,
from which they would have been removed,
twenty five clerks, his personal friends. to the
Patent OH -, where their sitons, he suppose d.
would BIZ more secure. This proceeding is the oc-
cssiun OF no little comment aud will be iuvestl-
gated