Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-14
FRok WASHINGTON.
,snec,al Correspondents OF tho Ae1andila aa.ete !

FROR WASdlNtIuR
Especial Correspondence Of tho Ale1andii" aaaele'
WAsB1NGTol,. d. c.. July IA, 1885,
The Presidential fishing party has return,
ed The following is one of the stories 'olu
of it: The President had gone out III ooas
with Secretary Whitney and man uameu
Keersucker. Whitney made several nue.
catches before the President got elt e
Finally, the President hauled ID nsi'
aThat's q strange fellow, Whitney," he said.
eyeglasses vI What is it?" said the Presi:
dsnt. Il don't know" said Whitney. l
do know it is not Dolphin" The strange
;sh was thrown in the boat with the mess
of bass Whitney had caught. Ii immeol-
ately chased all the others into one corner
wThat fish acts like boss" said the
President, Il don't like it," Turning to
Keersucker, the President said Did
Won ever see a fish like that hetore!
HOncet before, "said the hoatman. when"
said The President. II seed it once before.
last November. 1t rnade good deal OF
noise then" HAS it got namrf' SAID
the President. YES" said Keersucker. Il
paye it name" "And what is its
name?' said the President and Score,
tary Whitney in concert. "Mug- wump,"
said the boatman. Hadn't you better
throw it overheard ?" said the fresi-
dent "For Gods sake, no" said tne ooat'
man; ut will poison all the other hsh. Bet
ter let it stay where it is. 1t Will swell up
and bust after q while" The fresioent
kept silence, while Whitney whistled the
tisberman's hornpipe.
Mr.. Dezendorf is still in the city. he
will not attend General Mahone's eonVen.
ton tomorrow, but will not talk ABOUT
what his party, the straightout repuoilcanss,
will do in the approaching campaign nuiil
the proceedings Of that convention shali NC
known. except 10 say that il, as lie expects
the convention DO ruu by General Malone,
he and many of his party wilt not support
its nominees. a,,,
Gentlemen from New Jersey mere 10 DAY
COW that there is Il movement on foot among
The administration democrats there TO run
General Mcclellan as their candidate for
the U. s. Senate against Governor Albeit,
who will De run as the anti-administration
democratic candidate.
Congressman Barbour, O'Ferrall, Wise
and Croxton, of the Virginia delegation, are
in the city to day. The TWO former were at
the Postoffice department this morning.
As to-day was Cabinet day, callers upon
the President who wanted to talk about the
disposal of Offices were not admitted.
Brick Pomercy, in his payer of this city,
saws he will open subscription for mag
n &c mt monument to be erected in this city
TO the memory of Mrs Surratt, who, he
saws, was murdered, and whose miserable
death he believes all the right. minded leo
ple of the country regret. He says the peo-
ple of her own village, Surrattsville. Prince
Georges county, Nd, will subscribed thou
sand dollars to the fund. In this connection
| L. nd hat oply
of the court martial that sentenced Mrs.
Surratt is Mr.. Holt, most all the others hav-
iug committed suicide, and that he is afraid
to 90 to sleep unless q brilliant light be
burning in his room.
Major +. J. Evans, of Alexandria, who,
received notice Of his removal from his posi-
ton as clerk in the 9Th auditors Office OF
the Treasury on the last of June, had that
notice revoked the same day, 80 that though
he has not yet been assigned 10 duty, his
pay is going on AZ usual.
Congressman Gibson, of West Virginia,
who is in the city today, says there has
been great dissatisfaction in his Slate in
consequence Of the retention in Office Of the
most objectionable SOFT OF offensive parti-
sans, men who did all they could to dis.
franchise Southern sympathizers, and to
exclude their children from the free schools,
and who even now jecr the democrats who
have to transact official business with them
because Of their inability TO have them re.
moved.
Az Ohio democrat in the city 10 day says
if Governor Hoadiy, as is now probable,
be candidate for reelection, he will surely
be defeuted as he will be the administra-
ton candidate. and as there are many dem
ocrats in that State who will not vote for
him lest it be considered they endorse the
ADMINISTRATION course.
Mr.. Camp, the lessee of the Lououn
granite quarry, is in the city to day, and is
making arrangements about commencing
operations at that quarry.
The report that the President has ordered
a halt in the removal of republican office
holders is emphatically denied at all the de
partmen;s, and it is confidently asserted
that before the lapse Of many moons all the
Objectionable republicans nov in office will
have been removed.
There was rumor here to-day that the
steamer Jane Moseley of this port, but which
is now running as an excursion boat out Of
Baltimore had blown up last night with Il
large party on board; but there was no
foundation for it, as was learned by en-
qury at the proper place.
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle is still in the city, and will
remain here some days longer. Ills iFlenCS SLY
that he has more influence with the President
than both the Senators and all the other members
| of the House from his State combined.
From Virginia it is 10 rncd to day that the ex-
pectation is that Mahone's campaign will he n
| fzzle-wll commence with great hurrah, but hs
his forces will be weak at he start and the sources
of his campaign fund are dried up, it will peter
almost entirely out before ccction day.
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