Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-21

FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondenceo Of the Alexandria aa1et'e
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Is,pee,sl Correspondsnceo Of the Alexandria Gsxete
WASHINGTON. D G.. April Fl, 1885
None of the Virginians here to-day seems
= have definite ideas a. 10 what effect the
,eci,ion of the u. =. Supreme Court yester-
Iav in he Virginia debt cases will have up
nm nolilics in that State. Some think IL
,vil, helm Malone, while others seem to Dc
eonallv confident that it will have no edect
at all noliticaily, as the debt question, oy
tho consent of all, was left to the decision OF
the court of highest resort, and that now
that that court has rendered its decision all
will have to abide by it, and nothing more
no,itically can be- made out OF the question:
IA previously stated in this correspondence
the bondholders having gained their case
will now offer to compromise with the StaIe
on more favorable terms to her than allow.
ed them by the decision. Wheeler she Will
accent those terms or not still remains 10
he seen. 1t is said here that the only way
for the State to raise enough revenue now
10 carry on her State government VIII De
for the tax payers 10 agree not to pur-
chase coupons, but TO pay their taxes IN
money, or for the legislature to meet
and devise some plan by when
each county may he required to collect It's
proportionate share of the whole amount, so
That there may he no State taxes. Neither
of these plans however, is feasible, Tor the
majority of tax payers will not pay their
taxes in money when they can do so IN
cheaper commodity, and an effort TO collect
the State tax in the shape of county lax
would be successfully resisted as weak and
transparent attempt to get around the deci-
sion of the Court. The whole thing is very
much mixed now, and what the outcome
will be no one seems to know
MIR, Craig, collector of internal revenue
for the Alexandria district, having declined
to tender the resignation of his office re-
ouested by commissioner Miller, the latter
was asked to day by the GAZETTE'S cores
pondence what he intended to do In the
prcmises7 He replied that nothing had
been done yet, and he did not know what
would be done, as the case was IN the hunds
Of the Secretary.
Several of the Illinois Congressional dele
CATION are in the city TO day, looking after
their respective shares of the federal pa.
tronage to be apportioned to their State. /!
is reported that after that business is at
tended to they will confer together in refer
ence to the Senatorial contest now i'll pro
gress in Illinois. But one of them when
asked about that this morning said it was
not so, and hat they had enough of their
own business to keep them busy without
mixing mp with other peoples.
MIR. Camp, the lessee of the Loudoun
Granite Quarry having made satisfactory ar
rangcments with the W., o. Il w. r. r
Company about freights and wharf facilities
at Alexandria, will, it is said here, com
mence operations on an extensive scale al
that quarry as soon as the necessary machi
merry can be put in place and accommoda
ton provided for the large force he will EN-
ploy.
Collector Gray, Of the port of Alexandria
was at the Treasury Department to-day, to
report the discharge Of Thomas Williams
colored, the Waterman at the Customs
House, who has been detected in stealing
Government coal The collector says he
will fill the vacancy with the best recon
mended man irrespective Of his politics or
color.
Mr.. Frank Hume, the we'll known groce.
~ merchant of this city, but who resides on
his farm near Alexandria, warranted the
w., o. & w. R. r. in that city to-day for
constant damage to his property, caused by
sparks from the locomotives on that road.
Arthur Lyle has been commissioned as
postmaster at Milford, Caroline county,
Virginia.
The marriage of young Mr.. R. L. Gait,
we'll known in Alexandria, and Miss Bur
ton, both of this city, will take place at Dr.,
Sunderland's Church here to night. 1t will
be very fashionable affair. The presents
are numerous and costly.
Mr.. Williams, the colored man who was
appointed minister to Hayti by MIR. Arthur
only two days before the expiration of bis
own term of Office, will be removed on &C.
count of his public disrespect of the Secre.
tary Of State.
General Lawton has declined the Russian
Mission, and Mr.. Winchester, the consulate
at Nice The democrats, though they have
so few offices, are more ready to part with
them than the republicans, who have so
many and who have held them so long
Secretary Bsysrd is not little worried about
the appointment of Mr. Morgan to the consulate
AT Melbou rne thinks he was deceived about it.
but doesn't see how the appointment well be
revoked. Morgan himself says he wrote the
pamphlet supporting Blaine before the Chicago
convention was held.