Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondents OF the Alexandria aaIetee
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April IA, 1855.

FROM WASHINGTON.
lspeoisl Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April IA, 1885.
Among the strangers in the city to-day is
Major S. P. Bayly, of Fauquier county;
Virginia. The Major was wing in old |
times, and is one OF the original republicans
in his State. Like most of the latter, though
he at one time affiliated with the Malone
ties. but he is now opposed to them, and'
with 1t. Gov. Lewis, has by no means
good opinion Of them, and thinks they nave
small chances of carrying the State next
fall.
Among the applicants for the judgeship
of the District of Columbia to be made va
can't by the resignation of Judge Wylie, are
Mr.. II. O. Claughton, formerly of Alexan'
dria. but now of this city, and Judge Keith,
of the Circuit Court of the Alexandria dis
trict in Virginia, whose present home Is at
Warrenton. Judge Keith it is reported, is
recommended by all the Congressional dele
cation of Virginia, aud by influential gen
tlemen in this city, among them Associate
Justice Field, of the U. s. Supreme Court.
Mr.. Claughton, it is said, is recommended 10y
many prominent citizens of the bar OF this
CITY and by two members of the Cabinet
A delegation among whom were Congress
man Barber, ex-Congl essman Hunton,
State Senator Meredith, OF Virginia, aud
others called on the President this morning
in the interest of Judge Keith.
Congressman Barbour who was indispos
ed yesterday by reason of cold caught oy
being out in the rain and snow last Satur-
day, had so much improved to-day that
being pressed with business he ventured out,
though only in his carriage.
1t is reported here on republican authority
that Senator Malone says he will pay no
attention to the circular recently sent to
him BY the Cameronian wing of his party,
and that be considers it piece of imperti
| hence in Governor Cameron, or any other
man, or set of men to be telling him what be
must do.
1t is rumored to-day that the Russian
Government has offered Mr.. John Roach
500 900 more than the contract price for the
new dispatch steamer Dolphin, on which
Secretary Whitney refuses to make the last
pavment of IS 900 until he shall be satisfied
| that she can make her contract time and
that ir her construction the terms OF The
contract were complied with, and that 1t Is
probable the Government will let her 60,
and be well rid of her, provided MIR. Roach
return the money it has paid upon her.
1t was stated in this correspondence Yes.
terday that the grand jury of the District OF
| Columbia which met that day was in some
doubt concerning the name of General Ma.
homes SOB Butler, charged with shooting
at waiter at Welker's Hotel. They got
out of it by indicting him under several
aliases. This, it is said has provoked the
General considerably, for the reason, as ne
says, that only notorious criminals are in
dicted under aliases. 1t is said to be the
Generals intention to lay his complaint be-
fore the Attorney General, and if his griev
apce he not redressed "to know the reason
why"
To-day was Cabinet day and all the mem
bers of that body except Secretary Manning
were present. The tenure Of office act wa:
discussed, as has been the case at several
previous meetings. No appointments had
been made up to noon, and it was said al
the White House that none was expected
to-day.
The application of Surgeon General Wales
for habeas corpus, made for the purpose OF
having the charges Of crockedness against
him tried by a civil court rather than a
court martial, was denied by the U. S.
District Court here to day. The case will
now be carried to the U. 5. Supreme Court
The accused is now being tried by court
martial.
A Virginia republican here says the only
two foreign places to which Virginians are
entitled by recent precedent are the Con.
which place costs half the salary, and the
Commercial Agency at Panama, the emolu-
ments of which are small.
The administration has declared that not
only the men who have settled upon the Ok
lahoma lands in the Indian Territory, but
the men who have cattle ranches thereon
must CO."
Admiral Jouett telegraphs Secretary
Whitney from Colon that trains will here.
after run regularly across the Isthmus. The
Admiral says: "Aspinwall and Panama,
and the whole railroad are we'll protected.
Col. Haywood and 260 men, with four field
| pieces, are at Panama. Lieut.. Vain wright
and eighty men, with two field pieces, are
at Matacein. A guard of fifty men, with
rifles aud Howtzers, in steel clad cars, ac-
company each passenger train. This dspo
sition of forces is permanent to prevent de-
struction of life and property by lawless
bands"
Mr.. VIM Hayden Edwards, chief of the
Diplomatic Bureau of the State Department,
has resigned that position in order to accept
an appointment as private Secretary to Mir.
Bell, the U. S. Minister to the Netherlands.
H. Sidney Everett, son of the late Edward
Everett, has been appointed to fill the va
cancy in the State Department. Mr.. Ever
EFT has been for some years the first Score
tary of the U. S. Legation at Berlin.
Hon. E. John Ellis, of Louisiana, will de.
liver the annual address before the Literary
Societies Of Roanoke College, Salem, Va.
on June 9th.
A new applicant for the Marshalship Of
the D strict of Columbia has appeared in
the person of Mr. VIM. D. Cabell, formerly
of Virginia, but now principal of the most
fashionable female boarding school in this
city.
FIRE AND NARROW EscAPE.-The resi-.