Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-15
OCCUPANTS of those Offices, as his predecessors


have done.
"A gentleman here who used to be, if he IS
not now an intimate terms with all the lead
ing Mahoneites who come here, is authority
for the statement that U. S. Marshal Hughes,
of Virginia, says that though the shortage
in his accounts was due to the contrlou'
tious he was induced to make to the
Malone election fund, when he went 10
Ganeral Mahoue and Mr.. Elkins and 10.
formed them of his condition and~requesteo
them 10 advance him the comparatively
small sum requisite to relieve him OF MS
embarrassment, they both declined to help
him in the slightest degree.
The republican members of the Senate
rial committee appointed TO inquire INTO
The offices Of the Senate, and to see II re-
trenchment and reform therein can not
be effected, have formed themselves into
sort of caucus, and, being in the maJorlty,
| their determination is final. 1t Is under
stood they have recommended the aooiitlon
of several places in the office OF the ser
geant at Arms, all Of which are now occu-
pied by democrats. Their REIMBURSEMENT
| of the Butler house shows no disposition TO-
| ward retrenchment inasmuch as the en-
largement of the basement OF the Senate
wing of the Capitol provides all the ne"
committee rooms that are wanted by Inc
Senate.
There was circus parade on Pennsylva.
mia avenue here to day. but the show Will
he nothing extra if Judged from the appear,
ance of the horses in the procession, for, as
spectator who was colopel in the Confeder-
| ate army remarked to a FREUD, they looked
like Confederate stock at the time of the
surrender.
Among the callers upon the President to-
day was Congressman Barbour, who called
to introduce Judge Henry w. Thomas, Of
Fairfax county.
The Italian Minister here has written a
letter to the Secretary of State inclosing u
COPY of III, speech Major Kelley made in
1871. in which the course of the Sandman
eoverpmenti IL seziug Rome and deprivlng
the Pope of the last of his temporarily, was
severely criticised, and asking # the United
States government was aware that thai
speech had been made when it appointed
Major Kelley Minister to Rome. The ltal
ian Minister in the same letter informs Sec
retary Bayard that he has telegraphed the
Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs for in
structons in the premises.
Among the strangers in this city who
went to Alexandria on the ferry boat thu:
morning is the famous Indian chief, Rec
Cloud. He went, he said to see the church
the first great father attended.
The impression at the Treasury Depart
ment to day is that Bruce, the colored regis
ter of the Treasury, whose name is upon al
the notes issued from that Department
must go," but whether he will be succeed
ed by a white man or by one of his OWL
color is not known. The office though s
sinecure is quite lucrative. Bruce spen
nearly all Of last summer in electioneern&
fer Blaine, aud in making political state
ments to newspaper reporters which hi
afterwards denied.
Secretary Manning has returned and wa'
at his office in the Treasury Department
and at work early this morning. There wal
no intimaion there Of his reported inten
ton of resigning and his appointment t.
the more lucrative place of Collector of thu
Port of New York.
The I'd U. S. Artillery, now stationed a
the Arsenal here. are getting ready to star
for Pensacola. to which place they hav,
been ordered, aud for which they viii! leave
on the 1at proximo.