Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

Ispoc,sl Correspondence OF the Alexandria IaEetei
ARLINGTON. D. c.. July II, 1855.
The feeling among the Virginians here
with regard to the administration has I'M
t}eruone . marked change since Mr.. Stephen
son entered upon his duties as First Assls-
,aut Posi- master General and the dlsSatls-
faction So often expressed by them recently
has been almost if not entirely disslpated.
AR Slerhensou has had the situation Ia
Virninia expjained 10 him thoroughly, and
he ro. understands it completely, being
one of the few Northern men who do lie
aces. what his predecessor, Mr.. HAY, was
unable to see, that the condition OF affairs
IN Virpinin 80 FAR "a federal patronage 10
rnnc,r,,rt j. entirely different from that IN
The Npr,iern Statt sand that whereas char
,,es muy be necessary TO remove postmaslers
elsewhere, in Virginia they should be re-
moved by wholesale, and simply for the
reason that they were appointed by General
Mahnne under tie terms Of his neiarious
ba, gaia with President Arthur. In accord
uuce with The policy be has adopted in con
sequence of his true insight into Virginia
affairs, be made, as stated i'll this corrcspon'
dence yesterday, many removals IN that
State on that day, and it Is understood will
continue to remove them day by day until
The State shall know tie places that once
knew th"m no more for ever. The
Gn!lowing changes were announced to day d:
Lomoad Carroll county, Charles l.. Wolff,
wee Evrine 3. Wol;z, resigned; heer's
Creek Rockh-idge comfy, Joseph ;. Power,
vice J Is shannon, resigned; Summer Field,
Grayson county, Mrs. Mary E. Fulton, vice
Joseph Thomas, resigned Berkeley, Norfolk
county, Joseph Hays vice John K. Haiti
way, resigned: Meadville Halifax county,
WIN. i. Pcnck, vice VIM l.. Ray, resigned;
Kryrsviic, Charlotte county, John G. Prd-
DIV. vice Charles w. Walton, removed !;
l,iner, Montgomery county, James Is. Kin
SOY, vice Benjamin +. Horton, removed :;
Pennis's Store, Patrick county, Mrs. E. =.
Busick. vice Patrick Masill, declined TO
serve Cahbottom, Highland county,
Samuel S. Waybrisht, vice S. w. Way
bright, TO correct name; Bragg, Flu
wanna county, j. I'm F. Black, vice VIM. j.
Bragg, failed to qualify; Passapatansy
King George county, RObt. W. Gravatt, vice
Edwin H. Bowie, failed TO qualify under
new name of flee. In l.nndoun county,
in Mr.. Barbour's district he only remain
ING postoi iices to be filed by democrats are
those ut Middlehurg, PurcellVille, Water
ford, Farmw,l and Aide, and they, it l.
understood, will be attended to in short or
der This is very satisfactory to the people
of that county, several of whom have been
here recently to protest against tho longer
retention Of the Malone postmasters there.
Congressman O'Ferrall, of Virginia, who
is still here, had eleven moro Malone post
masters in his district removed to day, and
has been promised that four more of the on
" remaining five shall ne removed as soon
as the papers in their cases can be reached.
Tho solitary one left would also be removed
except for the fact that no body is applying
for his place.
1t is understood here that Major E. ].
Evans, Of Alexandria, recently removed
from his position in the office Of the 9Th
auditor Of the Treasury, either has been or
will be reinstated.
Congressman Herbert, of Alabama, will
spend the summer in Virginia.
There is rumor here TO the effect that q
gentleman from Virginia in a recent inter
view with Secretary Manning told him the
true story of the offensive partisanism Of
Mr.. Clay, the retained collector Of the port
at Newport News, and at the same time in-
formed him that if 81 resolution endorsing
the administration be introduced i'll the
coming democratic convention of bis State
it would probably be amended 90 as to
exclude from that endorsement The admin
istration's action in the Clay case and that
he was told Mr. Clay would soon be re-
moved.
In the crypt of the War Department there
are lying about eight hundred Confederate
flags OF these eleven were captured by
New Jersey troops, six ut one time from the
BufIaloe regiments from North Carolina in
General Hoke's command, who threw
them down and ran when attacked,
and one from General Mahone's command.
New Jersey has asked for these flags in
order to keep them with her other war
trophies Among the other flags there is
one of the Norfolk Blues, upon which there
was once D card stating it was captured in
battle. A member of that company tore
that card off, saying that the flag was not
captured until after the surrender, and was
then taken from under the shirt of one of
the company by the men who searched him
before he reached his home.
The President has written letter to Gov.
Hoadly, of Ohio who recommended Noyes,
of Hayes fraud notoriety, for director of the |
Union Pacific Railroad. telling him to give
himself no concern about the newspaper
talk on that subject, as he, the President,
was well aware the mistake was an entirely
one.
FINDING MIsER's MONEY.-The funeral |