Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-08-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
special Correspondence Of the hle1andri. 49,.
WASHINGTON. b. e.. August II, lSno

1anuuare so ,nisstated. he had onlS re-
mar, ed when shown the Toombs lnterVie"
about Mr.. Davis and West foine InaC INC
former had contradicted himself 10 saying
that "the South would have succeeoeu nao
il not been throttled BY Mest iolhe, auu
following that statement with the assertion
hot the Confederacy would certainly have
snnceeded under Albert Sidney Johnston
frat or Joseph f. Johnston next, both OF
whom were West Point men. Gen. Lee
sajd that his own remarks were that the
war developed too many good soldiers on
both sides from West Point to admit OF any
aisnarapement Of that institution, while at
tha same time there were great many
.nlendid soldiers on both sides who were not
trained at that school, as, for Instance, Cor
don. Forrest and numerous Others. lie
added that in his own command were many
ACCOMPLISHED cavalry officers who had never
seen the gate Of West Point, but who had
learned the military art in the greatest Of
all schools-actual war.
The inspectors of the light houses OF The
Fifth district report great scarcity OF table
fish along their route from Barnegat to Cape
Charles. They cannot account for 1t. Pas-
senper5 from Cobb's Island say there Is no
band line fishing there, and that the Cooos'
with their seine, that L. generally SO iulI as
To make it difficult TO be drawn ID, no" ma
i baid work 10 get enough to supply Tue
hotel tai.lc.
Now thai Tue coast and geodeiie survey
service has been discovered TO De ulterJ
orooked The democratic lens IS to,De turned
upon the geological survey ses ,',,,,;,
nronosed movement j. said 10 be startling.
"a it will show Tint many prominent men
here. by means OF thal service, procured their
relatives aud friends summer excursions al
the Governments expense.
While Appointment Clerk Higgins, Of the
Treasury Department., was at the depot the
other day, s.arting on his summer vacation,
he was approached by IN office seeker and
told that if he would designate The place to
which he was going be, the Office seeker
would be glad to come there and explain to
him the grounds upon which he based his
application. The train just then commence
ed to move, and, jumping aboard, Mr.. Hig
gins replied, mo you won't; il | see you
first"
The builders Of the National Theatre are
engaged to-day in topping oil that building.
Mr.. Robert Owens who was commission
| ed last Saturday by the President as agent
for the Cherokee Indians, is native of
Lynchburg, Virginia. He is great grand
son of White Plume, the great chief of the
Cherokees, who was killed in battle with
| the whites many years ago. Like John
Randolph, of Roanoke; Mr.. Owens (who is
quite young MANI is very proud of his
royal ancestry.
| A private letter received here this morn
ing by gentleman from friend in Lynch
burg, Virginia, says all classes of the white
people of his State believe that the most
! important interests Of the Slate are involved
| in the coming election, that believing so,
| mpst of them will vote for Lee, and that his
majority will not be less than seven! cen
| thousand.
Congressman Barbour, fucker, Croxton
and O'Ferrall, OF Virginia, are in the city
to. day.
Among the strangers 10 the city to-. day is
Mr.. George c. Wcdderburn, who is here to
make arrangents for lighting the Changers
Exposition, at Falls Church, Fairfax county,
Va, on the 14th proximn. He says that
Alexandria exhibitors can have exhibition
tents by application beforehand.
| The few congressman still remaining in
the city are thinning Out. Only twelve are
| now here. Among those who have just
taken their departure is Mr.. Morrison, who,
while he was here, got nearly evory thing he
wanted in the patronage liue.
General Fitz Lee passed through Mere
|
| While here(he received the congratulations
and good wishes of many friends and ad-
| mirers.
The report made to Secretary Manning
by the commission which has been nvcsi
eating the Coast Survey Bureau contains,
among various serious charges against other
| officers of that bureau, the following against
George n. Seagmuller, Of Alexandria coun
ty THAT Geo. n. Seagmuller, late chief of
the instrument division, was, while such
chief partner in the firm of Fauth & Co.,
instrument makers, who have furnished
very large share Of the Instruments pur-
chased by the Coast Survey since said firm
WAS organized. < That testimony
was taken justifying tho presumption that
| some property aud materials have been
wrongfully converted to the use Of said
firm" Seagmuller having been suspended
during the investigation, the report further
says his restoration would be detrimental! to
the morale of the Coast Survey.
Mr.. Brown Allen, who is clerk in the
Office of the Secretary of the Senate, was iu
| this city day or two ago. While here he
said he intended to take an active part in
the Virginia campaign. He also said that
if his party-the Mahoneites-shoul have
| only a minority Of the Senate they would
| if any democratic members of that body who
may be dissatisfied with the action of the
democratic caucus.
1t is generally believed here that whether
Mr.. Kelley be not offered the position OF
Third Assistant Secretary Of State or Con-
su! General at Paris, the administration can
not afford to fail to offer him place as
good as either of those to which he was
appointed.
1t is understood that Mr.. Elmonds, one Of
the Commissioners of the District of Coum-
bia, rendered his resignation and asked the
President to relieve him before the latter
left the city, but that he was requested by
the President to hold on until he returned.
A thorough investigation of the Internal
Revenue Service is to be made in conse-
quence of the discovery of difference in the
thickness ofthe slaves of which whiskey bar
rels are made, and by means of which GER
tain distiilers have been defrauding the
government Of the tax on two gallons in