Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-18

-ectors. This great anu lmpOitahO w.
to be,immediately begun. Inc vasb , GonsI
uuences that must derive to the MULE
States when completed cannot be eiuGiuas.tt
but by Time, the discoverer OF al sioHo
events. The next general meeting Is " 70
held at Georgetown on the hfsC oay u az
gust next" p5,,ondz the
~ - 80 oailod democratic member of the Dis
tr;ot of Columbia Commission, will resign ms
nosit;on Of the end of the current month,
p Pa snend the winter in the South. Inc
orrats of the city hope that his success,
cor will be good democrat, and that ne VIII
;nsist that some at least of the many ohen-
sive partisans who were appointed to places
in the District government under republican
rnle NAV be removed, and their places Dc
filed by competent democrats.
with REGARD to the District officers here
Il 10 soid NV some they will all be changed
hv the first or the middle of next month:
On The contrary it said by others, who, IL
every thing, are better able to know about
that matter, that the President has not as
vet given it the slightest consideration, ana
not even looked at the papers OF the apph-
cants.
A gentleman here to-day engaged largely
in contracts for work of internal improve
ment, in talking about the extension of tho
w, O. & w. R. r. to Berryville, where IL
will connect with the Shenandoah Valley
railroad, said he understood there was a
new project on foot by which that ROAD
would connect with the Virginia system OF
railroads, and that was to extend IL ironl
Round Hill along the eastern slope Oh tne
Blue Ridge mountains, sixteen miies, ~
Front ROYAL, where it would connect VIII
both the Manassas Gap branch OF lne ~
oinia Midland road and the Shenandoah fa,,
Iau road and thus have connection with all
the Southern and Western ROADS, anu III uo-
ING so save the cost Of n tunnel through the
mountains and bridge across the Shenan-
doah river. With such western connec-
ton he said the Loudoun granite quarry
which is the property of the W., 0. & w. Il.
r., would be perfect bonanza, as its prod.
uct IS in demand all through what has now
changed from the west to the middle section
of the country.
A contract was awarded to-day to the
Caldwell Iron Works of New York for the
erection of the Killic Shoals Light House,
Va, for 5000.
Il is rumored at the Treasury Depart.
ment to-day that the Union and Central
Pacific Railroads, in which the Government
is largely interested, have been asked by
the Secretary why it is that they grant the
Pacific Mail Company bonus OF SllO,OOO q
month. Some of the directors Of the roads
named are also directors in the Pacific mail.
The answer is looked forward to with no
little interest.
In this correspondence of the 18th inst,
the following statement was made regard
ing Senator Riddleberger, who was then in
the city 1.-THE Senator, when in q contid-
;-. ed loct p;0bt oid q an aro1 ar would
be the next Governor of Virginia" In the
Republican of this city this morning, APP
pears the following special telegram from
Richmond: 1.-The Alexandria GAZETTE hay
inc announced that Senator Riddleberger
had said he believed Fitz. Lee would be the
next governor of Virginia, Riddleberger to-
day telegraphed here that it was wholly
| false, and lie out of The whole CLOTH" On
the night of the 18th inst, in bar room in
this city, in the presence and in the
hearing of several reliable gentlemen,
Senator Riddleberger, of Virginia, said
that "Fitz Lee would be the next
Governor of Virginia." adding to that re-
mark, Though John Wise would probably
receive more votes" One of the gentlemen
referred to reported what the Senator had
said at the Capitol the following morning,
where it was common talk and where the
GAZETTE's correspondent heard it. Being
struck by it as an attempt on the Senator's
part to assign false reason for the defeat
he expected, the correspondent took the
trouble to hunt up the gentleman who had
| told what he had heard the Senator say,
and asked him about it, He not only re
iterated what he had previously said, but
named the barroom and mentioned the
names Of the other gentlemen who had heard
| the remark. The ''lie out Of whole cloth"
therefore was cut by the man who disgraces
Virginia by misrepresentng her in the u.
S. Senate. But he is in such constant
state of inebriety now that half the time he
does not know what he is doing; says
things one day which he forgets the next,
and is really not responsible tor what he
either says or does. 1t is we'll known here
that several democratic Senators, with ono
of whom Senator Riddleberger on one occa-
sion slept, trusting in what he said, were
induced TO believe that he intended to break
with Malone, who had treated him with
scorn and contempt, and to vote with the
democrats whenever his vote would count,
and that they were greatly surprised when,
under the influence of liquor at Richmond,
he received with maudlin warmth the cold
and shiny kiss of the man who made
him Senator. Of the two men, the latter,
bad as he is, is the better in every
conceivable respect, as is so thought
to be by every one who knows them.
In the same paragraph in which the state
ment Senator Riddleberger denies occurred,
reference was also made to the '"Ten Nights
in Bar Room" sent him from Alexandria,
and to the fast trotter and even more valu
able consideration the Senator is said to
have received from the Danville Railroad
for his services as member of the Legisla-
ture, sworn to protect the interests of Tir
ginia, in allowing that road to pay lis in
debtedness to the State at forty cents in the
dollar; but those statements the Sena-
tor has not denied. That Virginia should
have such man to represent her in the
Senate of the United States is blot upon
her fair name that will degrade her forever.
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