Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-05

it will be recollected, did not support the
Malone thicket in his State at the last cleo.
ton, and has no tears to shed for the deieat
of that ticket, as he does not think it was
republican ticket, nor does he think General
Malone should have been put in control OF
the republican party of his State, as be has
no confidence in his republicanism. Mr..
Lewisis straightout republican, and thinks
that Malone would be democrat or any
thing else to profit himself. Mr.. Lewis
presided at the opening of the Virginia
Senate on Wednesday last, but Immediately
afterwards vacated the chair, and will not
occupy it again. He was asked by his party
to open the session each day during the re.
mainder of his term, and if he did not like
to preside during the whole day to call q
Mahoneite to the chair, but he refused to
do so, telling them he fought the democrats
from principle, and did so openly and
suuarely, aud that if they expected him to
be factionist or to make any factious OPP
position to them, they had mistaken their
man.
The published report that the democratic
| members of the House from Ohio had at.
tempted to hold caucus to endorse Mr..
| Leedom, from their State, for the position
of Sergeant-at-Armso of the House, is entirely
| incorrect. No attempt to hold caucus
was made, and all the delegation except
one are in favor of Mr.. Leedom; and it is
probable he would be re elected even if all
of them were opposed to him.
At the regular weekly meeting of tho lir-
ginia democratic association of this city last
night ten new members were elected, and
several speeches made, among them an ex-
cellent one by Mr.. Moffett, an ex.member
| IT, T;.o,;,;o Hnpca of nplppataS
The democrats of the New York delega-
ton in the House met last night and deter
mined with one accord to support Mr..
Trainor, the candidate from their State for
doorkeeper. The impression, however
seems 10 be, as it has been from the first
that Mr. Donelson, of Tennessee, will win
the prize.
Among the appointments made by the
President yesterday was that of James E
Tucker to be Assistant Appraiser of Mer-
chandise a5 San Francisco. Mr.. Tucker is
son of Col. Bev. Tucker. His appoint.
ment had been anticipated in this cores
pordence.
Reports at the internal revenue bureau
are to the effect that Col. Chapman, of Alex
andria, to whom was entrusted the work Of
cleaning out the moonshiners in Tennessee
and North Georgia, is quietly, but efectually,
|
done in the Carolinas.
Both the democrats and the republicans
of the Senate held caucuses to-day, tho lat
ter meeting at IL o'clock, the former at
noon, to decide upon the persons for whom
to vote to be officers of that body. The re-
publicans AID the democrats of the House
will also hold caucuses to-day, the former
meeting at 3 o'clock and the latter ut 1870
! for the same DurDOse
Letters received here from San Francisco
state that Col. Mosby has been or soon will
be appointed one of the counsel of the
Southern Pacific Railway Company, and
that his prospects of success in that city are
of the most hattering character.
At the meeting of the republican Senate
rial caucus yesterday Mr.. Riddleberger, o.
Virginia. though in the city, was not pre-
sent. His intimates now say he will be o
free lance.
| Ex-U. S. Senator r. NJ. T. Hunter, o.
Virginia, in letter to the editor of New
York newspaper, says he is the father Of
the civil service law. But Mr.. Hunters
friends here say Mr.. Hunter never sup
posed that law would provide for competi
tive examinations, or would operate to ex
clude democrats from Office under demo
cratic administration.