Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-24

arry the State. though if they do, he says, !
Iahone ia just the man to contest Inc re-
ult and make it the cause of squaoole
rhe new election law, he says, will add
realty to the chances of democratic success.
The following is a straw showing Inc way
hs wind is blowing in Indiana. Il Is an
extract from Il letter written by a Pronn'neu'
democrat of that Stale to 1f!ena III .h,'
,ity There is much deep undertoiie iee
my in all this community rs wen rs ~ Ino
State at the retention Of republicans III po-
sitions, receiving the pay poor, lnteli,eenC;
never. failing democrats snouio
have. There is no sympathy Will an ca
elusive 4ristocratic democracy WHICH ap'
nn;nts The high aud wel-tc-do and ex-Mem-
bers of Congress to all OF the n'gn po7ltions
md leaves the working poor democrat IN
shs GsId To work again. 1 assure you they
will hunt the shade in the next canvass un-
Iess a change is made in the existing condi-
ti0n of things
Tne conference of the democratic mem.
hers of the Virginia congressional delegation
was to have been held here thl5 week Dat'
as stated in this correspondence yesterday,
has been postponed. Believing that it
would he held, Messrs. Cabell, Trigg, Daniel,
Wise, Barbour, and OFerral are already in
the CITY. and Mr. Croxton is expected TO
day aud Mr.. fucker to morrow. Ali OF
hem will 90 from here to Richmond TO at
tend the Stale democratic convention 10 DO
held there on the 29tb inst, except Mr..
Wise, who, as heretofore stated Ia thiS cor
resemblance. viii! go to California to settle
nm The estate of q lately deceased brother,
estimated to be worth about one bundled
thnusund dollars, which will be divided
among his five surviving brothers.
Its reported to day that large shortage
hos beeu discovered in the accounts oil the
coast survey under the last adninlsl ratlon,
and that an investigation has been oiuese"'
The following order relative to postolhce
affairs in Virginia was issued to-day n;cn
mon6 discontinued pay anu service, W. d.
Duke and Jefferson H. Powell, ssoo car
r;ars reuoyed July 81, 1885, and appoint
Tohn n Naule and Lewis J. Becker, substl.
tnes, auxiliary carriers, with pay at the rate
of 5000 per annum from August l, 1885.
Mr.. Ii. Il. Williams, OF North Carolina,
now of the Honse document room, is among
the candidates for the place of doorkeeper
of the House made Yacaut by the death OF
the late Mr.. Wintersmitt.
General FitZ Lee is in the city to day.
The Generals friends say that from the
letters aud kilograms he receives they are
induced to believe that he will receive the
democratic nomination for Governor CT his
State. if not on the first, certainly on the
second ballot. The Northern democrats
here all seem to want the General nomi-
mated. and say that if he shall be, his cam
paien fund will receive many large con.
tributions from their section.
That lIr Whitney, Secretary Of the Navy
has come here to stay is very likely, from
the fact that he has just purchased thirty
thousand dollar house in the northwest and
fashionable portion of the city.
Congressman Trigg, of the 9th Virginia
district, who is in the city to-day, says that
while the democrats OF that district will be
satisfied with any ticket the democratic
convention Of his State will nominate, a.
the majority Of the party in that district be-
long to the read element of the party,
he thinks that element should he recognized
iu the composition of that ticket.
AS on yesterday, most all the talk here to-
day is about the death Of General Grant and
his probable burial place. Up TO | o'clock
nothing had been learned at the White
House relative TO the time or place of the
funeral. The President has directed that
all preparations for his summer vacation be
suspended until these matters have been
settled. The mourning drapery is nothing
like so general here as was expected
very few buildings other than the
public ones being draped at all Among
these few is that occupied by Perry
Carson, the colored politician Of this city
over the front door of which is the fol.
lowing inscription General Grant climbed
30 high in fame that he stepped eff the top
ruug of the ladder into Heaven" Every
body here says the General should be buried
at the Capital Of bis country, and the gen
era impression is that though the remains
may not be brought 10 this city at rst,they
will he eventually and that their final resting
place will be here. The Generals death has
brought out letter written by Mr.. Jeffer-
son Davis last April III reply to a
request from a newspaper for his opinion
of the General, in which he said: Gen
eral Grant is reported dying. Although
he invaded our country with ruthless track.
it was still with open hand, and, SO far as
know, he allotted neither pillage nor arson
When his armies were SO successful that
Gen. Lees army had rot even the power
further to retreat, Gen. Grant gave
terms both liberal and courteous, and
has since the war, believe, shown no ma
lIRullS lut ot-tsih'V Wv
onfederates, either of the military or civil
service. Therefore, instead Of seeking to
disturb the quiet of his closing hours, !
would, if it were in my power, willingly
contribute to the repose Of his mind and tie
comfort of his body"
A wel-known republican Of the Sth Con-
gressional district of Virginia. in the city to-
day, says that so far as he is concerned he
"a now out of onlitics so far out that if the
democrats nominate General Runey Lee
for Governor he will support him. As he
does not expect such nomination, he will
not vote at all. He says, however, that
from what he sees and hears the most of his
party will pocket the snubs Gen. Malone
gives them, and that he learns from Rich
mond that Northern republicans will make
liberal contributions to the Generals cleo
ton fund. When asked why the General
did not recognize the republicans of his
State by giving them ut least one place on
his ticket, he replied that the General never
thought their support amounted to any
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