Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-04

Mr.. Phillips, of North Carolina. IL IS saiu
to-day by some of the Virginians here tna1
Mr.. John Goode, now that ex-senator JONI.
ston is cut out by reason OF the appointmen1
of his uncle, the General, to the Railroad
Commissionership, stands good chance VI
being appointed Solicitor General. -,
The committee of the Senate appointed
TO examine into the management OF tne
Senates affairs with view to effect cur
tailment of expenses, and to report upon INC
same at the next session OF the oenate, Is
in session to-day at the Capitol: IL
said that the committee will report IN favor
of large reduction in the NUMBER OF em-
nlovees in the office of the Sergeant. alarms.
Commissioner Miller, of the Internal Rev
enne Bureau. went to the Department OF
Iustice this morning and protested against
the removal OF Judge Chesley, Solicitor OF
Internal Revenue. When the removal was
made it was with the understanding that
OK. Congressman Talbot, of Mary land should
fill the place.
Among the callers upon the President TO
day was Congressman J. r. Tucker, of Vir-
giDia ,,
1t is said to day that the chances OF Mr..
Derr's having the place of Public Printer
are not as good as they have been supposed
to be.
The republican papers here and in the
North are publishing maps to show the
number of federal appointments the South
ia receiving under the new administration,
so as to substantiate their assertion that the
"rebels have seized the Government" They
do not seem to realize that the new, Is
national administration, and that being 80,
the South must have its share of the offices,
which she has not by any means, for Mas.
sachusetts has len to every one Virginia has.
Mr.. Garrison, who has been appointed
Deputy lst Comptroller of the Treasury, is
a republican who has been clerk in the
Treasury Department for many years. 1t
is reported, though whether correctly or
not is unknown, that Mr.. Garrison is one OF
the many clerks, who, while hailing from
other States, are credited to Virg ina.
It is reported that the President, when
talking to some Yirginians the other day,
remarked good humoredly that Virginia IS
| a lucky State, as though he had thought
when he appointed Mr.. Lewis minister to
Portugal he was comforting an honor upon
New Jersey, he had just discovered that he
was Virguian. One of the gentlemen to
whom the remark was made says the Presi-
dent might have also said that New Jersey
is lucky State, as Major Kelley, the Min
lister to Italy is a Jersey man, as is also the
President himself.
Congressman Oscar Turner, OF Kentucky +,
was publicly abused in a hotel here last
night by Mr. Ray Boyd of the same State,
who says be would have been given South
American Mission but for Mr.. Turner, who
informed the President of one of his youth
full peccadilIoes. Mr.. Turner, who is an old
and crippled man, sent after his son, to
whom Boyd reiterated what he had SAID to
his father Young Mr.. Turner told him he
would hear from him, as the hotel was not
the proper place to settle such difficulties.
The uncertainties and perplexties of Of
fee seekers are untold. When Congress
man Bynum, of theIndianapolis district, with.
drew his candidate for the postoftice of
that city in favor of the friend of Vice
President Hendrick, it was, as he supposed, with
the understanding that his man should have an
internal revenue relationship. But it now turns
out that the President was not party to any
such understanding, aud has promised the collec-
torship to somebody else.
An ex member OF the detective force of this
city says that theving and rObbing were never
more prevalent in this city than at present; that
during tho paugu alton season thcfts to the ex-
tent Of fifteen thousand dollars were committed,
and that though few Of the profess oual thieves
we're arrested all escaped except Two or three who
were not dangerous He also says that 30 in
efficient are some of the present force that they
can't tell professional thief when one is pointed
out to them.