Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-18
From WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Aexandi Ia sase1te
WASHINGTON. -. c., May is, 1880.

WASHINGTON. y. c., May Is, 1855.
Secretary Bayard is probably less admired
nv his party, that is if judged by what demo.
Gratis here say, than any other member OF
the Cabinet. A well-known Pennsy lvania
democrat here day says that Representa-
tive Ermentrout, from bis State, went to
ace MIR. Bayard, and asked him to appoint
ana of his personal aud political friends to
;, consulate, but was informed by the Sec
r,tary that the policy of the Administration
wa, to keep good man in Office if it found
him there. Mr.. Eimentrout cut his call
short. but took time enough TO cay that the
gentleman to whom be was talking couia
not lie the same Mr.. Bayard who in his
speeches made in Pennsylvania before the
Presidential election was so mucn In 1aVor
of making a clean sweep. lie then went
straight TO the President and stated Ills
case, and, az in most instances where
direct appeal by an influential Congressman
is made to the President, had his friend APP
pointed.
Senator Jones, of Florida, is in good splr-
its to-day. He had some favors granted 10
him on Saturday last in the way OF fresi-
dental appointments, aud has been prom
sed some more. He was little down
hearted when Mr.. Bloxham resigned the
foreign MISSION lnhI udu uCCh SiFeh H''A',
but has almost entirely recovered.
Mr.. II. Il. Bragdon, of fredericksburg,
Virginia. one Of General Mnhone's APP
pointees, was removed from the Treas
urv Department or the 18th instant
Ross Hamilton, a colored Waterman in the
Treasury, u Malone member of the Vlr-
pinia Legislature, and an offensive partisan,
will il il understood, soon be informed that
his services also will not be required any
longer.
A great commotion was created In DR..
Sunderland's church yesterday when Fred
erick Douglas and his white wife walked IN
and took seats Immediately III front oil the
Presidents pew II was known that that
pew WAS vacant, aud it was Immediately
surmised that Douglas had rented it, and
that surmise was strengthened when at the
close of the services the preacher greeted
the ,uiscegenationists warmly. The COM
motion then changed into indignation,
which was freely expressed. Douglas,
when interviewed upon the subject to day,
said he had not rented the pew, but was
conducted to it by the sexton; that he went
there as he went to the Congregational,
the Unitarian, or the Methodist church;
that he bad not been there before for seven
teen years, when at DR.. Suuderland's invi
tation be had lectured there on the "Assas-
sination of Lincoln and its lessons;" that
then clamor was raised against the good
and brave Dr.. Sunderland, and that he sup.
posed the present clamor was made for the
purpose ofexpediting his own expulsion from
the Office he holds. He said further that
he attends the theatres the Presidents re-
ceptions, aud is admitted to the floor of
both houses of Congress, and that it seems
strange his appearance in church should
occasion 50 much unfavorable attention.
R. D. Beckley, prominent Malone
colored man from Alexandria, Virginia. is
an applicant for the position of U. 5. minis
ter to Liberia, vice the incumbent, coIored
man named Smythe from North Carolina.
Though this country sends a minister to
Liberia and pays him $1,000, Liberia does
not send one here.
From letters received here from Virginia it
is learned that the f;iends of Maj. John Dau-
lei are working quietly but not Intellectually
to have that gentleman elected to the U. ).
Senate to succeed General Malone, and that
their Efforts are not confined to the Majors
own immediate section Of the State, but eX-
tend to all the ether sections and are known
to be operative as well i'm the 1st and 10Th
as in the 9th district.
The papers that the Presidents private
Secretary has to sign are so numerous that,
unlike his predecessors, he facilitates his
work and saves time by stamping his sigma
ture upon them instead of writing it.
Governor Cameron of Virginia, who was
here nearly all Of last week, returned to
Richmond yesterday morning. Attorney
General Blair of the same State arrived here
Saturday night but left yesterday morning
for West Virginia.
Mr. Elicit, the new collector of internal
revenue for the Richmond district, was all
applicant for another place when appointed
to that which has just been given him. Mr.
Childrey, who was first recommended by
the Virginia Congressional conference WAS
not appointed because he is in the tobac.
co trade. Mr.. Elicit is an old dry goods mel.
chant. Mr.. Helms, who las been appoint
ed collector of the Danville district, is en-,
gagged in large mercantile business in
Franklin county. Mr.. Mayo. the new col
lector of customs at Norfolk. is au old
steamboat man. All are good democrats,
though Mr.. Helms is the only active poll
tician of the three.
The rumor that General Malone had by
some of his methods" become advised in
advance of the purport of the recent deci-
sions Of the U. S. Supreme Court in the Vir-
ginia coupon cases. and had profLed there
by to large extent, by buying and selling
those coupons, is said TO have been started
by some of the Generals prominent ex-fol-
lowers.
1t is reported at the White House and the
Departments that Virginia has at least one
applicant for every place at the disposal of
the administration.
Mr.. Jordan, the new Treasurer, says
the new register must and will be q man
thoroughly familiar with financial affairs,
and that General Rosecrans will not be the
man. The General, he says, will be made
collector of the port of San Francisco,
position that will pay him $500 year,
while the salary of the register is only
$4,000. He says no change will take place
in the policy of his Office respecting silver
currency until an old and reliable, expert
in the silver business, now visiting the large
cities collecting statistics and interviewing
the men of affairs, shall make his report
It is rumored here to-day that change
will soon be made in the postmastership of