Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-24
FROM WARRINGTON.
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Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandra daxetto.i
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. 81. 1885.

Virginia, received an appointment as clerk
in the Office of public printer Rounds this
morning. Mr. Davies was formerly editor
of the Manassas Gazette, and is good and
true, and working democrat, one OF the lew
of that sort ia Virginia, who have been ap-
pointed to office under the new admlnlstra-
ton. ;,
It is rumored here to-day that among
those who are thinking about purchasing
the Richmond Wing are Mr.. Stillson Hutch
ms. of the Post Of this city, and Mr.. Barham,
of the Petersburg Inder. appeal.
Among the democratic members OF the
House now in the city are several from
Michigan and the other extreme North
western and heretofore strongly republican
States, but of all the other revenue reform
ers in the House none lean more towards
free trade than they do.
A large Taxpayer of Alexandria county,
Virginia, here to-day, who had read in this
correspondence that several gentlemen in
Fairfax county were spoken Of for the
iudgeship of the district composed of Fair
| fax and Alexandria counties, said he under
stood the Legislature would pass resolu-
ton declaring that none of its members
would hold judgeships, but that whether it
did or did not,the people of his county want
ed for their judge man who would compel
all the present county officers to rebond,
and that they would not be satisfied until
that was done.
Mr.. Cuthbert Jones, of Louisiana, who
has publicly denounced Congressman Floyd
King, of his State, for almost everything
that is dishonorable, and whom Mr. King, in
turn, denounces as an assassin, says he has
nothing else to say or do, but that he has in
his possession letter written by Mr.. King
short time ago, in which Mr.. King speaks
of him in the highest terms and recon
mends him for federal office, and it is pass.
ing strange that man who wrote such a
letter should avoid personal collision with
him for the assigned reason that he is not
reputable.
Not one OF the Virginia members of the
House is in the city to-day, and none is
expected before next week except Messrs.
Barbour and Tucker, both of whom, it is
said, will be here tomorrow.
Governor. elect Lee, of Virginia, was in
the city to day on private business. He
speaks hopefully of the prospects of his
State, and thinks she is safely moored to the
| national democracy for many years.
| A gentleman interested in the New Or
| leans exposition here to- day says the i'm
preston in that city is that the exposition,
| as financial affair, will not be o great sue
cess.
Gen. Eppa Hunton, counsel for the Coun-
| ty School Board of Prince William county,
| Virginia, has just secured by compromise
the sum of So, 100 for his clients from Messrs.
Stuart and Palmer. The case had been
twice decided adversely to Gen. HIS clients
by the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and
he had taken an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States on q constitu-
tional point, hence the compromise.
Congressman Cole, of Baltimore, here to-
day, says that Mr.. Thomas, the recently
appointed Indian Inspector, against whom
Mr.. Francis Miller and other republicans, and
some democratic mugwumps, have brought
charges, is in the far West attending to the
duties Of his office, and that he will not be
removed, as his appointment was endorsed
at the last election by thirty thousand ma
| jority in his State.
There are twenty boys employed at the
| city postoflice here as messengers under the
| special delivery law. Their pay doesn't
amount TO eight dollars a month, and as
that does not support them, some of them
will resign at the expiration of the current
month.
| Congressman Barbour was here for short
time yesterday, but left in the afternoon for
Richmond to attend a meeting of the State
democratic committee of Virginia, of which
he is chairman. 1t was thought for long
time here that Mr.. Barbour would have no
opposition for the Senate, as it seemed to be
conceded that the man who had picked up
the standard of the democracy from the
dust of previous defeat and borne it to victory
in every succeeding contest deserved the
highest honors Of his party. But it turns out
that the respective friends OF Messrs. Daniel,
| III oil f2x,o n1 LEE
cient workers in the democratic cause, and
any one of whom would be an honor to his
State in the Senate, are urging them for the
place. 1t is still supposed, however, that
| when all the members meet in Richmond
those who think Mr. Barbour deserves the
place will be found to be so numerous that
| he will be elected without q contest.
st. Johns Church, in this city, was crowd
ed to-day to witness the marriage of Mr..
John Mason, of King George county, Va,
to Miss Henry, daughter of Capt. Henry, of
this city. Among those present were sew
eral AeXandrians.
There was slight fall Of snow here about
| II o'clock to day.
There is rumor here 10 the effect that
Mr.. Randall, aware that longer fight
against the large majority of his party on the
| tariff question will not only be frutless, but
disastrous to himself, has, with his usual
wisdom, determined not only to withdraw
his opposition to a revision of the tariff, but
to actually lead the effort to have that re-
vision effected.
The U. S. Supreme Court yesterday in
the case. of H. G. Z. Paulsen, appellant, VS..
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, decided,
as everybody knew it would, that the cred
itor of State could not recover his money
from company to which State had made
loans.
II. G. Gassaway, republican, assistant
chief of The internal revenue and mercantile
marine divisions of the treasury, who should
have been removed long ago, was dismissed
yesterday for telling an enquirer to go to
HI.
OF the Virginia members of the last House
four will be missed from the House to meet
next Monday week, Messrs. Wise and
Bowen, Mahoneites, whose places will be
filled by democrats, Messrs. Daniel and
Triop Mr. Hnnner rennhlican whnsa saat