Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-28

ised some time before his leaving for Eu.
rome. But such was the caution with which
the Second Assistant moved, that he sent
two special agents over the line after that,
besides recurring concu rrence in the or.
der by General Superintendent Jamison.
The amount involved is small, but the ex-
amin att on Ia said to have been as protract-
ed as if millions were in it. Mr.. J. Il. Pop.
ham represented the road in the matter.
State Senator Heaton, Of Loudoun county,
Va, was here last night, but lett TOR MS
home this morning. He is chairman of the
executive committee the democratic party
of his Congressional district-the Sth, or
Alexandria district. He says he will issue
a call at once for that committee to meet in
Alexandria next Wednesday for the purpose
of designating the time and place for another
Congressional convention in that district,
and for determining the time and manner
of choosing delegates thereto. Major Hea-
ton does not know when or where the con-
yention will be held, the majority of the
committee being the only power that can
definitely determine those questions. 1t is
thought, however, that the meeting place
will not be Alexandria.
A private letter received here to-day from
Richmond says the democratic COMPRESSION
al convention TO meet in that city on the I'd
inst will renominate Mr.. Geo. D. Wise, and
that Mr.. Wise will accept the nomination
and be elected.
A republican Senator in the city to day
told democratic friend yesterday that
he was by nc means sure his party would
have majority in the Senate of the next
Congress, for the reason that the temperance
vote in those northern States in which
q h. oil nj Cd will ho 10 and
will come almost entirely from the republi-
car party, and will so weaken that party
that the democrats stand a very good chance
of carrying as many as will be neces-
sarv to give them control OF the Senate.
He said he thought the knights Of labor
would help the republican cause in the
country, but that the democratic cause
would be helped TO much greater extent
by the temperance people.
The fact that Mr. Benedict, who has just
been appointed Public Printer, is an anti.
| typographical union man, and opposed to
| all trades unions, believing them to be preju
dicial rather than beneficial to industrious,
thrifty and ambitious workingmen is by no
means agreeable to the printers at the Gov
| eminent Printing Office, and it is said there
that hereafter membership of d union will
not as now, be necessary qualification fol
employment.
General Augur, who was shot here by 9
negro rough short time ago has, recovered
sufficiently to be out again.
! Mr.. ]. X. Sharp, superintendent OF the
B. & P. r. R. is dangerously ill at his resi-
dence in this city.
From South Carolina it is learned that ir
all probability the delegation from that State
in the next Congress will be solidly demo
cratic. There is one republican in it now
Smalls, a colored man; but as with him the
district is practically unrepresented, the
democrats there, though in decided minorl
ty, have determined that the district shall
I be unrepresented no longer. There will be
two republican candidates, Smalls and an
other member of his race. The democrat;
will run either Col. Elliott, a prominent
planter of the district, a brother of Rev. DR..
Elliott of this city, or General Moiese, ano
with some money, and the same means en-
ployed by the New England mill owner:
with their operatives, will have little or ne
difficulty in electing their man.
By an account of the balances due and BY
the United States just published it appears
that the First National Bank Of Alexandris
has had S210S5 due it since 1877. Col. Mos
by has charge against him of S2,O9l.15
| The Franklin Bank ofAle1andra is charged
with $4,000 of public money deposited il
1885, and the Merchants Bank of Alexan
dria with 1927.