Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-01
Ek1N WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. y. G. Oct 1SSG

l"fSeAnt correspondence VI VIC hlSAh NAZETIE.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. /, 1856.
BY reference to back files Of the C0nqrcS.
sional Record it is seen that Senator Johr A.
Logan, when g member of the United States
House of Representatives, and chairman Of
| its military committee, reported bill to
| eGpel aoderick Random Butler, IL republican
member from Tennessee, for accepting
| money for appointing a boy to 8 cadctshp,
and that the vote on it was 1872 for and g.
against its passage, not the requisite two.
thirds. The Mr.. Butler referred TO is again
the republican candidate for Congress from
| the same district. What sort CT people
must those be who want such man
! to represent them in Congress?
Richmond democrats here TO day say that
accounts from Ill the democratic congress
sonal districts in their State indicate that
thsy Will give the usual democratic raaori-
ties, that Mr. Parks, the democratic nomi-
! nee in one OF the two republican districts,
has an excellent chance of election if tho
| mugTnmps don't run tho Norfolk navy
yard, aad that Major Mann Page, the NON.
Inee IN the other one, will certainly be
elected II Brady carries out his threat to run
q republican against the Malone candidate,
Gaines. They also say that Major Gilman,
we'll known throughout the State, has re-
| signed the deputy internal revenue colec-
tcrship Of the Richmond district, uuG is IN
such bad health that his friends are doubtful
of his recovery.
When Senator RiGdleberger was here Last
week he told some Of his friends that 10
should so to the southwest portion of lis
State and take part in this political cam
peign there this fall
T. is said here that collector Jonas md
postmaster Back, Of New Orleans, will fall
under the ceasure OF the President for al.
lowing some of their subordinates to take
part in recent democratic convention in
Louisiana.
Some Of the clerks in the Treasury De.
partment are good deal alarmed at re-
port to the efIsct that that department will
be reorganized in such way as to do away
with the necessity Of employing 80 large
force as ls COW engaged there.
Among those who called upon the Presi-
dent to. day were Messrs. Robert Beverly,
A. II. Dvevry and DR.. Holt, of the Virginia
Agricultural Society, who invited him to at
tend the annual fnir Of that society to he
held this fall The President told them, as
be tells ell people who extend him invita-.
tions of like character, that he will &C.
cept If circumstances at the time will per-
nit. But he never means to go, all the
same.
Among the strangers in the city to-day
was Gen. W. II. +. Lee, the democratic can
Gidate for Congress in the Alexandria dis.
trict The General says he has as yet heard
Of no opposing candidate, either republican,
Mahoneite or independent.
The War Department now blames Geu.
Miles for not killing Gercnimo and his band
Of Indians or capturing them uuoondition-
ally so that the Government could kill
them.
AS the Treasury Department has SUSPEND.
ed its investigation of the charges of all
sorts Of crookedness at the coast survey.
parties aware of the truth of those charges
say they will wait until Congress shall as.
semble, and then ask for q congressional in
yestigaiiop.
Among the Virginia sufferers by the late
removals at the Government Printing Office.
in addition to those heretofore mentioned in
this correspondence, are Messrs. Jacobs.
Guennan and Reddick, all of whom are
members of the Virginia democratic associa.
ton Of this city, the one the vice. presidencg
of which Mr.. Gasscock had to resign on
pain of losing his place in the coast survey.
The colored Virginia republican associa-
ton OF this city at meeting held last night
adopted resolution recommending ex post.
master Windsor, OF Alexandria, for the re-
publican congressional nomination in the
district.
The employers st the Government print
ms office were thrown into such democrat.
lied condition By the late wholesale reuoy.
als there that little or DO work has been
done there for week. They would come |
every morning and stay there |