Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-09
FROM WARRINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAzET

4 gentleman here to-day who was at Old
Point Comfort when the Hygeia Hotel
was put up for sale there last Thursday says
that Col. Bsy Tucker, who was there as
bidde. for some New York parties, when
the auctioreer announced that bidding
would commences st $3.50, 900, and that bid
OF -, would consequently buy the property,
provoked a loud aud general laugh by re-
marking III audible soto voce that he had
the So but that it would take him an hour
or two to get the $3.50, 900, and that he did
not want to delay the sale that long. He
says parties were there ready TO bid $780,
coo for the property, but no more, for the
| reason that the hotel is there by sIllerance
| and can be removed or destroyed at the
whim Of the Government. He also says the
annual profits of the hotel average $50 600,
and not 500 coo as was stated. About poll
tics in that section Of Virginia he says that
Mr. Marshall Parks, tbs democratic candi-
date :or Congress i'll that district, stands
| pretty good Chance OF election though he has
nominal republican majority against him
OF from 200 to 5000. In the adjoining dis.
lrCt, the lst, hs says that while the demo
Gratis say they are confident of the reelection
OF Mr.. CrcxtoG, the present representative,
they also say that his republican opponent
is very strong and that there is 8 little demo-
cratic dissatisfaction and apathy.
The flags at the Capitol are flying at half
mast Today il consequence of the death of
Senator Pike, of New Hampshire 1t is
said here that the Governor OF New Hemp-
shire will appoint ex Congressman Ossiau
Ray As his Successor until the legislature
shall elect one. Others say that cx Secretary
Chandler will make q strong effort to get
| the place.
II is ruruored to day that William Frerret
Of New Orleans has been offered the posi-
ton Of Supervising Architect OF the Irea-
suIy, vice II. E. Bell, another Of the thou
sands Of the pronounced republicans who
have been retained in Office by the present
administration
People here to-day from Richmond say
that Congressman Brady denies that he has
written to the republican congressional cam.
! Gaines for Congress in lis district. Il
will be- recollected that ex Congressman
DeZendorf said he had heard from reliable
source that Mr.. Brady had written such a
| letter.
\ Southern L. S. Senator in the city to-
day, il talking about Tie proposed invest:-
gatioE OF ca!tsln democratic federal ctIlce
holders Tor taking part in recent political
conventions, said he did not think the Pres
| ldent would take any action IN the case, fer
if he were to do SO be would completely de-
stroy what little organization there ia left
in the party.
1t is said at the Office Of the Alexandria
and Fredericksburg Railroad here to-day
that the damages asked BY the property
owners or ST. Asaph street, in Alexandria,
are SO great rs to preclude the possibility Of
moving tho passenger depot Of that road
back to its old, or to any other site, on that
street. Two additional daily and three ad-
ditional sunday trains will, however, be put
on the road in short time, and be conLin.
ued If sufficiently encouraged
a large number oil the colored people of
of this city will, it is said, 60 to Richmond
next Monday TO attend the ball to be given
to the knights OF labor there. and at which
the managers say the color line will be OBJ
liberated, ard c0;ored and white men and
women dance AID eat together.
Mr.. Louis Schade, the Washington coun-
sci OF the national brewers association, says
the recent order compelling the brewers TO
change the position of one Of the spigot
holes in their barrels, was instigated by a
republican revenue agent who has been re-
taued, aud who never thought such an order
necessary under a republican administra
ton, and that though the order can not pos
| slb!y benefit the treasury TO the extent Of
ceut, ii will put tho brewers to great eX-
pense and the retailers TO no little trouble,
and therefore naturally tend TO lessen their
love for The administration.
A letter from Loudoun county, Virginia,
received here to-day says that in order to
reduce tbs Income Of some Of the recently
appointed democratic postmasters in that
county the republicans who live i'll their re-
spactve naighborhootis have their letters
mailed and buy their stamps at other off.
| ces.
At last nights meeting of the Virginia
democratic association of this city, the pres.
ident was directed to invite Gen. Lee, the
democratic candidate for Congress in the
Sth Va. district; Capt Foster, of Leesburc and
ria, to address that association and all the
democratic voieTs Of tho Sth Virginia dis.
trict sojourning ia this city, Of whom there
are two or three hundred, On the night of
next Friday week.
A private letter received here to-day from
Congressman Wise, of Virginia, says that
| his rc-ele c.ion is snre, and that if there had
been any doubt Of it before the recent I'M
necessary raising Of the color line in Rich
mond would nave removed it etlectually.
| The President has pardoned Ammon NJ
| Tenny, J. &. Kemp and J. +. Christodel son,
three Bishops Of the Mormon church, who
were convicted about two years ago of vio-
lations of the anti polygamy law, aud SEN
fenced to imprisonment at Detroit, Mich.
The President has positively declined to
pardon Daniel Carrigan, formerly clerk in
the Navy DEPARTMENT., who was convicted
of frauds against the government and SEN
fenced TO six years imprisonment in the
Albany peni!cutiary. The Attorney Gen
eral to-day directed his removal from the
District jail to the Albany penitentiary.
| The President has received several appli
cations for Tie pardon of James Z. Fish,
President of the deiunct Marine National
Bank, of New York, and has referred them
all to the U. S. District Attorney who con-
Quoted the prosecution Of the cases against
Fish for report
1t is said at the Treasury Department that Sec
| rotary Manning will certainly be back here on
Monday. 1t is also said that though the Secretary
may continue to hold his position as the head of
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