Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-05
Especial Correspondence of tho Alexa. GAZETTE

Especial Correspondence of tho Alexa GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. ), 1856.
Mr.. Bowden, the Malone candidate for
Congress in The Norfolk district, ia here to-
DAY. He says that There is no doubt about
his receiving a laaj uri.y Cf the votes Gext
November, bn; good deal about the de-
c,arlllon u his election, as republicans
are not allowed 20 have anything 10 do with
counting haluts at elections ia Norfolk that,
unlike A'egaudria, not being reliable demo
cratic city. All The trouble Iii have, said ne,
"lies in the count" He caa not be very
senGuine, however, even OF receiving = ma
jorlty OF the votes, 70: he a1d Mr.. DeZeGdorf
were ct the rooms OF the republican con-
gressionai committee early this morning,
and had q long private consultation with
Mr.. McPhers0n, secretary Of that commit
tee, IN reference 10 lAe means by which the
needed majority could BE obtained
Major James Divine, of Leesbuie, Va,
Gays that on Saturday last meeting of the
citizens of the Alt. Hope neighborhood. in
Loudoun county, was held. at which the
action OF the recent democratic Congress
slonal convention st Culpeper was TepuGi.
ated and committee appointed to wait up
On Capt. Foster and ask aim to allow him
self 10 be supported as an Independent can
dldate. The meeting was held IN the school
house by permission of majority Of the
school trustees.
In talking to & friend yesterday, Mr.. Ed
gerton, of the civil service commission, said
that lie once told Mr.. Eaton, the father Of
that board, that his, Eaton's, manuscript
was &bomirable, not only as regarded pen.
| manahip, but even IL respect Of photography
and syntax, and that iu competitive ex-
animation ia uS,,tiu starG bipb oc
thirty. And yet it was Mr.. Eaton who
framed the civil service regulations which
are now in force by order of tho President
1t is said here by those familiar with Mr..
Eaton that he WAS as much out of place at
the head OF tho civil service commission es
Hlr. IL. II. tarr was rs superintendent OF
public instruction IL Virginia under the
Malone regime.
Il was again announced ct the Govern
| nent printing Office to day that the remov-
n!s there were about completed for the
present. II was said that those made yes
teraay should have been included in Satur-
days list.
A count at the Capitol to-day shows that
OF The lS5 democratic members IN the pres
| ent House Of Representatives, IS have ell
ready failed Of denomination, their con-
stitueIts, in most Instances, being dissatis.
lied with their course in Congress. Before
| their rejection many Of them were publicly
| great administration men, but their tuues
are now changed, and it is from their ranks
that music is expected during the coming
short session Of Congress, in their efforts to
regain their popularity at home, by attacks
upon Mr.. Clevelapd's mugwumpery.
Il Is reported here that Mr.. Frank Hume,
who is now cunning in Accomac county,
! Va, has been iavte0 TO SO to King George
county, Va, to take part in The campaign
there for Gen. Lee, and that he will accept
| the invitation. Mr.. Hume WAS prominent
candidate for the congressional nomination
but is just Gs intent upon securing large
! majority for Gen. Lee as he would have
been for himself He is a true blue demo
crat, and doesn't think that active and eff:
fective political work necessarily disbars O
democrat from Office under democratic
administration.
To.day's issue OF the morning republican
newspaper Of this city contains a notice
that the republicans Of the Sth compression.
al district of Virginia will be called upon al
an early day to vote for Mr. VIM A. Carter
editor Of the Oid Domination Mercury, of Al
eXandria, III preferences 10 Gen. Lee. But
nobody here seems ever TO lave heard ot
Mr.. Carter before.
| The banks here arc considerably put ont be-
cause though the new one dollar silver certificates
arc in tho Treasury here they can only draw
them upon checks drafts of the sub treasury in
! New York. ! he greatest demand for the new
money is by the ladies', probably because the notes
| bear the imprint OF the portrait of Martha Wash
| ington, the first woman's face ever on u S
| treasury note.