Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-31

q, tirely of negroes, OF whom a large num-
her were women aud children, and the white
voters would zee and realize the character
IF he cn,y really effective strength of the
r., ublican party in Virginia. He says thst
an far az the dissatisfied democrats OF tue
Court House are concerned the barbecue
referred TO "eet the hair on them, and they
now are as much interested in the success
o! the democratic ticket as any other mem
hers O.. their party. BE reports State Soma
tor Moore, who has been canvassing pretty
extensively all through the district,as saying
the ONLY portions of the districtin which any
democratic lukewarmness is yet apparent,
are in that region Immediately adjacent 10
Washington, and that in those 1t VIII not
affect the vote in the back portion IL Is
not visible at all, aud that Mr.. moore puts
General Lees majority at not less IMAM TWO
thousand. The gentleman referred 10 says
however, that the republicans IN Fairfax
county have conducted an active stu nunt'
and have had every negro II WAS possinie 10
get hold Of registered and will see that ne
votes next Tuesday. He says they nave
even brought back the few negroes VINO went
from there to Pittsburg, and that their regis
tered vote at Vienna has CONSIDERABLY IN
creased.
man of all PARTIES about the summary dl5
missal OF the British Minister. is that 1t VIII
be as ineffective as a political measure as
was the letter the Minister was inveigled
into writing; that the former is no less par
ty move than was the latter, the one being
republican and the other democratic that
nointelligent Irish American was influenced
bv the letter, nor will be by the dismissal ;
and that consequently things are just as they
were and that the British government and
Minister West understand the matter lnai as
thoroughly as everyb body else, and Know
that neither the hullahaloo about the letter
nor that about the dismissal was sincere,
that both were raised solely for party effect
at the coming election, and that when that
election shall nave been held all the nov
apparent anti-Eoglish feeling amcng both
parties will subsiGe
tt Ia understood that the suit of Mrs. Alex
ander Hunter for the recovery OF the AD:ng-
don estate between this city and Alexandria,
decided against her by the circuit court OF
Alexandra, has been appealed to The Court
of Appeals Of Virginia. and will be argued
before that court this TALL.
I Mr. Boleler, the China merchant of this
city, is so confident Of Mr.. Cleveand'a re-
| election that be made bet last night with
Mr.. Frank Ward, the we'll known milk
dealer here, of fifty to forty dollars that such
| would he the result.
A sole of 20 acres OF land in Alexandria
county, about 2! miles south of the George
town bridge, wos made last week at $3.50 per
acre. 1t ia understood that the demand for
land near this city, south of the Potomac, is
increasing.
Secretary Bayard will 60 this evening to
Baltimore. where he will address grand
| Irish American democratic meeting 10 be
held TO night.
The clerks in the departments here are
rapidly thinning out. Many of them have
already gone hone to work. and most Of
those who remain have obtained leave oil
absence and will soon he gone on the same
mission. Ninety out of every hundred are
republicans and will do all they can to de-
feat the party by whom they have been re-
tainei 10 office Even many OF the republic
eau employers OF the democratic House
have followed The example of their potical
friends 10 the depart ments; but they will ne
looked after and if any undue activity be
observed on their part they, unlike those IL
the departments, will probably be bounced
The race track here to day was iu excel
lent condition, ard the crowd there large.