Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-26

Mr.. John Wise is in the city to day. he
was with his brother, Df. Richard Wise and
Mr. Treat, the latter an applicant for Marshal
SCOTS place. but what business he was on
has not yet TRANSFERRED Es-Auditor Brown
Allen Of Virginia is also here. He original
y applied for the place Of internal revenue
collector for his section OF tie State, but Mr..
NcCeul is General MahoDe's favorite 1or
that place, he is now an applicant Tor post
Office inspectorshp.
The dsy after Mr. Harrison's inaugura-
ton the large numher of Virginia repuOli
cans then in this city met in room III the
Melropolltan Hotei aud divided such federal
patrsnace as they then supposed would fall
to Virginia among themselves. each man
selecting the place ne wanted, so that there
might be no rivalry They were 10 the best
possible spirits, and were confident that ere
this they would be drawing large salaries.
Indeed they acted like the negroes after
Lipcoln's emancipation proclamation; De
ieyed hey had the world in sling and that
to get any thing, it was only requisite 10 ask
for it. A sad change has come over the
spirit of their dreams. Hope deferred has
made their hearts sick. Those whose money
has given out have gone back home with no
high opinion of the Harrison administration,
and those who purses still hold out are
sorry looking Get. wand sring in pairs, trip
lets, OF alone, about the hote and restau-
rants, not knowing what TO do, and with
nobody to tell them. They are ut
terly green" and as ignorant OF the
successful ways and means of office seeking
"a they are OF the fferential calculus.
They don't even know how to present their
applications, and have the most remarkable
ideas concerning the value OF endorsements.
One of them, al applicant for postotlice in
the southwest portion of his State, hes nc
local endorsement, and only that of Colonel
Brady and Mr. Gaines, OF tho Petersburg
district. Another one, Dr.. Mickie, OF Abe
marie, as sta ed in this correspondence OF
Yesterday, in dead seriousness asked Col.
Mosby to endorse his application for the
Hong Kong consulate, telling him if he
W ,uld do so, he would recommend him for
that at Picking. Another remarkable thing
sb ut them is, that NJ st of them, though
! tley will take any thing they can get, orgi.
naly set their hearts on places they are ut
terly incompetent TO i'll.
The U S. Supreme Court met to dag, but
Immediately adjourned until tomorrow.
The California case was TO have been ar
gued to-day This is a habeas corpus case
A Chinaman who, when be left this country,
OBI aimed the requisite certificate emitting
him to return, was, in consequence OF law
that had been enacted since he left, arrested
on landing. lis release on habeas corpus
was denied, and he appealed TO the u. ;.
uoreme Court. The government rests its
case on the Virginia case of Burroughs
vs. Peyton, 16:h Grattan. Burroughs, IN
der the act OF the Confederate Congress- put
q substitute 10 the Confederate army and
csived therefor certificate Of exemption
from service. Subsequently the Confedei
ate Congress passed q law putting every
man 10 the service. Under this law Bur
roughs YVES c1nscripted. He applied for
release on habeas corpus, b 1t it was denied
and the constitutionalty OF the law sustain
ed. Judge Robinson, OF Virginia, rendered
the decision.
Among the many 4sh class postollice5 in
Virginia Tor which the republicans OF that
State are applying is that at the Plains, in
Fauquier county, now filed by a lady of
that place, who discharges the duties Of the
office efficiently aud to the satisfaction of the
people who are served with mail there. She
will probably be removed as Mr.. Agnew
has recommended man for her pace. Col.
| Mosby, who is an old acquaintance of the
lady, says he is az good republican ss any
other man, but he thinks it o ID shame
to be making war on women in this way,
and that it was not 40 when he had anything
to do with Virginia politics Continuing,
the Colonel said he was true civil service
reformer that if he hid been in Mr.. Harri
sons place he would have made hut seven
changes-the cabinet officers, ard taat when
vacancies occurred he would have filled
them with good and true aud efficient re.
publicans, without, however, any civil ser
vice examination.
Elk Senator Riddlebor2rr has returned as he
says to do what he can for some of his friends in
the way of getting them Offices and retaining them
in Office
One of the GtzETTE's Subscribers in this city
sskcd it, correspondent to day if there were 10
houses in the country rouad about hlcxa dria for
rent during the summer months. lie said he
wanted one, but did not suppose there were any,
as he had in vain searched for an advertisement
| of one in tho columns of the paper.