Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
present,
fan.c,al CORRESPONDENTS Of tho Ale1a. GAZETTE

WARRINGTON. d. O., Sept. q, 1889.
Congressman Benton McMillin OF Tonnes.
see was at the Capitol to-day. He is just
from Boston. He says the feeling in New
England respecting the tariff is by no means
as unanimous as 1t is generally supposed to
be, and that the revenue tariff doctrine ia
spreading there rapidly and already has q
good foothod. Mr.. McMillin says be has
not examined the question as to the right Of
the congressman to be elected In the four
new States next month to take part 10 the
organization of the House, but that it Is
worthy of serious consideration.
The following changes In the 4th class
postoffices of Virginia were made to day :
King William O. H., King William county,
M. M. Brown appointed postmaster, Ycs
A. B. Hill, removed Pals, King William
county. 4. t. Tebbs, vice l.. d. Robinson,
removed.
Among the appointments in the internal
revenue service made to-day were the fol-
lowing: E. F. Blankenbeker, J. NJ. Cruise,
Alex. Fortune, John Gilbert, ]. T. Garst,
]. G. Lash, B. A. Butcher, j. L. Robei tsoD,
and L. s. Waller, all 9Th Virginia.
The President left Deer Park this morn
ing and is expected here this afternoon. The
Office seekers have already mustered in
OGCo duu VIII ODRpRo ht UuCes jug
ing from the way some of them talk they
are pretty we'll divided on the g. a. r.
question, many of the younger and southern
ones denouncinR hin for his subserviency to
the dictates of that organization.
People here TO day from the Northern
Neck of Virginia say that U. S. Marshal r.
! r. Farr has been NIL through that country
campaigning for Gen. Malone and arrang
ing with the local Malone managers there
| for having solid negro vote for the Genera
next November. They say the ". H. :,
Annapol-e55nfssas rps the "arislocrats" fore anc
I aft and tears them limbless, but that there
are none of them down there for his hearers
to get hold OF, as every body in that section
was made 80 poor by the War that they al
} have to hustle for living now, and haven
f seen an "aristocrat" for so long thattbey bav;
lost all remembrance of such q beast, blu
would like nightly to scalp one if the,
could find him.
Capt. Patrick OFarrel, of This city. one o
the speakers ct The late negro meeting II
Alexandra, says be has recently been in th
Valley of Virginia and that at Stanton aud
elsewhere he found the republicans en-
thusastic for Malone Ex.CongressmaI
Yost, be says, he is neutral, while his father
Among che Congressman at the Capto
to day was General Lee, of the Alexandra
district The General has just returned from
Westmoreland county, Virginia, where hi
has been campaigning. He says the demo
Gratis in that county are in good spiii g. ant
that he heard of other disafected repubi
cans besides Mr.. Mayo.
Virginia anti Malone republican, hers
to day, says he has no idea that General
Malone believes he will be elected, that hi!
chief fight will be to secure the election OF
the twenty State Senators who will hold
over and take part in the election of Sena
tor Daniels successor, whom he wants to be
and that in order to elect them he will moi
hesitate 10 trade his own votes for Governor
knowing that such votes can not possibly
elect him.
Quite crowd of negroes have been at the navy
yard here all day to give Fred Douglass 'send
off, The U. s. vessel Dispatch, which is TO convey
him to Fortress Monroe, however has been de
layed by bad weather, and did not arrive until 4
o'clock this afternoon. Steamboats, and railroad:
run from here to Fortress Monroe, where he is to
take another U. s. ship for Hayti, but the gov
eminent thought their accommodations not stump
tuous enough for him and his white wife, and 81
deemed it proper 10 send special vessel all thu
way hero from New York to take them to tina
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