Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-10
Fair in this country. 1t would be only nat
ural if all the other foreign governments
should DO likewise, and if they should, cure
" nobody could rightfnlly blame them.
FROM WASHINGTON.

~ nobody could rlgnt1uily Oiame Inen'
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexandria GaastteJ
svAsAIssroN. d. o.. Oct. 10, 1880.
The prepayment of interest on govern
mtpt bopds By the Treasury Department
vee,erday, aggregated sos $50, making
total thus far of Sll 472,437. This, it must
ne understood, Is unearned interest, just 30
much of the money exected OF the people
On the necessaries of life. given, TOR no con.
sideratiop, to the sich owners of government
bonds. ho will Immediately lend 1t at hgn
rates of interest, with farms as security.
Mr. Wing6sld, census supervisor OF inc
Alexandria district, is here to day. DE says
No ooesn'c recollect exactly, but that ne
,hiaks tue increase in Alesandria's popu'a-
lion during the last decade was eleven nue.
d,ed. The exact count mas not yet De en- com-
pleted At the cecsus bureau, buJ WILL De 10
DAY or two. Mr.. Wingheid says thet
while there has been marked increase In
the white population OF hls dlstrlct, tnefe
mas been an equally marked decrease IN that
of the negro population. the negroes haVios
emigrsted 10 other parts OF the country.
The revived talk about an extra session CT
Congress Is all gable. The President, ss
stated in this correspondence at tne t'me,
when waited upon by Delegation OF COLI
gressmep. two weeks before the ao] urn
mept of Congress, with request for an ex-
ira session, said be would not issue any suoh
call. Add there the matter ended.
The following changes In the An class
postotfio as of Virginia were made to-day !:
Air Point. Rcanoke county, Mrs. E Web
ster appointed postmaster vice NJ. r. Irim-
ell resigned B inister, Pittsylvania county,
J.E Ga,ewood, vice q J. Parsons, resign
ed Gills, Amelia county, Mrs. 5. J: diIie,
vice w. j Downs, resigned Spring aIden,
Pittsylvania county, Is. A. Terry, vice ). D.
Anderson, resigned.
The October statistical re urn5 OF the De-
partment of Agriculture report material
decline ia cotton prospects, a fall in general
Der centsee from So to so Virginis's az
erage is 90
It is understood that steps are to De taken
ny the sufferers by the negro sqoatters on
he Arlington reservation to know the rea-
son Why the Secretary OF War knowingly
and deliberately sets at defiance tee y. .
statute prohibiting sQuattets on govern en-
reservations TGere are, 1t Is understooo,
about one Thousand OF them, and nothing 10
the neig hborhood is safe unless under lock
and key and guarded by dogs. There are
il ia said, one hundred school children
among then. 4 resolution was prepared
| by come OF their friends 20 have fhoss oollo'
rem ed lcaief, and it was handed to ). M
Lanyston for introduction ia Congress, but
h. hauded il back, saying he would see
atolt 1t.
A Geolg etown gentleman here to-day. IA
miliar WITH the affairs OF the q. u .. Canal
ss, ths people not only Of his town, but o.
aIi the country between it and Cumberland
are certain tnat the canal will be restored
az a water way, and are delighted thereat
He says the money for the purpose ls OF
hand. that the ID strict Court will concur In
the decree of the Maryland Court, and
| that he understands the Legal proceedings TO
nreyent such desired CONTAMINATION nave
been or Will be suspended.
The "expuneed" speech of Congressman
Kennedy, republican, OF Ohio, in which ne
saws The Judas who TOOK the thirty pisces
of silver and went and hanged nimseil mas
left an example tor Mat Q1ay," the coai! :
man of tins national republican committee'
mas bean printed and is being scaeteteu
broadcast over Pennsylvania.
J. NJ Lsngs:on is in the city to-day. lie
told the GAzETrE's correspondent thst ne
had not oaly beeu nominated by oil Inc
orsyer nl esngs 10 tie dietrict, but, later, ny
other authority also that he would De
elected by 600 majority, aGd be supported
not ouly by all the negroes but by ail the
prominent waite republicans of the district,
from the aoest OF them, Collector Brady,
dowo. He saii ths republican committee
of the distric would not Call convention
TO nominate candidate, and that he heard
the democrats hare had General Mahone
among them Mr.. Van AuseD, prominent
republican Of the Petersburg distrlc', now
q ciefk IN the CENSUS Office here, was seen
soou after. Ha saws r. A. Young, census
supervisor Of the Petersburg district, toid
nim tnaJ only two while men were present
at the meetiug waich nominated Langstou-,
ope of hem the pos, master at Hicksforo, ana
that though Lengston asked Brady to pre-
SIDE al the ne ,!iog, &c declined 10 DO 30
and did not even stte0d it.
General Lee was ia the city to-day. He is &C
lively ut work N his ca,upsign and say5 his pres
poets are brisht and Frightening.
The regular fail term OF tho U. 5. supreme
Court will comme, &C o. Moaday next.
Secretary Blaine after much percussion, mas u
nallv consented To 20 to Mr.. Mckinleys district
in Ohio and mako speeches for the man who
high tariff BILL his says, wall not increase the mar
ket for q bu shel of gram or o barrel of po, K
Aim l,t every sr;ice sold in the stores mere nfs
adva Sd in pr in Consequence Of tho new lafih.
The Count in Richmond
The Count Of Paris and party arrived In
d ohr,,aJ res,ordoC and were handsomely