Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
2.cinl Correepcudence Of tho A1e1s. GAZETTE
WASHING TON. D. O., July Z, 1881.

WASHING TON, ID. u, July {, loSu.
Senator Hampton has just returned from
South Carolira He says he did not go
there for po!iticsl purposes aud only made
two speeches there, aud in them took part
against no man, and only advised democrat
ic unity and the observance of the old DEM
ocratic rules. II says he fears if Tiliman
be nominated the republicans will nominate
ticket of their own, in which case the ne
grtes will support that ticket. though their
alliances are nov endorsing Tillman. Gen:
Hampton says the newspaper accounts OF
the trea; menJ he received at one OF the
meetings he dd;eased were generally eXa9-
gerated.
The new Chinese minister has arrived
here. He SAYS unless the law excluding
Chinese from this country be repealed, the
Chinese government will resort, at once. 10
retaliatory measures, and Issue decree ex-
Guiding cilz.ns of this country from China,
aud that the material interests OF Americans
in China are vastly larger than those OF the
Chinese in Amefica.
Representative Bland says that though be
ia the democratic conferee on the part oil
the House on the silver bill, his republican
colleagues have ruled him out, and that
once when notified that meeting OF The
conferrecs would be held, he went to the
designated room, but found no body there,
and learned afterwards that his republican,
colleagues had gone to some other place ana
held o cleeiiug all to themselves. So Ii
| seems that Mr. Reeds rules in tho House
have been adopted by The republicans III
conducting committee business, snd that a
democratic coEgfessman has nc rights which
| the republic, ms are bound to respect.
Ms. ThomrsJn was appointed postmaster
at Lou svile by republican President and
vas retained by Mr.. Cleveland. She was
competent and efficient and conducted the
| flee to The entire satisfaction of the people
who were served with mail there. MIR. Hat
rison hssremoved her because she could
not do elective party work, and has ap
pointed political worker in her place. Mr.
Harrison is civil service refOrmer.
| A gentleman here tC- lay who came down
the Virginia Midland railroad last Saturday
ssys he thinks the action Of policeman Ticel
in Alexandria will have a beneficial ttfacl
upon The negroes OF all that section of The
s 20. ss The passage of the force bill by the
u. 5 House of Repre- sentatiVe5 seems Il
have possessed them Of the idea that they
are now above all State and municipal law
He says that OH his way here the behavior
Of the negroes on the cars was Almost M
besrable. sud that one Of them went 40 fol
as to pull the cord by which the conductor
stops end starts the trsin, thereby enoangei-
ing the ivss Of every body on board.
co agreement upon the silver question
hns n actically been reached. II will pro
vide Tor the pnIcbase Of 4 800 600 ounces ol
silver mcDth. No bullion redemption
the certificates to be redeemable in coin Gnd
to be full legal tender.
| Secretaries Window and Rusk arrived here this
| morning on tho light house tcndor Jcs5amno
| from q visit to Fortress Monroe. The steamer
stopped at hlexai Iris and the return of the Sec
rctarics WIS :ecgrsphcd to tho dcpariin onts here
| Secretary Proctor has also returned Ion VISIT
| to Pc tlaDd and Boston.
| The meet .ug of tho Virginia republican stste
committee hero to morrow will not, it is said, be
numerous .iionded as General Mahono has be-
come tiret OF paying the fare and the hotel bills OF
| tho members of that committee. Then too, thera
| ia no necessity for a large attendance as there
will DO no opposition 10 any thing the General
| may prop
Tho vo.o by which tho motion to take up tho
tariff bill in tho Scnats to-day WAS defeated, IL not
supposed to indicate any future action OF the SEN
ate on any question, though it wal observed that
mot of tie silver men voted in the negative and
| most # tho antics in tho affirmative.
All OF the Solar's 1Iouse, the famous restaurant
lust west of Wi lards Hotel, except the real es-
tate was gold to-day To Baltimore man for
80 800.
The House committee on war e aims has report
cd in favor OF paying Tho claim of Geo. a. Brown,
thon resident of Fauqnicr county, Va, amount
ing to 81 625 for articles taken by tho Union ar
nv from his farm during tho war botwecn the
States.