Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-25

1SeciaL Correspondence OF the AteT dnof1a GaSs'lej
WASHING ron. d. O.. Oct. %. 1880.
Among the strangers 10 the city to-day ia
Capt. A. D. Payne Of Warrenton, member
of the Virginia legislature from Fsuquier
county. He rays there lent Hume "hlie
mar. 80 far IS he knows, In Warrerton, or
~i.hlu FIVE mites Of that towr, and that ne
thinks Less us jority in Farquier will Dc
orc ,housspd From what he knows and
hears of the adjoining county. Culpeper, nc
saws he thinks the Lee mfl'rlty there Will
n. f,om two to four hunured. be says
large pum5er Of negro voters. probably a
Thousand, are absent from the district, ano
as ina coming, is not Presidential elections
thew will not be likely to come back to vote,
and that those VINO remain are more pu'-
chasable, at cheaper rates, than ever oeIore.
The Captain is perfectly confident OF Gen
ersl Lees election, and says his melotity
will be large, and will be increased by tne
votes Of many OF the more reputaoie Wnte
republicans in the district
II ia ruuored here that some of the 2, lUO
negroes oi this city, whose names nave oeen
stricken from the registration DOCKS OF
Pence Georges county, Mary land, under
the new Meryland election law, and who
consf auentiy will be unable to vote In that
county Tuesday week, will attempt to vote
at soma of the election precinc on the Vir-
qinja side of she Potomac. The election
Officers 10 Virginia should be on guard Tor
such illegal voters.
Mary Suead, widow of Bowdoin Snead. OF
Capt. Cops's Company, Virginia militia,
during tho Revolutionary War, has been
granted pension OF $50 month.
At democratic headquarters here to-day
the estimated gain 10 democratic congress
men ct the coming election is twenly-seVen
N which a.e included nearly all the dema-
cratic candidates running In districts now
represented By southern republicans, as IL
teligence Ia 60 the feet that the Force Dbl
the ta.iff bill, and the seating of negroes mol
elected, By be present Congress, has driven
nearly all the reputable southarn Wnite 10
pub leans out OF the republican party.
The members of the Iron and Steel 1us'i-
| tute who have been On tour OF inspection
| 10 The souh, arrived here this mornlt
rhey have BEEN taken Ia charge by Ms1pI
Powell Ct the Geological Survey, and are
having the po!u,s Of interest In the city
shown to them. Ihe President Will give
hem reception this afternoon, they pay
ing the prizes of the reception carde. Ihey
suesk in admiration Ct the wondrous thing;
they have seen in the south.
Ex-Peessdsnt Cleveland did not enter tbt
u S Supreme Court room yesterday unit
$40 O, N and al $50, just long enough foI
the court 10 tx the order of proceeding. to-
court edigu.aed until Monday, when Mr.
G eyeiaad will make his argument. Ta'
crowd which bad assembled at the cour
room at 10 a M, yesterday, to see the ex
President, waited patiently until be appear
ed. He reached the Capitol about noon and
spens the ,iue, until ho did appear in court
in the library and The clerks offce. Many
Of his most ardent admirers in this city have
Gale upoD lin, but he has declined to se'
them. the result being that their admiration
has coosd considerably.
AmoUg the pardous granted og Presihen
Harrison tc Gey was one to Lewis Beiral
Nav York, upon the nrsDd new and re
mark biz ground 'of bis service and wound
dur,ne ,ha civil war, and his expressed pen
ence i,r hia crime.
Tore wi 3 much larger attendance g
me races hrse to-day than yesterday
An5ns the helte.s. as usual, were some A.
exapdr,ens. e)ms OF whom were very sue
csrsfUl Yesterday.
| Nj Robert portner, of tho Portner Brewin:
COMPANY of AlexandIii, was at the Capitol To
dsy. II c says tho new brewery here in which n
| is interested is ha ompeted, bnt th't the worn
of charging aud improving the brewery III alex
andria will not commerce until the spring