Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-12

CAPTAIN Tucker, cx-mayor of Norfolk,
who is an applicant for a place as eX,
amiuer in the land office, has been told
by people who assume to know that ne
has good chance for appointment, put
as several Virginians have already
secured places in the Interior Depart
ment, his friends are not as hopeful as
they would like to be. :
Mr.. Edward o. Leech, the director OF
the Mint. to-day handed in his reslg-
nation to the President, to take effect
the end of this month. The reslgna-
ton of Mr.. Leech was purely volun-
tary. He resigns to accept the $4,000
position of cashier of the National
Union Bank of New York, which is to
be opened in that city on the LIST. inst.
The Treasury situation shows an i'm
provement, the receipts being larger
than for last year at this time, while the
expenditures are not so heavy as was
anticipated. The net gold usually de-
nominated the PRESERVE" amounts 10
sos, 225, 665.76. Offers from the West OF
$1,000, 600, which have been accepted,
will make the one hundred million
gold reserve intact.
Seventy-eight fourth-class postmas-
tiers were appointed to-day, OF Whom
thirtv-one will fill the places OF re-
moved republicans. The changes IN
Virginia were as follows: Hailwood,
Accomac county, T. c. Kelley appoint
ed postmaster vice Nettie Mears, re-
signed: Pungoteague, Accomac county,
T. n. Ames vice J. f. Hope, removed /;
Ripplemead, Giles county, J. l.. Burhie
vice NJ. Shutflebarger, resigned; say
edge, Surry county, M. G. Rogers wee
V. A. Savedge, resigned; urbanna,
Middlesex county, B. \. Davis vice II.
S. Bristow, removed.
Representative Swanson OF Virginia
this morning secured three places 1or
good democrats in his district: For y.
B. Turner of Henry county place as
computor in the Census Bureau, for ).
B. Winn place as messenger, and Tor
Judge Moore of Patrick county posi-
ton as chief of n division in the Interior
Department.
MIR. Towns of Danville, Va, consul
general at Rio de Janeiro, will leave
here tonight for his post. He takes
with him as his clerk Mr.. Lewis OF
Pittsylvania.
Secretary Carlisle being asked to-day
about the mugwump clack against his
removal of Mr. Sturdevant, chief OF the
stationery division of his department
said Mr.. Sturdevant would go, and
that if there were no other reasons tol
his going, a sufficient one would be the
fact that he had held office for thirty
wears, and therefore should be willing
to let somebody else have chance
1t is understood that Mr.. Sturdevan
has accumulated fortune of one hun
dred thousand dollars since he ha:
been in the pay of the government. i.
General McCook telegraphs posi-
tive denial of the report to the ehec'
that Lieutenant Plummer had beer
killed by the Navajos.
The President to-day appointed
twenty-one postmasters, of whom one
is in Virginia Henry c. Yates, al
Warrenton, vice w. III. Strother, re-
moved. Of the twenty-one, only hve
will fill the places of removed republi'
cans.
There were two applications for Of
flee from Virginia filed at the Treasury
Department to-day, that of John A
Morgan of Berkeley, to be supervising
inspector of steam vessels, and that O
Thomas H. Smith of Norfolk, to bt
chief of a division in the 9th auditor
office. 80
The designations of six republican
chiefs of division in the Treasury De
partment were asked for yesterday
eve ling. -,
1t is rumored that the disposal of TIT
Argentine mission, for which there arr
at lest two applicants from Virginia
has been settled, though not yet an
nounced.
Senior Guzran, the Nicaragua min
lister here. says the Nicaraguau revo
luton bad been principally instigatet
by residents of New York city wht
rossess large capital aud are financial
" interested in affairs in Nicaragua
According to Minister Guzman, bls
battle will probably take place to-da,
between the opposing forces in his per
turbed county. He has Just re celvet
dispatch from San Juan del Sur, tha
the army of the government was IL
good order and would meet the reyo
lutionary forces to-day in a battle fo
supremacy: also one from the PresI
dent of the Central and South American
Cable Company, in New York, stating
that the revolutionists are not vac
torious.