Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April %.


by the present Secretary of Agriculture.
This officer, he says, is provided Tor ID
the appropriation bill, but is useless IN
the bureau, and that a gentleman VINO nS,
had been previously appointed to MI
the place, agreeing with the chief as TO
the uselessness of such an office, re-
stoned on March 9th. His resigna-.
ton was accepted by the Secretary, and
on the Sth instant new appolntee APP
reared at the bureau, with Secretary
Norton's commission dated April Sd.
President Cleveland to-day appoint
ed Victor Nifquain consul general at
Panama, in place of Thomas Adamson.
who has been in the consular service OF
the United States for quarter OF a
century. Vifquain has had some e1-
perience in the service, having served
as consul at Baranquilla and at Colon
during President Cleveland's former
administration.
Secretary Morton to-day dismissed
Robert e. Brannon, captain of tue
watch in the Weather Bureau, who was
found guilty of loaning money to en-
ployees in the bureau at usurious rates
and various other infractions OF the
rules. Thomas P. Ellsworth of Indiana
was appointed to the vacancy.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland to-
day received messages from the dis
patch boat Dolphin, at Fort Monroe,
brought by carrier pigeons. The pig
cons were liberated on the Dolphin
shortly after seven o'clock this morning
and reached the loft of the owner, NJ.
r. B. Caverly, in this city, at 1920
o'clock this afternoon, covering the dis
lance of 200 miles in little more than
five hours. The messages were from
Mrs. Manning and Miss Herbert.
One hundred and one fourth
class postmasters were appointed to-
day, of whom only seventeen will take
the places o. removed republicans.
There were no changes in Virginia.
Among the sojourners now here is
Col. John Powell of Fairfax county,
who though in his ninetieth year is as
hale and hearty as most men ut fifty.
Attorney General Olney, in reply to
question Oh the subject yesterday,
affirmed his former ruling, that the
terms of the republican attorneys and
marshals nowin Office, will not expire
until four years from the date of their
commissions issued after confirmation.
At meeting of the Virginia Demo-
cratic Association of this city last night,
the committee appointed to wait upon
MIR. Il. c. Glascock to know whether
the associations endorsement of his APP
plication for the place of superinten-
dent of the bureau of printing and en-
craving would be agreeable to him, re-
ported that they had executed their
mission and had received an affirmative
reply. A committee consisting OF
NIessrs. Harper, Jones and Settle was
thereupon appointed to call at the
Treasury Department and recommend
Mr.. Glascock to Secretary Carlisle for
the place referred to. Mr.. Glascock
being present, stated that he approved
the action ofthe association more on Its
account than his own, as he thought
the matter had alrady been practically
settled, but he wanted the association o
get the credit of having endorsed the
successful applicant.
The gold reserve, depleted yesterday,
is intact to-day, offers aggregating
nearly 100000 having been received
by the Secretary this morning. The
Secretary is feeling well over the fact
that offers aggregated sufficient
amount to make the gold reserve intact
and leave little free gold in the Urea
sury. He expressed the hope that it
would continue to increase so that he
would be able to meet any demand
made on the Treasury for gold for ex-
port on next Tuesday. He stated that
the Treasury would continue the policy
| now being pursued of paying out gold
for the Treasury coin notes. He
is at a loss to understand how any
uncertainty prevailed in the public
mind as to the action of the department
in the premises. That such uncertain
tv still prevails, however, is evident
from the numerous kilograms being re-
ceived by the President, and Secreta-
ries Carlisle and Lamont, and from the
further fact that several prominent
New York bankers are here to-day for
the purpose, if possible, of getting q
better and clearer knowledge of the fl
nancial situation from personal inter-
views with Cabinet officers and Treas
ury officials. On January 31st, 1889,
the net gold in the Treasury was 1884,
OOO, 900; on January 31st, 1890, $177-,
100000; January 3lst, 1891, Sal ,O00,-
600; January 3lst, 1892, $4,000, 900,
and on January Slst. 1893, sos, 600, 900.
There are various rumors atioat to-day
of o contemplated resignation of Secre-
tary Carlisle in consequence of his al
legged disagreement with the President
on the gold question. A prominent
democratic Senator, versed in Wall
street affairs, called upon him this
morning and advised him to go to New
York and confer with the moneyed
men there, the men who have always
come to the support of the government,
and not to 60 on hoping tor aid from
uncertain quarters in the West. The
New York Sun Of to-day, heretofore an
ardent supporter of Mr.. Carlisle, says
his course "shows that he does not
comprehend the nations financial stu
alton. or if he does, that he lacks the
decision and energy to deal with it it
ought to be dealt with"
( large crowd of Representative
Mered;tf's officeseeking constituents
were at the 9th street depot this morn
ing awaiting his arrival on the train
from Manassas, but, to their great dis
appointment, he didn't come, ana sc
they dispersed with countenances IN
dicative of any thing else than JOY.
Senator Daniel went home yesterday,
his colleague, General Hunton, having