Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-26
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Aexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20.
Secretary Lamont has ordered a troop OF
cavalry from Fort Myer, in Alexandria coun-
", Va, and the light battery OF artillery
from the Washington barracks to Gettysburg
to assist the New York Monument Associa.
ton in their celebration there on the lst, IND
and 3rd of July.
Congressman Enloe of Tennessee,
and Messrs. Harper, Little and K. G.
Glasscock, members of the Virginia
democratic association ofthis city, called
upon Secretary Carlisle to-day in the
interest of the latter, who is an appll-
can't for the place of custodian of plates
and dies, but were not thereby inspired
with hope. -,
Senator Daniel, Representative Ed
munds and Mr.. John Goode called upon
the President last Saturday aud urged
him to appoint Mr.. Peter Otey to the
place of Second Assistant Postmaster
General. The President told them he
would do so if agreeable to Mr.. Bis
sell.
% 4th class postmasters were appoint
ed to-day, of whom 81 will fill the places
of removed republicans. The changes
in Virginia were as follows: Trevllians,
Louisa county, Sallie A. May appointed
postmaster, vice a. E. Hancock, re-
moved Wexford, Richmond county,
Loula Pratt, vice A. f. Pratt, resigned.
1t has been printed in several news
papers that the only three negroes re-
tanned in prominent federal Offices are
Bruce, recorder of deeds for the District
of Columbia Smalls, collector of the
port at Beaufort, S. c., and Quincy, col
iector of the port at Galveston. This
is mistake, as Lynch is still the 18th
auditor of the Treasury, though the
democratic administration commenced
four months ago.
People here interested in money mat
tiers are becoming more and more dis
heartened. The days news from New
York is that bonds and stocks are still
falling. that call loans are made there
at 80 per cent, that the India mints will
suspend coinage, and that silver fell
three cents an ounce to-day, and is ex-
pected to reach seventy cents by the
close of the week.
Senator Daniel has gone home. Rep
resentative Marshall will be back here
on Wednesday.
The Capitol is now being cleaned up
and put in order for the meeting of the
extra session of Congress in September
The new House will contain thirty-tlve
more members than the last one.
Secretary Lamont has ordered the
establishment OF an army medical
school in Washington for the instruc-
ton of approved candidates for admis-
sion to the medical corps of the army.
The President appointed large
number of postmasters to-day, but none
in Virginia.
In written opinion Attorney-Gen,
cral Olney to-day decided that the fact
that the Chicago fair had broken its
contract with the government in re-
spect of the opening ofthat fair on Sum
DAYS, does not release the federal gov
eminent from fulfilling its part of that
contract, and that the appropriation
made by Congress for the fair must be
paid.
Messrs. Edmund Burke of this city
and S. G.. Brent of Alexandria, coun-
Gil for Phillips, recently sentenced by
the Corporation Court of the latter city
to the penitentiary for murder, were
here to-day preparing an appeal to the
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Among the strangers here to-day is
Mr.. ]. n. Popham, U. S. commercial
agent on the Isthmus of Panama. He
will return in about ten days and re-
main ut Panama until the 18th of Sep,
TENDER, when his resignation will take
effect.
A Tennessee congressman who called
on the President recently in the inter
S of Mr.. Hord of his State, who is an
applicant for the place of Assistant Sec,
rotary of the Interior, says he has strong
hopes that Mr.. Hcrd will be nominated
Representative Meredith arrived here
this morning in the same train with
Secretary Smith, who came from Stras
burg where his family is spending the
summer. Mr.. Meredith was on hi:
usual business, trying to get offices fol
his constituents.