Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette'l
WASHINGTON. D. c., April 2S.

lantic, district was organized at New
ark, n. j., in 1854, and embraces about
forty churches and pastors in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia and the District OF
Columbia. Its officers are Pastor E.
Huber of Baltimore, President Pastor
C. Kirschmann of Baltimore, Vice Pres
ident; Pastor p l.. Henzel of Rich
mond, Va, Secretary, and Mr.. William
Harm of Columbia, Pa, Treasurer:
Offers of gold in exchange for legal
tender notes are still being received at
the Treasury Department, quitea num-
Der having come in to-day. in no case
is the amount large, but the aggregate
rams up into the hundreds Of thousands.
Such offers, as Acting Secretary liam
lin expresses it. are coming in stead
ilyu These various offers are now De-
o ming to appear on the books OF the
Treasury. the actual exchange of money
having taken place. During the week,
as now appears, offers have been made
and accepted from San Francisco,
Roanoke, Va, Pittsburg, Pa, Washing
ton, d. c., st. Louis, Boston, Mass,
Norfolk. Va, Columbus, Ca, Balti-
more and Cumberland, Md, Philadel-
phia. Pa. and New Orleans, La.
Postmaster General Bissell returned
last night from New York and was at
his desk this morning.
INSTRUMENTATION regarding Mrs. Cleve-
lands programme at New York yester-
day was responsible for the reports that
she had been taken i'll during the naval
review and compelled to return to
Washington. She came back in the
best of spirits and this morning is in
her usual good health. The facts in
the matter are these: When the de-
tails of the Presidents trip to New
York and Chicago were arranged, ear
" in the week, one of them was that
Mrs. Cleveland, inasmuch as she was
not going to accompany the President
to Chicago, should return to Washing
ton on the train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad leaving at O'Clock Thursday
afternoon. The hour for the review
having been fixed at 1880 o'clock a.
NJ, it was supposed there would be
time after the Presidential party left
the Dolphin to return to the hotel and
thence drive to the station. The post
ponement of the review from 1880 a.
m, to p. m, necessitated a change in
Mrs. Cleveland's programme. Instead OF
returning to the hotel, Admiral Che
rardi provided tug to take Mrs. Cleve-
land, Mrs. Bissell, wife of the Postmas-
ter General, and Private Secretary
Thurber from the Dolphin at 4 O'Clock
and carry them direct to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad pier in Jersey City. The
baggage. (which consisted of hand satch-
els only, was taken from the hotel by
Mrs. Cleveland's maid and received by
them on the train. The party travel
ed in private car attached to the reg
ular train and arrived in Washington
according to programme at about II
O'Clock.
The funeral Of the late Gen. Z. d.
Beale took place this morning from the
family residence in this city. Members
of the diplomatic corps, well known
army aud naval officers and men prom,
inent in official life were present. The
casket was almost buried beneath 8
mass of cut flowers. The services were
conducted by Rev. DR.. Aspinwall &C
cording to the impressive ritual of the
Episcopal Church. The remains were
taken to Baltimore where they were
cremated and will subsequently be in
tered at Chester, Pa.
Representatives Marshall and OFer
rail- are here. Mr.. Marshall says the
President promised him before he lefl
that Virginia would get her share o
federal patronage in time. He also
saws that at all the government depart
ments his right to present the appiica
tions of his constituents for office is re
cognized, but that it is no less apparent
that at all of them the right to reject i:
reserved.
Mr.. Charles Thompson of Alexandra
county recently called upon Secretary
Carlisle in behalf of some worthy dem
ocrats in his county who are applicants
for minor positions in the Treasury De
partment. Mr.. Carlisle said he coulc
not grant his request because the Stt
Virginia district had already more thar
its quota of federal positions. To this
Mr. Thompson replied that while many
people hailing from his district were IL
office, precious few of them live there
or ever did, or are Virginians, and that
many of them never voted there until
General Malone made them do so in
his campaigns, under pain of removal
Senator Stewart of Nevada, who is
still here, says it is evident that the adj
ministration intends by all the availa,
BILE means at its disposal to try to sus'
pend the purchase of silver, and that
the attempt to do so will necessarily
divide the party. Judging, however
from the way Senators Voorhees,, Black
burn and other silver congressman now
talk, Mr.. Stewart is counting without
his host, for the congressman referred
to say that whatever Mr.. Cleveland re-
commends must be done, as the party
can not afford to be divided. 1t will be
remembered that the congressman
named and many other silverites have
been very kindly treated by the Presi.
dent of late, and like causes produce
like effects.
The total number of fourth class post.
masters appointed to-day was one hun.
dred and twenty-six, of whom only six.
teen will take the places of removed
republicans. The changes in Virginia
were as follows: Belleville, Nansemond
county, Leon Salsberg, appointed post
master, vice w. NJ. Spivey, resigned
Buckingham c. H., Buckingham coun,
ty, Charles r. Irving, vice 2. A. Grigg,