Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-25


penditure in the department occurred
during Mr.. Bissell's m Engagement there
of.
Dispatches to the State Department
from Minister Terrell give reassuring
news of the condition of affairs in the
per.urbed districts of Turkey. Mr..
Terrell says he is now officially assured
that protection will be afforded three
American ladies at Hadiin who had
bsen threatened by the Musulmans.
The assigned reason why Nicaragua
HIS recalled her minister to this gov
erament is her inability to support him
here. 1t is understood, however, that
Nicaragua is disappointed at the great
difference between the talk and the acts
of this government toward her.
A dispatch from Washington to
Richmond newspaper says: "Old Jack
Heath says he would tear down his
house on Ale1ander's Island aud new. T
deal card there again." Old Jack
Heath, who by, the way, is an old Alex
andrian, never said anything of the
sort, that is. unless he has gone crazy,
for his house is not at Alexander's Island
but above Rosslyn, four miles from the
so-called island referred to. There must
be something behind these constant 81
tempts to defame the race track at
Alexander's Island, for the papers
making them must know that they are
u warranted.
The republicans OF this city say moth
ing will be done about the election of
their two delegates to the national re-
publican convention before January or
February. Andrew Gleason, their
usual white delegate, is Reed man
and wants to carry another Reed man
with him, but Perry Carson, who
usually accompanies him as the negro
delegate, is not for Reed, and as he Is
backed by the almost solid support of
his race, it is feared that unless the
white element of the party be very
careful of its treatment of him, both the
delegates may be negroes, as they are
In the majority of the party here.
A member of the Confederate Vet
erans' association, appreciating the alb
surdity of the proposition to erect g
Confederate hall of records and relics
anywhere else except on what was
Confederate soil, and especially not in
tie federal capital, talking to day on the
subject, said he WAS surprised that the
Lee Camp of Alexandra hadn't sug-
gested to Mr.. Rouss, who Offers to sub
serbia the msjor part of the money
r. quisite for such hall, the advisable
ty and especial propriety Of having it
in that city, and of buying the Brad
dock House, with is aute-Revolutiou-
airy War memories, and where Jackson,
the first Confederate was killed, for that
purpose. He said more people would
go to Alexandria 10 see il than to any
other city 10 the South, as visitors
from all parts of the couitry come
here. while comparatively few from
the North so South, and that many Of
the former would ike to take in such
hall in their trip to Arlington and
Mt. Vernon. His association, he said,
would willingly transfer its subscrip-
ton to the fund for such hall here, to
that for one at Alexandra, the better
place in every respect.
A large number Of Virginia republi
cans scjourning here will leave for
Peters hurg to morrow to attend the
meeting of the State republican
committee. AS there is no one now,
either to get railroad ticAets 10,
the negro members of the committee
or to pay for their board there, few are
expected to Re present. The fight be-
tween the Reed and Mckinley men,
bers of the committee has been sus-
pended here, to be renewed in Peters
burg.
The prevalent opinion among the
members of Congress who have arrived
here so far is that whatever may be
done by that body in respect of the
tariff, will be to make it approximate
the high rate imposed by the Mckinley
bill as near as pc ssible and that no iu
crease will be made in the tax on beer,
liquor or 70 q CO, AMI that whatever
may be done with the currency, green
backs will not be retired
Mr.. Lowndes, the republican Gov
ernor-elect of Maryland, when here re-
Gently, told some of his friends they
need not have any dread of his giving
negroes in his State Offices that white
men could fill or put them where they
would be over white people.
Nothing new has been developed to-
day in respect of the officers of the new
House.
When resolutions in respect of the late As
sociate Justice Jackson were presented in the
United States Supreme Court to-day Chief
Justice Fuller said: There is little in the
performance of judicia, duty to attract popu
lar attention or 10 win popular applause, bat
the influence of faithful service such as his
OF labors SO sbundant OF lie shortened by
effort in the public interest, 'cut like the dis-
mond with its own dust csn scarcely be over
estimated, snd sooner or later will receive it
need OF recognition. Devotion to duty had
marked his course throughout and he found
in its inspiration the strength TO overcome the
weakness Of the outward man, as. weary aud
languid, he appeared in his seat Tor the last
time in obedience 10 the demand OF public
eIigency. The response TO the roll-call. under
such circumstances, gives complete assurance
(though, indeed, il was not needed) that
when, few weeks later, he came to the pas
sage of the river, Good Conscience, to whom
in his lifetime he had spoken to meet him
there. lent him his hand and so helped him
over. The resolutions will be entered on our
records, and the Court will now adjourn TO
Monday next