Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.

Qonc6 D6bW66n OH Juliau IhuuCeloto
and the British foreign Office, said 1.-THE
treaty having made it the duty of the
Department of State to negotiate with
Great Britain as to the question of the
liability for any damages by either gov
ernment to the other, it would be q
breach of all propriety for me to enter
into diplomatic discussion or contro-.
vsrsy with Sir Julian on the subject OF
the claim of Great Britain for damages
sustained in the seizure of vessels in
Bering sea. he may consider it entire.
ly appropriate to arraign Senator OF
the United States for statements or
opinions uttered in debate on the
floor of the Senate, but / do not. 1
think it is piece of presumptive ar
rogance on mis- part thus to arraign
and criticise my remarks. J"
The Treasury officials who are inves-
tigatiug the recent destruction of treas.
ury records by a negro laborer, have
intimated that there are others con-
nected with the matter who are OF more
consequence than negroes.
Jacob S. Co1ey, ex-leader of the
Army of the Commonweal and who
announced himself as candidate on
the populist ticket for Governor Of Ohio
at the late election, but did not seem
to be Gin it," according to the face of
the returns, reached Washington this
morning. Next week he says he pro-
poses to start South on campaign in
behalf of his scheme for the issuance of
non-interest bearing bonds.
The following changes in the fourth
class postofices of Virginia were made
to day: Alden, Prince William county,
G. E. Hayth appointed postmaster,
vice J. A. Bowling, resigned; Shaws
Store, Mecklenburg county, 81. E..
Shaw, vice w. II. Shaw, dead.
There was received at the White
House to-day, as present from Mr..
Horace Vose of Connecticut, turkey
weighing thirty-four pounds, for Mr..
CleyeIand's Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr.. Speaker Reed, without overcoat
or umbrella, walked from the Shore
ham to the Capitol to-day, and ,on Penn.
sylvanis avenue, was the observed OF
all observers. His face is clean shaven
now and he seems to have lost some Of
his flesh, as he doesn't look as large as
he used to. He is said to have already
formed the House committees and may
possibly announce them during the
frat week or ten days after the open
ing of the session, but has refused so far
even to intimate the personnel of the
leading chairmansbips.
mil
up before the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbis next month, is
preparing bis war diary for publication.
He was with the federal army when it
took possession of Alexandra. He was
subsequently under General Hancock,
and says that though the latter's or
ders were to protect private property,
Sheridan, who came on behind him, de-
stroysd every thing in sight.
Some of theVirginia republicans living
here have already gone to Petersburg,
where their State committee will meet
tomorrow. and more will so to-day.
Messrs. Lamb. Walker, Boiling, Wad-
dill, Bowden and others are spoken of
as the possible chairman or Virginia
member Of the national republican
committee, but the most knowing mem.
bers of the committee are so far with
out enough reliable information on the
subject to warrant even guess on the
result. The fight for both places will
be between the Mckinley and the
Reed men, and the latter say they are
afraid the former have been ahead of
them. Langston, the negro ex Con-
gresham from Virginia, is not MEM
Der of the committee, but will go to the
meeting and hopes to gain admission as
proxy. He says he is either for Reed,
Mckinley or Allison.
People here now who have just re-
turned foom Atlanta say the fair there
is great success and is now proving so
even pecuniarily, as there has been
great increase in the number of visitors.
They also say that while the hotels
there are full, there plenty of excel
lent boarding houses where good and
cheap accommodation can be obtained,
and that 80 far as their experience eX-
tends every visitor is treated hospita-
bly, and no extortion practiced upon
any body.
It is reiterated on the the streets here
to-day that the Presidents forthcom-
ing message will be confined almost
entirely to restatement of his well
known views in respect of financial
matters, but that he will make only two
recommendations, the retirement of the
greenbacks and the issue of short time
low interest bonds; neither of which
will be adopted by Congress. He has
tried his hand at the business. and will
now let Congress try its.
y E1.Congressman John Wise, now of
New York, has heretofore been consid-
cred Mckinley man, but he was here
yesterday. and called upon, and had
private conference with Mr.. Speaker
Reed.
Congressman Dolliyer of Iowa, who
has arrived, says the republican party
is not pledged to the idea of raising
revenue solely by means of q tariff,
that the present tariff is protection
measure, and that there is no good rea-
son why su increased tax on beer should
not be resorted to as means to meet
the deficit in the revenue.
The recent offer OF the Treasury to pay e1-
press charges both ways on gold deposited for
currency is beginning to belr fruit as several
offers were received at the Treasury to-day.
Allwere accepted. 1t is explained that if
the offers are made direct to the nearest SUBJ
Treasury to the tenderer. the transaction will
DO greatly facilitated The Treasury gold to-
day is stated at $50, O5 1850, q slight gain
over Yesterday