Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-10

but it brought federal judgeship for
life, and was in many respects richer
prize than the Governorship for which
he ran. In regard to General Mahone's
death, its political effect on the republi-
can party of Virginia, &c, Judge
Hughes did not speak at any length;
he thought, however, it opened the
way for a union of all the elements OF
republican and other opposition to the
democrats and would strengthen, rather
than diminish the chances of future
republican success. Malone, he said,
was remarkable character; he had
done the State some service" and
would long hold place in the memory,
if not the affections of the people. Re-
ierring to the fact that throughout the
Generals great struggle for "consolida,
ton" and the subsequent organization, OF
mis- railway lines from Bristol to Norfolk,
when the Judge was in sole charge OF the e;
newspaper bureau" from which al
the argument and ammunition OF the
fight was drawn, friend of the
Judge gave to the GAzETTE's cores
pondenS an amusing little story illus
tratiye of the facility and power with
which in those days Judge Hughes was
wont to WELD the journalistic pen.
Republican conventions were then
in vogue in Richmond and else
where, and were often of the
most disorderly and noisy kind.
Carpet Dagger and native, white man
and black would 90 at each other pell
nell until the discordant screams and
wells could be heard squares away.
MIR. James A. Cawardin, then the
senior editor of the Dispatch and a
most amiable, kindly man, used TO say
of Editor Hughes, that he could calm
ly observe one of these corn shucK.
lug" gatherings of his party, perfume
his handkerchief, and depressing his
disgust, adroitly pen SO fair an account
of the proceedings as to blind the
very spectators themselves. He SAID
Col. Hughes was the greatest white
washer" of the black republicans he
had ever known. 1t is not unlikely
that the Judge will very soon prepare
a letter for publication, giving his i'm
pressions of General Malone and his
views of the republican situation in the
State as altered in some respects by the
death of the famous leader. He is I'M
alterably for Senator Cameron as the
republican Presidential nominee, and
asserts, however chimerical it may
seem, that the political conditions will
be so changed by next summer as to
force the republican party on con
servative bi-metallic platform, with
Cameron its most available candi'
date. The great railway interests
of the country are inclining away, he
says, from the gold standard, and relief
to them can only come from the larger
use ofthe white metal. Many things
fav ,rable to silver, he predicts will &C.
cur before the conventions ofnext year
are held. AS to Senator Daniel, he
said that in his letter to newspaper
several months. ago he had declared
his preference for that Senator over
any man, republican or other in the
State. Governor O'Ferrall's late re.
markable speech to the Boston Artil-
lery had not escaped his attention. II
was in poor taste, he thought, to recount
with such great gusto the history OF
Virginia and her heroes before visiting
strangers from a sister State. The
Govorner's burning eloquence would
soon become "like thrice told
tale in the ears of a drowsy man."
Virginia stands solid and Massachu-
sets knows all about her. She has a
history that needs not the aid of paint
ed words and useless ornament to set
it off. In conclusion, he believed that
If Governor O'Ferrall's wish for Vir-
ginia President could now be graf fed,
the list of eligibles in either party
would prove to be small. Were the
Governor to institute competitive ex-
animation, after the manner of "civil
service reform, there would be no COM
petent tribunal for rating the appli-
cants. He could not think of any very
competent and available men just now.
The returns to the statistical division
of the Department of Agriculture for
the month of October make cotton
show decline of 81 points from the
September condition which was 70S
against 65.1 for the present month.
There is general complaint from all
the counties reporting of extensive
damage from early rains, recent
drought and ravages by bolt worms
and other insects.
Judge Bradley this morning ordered
the discharge of Major Armes from the
custody of the military authorities by
whom he was held under orders of
General Schofeld, as acting secretary o!
war. The court said that Major Armes's
confinement was in violation, not only
of the spirit, but the letter of the army
and that in whatever
General Schofeld may have
acted, be it either as lieutenant
general of the army or as secretary of
war, his action was upwarranted,
illegal, unjust and tyrannical. The
prisoner was entitled to his discharge
and such an order was issued. Some
small applause followed the decision,
but IT was promptly checked by officers
of the court.
The Posto flee Department to-day is.
sued a fraud order against the Wonder
Stone Company, of S15 Madison Ave
nue., New York city. This company
formerly did business in Boston, Mass,
selling a shaving stone, which was al
legged to remove boards by process OF
rubbing the stone on the face until the
whiskers disappeared.
The weekly bulletin issued by the
photographic Office, Navy Department,
contains the report of Captain R. Hud-
son of the British steamer "Gulf of
laramie" of the presence of field ice of
Chesapeake bay. The Captain said