Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.

rCorrespondenoe of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.
Judge Semmes, of Louisiana. the at
t ,rney of the sugar planters of that
s ate. made the final argument in the
sugar bounty cases before Comptroller
Bowler to-day. He asserted that boun-
ties, direct and indirect, had been sane
toned by the people and by legislation.
He cited the power given by the
Constitution to Congress to raise money
and to make appropriations, and sald
that Congress was not restricted IN IT'S
used of money. he said that for over
century o court in the United states,
for any reason whatever, had ever
attempted to interfere with the grant
of any appropriation by Congress. mr.,
The annual report of Surgeon Will
liams. of the Freedman's Hospital, here
shows that during the past year there
we, @ admitted to the hospital 43S whites
and 1910 colored; whites born, u; col
ored ZIG.
The monthly cotton crop report for
August, published to-day, shows the
lowest average for any previous August.
Ia consequence of it the market jump
ed from 10 TO 7.25.
Colonel Dudley of "blocks of five"
fame, says he will take no part in the
coming political campaign, and that he
now is out of politics.
The lack of jingoism exhibited by
Mr.. DENLY, the U. S. minister to China,
a republican, is said here to be attribu-
table to the fact that his son holds lu-
crative place in the Chinese customs
service.
A Virginia republican here to-day
saws General Malone has as firm con-
troll of the republican party in his State
now as he ever had, and that he will
allow the republicans of Virginia to
vote for no candidate for the legisla-
ture who will not promise to support,
if elected, the election bill he made
those present at his recent conference
at Petersburg endorse.
Col. Nat. Tyler, once the editor of the
late Richmond Enquirer, now resident
10 Falls Church, was here to-day. He
saws there is nothing left of the silver
question, aud that President Cleveland
will probably be renominated and re,
elected.
Congressman Jones of Virginia passed
through here to-day on his way home
from the late meeting of the Virginia
bar association at the White Sulphur
Springs to Warsaw. He said the speech
MIR. Walton Moore made at that
meeting was more compiimented
than any other, though some were
delivered by more prominent men
AS most of the visitors at the springs
are moneyed men, he said, the feeling
there is in favor of gold money. In
respect of the U. s. Ssnatorship in his
State he said it was conceded by Vir.
ginian's there that Senator Daniel
would be his own successor.
The recent attack ola mob upon the
missionaries in China has developed
many things which do the latter &c
credit. One is that missionary &c
whom large sum of money had beer
sent for the erection of q church, wrote
home that q splendid brick church ha6
been built and that with the remainder
of the money had built a modest little
dwelling for his own use. His Letter
melted an investigation. which showed
that he had built palatial brick resi-
deuce for himself, and nearby it, but
not so as to obstruct the view from its
virandahs, small frame chapel.
Among the visitors here to-day is
ex Senator Butler, of South Carolina
He wss dressed in dark blue flame
suit, black silk old.time neck tie, 6
brown linen shirt and felt hat, and pre-
sented truly rural appearance. BE
saws he is out ofpolitics now and feels
like gentleman. The Tillmanites are
now engaged in holding elections for
State convention, but that little
| interest is taken in the result
The alleged object of the convention j:
to change the election law and make il
like that of Mississippi. He says tbs
Tillmanites are squabbling among
themselves, and that if they get fight.
ing mad they may blurt out some OF
the many rascalities of which they
have been guilty. He says he has
made a little money on cot.
ton this summer and that from
the present appearance of his
crop this year and the anticipated
rise in the price of cotton he expects to
make some more. His corn crop, he
says. will be the best he ever raised
and that judging from what he saw from
the train coming here, the corn crop OF
Virginia this year will be immense.
Congressman Bankhead of Alabama
is here on his return from New York.
He says that from what he heard from
well informed democrats there, whose
information comes from the most relia-
BILE source, the regular democratic tick
ct in Maryland will be elected by a
large majority.
Secretary Morton having announced
his intention of buying a farm near
Manassas, he has been called upon by
numerous real estate agents who have
offered him enough for large colony
near that place at from So to $40 an
acre.
WHAT Is THE ONE GREAT RULE IN
BUSINESS ?-That of honesty, absolute
and unqualified honesty. All the rules
of business are worthless if they are
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