Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.

Correspondence OF the Ale1AnuI4a OaDe.1r'I
WASHINGTON. Nov. &c.
A Philadelphia syndicate mas laid out
a race track in Maryland, two miles be-
yond Bennings, on which "winter rae.
ing" and bookmaking will be carried
on during the coming winter.
The big four masted schooner John
S. Ames, Olsen captain, has reached
here with cargo Of ice from the Kene-
bac river after a rough experience.
Ga the night Of the 18th instant
she encountered a violent storm
of Cape Cod and lost her jb
and mizzen sail. The big mizzen
gafY was snapped oil straight around,
ike pipestem. She laid to until the
gale abated. Her captain says he wit
nessed the first outbreak in the
present Cuban revolution while lying
at Manzanilla loading with sugar. a
band of thousand insurgents appeared
and cut all telegraph communications
at the wharf where he was loading.
They treasured him by saying: Don't
be afraid, captain, We wont hurt you;
we're after different people"
An Alexandria lady here yesterday,
in talking of the prices OF the same
| things in this and her city, said she had
heard 60 Eauch in favor Of the former
that having two small End inexpensive
pieces Of furniture TO buy, she thought
ahe would come here and at least look
| at them. She did. and found that she
could save six dollars by purchasing
precisely similar articles in her own
CITY. She said if tine Alexandria mer-
chants would only advertise their stock
in their city paper, as tnose'of Washing
ton do in those OF their city, great
| many more Alexandrians than,do, would
buv at home, as it is no little trouble to
come here for that purpose.
The officers Of the Southern and 3.
& O. railroads who recently went from
here to Harrisonburg, the former TO see
what they had to receive, and the latter
what to turn over to them, under re.
cent court order, have returned. They
say passenger and freight trains will
| commence on Tuesday net. the LIST
proximo, to run straight through from
| Alexandria to Harrisonburg, and that
it is not probable, yet awhile at least,
that the Southern road will run trains
to Lexington.
Senator Daniel has been here for
several days. He occupies the same
rooms he Gid during the latter part o.
the last session Of Congress.
The appointment OF Mr. Woodward,
of the firm of Woodward and Lothrop
as chief of the coming inauguration
ceremonies, 5eeme to be perfectly salts.
factory to most of the reputable and re.
spected residents of this city, irrespec'
tive of their political utilization.
The prevalent impression here in re-
spect OF Prince Yturbide's suit for rein
statement 70 membership of the Metro
politau Club, frou WHICH he was ex.
PEELED for speaking disrespectfully Of
the daughter of a member of that club
is that it will 90 against him.
To-day was observed here as a gen.
eral holiday in all the government and
district offices and by nearly every EN-
ployer who pays his hands by the week
but not by those who pay theirs by the
day. Many people went to Abingdon
and some to Mt. Vernon.
1t is now said that Senators Palmer,
Villas, Gray and Lindsay will not be ad.
mitted into the democratic caucus,
even should they desire to enter it.
Whether Senators, Brice, Hill and
Smith will be admitted is not yet
| known.
Lawyers who heard the argument in
! the case of William Fletcher of upper.
vile, Virginia, whose claim for prop
erty taken by the federal army during
the war between the States, is now be-
fore the U. S. court of claims, say they
think the claim will be granted.
People from Leesburg, Virginia, here
to-day. say there are already about half
dozen known applicants for the post
mastership there, some who don't even
live there, but it is supposed that
Mr.. Nichols will get it, as his brother is
personal friend Of the President-elect.
Virginia republicans here say they
expect lively times st the called meet
ing of their party's State committee 10
Richmond tonight. They say the cards
have been stacked on Colonel Lamb,
the chairman OF the committee, and that
he will be deposed. The committee
now consists of thirty members, two
thirds OF whom can do what they want,
and it is said that Lambs enemies in
his party have secured that many. rs
the party in Virginia is utterly impo-
tent, why there should be a squabble
about its organization. republicans from
that State can not tell. They do say
that no less than 1855. 900 was sent to
Virginia by Mr.. Hanna to buy that
State, but that very little of it reached
the Individual voters.
REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE.