Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, July II.

The officials at the War Department
are now turning their attention to
Porto RICO. Late advlces from General
Shsfter indicate that the end of the
Santiago campaign is in sight. The ar
rangements for the Porto Rican expe-
dition will be rapidly completed. All
reports from the South show that the
volunteers in camp there are ready Tor
service. AS far as can be learned the
present plan contemplates withdrawing
q majority of the regulars and volun'
teers from Santiago when that place
has been captured and sending them to
Porto Rico. The immune regiments
are fast completing their equipment
and it is thought 10 be the intention OF
the department to garrison Santiago
with these regiments.
A report is in circulation that among
the dispatches received by Secretary
Alger this morning is one from General
Shsfter containing another offer from
Gen. Toral to SURF ender Santisgo with
conditions, and that Shafter is holding
the matter in allegiance until it has
heen passed upon by the President.
Elk Senator George F. Edmunds visit
ed The State Department today. His
appearance served to stimulate tie
prospects of peace and mary declared
tnat negotiations were progress. SIN
a,or Eimunds assisted in the prepa1a.
ton of all the State papers prepared
lust prior TO tie war aud is therefore
familiar with every phase Of the situas
ton, and his visit, taken in connection
with the conference of the French Am
bassador with the President yesterday,
was accepted as an indication that in.
formal proposals of peace either had
been or were ready to be submitted.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson has
acce pied the resignation of Forecaster
Dunn, OF the Weather Bureau at New
York, who resigned yesterday under
protest." and appointed Eben II.
Emery, first assistant at the New York
office, to All the vacancy.
Lieut.. Carr of Woods Rough Riders
wss the lion OF the day at the War De-
partment headquarters this morIl ae.
He was one Of the men who fell in the
attack on San Juan and he hobbled ins
to The building on crutches. The Lieut..
said that degree Of temperature
that would have no serious effect In
Washington caused the prostration OF
men in Cuba on account of the intense
humidity. The spirit of the troops, he
said, could not be excel.ed and their
exhibition of daring was greater than
anything he had ever seen during a
long experience.
The 3rd Virginia infantry will be bril-
gaded with the 1st Connecticut and the
2nd South Carolina regiments, and will
be moved to. day from near Dun Loring
to the ground lately occupied 10y the
S:h Ohio Regiment, nearer Falls
Church.
The racing pool room recently open
cd at the south end 9th Long Bridge,
IA Alexandria county. has been closed
because the Western Union Telegraph
Company refused to allow the proprie-
tors thereof the use of its wires.
Though the appointment of Mr..
Pcitchart as postmaster at Front Royal,
Virginia. has long been determined
upon, delegation from that place was
here yesterday, trying &c haye some
; body else appointed.
The published report that Captains
Hugh G. Preston and A. G.. Carson and
Lieutenant c. G. Berkeley of Virginia
were not confirmed, turns out by an ex-
animation of the executive record of
the Senate, TO be incorrect. All of them
were confirmed.
People from Alexandria county here
to-day say that many of the strangers
who have visited the military camp
there have been so charmed with the
beauty of the county's landscapes. the
saiubrety ofits climate, the purity OF
its water, aud its transportation facili-
ties, that they are acquiring about the
value of lands there, and the belief is
that when the war is over many of
than will buy homes there.
A report was in circulation here to-.
day that the Spanish army in Santiago
had succeeded in evacuating that place
with safety and was on its march to re-
inforce Havana.
HSecretary of State Day authorized
the statement to-day that no peace
uvertures of any kind had been made.
Major Moore chief of police Of this city,
who died this morning, was connected with
the District militia before the war. and was
President Johnsoa's private secretary. The
salary OF the office he held is three thousand
dollars, for which there are already dozen
applicants
The presence here yesterday of Judge Wad.
dill Marshal Treat and some of the jurors of
the U. S. Court now in session at Alexandria,
gave OCCASION for the report that the executive
committee of the republican party OF Virginia
was in session here. but it was untrue. Mr..
Bowden, collector of the port Of Norfolk, is
a's) here to-day, but, nc says, solely on kusi-
ness connected with his office.
People who talked with the President this
N 1rning say the indications are that the Span.
ISL war will soon be over; a so that the Presi.
deut feels more at ease in respect of Santiago
now that his fsvorite General Miles, is in
command there.
Congre sman Bailey Of Tcxes regrets that
he could not accep. Congressman Otey's inyi-
tation to speak in the Lynchburg district.
He was detained hore by sickness, and says
no man can sIeak we'll when he is sick.
CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM AND MARY.
The catalogue of this college for 1875
has been issued
There were 1S5 students, among them
a number of young men from this sec
ton of the State. This college is rich
in revolutionary "reminiscences and
stands among the first in the country
for its admirable system of instruction.
Every superintendent OF schools in
the State is empowered by law to nom
mate as many pupils as his county or
city has reDresentatives in the House