Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra Garet'e.I
Washington, March p.

Correspondence OF the Alexandra GaEet'e.l
Washington, March p.
What the Filipinos will do if the
American troops shall soon capture Ma
loIos. the headquarters OF Aeuinaldo,
and drive MS followers TO the Jungles Is
nuzzle here. but some think that as
long a. the Filipinos can procure sup
plies they are apt TO keep up suer-
ri,ls warfare. and that 1t may DC many
months before they lay down their
arms and ask tor terms. The conflict
has gore 50 far that the authorities here
are determined that the campaign must
be waged fercely. The understand
ing is that just as soon as the sheridan
arrives the fresh troops thereon will
immediately take the field.
a friend of Alexandria here who has
for some time been trying to get two
small size cannon, inch guns, for the
use OF a company of young volunteers
to be raised in Alexandria and kept 10
that city, is in receipt OF letters To-Day
that induce him 10 think he Will
succeed in obtaining tie gun, which
will be hauled by ropes, and ne has no
! doubt that more than enough young
men can De obtained in Alexandria to
man them.
That all is not we'll with the troops
in the Philippines, notwithstanding the
| roseate colcrs in which their operations
are painted by the expansionist news
papers, is plain TO be seen. The rise
| in Inc rate of casualties as the army ad-
yances into the interior is very great,
and the obstacles to that advance are
becoming more and more difficult to
=urpount. Reinforcements are Icing
hurried to them a. rapidly as possible,
but an army ten thousand miles away
from its base OF supplies and with q
wiley and stubborn foe TO resist 1t, and
in a not and unwholesome climate, has
to fight against heavy odds.
Congressman Jones OF Virginia was
here yesterday, but left to-day for his
home in the first district. 4 friend
with whom he talked says he knows no
more about the move to nominate Sen
ator Martins successor by q popular
convention, rather than by a legislative
/ caucus, than has already been printed
inthe newspapers.
Some OF the testimony in the con-
tested election cases OF Wise vs.. Young,
OF the Norfolk, and Walker vs.. Rhea,
of the Abingdon districts, OF Virginia,
has already been received BY the clerk
| Of the House. It is altogether that OF
the contestants; the contestees are
sure of their title to the seats for which
laev hold the certificates OF election, and
none of the testimony they have taken
| has yet been received.
All the democrats here speak IN
terms of the highest praise of Mr. y. r
Belmont's recent letter, in which
though millionaire, ne says be is
democratic, and being such, feels com
oelled to abide by the decision OF ma
jority of his party.
| Virginia democrats here say the anti
Martin men in their State hope to be
able to induce one thousand democrat.
10 attend the meeting they propose tt
lold next May to suggest wey by
which an Unconstitutional mode o
electing q. 5. Senator may De adopted
and imagine that If that number be
present, the county conventions tc
dominate candidates for the legislature
nav be influenced thereby, but they
saw that if two, instead of one thousand
snail attend, the effort will be in vain, a;
50 far as they can hear all the othel
| democrats in the State now think it i;
100 late 10 attempt to defeat MIR. Mar
in, and that be has made very ser
vceable and efficient Senator.
General Otis today csb!ed the number
.asualti9s in Saturdays and Sundays Aghtins
As follows Kiled-Three officers, twenty
i've enlisted men. Wounded-Nine officers
twenty three enlisted men.
Secretary Long has disappeared rathe
mysteriously from his hotel. None OF thu
tiicials at the department seems to know
where he is. but it is thought that he ha
zone to Fortress Monroe to spend week
His family disemblrked there yesterday from
he Dolphin.