Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-02
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ported bill to encourage telegraphlc commu-
nication between the Eastern and Western
Continents. Mr.. Conkling presented me-
mortal from business men Of New York in be-
half of the New York Commercial Steam Nav
igation Company. and protesting against me
| Continuance Of the present system OF allowing
the u. s. mail to be carried by foreign shlps.
| A resolution apprepriatjng> $50, ooO tor the
| storage of models in the Patent office, TO be
! expended by the Secretary OF the Interior, was
| rejected During the discussion OF the resoiu-
| ton MIR. Cooking said that every one knew
| that the most seandaous suspicious attached
70 the Interior Department under its present
! auspices. The Consular and Diplomatic APP
preparation bill was taken up and considered
I until the adjournment OF the Senate.
In the House Of Representatives, Mr.. Ortiz,
of Indiana. from the Committee on Foreign
| Affairs, introduced resolution on the basis OF
the old Texas resolution, declaring that the
| u. S. will be ready to receive San Domingo as
territory whenever her people demand II. LII
was laid on the table by q vote OF III yeas to
| 60 nays. Mr. Robinson introduced resolu-
ton to increase the Presidents salary to $lOO.
| 600 per annum after the 4th OF March. 1t was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
| Mr.. Kerr introduced measure to give all the
| clerks, messengers, etc., male and female, en-
Moved blythe government in Washington, whose
nav does not exceed $1,000 year, an increase
OF ten per ct. on their pay for the past and
present fiscal year. The resolution was laid on
the table. A bill to prevent the collection OF
Illegal imposts under the color of State author
itv was referred to the Committee on Com
merce. A number of bills relating to the
finances were referred to appropriate commit
tees The bill amending the Naturalization
laws was laid on the table. a resolution was
adorted inquiring into the reinstatement IN
Office BY Secretary McCuoch of men removed
from positions in the Philadelphia Custom
| House by the Collector Of that Port The
Senate amendments to the Naval, Pension,
and Military Academy Appropriation bills were
all concurred 10, and the Patent Office Detlci-
ency Appropriation bill was passed. lie was
resolved to hold night sessions, commencing
/ this evening, to consider the Internal Revenue
| tax bill, and the House adjourned
| WASHINGTON ITEMS. In the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, yesterday, the APP
plcation of Mr.. j. II. Bradley, to be reinsta-
ted as an attorney Of that Court, was refused,
and the Judges suggest that he make the re-
lquired retraction and apology in the Criminal
Court where the offences occaslonlng his dis
missal occurred. In their opinion, Judges Car
tier, DIN and Wylie say that, with proper
spirit on the part of Mr. Bradley, there would
be no difficulty in framing an apology which
would be satisfactory to the Criminal Court, as
we'll as this, and be creditable to himself The
absence Of this spirit has hitherto been the
only obstacle to his restoration" This decision
will compel Mr.. Bradley, II he desires re admis
sion to the bar, to apologize to Judge Fisher,
and the Supreme Court express the opinion
| tbot bo COCO reouirac frAu1 Mr. 2rodleU y
paper characterized by manly, Ingenious sin
cerity, confessng the wrong, and retracting
the causes Of offence in terms Of precision,
direct and clear to the common understanding.
The Court is determined to have MIR. Bradley,
thoroughly IRE constructed.
The Senate bill appropriating $50, 900 for
the relief OF the poor and destitute OF the Dis
trict of Columbia passed the House yesterday.
Yesterday the committee appointed Tor the
purpose of making the necessary arrangements
for the Inauguration ball had an interview With
Secretary McCulloch, with relation to the use
of the north wing of the Treasury Department
Tor the occasion. lie referred the committee
| to President Johnson.
The Washington Express OF yesterday even
| ing says "A despatch reached here to-day
stating that the New York Tribune has tele
gram announcing the death of Hon. Thomas
3. Florence, and asking il it was correct. An
| answer was returned that the Colone was alive,
| but that his paper was dead. 1t has been
changed from daily into weekly.
A delegation numbering over dozen OF
| of Kiowa, Fox and Sac Indians, dressed in all
the barbarous splendor of paint and feathers,
blazing red blankets, clamshells, &c, moved
through the capitol at Washington one day
| last week, amid an immense crowd OF curious
admirers They seemed to take deep interest
| in the picture of De Soto discovering the Mis-
sissippi, which is on the walls of the rotunda.
| A SAD SCENE The Philadelphia Ledger,
in its account of the sentence of Twchell, says;
"After the utterance of the first few sentences
of the judges admonition to the prisoner, Mr..
McCully, the friend who had been with him
throughout the trial, fell in fit. His means
and cries, the excitement about the dock where
McCully lay, the bowed form OF the prisoner
father, the solemn words of the Judge, made
up scene of great impressiveness, and among
all those in the court room the one apparently
least concerned was the prisoner, who stood
erect, and only at the close of the sentence
clasped his hands together and raised his eyes
upwards as he resumed his seat. Shortly al |
forwards he was removed to the van and taken
| to prison.
| RAILROAD CAR BURNED. About midnight, |
on Saturday last, near Dudley's depot, about
twelve miles south of Goldsboro, on the Will |
| roipnton on1 w e1on railroad some ha rpinp In |