Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-03-03
Congress-.

The Senate, yesterday, agreed to the request
| of the House OF Representatives,, for commit
tee of conference on the bill to strengthen the
public credit The committee of conference on
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill made a report, which was c0ncurred in.
The Legislative, Executive and judicial APP
preparation bill was taken up, and number OF
amendments were adopted, One of them APP
propriates five thousand dollars to pay Miss
Winnie Ream for her statue OF Lincoln. The
statue was sharply criticised by Messrs Sum
ner and Howard, of whom The former had not
seen it aud the latter did not like it.
In the House Of Representatives, Mr..
Schenck, from the Joint Committee on Ord
nance. reported bill swing Norman Wizard
SI38, S4S Tor guns furnished by him TO the
Navy Department, which was passed. The
House nonc0ncurred in the Senate amend
ments to the bill TO strengthen the pu6liccredit,
and a committee of conference was requested
Speaker Coiax notified the House that be
would resign that Speakershlp to day. The
conference report on the Consular and Dipo
matte hill was concurred In. 1t provides tor
ministers resident to all South American gov
ernmeats The message Of the President an
noUncine the release of Costello and Warren
was taken up, and after some remarks by Mr.
Robinson, of New York, it was referred. The
bill to amend the national currency act was re-
ferred to "a commiue of conference. A joint
resolution was adopted expressing sympathy
with the people of Spain in their efforts to es
tablish the liberties of the Spanish nation, and
authorizing the President to recognize the ln-
dependence OF Cuba whenever in his opinion,
a republican form of government shall have
been established. \ number OF other bills were
taken up and disposed OF.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. During last week
there were eight machinists and twenty five
plasterers and laborers discharged from the
Treasury extension in consequence of there
being no work. There will be a still further
reduction in the force on the 4th of March.
Gen. Carl Schurz, the new Senator from
Missouri. was serenaded IN Washington, on
Tuesday night, ty his German friends, and
made speech thanking them Tor the com
ment.
The Grant and Coliax electors from the diff
ferent States are to Join in the procession at
the Inauguration.
The annual commencement of the medical
department Of Georgetown College took place
Yesterday, in the presence OF an unusually
large audience, at the National Theatre.
The annual commencement Of the medical
department of Columbia College took place on
Monday night at the Thirteenth Street Bap-
list Church, and was also largely attended.
The periodical dismissal of female clerks in
the Treasury Department occurred on Satur
day when about forty were relieved on the
ground that their services were no longer re-
Quired and that there was no appropriation for
their payment. The usual precedent was fol-
lowed in this case, and the girls went to work
again next morning.
George T. Brown, Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate, is busily engaged in perfecting all ar
raugemcnts for the Inauguration, and every
thing will be in readiness by the morning OF the
fourth.
President Johnson withdraws from the Elk
ccutive Mansion tomorrow, Secretary Seward
will leave Washington for his home at Auburn,
New York, on Friday. Secretary Wells will
remain at Washington until May.
Tue Montreal train which left New York on
Friday afternoon was thrown from the track
owing to defective rail, near Pittstord. VT,
on the Rutland and Burlington kalIroad' at
. a. NJ on Saturday. The sleeping car
was hurled down slope some thirty feet, near
the banks of the Cotter river The car was
wrecked, but no lives were lost, although sever