Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-13
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"Tr sho,o the Gerry oqc ead bo{y Of fhe Times
A committee Of the New York Working
mems Union call d yesterday 90 tie Police
Commissioners aud informed them their organ
ization totally Aisirprnv"d OF the proposed a.
morstratiou. \ similar colnlnIi,cc ltom Tie
iron mou!cr- presented reso!utlniIS ~ ~ -aihc
SENSE. Orders were given Ia Captain v a-h
to prcvcpt the gathering IL Toml kIns square.
the Park Commissioners having "!!hdi'!WIl tnc
permit iur the meeting.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
received telegram that tie steamship Grca'
Republic, which arrived at Hong Kong o. The
.th inst from San lrauc>co spoke the CANA
Dcc,mbcr is. The officers thnI the tt.'9"
machinery is disabled, ana she vii &c near!
Of at the Sandwich, islan.;s. &C liiaa ':a3
one hundred and iur!y Si2cragc pa> ,enGcr> ~
mention is made in The telegram OF iil2 ra>sch-
gers.
The following is the correct list Of the board
Of trustees OF the Corcoran Gallery Of Art IL
Washington: /. JAS II. Carlisle, prcsdcn';
2. Jas g. Hall, Il. H., vice president; ). Geo.
W. Riggs, esq, treasurer: 1. Anthony Hyde,
ESD, secretary; ). ii. ID. Cooke. sd: t. jas.
G. llcti uirc, esq /. Wm I. Walters, ED,
Of Baltiulnrc 5. Uilas VI. Mathews, esq; ..
5! Prof Joseph Henry.
4 letter is to he published in knoyyil,c,
Tenn, from Cc;oncl &. ". Charlton, Genera:
DEPUTY Of tho Patrons Of IIusoardfy, giving
| ,bc result of AZ interview with cx-i're>.,i"n:
| johnson. Mr.. johnson declares hins II In it1lt
accord with he grange movement, ai,d says ihc
| time has arrived lor good mcn OF all iattlcs 10
associate and bring about such reforms rs The
exigcnccs OF the coun;ry require.
Possibly one Of the results q the late evan
| ceical sianec meeting was DEMONSTRATED i'll
| the coronation Of the week Of prayer III Brock
| iyn, New York, by 4 g~and uatun ctrumunlon
! OF baptists, Presi'y CoogFe galpnait-t-,
| Mctnoiists and Reform d Du;cll, wE''h took
place Sunday AFTERNOON i'll tie Ii siofm2i oii'Hch
10 that city.
The following special dispatch was received
from New Orleans in Washington last night
from R,churn Crasto: "The great equestrian
portrait of Gen. Grant would have left here
December 26, but my Sudden lne~S prevented
its departure.
| CONGRESS-. : In the Senate yesterday memo
rails were presented asking the passage OF the
| Civil Rights bill aud Tor modification of the
| Raukrupt Ac Mrs. Stanton and Miss IA
| thony handed in, through MIR. Sargent lhrlr
petition that the women should have the same
| rights with colured men. Mr.. Vest ur' sent d
the resolutions of the Louisiana Legislature,
certifying to the good character OF Pllchback:
the coorci Senator, and asking for his iinuia-
diatc admission. Mr.. Cameron submitted a
memorial from forty thousand Russian Nca-
noutes, who ak IL 4 condition Of th.Ir settle
lncnt III this country thai they shall not be IN
tcrtercd wiki upon any public lands tina; they
may take up The Senate then to"k up The
Salary bill, and after wrestling with 1t Tor The
remainder OF the day, finally passed d total ~
peal of the grabact Of March last. All salaries,
Conversations and allowances arc reduced to
precisely the figures they were previous 10
March, except the salaries oithc President and
Judges of the Supreme Court, wbich remain as
mileage shall be pail Tor this session III Con
that has not been drawn or that has been re-
turned by members shall b. covered in the
Treasury. The bill how goes back 10 tic
House, whore it will probaoy have IL hard
struggle lpr is Tic.
| In the House OF Representatives. m>1- the
food OF bills submitted was one t" M X the
Treasury notes receivable Tor iutlc~ un ilni,'r".
| and another to aut horZG the Issue ut bonds
bearing interest a. J. per crnt also ~ al nor
zc the issuing OF the urty Fur uil;!lnnS res, rye.
Mr. LuuiSon introduced a bill 10 proh bit na
ti"na banks Irom paying interest on the dcpo-
sits of other banks Ih: II u;a give Il very
| decided indication Of its di>rctlnlton 20 ether
| order IN Increase Of tax atom m ncS | mu, by
refusing to adopt Mr.. k"liey resolution for Il
| fresh issue OF bonds, AID adopting that o! alr.
| Holman, which declares rstrcnchiuCn' to b.
| the Only measure needed, and pi@d:es the
| House TO a reduction of appropriations and TX
| peuscs. Mr.. Haw,.y : resolution dcc!carIilZ e.
peclaily agauSt ih:tlon was passed BY :. large
maj GRITTY, a death blow to the schemes 81 The
| gentlemen who are anxious to see anutl!cr ti.y
| or hundred millions added to the pubic debt.
| \ committee Of thirteen was ordered to cpntcr
with the Monument Association Oh the rrn5-
| poet Of iirishing the Washington N)numcn! by
| 1876 The Ways and Alcaus Cnlumteu was
| instructed to consider the cxpcdlcncy nf rcvl::
ing the tariff. The Naval Appropriation bill
| was discussed without my acuon anon It being
| reached.
| ALWAYS TOO LATE Some people arc al
ways too late, and therefore accomplish through
life nothing worth uanine. Ii they promise Ia
meet you at such an hour, they II; never pres
cnt until thirty minutes after. No matter how
important the business is to either yourself or
to him. he is just as tarly. It he takes a pas
sage iu the steamboat, he arrives jus, as The
boat has left the wharf, and the trau has start
cd Il few minutes before he arrives His din
ncr has been waiting Tor him 50 long that the
cook is OUT Of patience. This course the char
acicr We have described always pursucs. H.
is never in season at u church, at i place Of
business, at his meals, OF in his bed. Persons
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