Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-07

their seats 10 the Kellogg Legislature to-day.
| The contest for Speaker has been adjusted.
The result is generally regarded as triumph
of Kellogg.
The president of the Chamber Of Commerce
last night publicly recommended the n,crchauts
to cooperate with Kellogg and his Legls AZURE.
All the city papers publish KeIloggs mes
sage. The Times editoralfy iudorses it, and
the Pcayuue does not dlsapproFe.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS Discussion. The lea-
ture of yes1elday's proceedings 10 the d9use
of Representatives was the speech Of FL
lott, OF South Carolina, on the c,vi rights bill.
Elliott is a coal black negro, OF iie physique,
with mind well trained i'll exc llnDt schools IN
Great Britain aod blessed with au UNUSUAL fine
voice. The annOuuc, mrnt that ne WIS to speak
attracted large audIenc: especially OF the col
ored people, who throngcd the north gallery
until perfectly black with faces. He occupied
a position on the democratic side Of The House,
at the seat occupied by Mr.. K*llrgg, OF Con
necticut Among bis auditors were General
Sherman, Bishop Simpson, and Il large NUM-
Der of Senators, headed by MIR Sumner, who
came over to the House specially to hear hlm
When he made his auSlon t" Mr.. Stephens as
having been prominently c1nncctcd with the
Confederate government his remarks We're
|
tut also by members on the Il ,or. Prominent
amoug those who applauded oudeSl and We're
most administrative with satisfaction that
colered member Was address lug the House OF
Representatives We're McssrS. Butter. OF Massa-
chusetts, G. +. Hnar, Williams, Of MaSsachu
sets, Poland, Of Vermont, aud the New tng-
land members generally. At the close ri III
| lots remarks there was again applause III the
gallery aud upon the floor.
V1RGINIANs ABROAD. The Mccormick
reaper works, at Chicago, are very extensive,
covering over twenty acres OF ground. The
works were established in 1916, aud So far
have proved very successful Industry. The
company finish about 500 reapers cac'i year,
and employ about 8u0 worhmen. The pro.
pretors Of these great; works, Cyrus II, and
| Leander j. Mccormick are natives OF Rock
bridge county, Va. They took Mr. Grseey's
advice and went west" locating in Chicago
while it was yet an Insignificant town. By
great industry aud prudent invest ment, they
| have become lniionaircs and are amongst the
most prominent and Iii :hly esteemed Ct Ztls
of Chicago. Their friends in Firgi rejoice
| at their great success
EXPANSION In the Senate yesterday Srua
tor Bogy, of Missouri, advocated the reissue Of
the whole $44 0O0, 900 of r's'rve, and $5O,oO0.
600 additional of Treasury notes. With 1900
900 more Of national bank notes-ln all an cX-
pansion of over one hundred and twenty mil
lions of paper already over ten per cent below
| mar He also halls from the State which sent
one of bis predecessors to the senate: tor thirty
wears chiefly on account Of his advocacy OF
mint drop,' only for a circulating medium
It will be remembered that he acquired the
cognomen among Democrats Of "O,d Bullion.
| on account OF his uncompromslug hostility 10
an irredeemable paper CURRENCY WdShtngfon
Chronicle.
! RAILROAD FARES. The Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Company have made the hrst
decided move for the general reduction OF rail.
road fares At one stroke they have put the
rates to Pittsburg at So -; Cincinnati. Sl3 3O
/ Chicago, SIS 81; Louisville, ST. 25; New Or
leans, SAL Is, and to other points West North
west aud Southwest in the same proportion.
Travelling by the Baltimore and Olo Is de-
Iightful at all seasons of the year, and IN WIN
ter has the signal advantage OF being more tree
| from SNOW Instructions than the more North
ern routes. The company maze the lmpor-
tant announcement that all tickets sold hy them
are good until used IN Y. jour. of Com.
REDUCTION OF ESTIMATES. 1t now ap-
| prOaches Certainty that the reduction In cstl-
mates engiuecred by the Executive Depart
meuts will save nearly S2n,O0O,O00 10 the an
pual expediturcs Of the Government Al
though the revised estimates for the Treasury
Department have not become public, it Is un-
derstood that the reduction in the yearly al
lowance for public buildings and lighthouses
will reach IS, 0O00 900, and The saving III the
account for postage equal $45O,OOO. Cores
poDding reduction is made 10 other ycarl y dis
burselnents, the Intention being to enforce a
strict bur judcious economy Wush. KEEP.
THE u. S. MARINES. The corps consists Of
1000 meu, ] Is muslclans 81 non-con mission
ed officers, 93 commissioned officers on ac'lse
(2) duty, and 10 commissioned officers on the
retired list The force costs one million OF dol
lars and includes forage and maintenance OF
| horses to the amount oT more than seven thous
and dollars Among the officers are Il hriga
der and ten field officers OF the line and SIX
officers of the staff 1t is argued with some
| force that for body of men so scattered as
| marines must be- it is absurd if not worse than
absurd to provide it with field officers nt whom
that auv actual service should be required Is
impossible.
A dispatch from Washington states that
there was some little discussion in the Senate
executive session over Mr.. Williams, the with
drawal of whose nomination for Chief Justice
has not been sent up. Mr.. Williams remarked
that the President would not withdraw his
name without his own consent. The President
had an interview with Mr.. Williams on the
subject yesterday before and after the cabinet
meeting, and i. is presumed Mr. Williams yet
holds the President to his promise.
THE "MYsTGC' SOCIETIES of Mobile, accord
ing to yearly custom, kept New Year 5 Eve
The oldest of these is an offspring OF the well
known Mystic krewe of Comus, of New Or
leans and the aunual paradcs OF its members
have taken place for forty-three-years. There
are TWO other societies, Que twenty nlne years
! old. and the other younger, which also parade