Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-21
Congress-.

Ia the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Hager pre-
sented joint resolution of the California Leg
islature against the further importation of the
Chinese, and made some remarks upon this
overshadowiug evil of California. t. concu,
sion. Mr.. Hagcr offered resolution instruct.
ing the Committee on Foreign Relations to ad-
wise with the President as to the cxped,eucy Of
oueping negotiations with the Emperor Of
China so as to secure such notifications Of the
Burlingame treaty as will prevent hereafter the
Importation of Chinese females into California
for Immoral purposes, and of Chinese males as
coolies or under servile labor contracts. The
Army Appropriation bill WIS taken up, and
various amendments made, all OF which were
rejected Among these was one offered by
Mr.. Logan to strike from the bill the proyiso
that no money appropriated by the act shall
be paid for recruiting the army beyond the
plumber of %, 00u enlisted men, including To-
dian scouts This amendment being voted
down, he moved that the officers of The army
should be reduced 10 the sanc rattle cares
ponding to the $4,000 men by muster, out Of
the supernumcrary officers by the Secretary Of
| War, iu accordance with the recommendation
of board of army officers. This was also re.
iected, and the bill passed Tn" Fertilization
bill was then taken up and passed.
In the House Of Representatives, yesterday,
the affairs of the District Of Columbia took up
the greater portion Of the day. The bill to au-
| thorze the construction of a substantial iron
and masonry bridge across the Eastern branch
of the Potomac, at or near the present Anacos-
tia bridge, was taken up, and after debate, was
defeated The bill providing for the payment
of the school teachers Of the District, was then
taken up in Committee of the Whole. On the
one hand it was urged that by the great luHux
of negroes and by the presence of Government
clerks and other employees, the District had to
support schools for the benefit of those who
did not help to support them: and that there
was manifest equity in Congress paying some
thing for their support. On the other baud it
was urged that the purpose of the bill was to
recognize the liability of Congress for improve
ments made in the District. 1t would esab-
lish the principle that Congress Was respousl-
BILE for the contracts of the Board Of Public
Works. 40 amendment was adopted author
izing the District authorities to levy tax on
personal property equal to the amount pro
posed to be appropriated by this bill, the same
to be paid into the Treasury of the United
States. Pending the further consideration OF
the bill, the committee rose and The House
soon after adjourned
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY ITEMS. - From
the Manassas Gazette An eagle measuring
seven feet one inch, was caught a few days ago
BY MIR. Robert Manuel who set couple OF
common steel traps for him. The eagle had
captured young lamb the day before and was
noticed by Mr.. NJ. to let its prey drop from its
talous The lamb was fastened down to the
ground and the traps set near it, and when
next day his eagleshp veutured back to take a
meal put It's foot in it and was nabbcd by
the trap, and while thus held was shot by Mr.
Manuel. 1t is said to be the largest Of It's spe-
cies ever killed 10 this sectou
Governor Kempcr has refused to pardon
John Smith alias MEG bbony, convicted Of trl-
ouy at the May, 1866. term Of the Circuit
Court for the county of Prince William aud
sentenced TO Imprisonment in the penitentary
for the term of ten years
The house and lot, consisting of half an acre,
in this place belonging to the estate OF George
Cannon deceased has been purchased by Mr.
Samuel Wolverton and his son-iu-aw, Mr.. A.
H. Roseberry for $1,000. This is considered
very cheap property.
The public school exhibition advertised to
take pace Cd Friday night 9th Of March has
been postponed until Friday night April 81.
FlTZ JOHN PoRTER's CASE lower
House of the Pennsylvania Legislature, on
Thursday, passed to a second reading. by the
decided vote of IS to IL, a joint resolution re-
que,ting the President to appoint court mar
tial to re-examiue the charges against General
Fz John Porter When General McClcl-
Ian was temporarily suspended by General
Pope, in the Summer Of 1862 the disastrous
second battle OF Bulls Run occurred and it
was charged that Porter's opposition to the
suspension of Mcclellan caused Porter to with
hold from Pope prompt aud full support iu
that battle Porter was cour, martiaied aud
dismissed from the army in 1863, there being
great diversity of public opinion as TO the justice
of the punishment Ever since there has been
an agitation to have the case rcopencd, the
popular belief 10 the bias of the court becom-
log constantly stronger, and this resolution,
which will propably pass both Houses Of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, shows how much the
feeling has grown. Gen. Porter friends arc
anxious to have the case again tried before an
impartial court, and now that eleven years have
cooled the political aspcritics which were then
so fierce, they feel confident that the General 5
loyalty will be indicated.
ECCENTRIcIrIEs OF EXTERMINArIoN.-l
Mrs. Ames' Ten Years in Washington" she
describes the proposal of philauthroplc
Frcncman who applied through the American
Legation in Paris tor patcnt on an invention
to "eytermiuate all the lions and tigers IN the
United States by the use of catulp." The plan
was simply to dig an Immense pit IN some