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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-09


Alexandria, Virginia
Such vast amount OF stock has never. bsIoro
been exhibited at any one tlme
in this city.
Bes! of Standard Prints All wool Cashmeres, in
in the most elegant all tho leading shades
patterns cheaper than at G2tc yard.
ever.
Co!orod Silks Of tne
newest ehsdos and
The choicest styles in best qualities.
GnghSnl5, P1rcals,
Cheviots and Shirt.
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and plaid to match,
for skirts and over
skirts.
full sud complete p,o Il.h a"d "oo'
line in Mourning fop"h' ana "o'S S'FS'
Good: to suit the most
fashionable.
Fancy Dress Goods in Damasse and Pongao3,
largo variety, from and India PiqGo3.
the chesDest to tho
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handkerchief in Linen. Silk and Lace in I'll
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derej.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-09

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

Washington Correspondence to the Boston
Post.

Washington Correspondence to the Boston
Post.
Blaine has not been the same
Blaine, thus far, whom we used to
know in the House. Once or twice
he has asked a question or made a
point, and we have heard the old ar
rOgant tone, but his sallies have not
been very successful, and most while
he has sat silent and respectful.
Stanley Matthews, from whom so
much is expected as an Administra-
ton defender, will not make much
of a stir in the Senate, l fancy, for
two reasons: First, because his own
State sat down on him so hard that
he feels greatly subdued; and, sec
Ond, because Mr.. Hayes has intima-
ted that he intends to play his hand
alone, and does not want any defend
ers. Matthews is Il Well-dressed,
good-looking man, of about fifty.
He has the Stocky form and a
"beefy" look so common in the sons
of Ohio. He wears a full beard and
mOustache, light brown in color.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
THE ROUSE COMMITTEES.

We have elsewhere given the list
of Chairmen of Committees an
nounced by Speaker Randall last
Monday. At present we have but
little to remark upon them. One or
two committees, however, may he
given i'm detail as bearing more or
less upon measures which have been
prominently before the people dur
ing the late canvass.
The committee ON Hays and
Means is a very important one as
bearing upon the question of the re-
vision of the tariff. The choice ola
chairman for this committee is what
might have been expected from a
Pennsylvania high protectiOnist as
Speaker. for Mr.. Fernando Wood
fought all last session against all
schemes for reducing the tariff. The
constitution of the committee may
he given as follows: Wood, Of New
York, chairman, protectiOnist;
Tucker, of Virginia, low tariff; Har-
ris, OfGeorgia, and Gibson, of Louis
lana, both low tariff men, with re-
servations in favor of rice and SUI
gar. the staple of their respective
states. Phelps, of Connecticut,
doubtful: Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
an extreme tariff man; Garfield, of
Ohio, in favor of arevised tariff; Bur-
cbard. of Illinois, in favor OF rev
me tariff, with incidental protec-
tion; Banks, of Massachusetts,, pro-
tectionist, but thinks the tarln
needs revision. On the whole, eX-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
THE STRUGGLE FOR SEATS.

The desperation with which a
party beaten before the people
struggles to maintain its power
and policy in the face of popular
condemnation is something UMPIRE
cedented in our political history.
First, the Democratic majority of
over a quarter of a million in the
last Presidential election is set aside
by the fraudulent machinery of Re-
turning Boards and Electoral Com
missions, and then the warning ma
iority in the Senate is held back from
entire dissolution by every form of
pettifogging chicanery for pre-
venting Democratic Senators from
taking their places; and this in the
face of even previous decisions in
the Senate itself. Even if the last
Louisiana election, that in which
Hayes and Kellogg were both beat
en- and yet both returned as elected,
were considered as still undecided,
yet public decency demanded the
admission of Mr.. Eustis to his seat
without delay; for the Senate itself
decided last session, after full inves-
tigatiOn, that Pinchbacll was not
elected, and that decision gives his
antagonist, or ought TO give him,
undisputed possession; but the ma
jority in the Senate is conscious that
the Committee on Elections and
Privileges is run by the most I'M
scrupulous of Radical partisans and,
though their title may be as clear as
daylight, every case is referred to
the OmniVOrOuS committee, which,
unless it can with some face report
i'm favor of the Radical claimant,
manages to pigeOn-hOle the entire
subject, taking care that it shall
never see the daylight until it is too
late for the elected Senator to give
vote.
The committee is now taking up
the case of Kellogg VS.. Spofford for
the other desk in the Senate; their
taking it up at all is sign that they
hope to seat Kellogg, which would
be a double success to them, for first
il would be a huttress for the tOtter-
ing majority in the Senate, and,
moreover, it would be tantamOunt
to condemnation Ofthe Presidents
recognition of Nichols, for Pack
ard and Kellogg sail i'll the same
boat. So for that matter do Nichols
and Hayes, and the President is
tossed between the horns of an al
most ludicrous dilemma; if the Sen
ate seats Kellogg it will be con-
demnation of "the policy" if it seats
Spofford it will condemn Hayes
own election.
The following is KellOgg's state
ment, upon which he bases his
claim to priB0 .fucie recognition as
Senator elect, and the possession of
the seat until an adverse decision
shall Gust him from it:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

Upon the position Ex-senator David
Davis, the New York Tribune re-
marks:
Judge Davis may feel a little lone
~ in the Senate Chamber, with the
two parties holding their caucuses
outside, but his action in holding
aloOf will increase the respect in
which he is already held as an indie
pendent man, and may make his
vote of great Importance. An indie
pendent Senator who asserts that he
was elected by the people Of his
State, as represented in the Legisla-
ture, and not by either party, is a
novelty at Washington. The time
may not be far distant when this
one vote may be balance of power
i'm the Senate.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
Renovation. not Prostrasion.

Did any enfeebled human being ever be-
come strong under the operation of powerful
catharticS or salivantse 1t is sometimes
necessary to regulate the bowels, but that
cannot be done by active purgatiOn, which
eXhausts the vital forces and serves no good
purpose whatever. The only true way 10
promote health and vigOr, which are essen
tial to regularity ofthe organic functions, is
to invigOrate, discipline and purify the sys-
tenn at the same time. The extraordinary
efficacy OF HoStetter's Stomach Bitters in
cases of debility or irregulaTity of the organs
of digestion, assimilation. secretion and dis
charge, is universally admitted. Appetite,
good digestion "A regular habit of body, active
circulation of the blood, and purity of all
the animal fluids are induced by this superb
tonic and corrective. 1t has no equals,
moreover, as q preventative OF chills and
fever, and other types of malarial disease.
To enigrants and travellers il is particularly
seryfceable as medicinal safeguard.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

cept for the one point of making a
stubborn protectionist chairman,
thecommittee seems favorable to a
revision and large reduction of the
tariff. 1t will be a strong point in
favor of that policy that three out
of the four Republicans on the list
are decidedly in favor of a liberal
revision of the tariff, Mr.. Garfield
especially being so decided on this
point that the Pennsylvania Repub-
licans would not vote for him in the
caucus for selecting a candidate for
Speaker.
Committee on Texas and Pacific
Railroad. Here again we had a
committee in favor of the measure,
with a Chairman against Potter, of
New York;. Mr.. Potter, however,
has refused to act and Mr.. Throck-
morton, of Texas, who stands next
on the committee is decidedly in
favor of the road. This lucky
change, with a committee of seven
to four the same way of thinking, is
a good omen for the Southern road.
Committee on Banking and CIR
rency-The majority of the COM
mittee are in favor of the remone-
tization of the silver dollar and
against forced resumption.
Strong personal feeling are visi-
BILE in the treatment of Mr.. Ran
dall's competitors for the Speaker
ship. Cox is shelved as Chairman
of the Library Committee, and
GoOde on the Education and Labor
Committee. Sayler has no chair
manship and is third on the Ways
and Means Committee. Morrison,
who was Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, is not on that
committee at all or Chairman of any
committee. Hunter is removed
, from the Judiciary Committee and
John L. Harris put in his place;
Blackburn, Ellis and Walker are
also snubbed. Our Col. House was
expected to be placed Chairman on
the Texas Pacific Committee or some
other, but he voted against Randall
and he has to be satisfied with the
fourth place on the Texas Pacific;
we are sorry for it, but he voted
right. On the whole, Mr.. Randall
: will probably make good Speaker,
but generosity does not seem to be
his strong point.
) Tennessee has three chairman
ships assigned to her, viz, Appro'
: priations-Atkins; Claims-Bright;
| Naval affairs (as before)-Whit-
| thOrne.
Itseems to be the opinion Of mem.
, bers that the repeal of the resump.
, ton act and the RECOMMENDATION OF
silver will be acted upon with ener.
, gy and promptitude without wait
ing for the regular session.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

THE Tennessee historical society
has received from B. w. Bowen,
ESD, of Austin, Illinois, one of the
Windsor, or wooden chairs, former
Iy belonging to ex-President Willard
Fillmore. 1t was one of a set of six
with which he commenced house
keeping after his marriage in 1929
or 1880. The authenticity of the
relic is beyond question.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
IN CONGRESS-.

The repeal of the Resumption act
and the reconciliation of silver in
some form, seems to be certainties
now so far as the House is con-
cerned, what the Senate may do in
the matter is uncertain.
Mr.. Conkling in the Senate, seems
to have caught the President on the
hip, so far as the New York nOmi-
nations are concerned. The follow
ing is the Press dispatch on the
subject:
COnkIing opened war on the Presidential
New York nominations yesterday. He first
fought them two hours in committee, and
persuaded the committee not to report them
i'll Executive session. Stanley Mathews
asked the committee when the New York
nominations would be reported. Conkling
replied in the most irritating manner,
when the committee gets ready, and not
before" Mathews replied that he thought
they ought to be reported at once, out of re-
spect to the President, and to the men nom
mated who were fully qualified. Conkling
replied, blandIy, that business was running
he guessed there was no great necessity for
haste. and then Stanley dropped the subs
ject.
Senator Blaine has arrived in Au-
gusta, Me-, on his way home, the
journey has greatly fatigued him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

THE aid that the South asks for to
the Texas Pacific is simply that she
may be put upon an equality with
the North, and the monopoly now
enjoyed, to the prejudice of all Sec
tiOns, by the Central line be de
strOyed. -RjcHHO7d Wig.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

GOVERNOR PORTER says that the
assessments will be completed in
accordance with the Act passed at
the late session of the Legislature,
by Nov. Ia, and that he will deter
mine by then as to whether he will
call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture.-AmPyicdn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
The Hog and Corn Crops.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 31.-The Price
Current of tomorrow will publish
an elaborate special report on hogs
and corn, based upon information
derived from a large number of pla-
ces throughout the prominent hog
and corn producing sections of the
West. The general result indicates
a probable increase of 5 per cent. in
the number of hogs for winter mar
keting, and large basis of supply
for next spring and summer, with a
generally healthier condition of hogs
as compared with last year, and a
probable increase in weight of hogs
for winter packing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
DEATH OF OLIVER p. MORTON.

Died, at 80 O'Clock, p. M, on
Thursday, Nov. list, at his residence
in indianapolis, Ind, OLIVER P.
MORTON, Senator in the United
States Congress.
De mOrtltiS nil RjSi 6Onltla.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

Gov. NICHOLS, of Louisiana, be-
ing asked by a Chicago interviewer
his views on the political situation,
replied that the cotton and sugar
crops were good; that in Louisiana
there is less crime than there has
been for twenty years past; that
party lines have been broken down
and politics are forgotten in frater-
nizatiOn and business, and that it
would be premature for him to say
what he would do about pardOning
the members of the Returning Board
till they have been tried and con-
Victed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
Our Ticklish Relations with Mex
leo.

Our TickliSIa Relations with Mex
leo.
Washington Special to the Chicago Times.
The whole Mexican question is to
be referred to Congress. The Presi-
dent will probably send in a special
message upon the subject, in which,
it is understood, he will cOnfine
himself to a recital of the facts re-
ported to his Administration con-
corning Mexican affairs. Since the
reception of the letter of Gov. Hub
bard, of Texas, the Administration
has been forced to see that some
thing positive must be'dOne. The
State Department has been in close
communication with Minister FOs-
ter, and is of the opinion that not
withstanding the protest of Diaz,
and the evidences that he is pow
erless to maintain order, the Adj
ministratiOn would be really author
lied to consider the northern prov
inces Of Mexico as OutlaWed terri
tory, but in order to carry out this
idea it is necessary to have more
troops, for with the present number
of soldiers in Texas, the Admins
tration is powerless to carry out any
special policy, and the repeated
threats on the part of the anti-Ad-
ministratiOn people, have caused
them to hesitate i'll assuming any
position in which they would not
be backed by Congress. In plain
words, the President is timid and
doubtful on the subject. He has
already so many enemies in his own
party, that he hesitates to give a
handle to any of his opponents
Senator Blaine has once charged
this Administration with the intent
to wage war without proper pretext
upon Mexico for the unlawful pur-
pose of acquiring rich territory in
the interest of spectators. AL
though this charge fell fiat at the
time it was made, yet is believed,
should an overt act of war be forced
by the Administration or anything
having the appearance of war, that
this cry would be renewed and that
the Administrator would be left in
the Iurch in its time of need. Mr..
Hayes does not propose to follow
the example of President Polk and
declare war without the advice of
Congress. The fact is recognized
beyond dispute that the condition
of affairs upon the border is such
that nothing but armed interview
VentiOn can restore peace and good
order.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

The last young Methodist who
went to the circus argued the ques-
ton thusly:
To go to the circuses may be
A violation of the rules,
But then only went to see
The interesting animuIeS.
-MUrfreesb0rO Nelrs,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

| desire to place at the beginning of this
reply the view which ] take of the law of
contest. That view is that the substantial
merits of this contested claim To the seat
and the question which or whether either
OF the two rival bodies claiming to be the
Legislature of said State, in January last,
when ! was elected, is the true and lawful
Legislature, are determined 10y the COnsti-
tuition and laws OF the United states and
Louisiana and by the evidence of record
which the laws carefully supply to the sen
ate. Where revolution or disorders in the
state have not deprived the state ana SEN
ate of the best and conclusive evidence,
both of the existence of the lawful LegiS-
laTure and Of its election to the senate. II
is not lawful for the Senate TO pass by the
highest and conclusive evidence so supplied,
for the purp pose of trying in the Senate who
We're elected To the Legislature. This thing
is Cnntided to the states themselves, to be
determined through their returning officers
in the first instance, and thereafter to be de-
termined by the houses of the Legislature,
duly organized by those who hold the primo
fncie evidence of the right to compose such
houses
His ALLEDGED ELECTION.
BY such Legislature, so concluSively made
the lawful Legislature Of the state, was on
the 10Th of January last duly elected 10 the
Senate, and the record of evidence of that
election now in possession Of the committee
i the same which is enumerated in my let
ter to the committee of the twenty-Second
instant.
He protests, however, his readi-
ness 10 90 into the whole subject of
the late election, Senatorial Com
mission, Eliza Pinckston and all, if
the above is not received as priB'G
.fUcie evidence.
Mr.. Spofi'Ord's statement is as fol-
lows:
First, That by the actual returns collected
by the Parish Supervisors OF Registration
nom their appOiuteeS, commissioners of
elections, showing the votes actually in the
ballot-bONeS at the close uf the election in
Louisiana, on the eth November, 1875, il ap-
pears enough Of the Senators and Repre-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03

II IL wen hlONI IL tlItI GIiC I'd dClty
of our county gaol has long been in
sufficient for the regular prisoners
confined there, let alone any use of
it as a work-hOuse; nor is there any
provision for putting tramps to work
there. But our neighbor says put
them on the streets and roads and
make them break rocks. 1t appears
that the thing can't be done. First,
in town, our city fathers say that
they have their arrangements al
ready made for paving, ETC., in town
and that they have neither the will
nor the means for taking such a
force off of the hands of the county;
that it would concentrate most I'M
desirable population in town who,
when their term of work was out,
would necessarily be turned loose
in the streets, and that, while at
work even, they would require as
large a force of guards as the force
of tramps to be guarded.
The law as it stands is utterly inn
practicable, and therefore necessari-
ly imperative. Every lawyer we
have consulted has given us this
opinion, except the editor of the
Tobacco Leaf; therefore we thank
him very much for his exposition
Of the law, but fear that that expo
sition leaves the problem as insolu-
bic as ever. We are glad to learn,
however, that it is likely to beplaced
in hands more competent to deal
with it; for we are Informed that
the evil in question has been made
the subject of serious communica-
tiOns to the Judge of the County
Court, and that it will probably be
a subject Of special consideration
with the magistrates and officers of
that court at its next meeting. There
we are glad to leave it and will
trouble neither the public nor our
friend of the Tobacco Leaf with it
any further.