Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-10
From Washington.
SPECIAL TO THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. !
WASHINGTON, D. g., May 10.

| ESPECIAL TO THE ALEXANDRIA GAzETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. G., May TO-
| SENATE.
Ia the Senate. to day, bill 10 reference T.
the sewerage of Washington and Georgetown
was referred.
A bill to establish railroad and telegraph
line from San Antonio, Texas, to tue Iii
Grande was referred.
| A bill for the establishment Of a dry deck a
Baltimore, on the Fort McIlcnTy reservation
was passed.
| A bill to col firm a ccrtan private land clam
10 the territory Of New Mexico, was passed.
The Joint resolution spproprlatlog $3b,0O
for making the foundation Of the Washington
monument secure. was discussed
| Mr.. CunkliDg advocated taking down tn
present monument and rebuilding accco!dIDl
to the original plan.
Mr. Thurman favored the passage Of the re
solution, and it was passed.
The bill to repeal the Bankrupt act was the'
taken up and Mr.. Maxey, Of Tsxas, made
long speech.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| In the House of REPRESENTATIVES the bill fixing
the compensation Of u. S. attorneys was order
| ed to be printed and recommittel.
Mr.. Wood introduced bill to provide fol
the refuading of duties enormously collected.
! A resolution was adopted calling iorintorma
| ton 10 reference to the number Of employees il
all the departments of the Government who
have served 10 the army or navy.
| 4 resolution cutting doWn the number Of la
borers 10 the cloak room of the House from ter
to eight was passed.
The reports from the Committee on the Elk
| penditures 10 the Navy Department were made
| tho order for the 25tb.
A bill to provide for tho issuing Of arms to
the Territories was passed.
The committees were then called for reports
of private character.
Mr.. Cabell, of Va, reported bill to aid The
| Dismal Swamp Canal Company 10 tho construo
ton of their canal, which was put on the private
calendar.
The nnuso then went into Comm Of tho
Whole on the private calendar.
The William and Mary College bill was called
but laid over, and
Mr.. Goode, of Va, stated that he did not
intend to press the bill again at this session.
The bill for tho payment to Richard Heater,
executor of John Heater, OF Loudoun county,
Va. for stores and supplies taken and used by
the Federal army was advocated by General
Hunton as Just and equitable claim to a gen.
uine Union man.
The bill was debated at length aud the whole
question OF Southern war claims reopened and
discussed with much acrlmony.
ALEXANDRIA POSTMASTER.
The dispatch that the Committee on Post
Offices of tho Senate had determined to report
uofavorablg upon the nomination of W. N.
Berkeley as Postmaster at Alexandria was incor-
rect, 20 report having been agreed upon, and
the disposition Of the committee being rather
favorable, the delay 10 taking action being
caused by tho introduction Of new charges re
quiring testimony from the Department.
NOTES.
The democratic members of the House Ju.
dietary Committee had q conference this morn.
ing for the first time, to consider some preIlml'
nary matters connected with the investigation
of the presidential fraud, and how, when and
by whom the resolution should be introduced
10 the House. No definite action was taken.
The House Commerce Committee have
agreed to report adversely upon tho bill for a
light house at Beufort, S. O., and favorably
upon the bill to establish marine danger signals
In the waters or the United States
10 tho House Of Representatives. yesterday,
Mr.. Hunton presented the petition Of John l..
Moore fer pension; also Of the same for COM
pcnsatiou for three horses taken during the
war, both of which were referred.
The Senate yesterday, after varously amend.
ing the Indian Appropriation bill, passed it.
The conference committee on the bill regu.
ating the advertising of mail lettings fixes tho
rates for advertising for tho Postolico Depart
ment at COM mcrciaI rates, but for the other de-
partments. the old law still prevails.
DIR. Clark, editor of the Methodist Recorder,
of Pittsburg, Pa, is 10 Washington, looking
the the P f delegation, and as Hayes
promised Western Pennsylvania g mission OF
this order soma time ago. he will probably be
successful in his search.