Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-05
EroEa Washington.
ESPECIAL to TIE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. g., Feb. 5.


SENATE.
Ia the Scuate to day Mr.. Hoar rrts,Gted one
hundred and twenty petitions, signed By over
G,00O persons in favor Of woman suffrage.
Several memorials and petitions were present
ed in favor OF amendments to The pension laws
for the establishment OF commission to collect
and distribute funds for the benefit Of the starV-
log people ia Forth China; for the remouetlza.
ton of silver; 10 reference to pilots and eogln-
eere, 80 as to restrict licenses to American Gill
zans; for subsidies to the South American steam
ship lines; for reiDturslDg certain States for
war expenses; for the transfer Of the Indian
Bureau from the Interior to the War Depart
ment, &c., g..
Mr.. CoDkng 10 presenting suudry petitions
for the reconciliation Of silver took occasion to
state that these petitions, pouring into Congress
upon this subject, originate from one and the
same souroe-all printed-aDd that they are
gotten up to iofuenoe legislation. He read
note attached to ono of these petitions unmer.
oifully cri,iciziug the heading and condemning
debased currency as the cause OF the present
distress.
A number OF adverse reports upon bills OF
private character Were made.
The bill relating to the compensation OF post.
masters was reported with an amendment
The postal savings bill was reported with an
amendment.
A bill to protect tho United States against
fraudulent claims was referred.
A number of bills for the relief Of postmas.
tiers and late postmasters 10 various States and
Territories wero introduced and referred.
A resolution insructing the bringing in of
bill for additional clerical force in the Pension
Office was objected to, and went over till to.
morrow.
The morning hour having expired the consider.
alton of the silver bill was resumed, MIR. Mat.
thews and MIR. Bayard occupying some time in
a controversy 10 relation to the power of the
French Government over the free coinage Of
silver.
After this Mr. Eaton, OF Connecticut, took
the floor and spoke at length 10 favor of making
a silver dollar weigh 430 grains, or whatever
will make it in actual value equal to q gold
dollar.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
10 the House of Representatives large
number of resolutions memorials TO-, were
introduced prior to the morning hour.
A memorial of the Board of Trade Of Char.
lotte, N. c., asking the re.estabshment OF a
mint there was presented.
A resolution was adopted calling upon the
Postmaster General for list Of mail contract
ors for the quarter ending June 80, 1877, upon
which payments were made by power of at
torDey.
Mr.. Goode, of Va. presented o memorial
Of the National Educational Association asking
for the establishment of a National University
at Washington.
A memorial was presented 10 relation to the
famine in North China, and asking that the
Chinese indemnity fund be turned over for the
purposes of relief to the sufferers, which was
referred.
The bill for extending the time for the com.
pletion Of the Northern Pacific Railroad was
fsvorably reported upon.
A memorial was presented asking Congress
to refuse further right of way to the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, permitting that road to
enter the city by the present route.
The consideration Of bill to bridge the
Mississippi occupied some time, and the bill
was finally referred to the Committee OF the
Whole,
The committees were called for reports and a
number made.
A bill for tho relief of Samuel r. Atwell,
late postmaster at Winchester, Va, was re.
ported and placed upon the private calendar.
The bill providing for an additional term of
the u. S. Court Of the Southern district of
Mississippi to try the CAGES arising from alleged
deprcdatons upon the timber lands belonging
to the government 10 that district was reported
from the Judiciary Committee.
NOTES.
Sizes the expulsion Of all outsiders from the
floor Of The House, the members sleep more
pleasantly upon the lounges during the session.
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order to guard against results utterly subVersive
of health it is absolutely essential that the grand
thoroughfare or avenue of the system, the bow
when they become obstructed, If they are not,
the bile is misdirected into the blood; the liver
becomes torpid viscid bilious matter gets into
the stomach and produces Indigestion; head.
aches ensues and other symptoms are produced,
which prolong CATION of the exciting cause only
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters constitute most
useful agent in overcoming construction of the
bowels and promoting q regular habit of body.
1t is infinitely superior to the drastic cathsrtics
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the tone of the evacuatory organs, which it in
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and liver, also, indeed the entire system, is
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country to those afflicted with Consumption,
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