Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-05
From WASHINGTON.

TIE House Of Representatives. yestcrliy
evening passed the tll. suleuIrog tie laws eEarl
Ing psns0cs 70 the soldiers aud sailors OF 'he
var OF lSl2-s1 a, t. rcstore 10 the lolls thvs"
dropped on ac,2uu, pi III. ia'e civil war-'G-t
Is i: came from Tx; Senate hy vote u :!:lI -
2I. Those volinr ~ H." negative weIr, Bal
(lui., Brewer, UQX tOhI0.) Cutler, Diatorj.
D:nsoD, Dwight, HAYS. lla%aiton. lIu1tr!,
Humphreys, lluageriord, james. Jo'rs,
keightey, k;ilingcr, Met owar, Robins 70
Ind. Stooe (Mich.,) Upton aud WlE!ett-.
10 the Senate yesterday alter the close co.
the G.Zettc's report the bill or h" pagmer;
at c:rtalo small claims, uuI2r an Act OF jan
Il bang uodcr discussion, there arose pc
tractcd debate upon q proposed amendment u
strike out, for want OF proof Of loyalty. AZ
clause awarding So 500 to Samuel L. ..r1rao-
too, of West Virginia, and il was fla .,ly strltk
&C out and the Till passed.
The House Committee 90 Ei'.ratiou aud is
Dor yesterday heard L delegation from It,.
Brooklyn and Portsmouth (Na.l navy yacj-
with rciercnc" to the er,,:rcemcut Of the clE'.u
hour law. Trey cou. cain that the S2c;c:,y.
81 the Navy has u g! bis discretion 10 a. iuI:
ter aud has cz'endci At times tbc WORK
time 10 the n'.Sy yards to ten hours per I,N
They ask tht iG!nt resolution De pass! d"
| caratory ri the terms Of the law. and prah!";
| log IN" Secretary t. interpret the law a. IT,
sees dt.
lhc House Committee on C,v.l SArgice L"
iorm have Dearly concluded their Investigate Il
| Of Doorkerpcr Polk, and it y asserted th:'
their report will eXonerate him from the charge
Of nalfeasance. but will crtlcl=c some OF ,he
prac!isas developed 10 the administration OF ne
rl!io2, aud will ia all probability recomnen!
| that all TIE patronage Of the House D. place.
under coOtIOl Of staodl0g committee on appA
cations and appointments to have lurlsdictloH
over appoiutm euts similar to that OF the Com
tnittce 90 Accounts over disbursements.
Alter the ADJOURNMENT Of the y. ). l1ou''
OF Reprrscy tat7cs. yesterday, the Democrats
held a eau Gus At which the ''eyper: qucauon
was consl'lcre1.. The conclusion was tina! th'
charmer Of committees TO whom the invest
CATION OF radical corruptions have been rcierfe!
should be authorized TO employ suoh expert" IL
sstan &c as they may require. This plan had
been considered By the Committee on Accounts,
but the committee hcsitated to report It un)'.
tho caucus had taken action.
NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATlnH5.- The
President has NOMINATED Albert &. Porter, o.
Iodiana, to be E!r:s Comptroller o! the Tfca-
ury. 10 place of Robert "a layior NJ. Ii,
TWichc.l, OF Louisiana. for consul at kn'7.
ton, Canada George &. Tanner, OF Sou'H
Carolina, to be consul ct Ververs and L'cpe'
trarca, and Charles Bartlett, OF Name :"
| be consul at Guadalupe.
Postmasters--John Ii. Andrews, at Saco ne:
Geo. L. Weston, Paymouth, Mass John ".
CUMMINGS Ware, Mass; Robt. Trimper, Nj
erville. n. y; Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, Ens.e
vile, Ky; Geo. B. White, Mount Vernon, Uhlo.
Edwin r. Kirk, Sioux City, Iowa; JOhu :.
Crossmau, Willlamstowo, Mich; Jos. NJ Pat
terson, Sterling. ILL.,; Sylvanus e. hluOha.,
Wateska. ILL.,; Daniel Il. Anthony, Leaven'
worth, Kansas; Beniamin 3. Gale, AtchIsln,
| Kansas Mrs T.. c. cambridge, Old Pom;
Comfort Va.
The following nominations have been con
6rmed Bayard Taylor. CT Pennsylvania. to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister pIcnlp1'
Tertiary to Germany Jehu Baker, OF lIIluoi,'
Minister Resident at Venezuela VIM. &.
Goodloc Minister Resident at Belgium; STILL
| we'll II. Russell United States Marshal ''r
the Western District of Texas; Anthony Z.
Keasby. United States District ATTORNEY, tor
New Jersey Samuel Blatchford, OF Ne"
York, to be Judge of the Second judicial CIR
cuit of NnU Nork