Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-14
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WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec. Is.
i sbc Il u, to dsy the Scrate bill sllowlcg
&c i.sce Il up sa:a bonds fer those slol=n
:r,-a il. ai.gtatisu Trust Company OF New
Z Z o:o "a E.6 o;;hout ansLdmeDi.
?t~ Leias Appropriation bill was reported
81 d u .le tie cd Of tie day for wednesday
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\ Gil was ais, io,ecda;ed providing for the
sale OF TIE errpsIty uE tho Ffeedmcn's Savings
B.Lk. i, " . sal, rinn, and the dlstrbuIloo OF
tde proceed, tsesect anOng The creditors OF the
! tsrk.
Tie Geneva Award bill was then taken up,
| Mr.. Frye, OF Maine, leading of in 40 able
anee companies the amounts they lost 6y rea'
500 of the Confederate war vessels.
| The special Committee to Investigate the
| conduit of Seoaior Conover 10 regard TO the
! ab,trs c:on of section Of the Hot Springs bill
from toe room of the Committee on EoroIled
os at the close of the last session have, it is o.
dersuod, come to the coDc u sion that the charge,
which was made by Assistant Chief OF the Sc
c:et Service Benson, il without foundation 10
la,f, sud was ipstigsted by * CIV. Stearns,
tic osrpetbag e1 Governor Of Florida, aud 40
enemy os Mr.. Conover.
The only democrats who voted for the bill to
ainuud the presidential election laws that pass
ed the SeDate yesterday were MessrS Bayard,
Merr!non and Morgan. None of the other
democrats opposed all the provisions of the
bill. and now that it has passed they are dis
posed to look upon IL as probably as good a
one as could have passed at the present session.
The democrats apper3Gt|y can lose nothing by
il, ss they will have control Of both houses Of
| Congress at tho next presidential elecloo.
| It is understood that the Com nittee on Com
merco Of the Senate, to whom Was referred the
nomination OF COL Mostly as Consul to Hong
Kong. ha7a reported fevoraby upon his 600
irmatiou, and that be will be confirmed at the
pex5 * ,cutiVo session. q this connection II
may be remarked that it is By co means ion
probable the Consular and Diplomatic Arpro
rration bill, az passed By the House, may be
amended 10 tho Senate, as several Senators are
under tho impression that tho reductions made
BY tho House bill, if made at all. should bt
effected il another way.
Major Gilman. cf Rico moud; Major Tom
Wallace, member Of tho Virginia House O.
Delegates; Msj,r G. G. Wedderburn. at nres-
cat an officer OF the House; Colonel IL. Z. e.
WashipgtcG, else from Virginia. are Candidates
far positions ct tho disposal Of tao next Seoate
| 1t is reported here that there will be Virgins
candidates for every place 10 the gift OF The
next Seuate. lo Consequence OF this 1t IS fear
| ed by those who would like to sec some ct then
ooiaia appointments, that none will succsed.
It is the universal expression CT opioioo among
Firgiuians here that Something may be done
cad that speedily, for the settlement Of the
pubic debt of that State. Every interest O.
! Virginia is suffariag from the existing apparen
confusion ia aud uncertainty rcglraiDg he
foauoisl afli,s. Intelligence comes here from
all the monetary GENRES, both ia this ocuutry
and abroad, to the eFaot that not only will NJ
money coua i5to tie Siats voluntarily, but thai
urpent solicitations fell to obtain it upon any
scr: or amount Of State securities. and that oui5
individual responsibility CT the most uudcu5tec
character is considered in the negotiation of &
loan. Thcac who have the real interest Of tbt
Siata at heart ara Ia favor Of tho acceptance o
the proposition Of the foreign boadhoIdars L
{ II net often, thsy say that creditors will VIII
lasly agreo to make such reduction % tina
| proposed, knd that when they do il would bt
| f3l!y not 80 accept II.
4 gcpt,em 81 from Virginia iof,rn5 ma that
Of tn: estate Of tho late John 7. DuIaoy, g
! La :9an eianty, estimated 70 be worth soou
&c .::;!Gged thousand dollars, Elrs. CIarouct
-: Wi i.* will caoai7c about eighty Thousand
I.j.:>. Del. Z. FL. DdIany will get all, O.
aasi, H., the real estate. aud Mr. John D;
! G4.:3 /. &; 40 Eoas5ls will get the remainder