Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-17
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!Srecial Correspondence Of the Aleca. Ga

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Seugte 70 Day wss Geo. Wade Hampton. Or
his desk lgya rrgg6iGc,as bouquet sent by
IaIy aGu;rsr. !ia looks CIDER, and With b.
lcng ircu gray whisksrs, By 10 means as hand
sane 81 &c did whep he deiIved lecture sont
years ago ia Alexa5dr!s ..
Two more officers 10 the oiico OF Tie Secretal
Of the Senate received notice this mornog thai
their services would DO dispersed With after
Monday pcxt, The bill clerk ard The petition
clerk. The sssistau. postmaster, democrat
nut in at the last sessioo 8. Tie ios!aEc, OF Sen
ator Butler. vas also notified this morning thai
be could skip, as e gentleman CT the same per-
srasiou, tu. !f0m Connecticut, Was to have hls
place.
The Agricultural Committee Of the House
held meeting this morning, heard The parlla
report OF the commission 90 the cattle disease,
aod REQUESTED the Commissioner Of Agriculture
10 furnish them with all The information On that
disease n bis possession.
Among The bills introduced 10 tie House
yesterday through tho new medium OF the pc
ti!ion beg, were tho following BY Mr.. Beele,
to .cmog3 the political disabilities Of }. Il.
Wedtcy by M:. HuutoD, petition OF K. s.
Lacey, Secretary Ct tbs Free Bridge Company,
pr5yi--ss for BE speedy passage o! the bill pro
7lain. t3r IL: construction OF tree bridge
across tie Potomac. aad suggesting the pur-
chase CT The present AQlcduc. biidgo for that
purpose. hlr. Eunlon also introduced the
!o!oHin, papers tic same way: Papers rela!-
irg 20 Tie claims of tie heirs OF &. b. Homer ;
also. rapora relating to the claim CT j. v.
Davis.
Tie Eiection Committee Of the Senate held
- ID ho nj
Mr. Sha.iablrger's argument 10 favor OF Mr..
Kellogg. Mr. Spofosd appeared 10 his OVID
behalf, showed that ho was the fairly end legal
y elected Scna.o'; That the inoumbcnt's seat
Was cbta;scd By meas that tho Senate cut OF
consideration Ter lis cwn SILT respect could DOT
rcccgriz., and that Louisiana would not be
p.cps:ly represented a5 long. a5 Kellogg re-
taiu.ii bis seat. The Impression is spreading
that h,r. Spo;iJla' j prospects ct obtaining his
seat aIe lnrroV,5s.
Tie Treasury Department looks with favor
uo0n Garcra Bcal's proposition to take West
Point, Va, Ga: c! the Yorktown customs dis
r.o:, attach il 10 tic Richmond district, make
it Per! CT emily, aud put 1t in caorgo Of c
deputy collector, aud will prepare bill to be
introduced 10 U0narcss tor that purpose.
nIr. Dc La Nlatsr says his party 10 the House
will vote against The legislative riders TO the
bill COW before tho House when they como up
il committee Of tho whole, net because they
a!a opposed to their object. but to the lDc5rpo'
retiou CT a0y legislative cuectments in appro-
pria!oo bills, but that when the bill containing
them is weed on 10 ths House, all the green
hackers tus ITO H!i vote Ter il, as they did for
the AInly bill.
In TIE Senate 10 day Mr.WalIsce Introduced
9 resolution providing that tho officers under
thn SECRETARY and Sergeant at Arms of tho
Senate hereafter 30 appointed and removed
Is said Secretary aud Sergeant at Arms, but it
hid to 20 over az The Instance Of hlr. Anthony.
This resolution il intended 10 remove the SUI.
o.rrisoty cnnr5l tho Vice President has here
t0icfa tai o2tr ihoao oihccrs. MIR. Morgan
iat;CGuc.d Z bill rroridiGg that tho u. s. mar
s!iais 81 rp?>iat"d by tie u. S. Circuit Court
!og each GIe!i!c; 10 l,;t GREAT; that their term
oil eff, j. ;0ur YEATS aud that eluses for re.
mo2a! i: aGjGGiaatci ~ such court. MIR.
E0Gracss ii:rr tUIk the flor. kindly awarded
him hy Ni:. M1yga2, oad delivered q long, pow
Gs!ui .:!d attractive speech upon the army bill,
caaraa.c. Uggepubilcaa Ii ,s!atl0nasaelaboraet
IS stcIu !ur suppression ottreh government ashaV'
iug reached SHAT :niS n be termed the barbari5m
Ut ;art:Zin laws. aoa as hsvicg cngeUdered
spawned unoG Ing c1un.iy tho loathsome
Seruia termed supervisors. otherwise oVer5ccrs
G: c!cctious, or federal ku kIux. He reviewed
tic legislation 81 the cCuotry during tho whole
term the radicals lad c1ntIol Of it aud presented
it 10 The large audience ihas bad assembled to
hear him beth in the gallery aid on the floor 10
all It's CroieEquo GId hdaous detormlty, pro
claiming that By meats Git the soldiers who
defeated The Gouedericy "ere redu,td to a
c1udil;ou CT slavery moro galioe than that Of
The negroes tEcP had made free.
The li0u-c, as soGn sc the Journal was read
resumed FAC consideration CT Mr.. Stephens
bill. Introduced yesterday, for making subsl-
diary silver coin convertible ia.o greeDback5,
AID sis, tc, masiGg such coin legal tender 10
sums cl ten do'lirs. The question was to re-.
fer tic bill 70 tha Co1mit;co On Banking aud
Curcrcy, 4hich Has defestad-a great green.
back r!c,o;y-.nud tie bill was thco retd aud
coasdctc.l u1r!| tic EXPIRATION Of the
morlio. hau:, "h:n i. went ever 10
til to-mcrr3H, y !ang aUd lively
debate lhtn ensured upon a resolution
f5v closing the du;.a!e on the legislative
judicial ard executive appropriation bill
which resulted 10 fX,cg The iinc at 9 o'clock
2. NJ, Tu:sisy Wack-s republican victory
acaicset by means OF democratic votes. During
the dah2sG 10 :Ici!fg seine occurred 10 Wllon
Mes-is. CyoQc7 aEd Atsns wara the principals.
the later rcnlarkicc the: al assertion OF tho
forgotr iot lie 81. G.! that he, Alkias, having had
his houc would deprived other members
of theirs. was abcI. as true IS any tina! he usu-
susliy Iosds-imDlylng thst Mr.. Conger WAS
VIGOROUSLY snd Ii .bitually mendacious. Sew
ersl members asked him to apologize, but be
refused, s!stiUg that no would not coil his lips
with m apology 10 any such man. Mr.. Conger,
pretending TO misunderstood him, said he was
glad tho gentleman mad npologizod, but was
corrected or tho instant by Mr.. Aikens. who
informed him thst ths idea CT apologiz:Dg had
never entered his mlad.
The consideration of the legislative. judicial
AID execu!9o appropriation bill was then re-
sumcd
Execution.
CHAMBERS rUEG Pa, april l7.-hekeklah
b.. IL ,ru -Tnra3 Lia vyifn Fab Dlst 1913.