Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-15
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&>cc;;! Correspondence q III Ejj::a. Es7.$.
it,tsIii.;fIn., , Z nn- - 1870

t'iO i-:-'SiS tI-lG( !@thsNiion i'.SCCo'SA
petition from Frank R!vcs ior permission to
print TIE proceedings ef Congress lc.oTdisg to
Tho old contract with iEo Uanefcssi9aal Globe.
MIR. Saunders had rcsd 10 the Senate 10 day
letter ifam rx-Gcg. Ncuscrl. Of Oregon.
reoon needing that State as a hcmc for tie
negroes n08 enisrstiDg from the South.
Mr.. Voricca Introduced two bills, chs 10 gHg
Tho soldiers the difference hetEeea the value oi
| gold Grd the cuIrehcY 10 which they have boca
paid, ard enc to investigate the rcasops for The
pre- mt odus Of negroes from the South. Mr.
Butler introduced resolution TO amend hr.
| Bayurd's resolution for deplivirg tho trcasur;
notes OF their iegsl tender quality, 30 rs to make
tho limo 81 that deprivation 1885 instead
Of 1881.
Gen. Bradley I. Johusou, Of Baltincra, was
here to day with committee Of BlitimoreaEa,
and appeared before the Committee on Public
Bnlldirss Ter the purpose of having tho sts Of
tho Dcw postolEc, changed from Monument
Square to the site originally selected On Bati-
moro street, which site it is said is mere acccp
table 10 The board CT trade Of the city. and TIC
busocss men generally. Con. Jahosoa is one
ship for the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal, ard
ssya ho believes that application will be grartad.
In on enumeration Of Tho officers CT the u.
S. Senate reocni!g published in Chicago pa
per Rev. DR.. Bullock, the Chaplin, is rut
down aa an oE Confederate caicncl.
Mr.GcorGc .jamicGon. oil Tic firm # j mic.
SOD & Collins, Of Alexandra, who had The
contract for much Ct the traSs W0.k about The
hall Of the House WAS there to-day Oh business
connected with tho ventilation committee, who
want s0mo improvements made in the werk
already done by the firm Of which nlr. JAMESON
is o member. and Which vol, no will have
demo duiipg the holiday rtc:s:.
| The Committee OF Elections Of the Stna!e
| this morning had such kilograms as Fir. IsgaIIs
consented SHOULD DO shown tncp, exhibited by
the ngcnt Of tho Wtstcrn Unipn Telegraph
Company, who. however, refused TO rra;.uo,
sach nS Mr.. luealls OF iccted TO-
Tho plund,lue OF visitors to AIinstGn Is IN
organized gang Of robbers, under tho namn Of
guides. was oalr;cl to such en- txttn tiss tho
chicl Of police SET special fo:ea to wo.k at
breaking it up, 1nd has su;c3cdai in acGan! lish.
ing the end in viGw.
Tho only Virginia cAlo decided 10 III, Su
prero Court to day vas that Of l.. }. t3ibb5nrv
IS. Dor, Tliith was dismissed fer Tic rtasnD
that the sun iavolvaG is less than $1,000. Ia
the BuIlcl- uhiNefdon case. to decide tic LEGAL
tetder quaity CT the Treasury notes i; YVES le.
tefmlnGd by tic parties iotcyeslcd 10 ,rosent
ibrir wlilt3n motion, aad tho urt will Ct eide
whether or not TO cpt2rlsin il alter hc holiday
IeeesB
10 the House TO DAY Dir. Gooda ott0dueed
a bill to carly toto effect tho act for TIC con L.
s!rlctiou OF q rc'r'geratlng ship. and GOO to re
mcvo the pei teal disabilities o. W. Il. Ward,
Of Norfolk.
Tho Committed on the D.at,iot Of Columbia
mat tits ncraug, but tho consideration O.! the
lice bridge ac:0ss the Potomac. al The George
town Aqueduct, Was postponed to ilturc Day.
C6l. j. Is. S;twlrt, whose raijroad suit with
LEON and others in this cry sorc yCars ego
will be remembered. is now in the city. lie
says tic sane sGit hos been removed, first to
karsss AID thee 10 Br5okIgp, 10 bolls CT which
places 1t has baen decided in his tavcr, and that
alter another report is made, it will bo brought
back. either to Alexandra or to WasEi0gtoo.
Persons who came up on tho steamer Lndy
| OF tho Lake from Norfolk yesterday tcp; TT
having made tho most agreeable trip Of their
lives, as tho Chiclgo Church Choir piaalcr,
Company was Oh board aud treated the passau-
music they over hoard beftlo.
Among the appointments SEPT by The Posi-
dent 10 tho Senate to day Wsa that OF John A.
Wright, Of Meryla to 30 lqGiaa eEcaf ct
Fort Hill AgarcY, Idaho
Tho Senate scjourpcd soon after O'Clock
to-day, and the HOuBa OF . O'Clock. after tho
call OF States took up y strict OF CuiuabH bills
met tulrb!o0dcd rear juster member OF
tho Virginia Legislature, Mr.. Fr.zirr, here on
Saturday. lie had jus. arrived from Richmond
ana said that Den. MAIZENA, would ba o!ccltd
u. 5. senator 10 m6rsnW without any trouble,
but not by Rach largo 7o!G rs he would have
rcotivcd had tito election tskcu ,laoo earlier.
That now tho party iirrs wcru tightly drawn,
and the General Support would oGme altogether
from the readid5t:.s aud republicans. lio said
that 10 negroes would DO nominated BY the read
jlAcrs for county jldE5R. In reftrcrca 10 in
dlvldual judges, he said Mr. Pattoo, formerly
editor Of tho Wing, would be elected judpo CT
Rockb!idge COUNTY; MoUsto probably OF Luz
doun county, ard possibly Rourd OF Prince
William county. That ls Farr. tho tciduster
member from FaiiaX county. was friend Ct
Stuart. tho judge CT Alcxa1dria, tho latter
would probably be rt,elrc!cd, rs we'll OIL Sang
scr. OF FairfHx. Cochran, Of Altenarle, he
| said, was hjuhd to 20, az every other ju iga OK
capt Stuart, who il not a reatiu>tcr, aaa that
| the rcadlustcr member Of their counties, md
| it there WcIn no such member, then OF the
district in which their COUNTIES Icy, would name
their SUCCESSORS, and in d0ing SO would bo
guided moro by tho olodidatu' Il saSarisn as
q reafj hsstr thau by his knoS ledge Of the law.
In short. that tho only requisites tho r$a3iust
FRS demanded OF n oenildaIo were, that hn had
onco read law and ia good readju,tsr. Hc
said that as tho judges would apr oIot The ASSES.
FOES. tho McCulach bill vas already practically
l,d, na under n}W assessment tho taxes
collt cod would not 10 Sufficient 10 meet tho
requirements Of that bill. Ucncral Richmond
member oil Congrt 8, from the Southwest dis
trict of tho State, who wal participating ia Tho
conversation. brtke the torco Ut this argument
By qniatly remarking that labd ia bis s.ctoa
was sclliag for tWc, its assessed Valuation.