Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-08
FROM W.asHI.vG T9.r.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. 1879.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. 1879.
The Sen.tc 10 day passed bill fer increasing
the runbsr f apprentices 10 the d. S. navy
Mr.. Coukiing uakirg ridiculous failure in or
attempt st VII, hg ezpres.iog The fear t6at the
boys might &c oi these days be called upon tc
p,ese.Va Inc pesc: at lie pss. The bill su
thorising tue appointment # three a3dIti2ns
assistants in the Consressi,pal Library was tlsc
passed. The BIZ! authorizing the President to
appoint Sprule Braden, who holds the Z lean'
| medal, and, who refused an cosign's piece 10
| the Queens nayee," because, to baVe tc,e pt'
| ed it would have necessEatcd reuuncla!lon OF
| bis American ciIiZs nship, an ensign 10 the u
! S. navy, was debated Ut come length, but hnal'
| " went over. Sp!uIe and bis mother were IN
| the gallery, erXl, US spectators OF the proceed
ings, Ii is thought from the result OF to day s
debate that their hopes will be disappointed.
| The bill to pyohiti. tic presence OF troops at
the polls then came Up, Mr.. Morgan having
the floor. As be has largo portion OF The
Senate sud Congressional libraries piled up
around him for reference, it is evident that bis
| speech will be protracted. That it will fully
| sustain the democratic position 90 one at all
acuuainted with him entertars doubt.
The House to dsy, es soon IS the Journal vas
resd, resuned The Consideration of the bill TO
epforcs the eight lou7 law Among ls support
ers to-day, as yesterday, were Messrs.
Gcoao aad Ccy. 1t vas eff:ctualy kill
ID, however, 50 tfsctual'y that it can
not be takcn up again this session, den
cc!ats aui republicans 81 Ike Voliog against
it by large MI .ri.y. and props'ly. for. as
Judge naliis wGli said, il wouldn't look hight
for NAP who works ten hours 10 private em
plcy for dollar TO see the few favored With
government epp!oy mcnt at two dollars aud
half dey o,kiog Only eight hours. Alter
this bill V5s disposed Il the Consideration Ct
the bill for ftes coiaase If silver, aud for max
iDa S. cpus worth of tl!Ver equivalent to iOO
csnts Wolth Of goli was resumed.
Tho House Committee on Agriculture have
agreed upon bill; Tor thu prevention and eradl'
cation of ths cat.!e disease. Ii eplrlpriates
S25 900, and authorizes tho Commissioner of
Agriculture to appoint agents. cot moro than
three for each Stats. who shall BIO residents OF
the vlcioity of thti7 duties, aDd station them at
such pciols as be may selec! on the grea! lines
oil inter. State CON uuU1ail0n. II shall be their
duty 70 iospecs passlag cattle. The Com m!s
sioner shsl a'sJ appoint three Xoerts whcs5
duties shall BE- general throughout The cjunlry.
There is a minority report, and when the bill
shall como before the HOUSE it will DO proposed
to give money to tbs .S;s:ss iCr the lnteodsd
purpose. |. will also b, proposed 10 take 90
uctiol ia the lice Iudlc,Ied 10 .ne bill, Gu! to
accju ysa the 70lk desired by the impostlo9
o! heavy penalties upoa pcrso1s concerned 10
the mlvemrna ct diseased o.tle.
The rr sidsnt is reported to iay Gs saying
that the bill prohoi:ios The presence Of so!dIsrj
st tbe po,i5, which has passed the Hou.e. aud
which will pass 100 Ssuste, is q o1mnleie Vle-
dicat,ou f bis recent veto message. 1t is gen-
orally believed that lie viii slsn il. 10
this co1ntc i'm il may b. said tha: the
impression nov IS that be will also
sligo bill repeating The sia!u;o prescribing The
test oath for q. s. jurors hu: that be will rot
sligo suoh favorable bill With regard to the su
perVisors' lew as could have been passed at the
| sgt sas.iJn of Congress, aud Ihs. would have
been passed then and this HhOl; luxurious aud
unnecessary ezra session avoided, but Tor the
fiieuds Of Mr. Blackburn, ThU Taluiy Imagined
TIA! hat penlcuaas chances tor the speaker
ship would lie better az an tX;rS, than
Of regular session. As i IS tic cuno!ry
has been damaged, aud the democratic
party been taicel to mako CONCESSIONS, AID
thereby weakened before the c3untry, and
all, M it now appears, simply 10 elect MIR.
Black burn, who WAS defeated.
The " si!ac. Committee, ftrne,lI Tcler's,
ioF Investigating elcc:oG frauds, Wall oct meet
again dudue tbs tx'rA session, though it may
resane is work during lns ICo:ss.
No moro changes haze been msdj in tho
ofi,1s g: the disposal d Tao Secretary cod
Sergeant st Arms Of the Senate. BIZ: probably
some will be BnGuurc d On the 18Th iost. Oaly
three ciarges have 50 TT bseG made 10 the Two
priocipa! rooms occupied by Secretary Burch.
DR.. Cairtr, tic claik of the House Com.
ui,tcc on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Is
extremely i'll With pneno2ia.
Among the petitions Introduced through tho
petition box Ct tic Houss TO day, was one Of
Joseph Mie1 aud Others OF Rockingham
county, Va ,teuonstra,lne against The extension
Of BirIsslI's c!Cv3r butler pateGt.
The mud row being scouped up By The ma
chimes engaged liz deepening the Bus;e!n Branch
and the Potomac above the Long bridge, IS
carried down tia river IL point between Jones
Point aud Fort FoOte, where 1t IS dumped, not
on the Is. but IL The chsanel. There is Is l>w Ia
the Revised statutes u the United States pro-
hibitng auch sn oiT,nca uIdsr he.vy pehalties,
and PIC ing u liberal reward i,r iaforuanls,
and all That is required TO stop the evil COM
planned Of Is fjr some ona - report tho Case 70
tue U. - altyrLcy for tha District oil Mar5lsn I'D.
A msh named George MCIaaLey, who h4a just
been released from - thirteen years terra IN TIE
penitenlisTy fuT stabbirg 1illess against him
in q burglary case, was arrested ere last night
while st,em pting TO rob tsi!ors store on l2.h
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