Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-18
FgC-H EI.iSRI.vG TON.
srEC1hI. TO THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
Wh.lINarnN ID O. Ian L.

WAsHlNaTGN, ID. o., Jan. Ia.
Ailcr the clas. # this correspondence ytstcr'
day the House tock m !hc bi f5F the payment
Of $500 10 Tho trustees CT The Protestant
Episcopal Seminary aad High School, A!ezan
dlis, Va, for the i;a; Ct buildings during the
war, ard debated it {; length. Il differs some
shat fcoua the William aad Mary College bill,
as that YES f.r Ito destruction, and this Ia Tor
The Us. Of properly. AID it is lhcug BIT that had
rtta upoI it been pressed yesterday lnlmcd!.
ateIs a!;cr Tic speech Of Mr. Kelley, oil Penn.
sylvania, ir favor Gift, ii would have passed.
Its managers, hoEe7rr, allowed speeches ln'
tended to b ia fave: Of il to be made which
really did it harm. 1t will cnUe uo again next
Friday. and &c several uoTthcIn republicans,
notwithstanding its bad management, bavc eX
pressed themselves as cot opposed to 1t, l: is
possible that sufficient number Cl northern
democrats may be bravo cucugh to vote their
real sentiments uIoa 1t, aud TINS Eccu!o lib
passage.
Tie committee of ci.Ze1s which is urging
tho claims OF the free bridge over the Potomac,
| lust above tho aQueduct and at or near The
| rhree Ss:crs, met Sapator Rollins. CT the Sen
ate District com uiitt.a, &c Thom, IS a sub com.
miticc q one, the mattir Was referred. tilj
morring, Nlcs;rs Lacey, Thompson aud hlcore
we're present. The passage Ct the House bill
or this purpose gives those il wbose favor It
| vas passed stsrdiag such IS allows .tecl to
| treat With The Icssccs Of the Alcxandria Canal
| Auuaduct, and one OF the propositions now pc-
| foio ihc Srnatc is 10 SO a!ncud the House tll!
! Is make the aqGcduat briGc. The site Of the
! proposed ueI bridge, the lcsscc5 OF the acquc-
| duet 10 BE- Paid fox tho use CT the lcr= upon
wiioh thn uew bridge shcu'd be Quilt, aud pro-
vision made lex keeping HE aqacduot in per.
nancnt rep.ir Nothing WIS done this morn
Jag but to i.scn 10 The reuaIEs Of the Gcnte'
men mentioned. 5ut it IS understood that MIR.
Rollins is 10 iaTer Ct the proposed amohdmeet.
! TIE D.stG;c. Committee Of the HCus, also
| held y uce!Ds this morning, Which wss nu'
| mer0usg attended, iG. the purpose 81 consider
ing The memorial Q! tho tax payer: OF the D.s-
s!ct Ct Columbia: for the passage OF bill to
empower the Commissioners Of that District to
revise, correct, or GnnEl special assessments
upon the written application of sny person
| whose real property in said District has been
assessed, providing for en- appeal 10 tic SD
| prcrlc C>ur. Of the District IL C0lumtia tforu
! the action Of the Commissioners 10 respect to
such application BY aDy person l2clIoS aes:!cVad
lhsrebY. aud for Other purposes. Dir. Huoto0,
who IT'S mainly Instrumental 10 having passed
the bill this is intended to repeal, waa not
present. having gone to WGIrcntoo.
The tiIarce Committee of the Senate vas
also in session to day and he'd under considera.
tion the proposition 10 reduce the tax on to
hscco. L: was Que o'clack before they could get
il quorum ard as reporters were excluded, lt5
rcsul: had rot tials pred when this iercrt closed.
The uoulinnlon Of Gen. Logau for tho Sen
ale by the republican caucus Of the Illinois Leg
isature, equivalent to en- election, seems 10 al
ford uudissGised d,lieht to the sta!wlrt car-
graasioual delegation irom that State A
turncoa democrat makes the mos. utsa radical,
AID fsr that reason tho radical party delight to
confer emc'umcnts upon them.
The j. H. Maddox. who is connected With
the Louisiana electoral vote, apd, who is alIud.
ed 10 By The witness, St. Martin. in his commu,
nicaticp5 to the public o1ce oFTnei form rcar
L:cratdtoRn, Md, and Boon afec tho var
lived 10 tho house i1 Alexandra now occupied
By Col. SGlilc.
The Senate vas co! ia session 10 day, and the
House to2k up the G:ncva Award bill ~ soon
as the Journal Ct yasterlsy's prac'c!l!.ga was
read, ana debated it at length.
The nomination Of Mr.. y. &. HaZatr, OF
Annapolis, fer tic vacancy On the bench
Of the D.s:tic, CT Ce!GmIia, sill, it 10 IN
derpspld, be cotfrncl at 81 early date,
Il seems to b, satisfactory 10 his future aaS ,el
gics and to The members Of the bar.
1t il reported that Gov. Hartfsltt will be
made Collector Il the port ot PHILADELPHIA,
ami tia, tho Bella Mission having !aeh ten
dlretl 10 Mr.. George William Cu-tia Ord DO
eueJ, has oow hcco offered to Dr.. Palmer.
The House Commiitcc on Foreign Affairs
held a ,nc2ting this ncrHi:,2 and dclcrAicad 20
rless tic passage O! Tic BIZ! for returning 10
Japan The nnafy txac;cd from her f!iccG years
aga for imagins:y damaeas 10 American 7es4e!a