Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-19
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SPECIAL Correspondence Of the Aic1a. Gazette
WASHINGTON y & i)or Ia 1870

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! SPECIAL Correspondence Of the Aicca. Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dee. -, 1879.
Congress az journci 90 dsy uu,:i the Oh Of
JiGu2rJ. C01:riIy TO Tie ususl custom mauy
0! The mImj,rs, Especially ;hose who hay, rent
CO, CT VINO own houses there vii! IL, 90 home
AnoHg those who will remain Is Gen. John
s!on.
The ion OF the Senate Was exceedingly
shtri, lss;icg ooIy long enough for the open.
in1 prayer, the readiOg OF the journal and the
announcement Of tho commntie appointed
unccr Mr.. Voorhees, resolution to Investigate
Bullock, IN his prayer, made 40 appropriate
| alluson to Tn, coming holiday. The committee
alluded II is composed Of Mossrs. Voorhees,,
Varca, Pendlctou, Window aod Blair.
The House this morning passed @ resolution
10 tit Up the space in the rear of the Speaker s
chair ard tho ladies reception room, and for
still further Improving the ventilation OF the
House. Mcssrs. Janicson & Collins, OF Alex.
andrIa. vii supply tho brass work requisite
for the Litter purpose. The committee on the
ofk.0Wn centennial Wa1 appointed, with Mr..
| Goo!o, OF Va, as its chairman. MIR. Goodo
| says no thinks there is time enough between
| NOW and the l9;h Ct October 1851. 10 have tho
yorktown monument completed. the opinion
of the Massachusetts Historical Society TO tho
| contrary. The Committee on Rules reported,
! end tho consideration q their report was fixed
| for the 9Th Ct January and daily thereafter
| unit final seton shall ba taken upon il.
Gen. Walker, Superintendent Of the ceGsua
says here is no truth 10 tho report tina: tho SUI
rotVisOrs will be appointed in equal plumbers
from both political parties, or rather that il the
Ire sicot has arrived at any suoh dellrmi6a
ton ho has DOT been informed OF il. He
adds that As he is to ho held responsible for
the manner ia which the census shall be takcp,
and as the President has delegated to him the
nain;pg OF the supcrOiaorn, ha will be governed
in til appointments by the efficiency rather
than hn politics Of the applicant; or, 10 other
words. that an applicants politics will not ho
considered.
TIC Committee on EI1cions Of tho Senate
passed an order this moIrire directing the t,le
graph agent at Tops ka tn have I'LL the kilograms
relating to the lAto senatorial election in Kansas
beiarn the committee on the 9Th pr(Ximo Tho
committee asa agreed to hear soma n ore of Mir.
ktiioee's Wlnassts
Tho H use Committee on Buildings and
Grounds agreed this morning TO report 10 favor
81 giving halt OF tho additional 500 900 asked
Tor be Baltimore for the Monument SQUARE
psntOlice 1t the city wonl1 give tho other half.
just b;t1ro tho House atjoarncd to day the
President scat message to it, which, hGWnyir,
was not read, urging the necessity for an nppro.
prlsilan tor retaining tho flats in tho Potomac
eft The harbor of WashiogtJn
D. 4. Dyer has been apprnlrd postmaster
ii Reed Island WSthe county. Woo Is. Il. All.
ts1n resigned. AID julius Notirgham ut Ward
t0Un, Norihanu tn county. vice Il. t.. Smith
RESIGNED.
Secretaries Sherman and Eva;is left this
mornIrg for Philadelphia to Gno to day with
Geo. Grant.
Senator Morgan rntnrnrd to the CITY This
morning IRON short visit TO Orange q. H.,
whittier no wont as q gust ut tho wedding OF
Major :. :. Bradfort, WHO was married there
Yesterday, Al thu residence OF Mai. Robert
Shnard. TO Miss Fsnpie Blttailc, formerly of
Mobile. lilo speaks 10 tho highest teiml of
the hospitality Of the Eirpinianp.
WAILACK's ORCHESTRA. Tho orchestra Of
Wall; OK ) Theatre. New York. is famous for
it, extraordinary precision. This is due en-
tirrIy 10 Thomas Baker. an Eoglishman, WHO
has condrc' Cd it Tor years. MIR. Baker used to
suffer terribly from rheumatism, but know is a.
supple and ElIahin As school boy. Tie aictibcs
his freedom. e. hu ought, 10 Giles Lirimrnt
l3dido Ammonia. GILrs PILLS cure Bilious.
ness S6l1 ly sli druggists. Send for ramph.
let 10 DIR. GILFS. l20 West Rrosdway, N. Y.
Till 5 70 - ooGts.