Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-10
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WAsnINGT0H, d. G.. Dec. 10, 1879.
la Tho ScUatu to day Mi. Davis, Ct West
Virginia, got his resolution calling upon the
Secretary of the Treasury for tabuatcd state
mert By Ststls CT tho an ouut paid for war
claims adopted By 6 riot part7 vote As stated
yesterday, it il supposed that this will show
inst c.;z ,Ds CT the North have recciTcd more
mooty from such cllims than those Of the
Soutt. Tee Senate as) coucurred in tho
House resolution Tor q recess from tho 10Th
| lnst. to the 9th proy., tho republicans joining
with Aomo Of tho democrats in V0tlr to prolopg
| III, recess. Mr.. Davis OF Illinois. introduced
| a resolution fer the erection of monument to
Chief Justice Marshall 10 Judiciary Square,
| HaIhIDe ton, and aprroprating $4,000 there
| Tor. The nomination Ut Alexander Ramsay,
OF Minnesota, for Secretary Of War. vice Me
Crazy. made Judge Of tho Eighth Circuit, was
| sent to tho Senate ttIS morning and confirmed
| UNANIMOUSLY without tho usual reference The
| S1nate also confirmed tho nomination o G.. L.
| James to be Associate ,luatioa Of tho Court OF
| the District Of Columbia. Ia tho llouso to day
tho hill prohibiting political assessments came
up, and, after 'spat' between McssIs. Con.
ger and Cox, in which the former said DO vas
always Ter harmony, and tho latter, that tho
harmony tho Awe0t singer fran Michigan likes
was the harmony Of! dis3Ori, tho 9TH Ct January
Was lixAd Al tho day Tor lis consideration, to
which time MIR. Conger said his aldo would
rcfcrvo their racket.
hl,cr tho executive 81 s-lon Ct tho Senate TO
day the democratic members held CAUCUS to
consldcr-not apy charges which haVo been
mado against Mr. Bright but report Of tho
affairs Of the Office OF thu Sergeant at Arms pro.
parod by Mr.. Bright.
Among the memorials presented to tho Senate
to day was ono from Largo to1y of Prcsby.
tcrans praying fJr the appointment of o COM
missioner TO regulate tho sale OF Equor also
one from tho Freedman 8 Association OF Kan.
sas. praying that contributions for the aid Of
tho freedmen in thia county from Ireland BIO
admitted FREQ Of duty.
a subcommittee Of Tho Appropriation Com.
mittoc oil The House net this morning and
agreed upon the fertilization aud pension bills,
and will report them to the full committee to.
morrow
Tho Iumor that Stnalor Edmunds has been
offered place on the Supreme Bench, vice
Justice HUT. who will resign from physical
disability, aud that MIR. Eltnlunds will accept,
Is we'll funded. The tcgder has been made by
MIR. Hayes, and Mr.. Elmuuds HIS signiied his
willingness TO accept. Justice Hunt y i'll certainly
resign, but rs neither his age nor term of service
entities him to the privilege Of retiring on full
pay, bis friends suppose they will have no diff.
Guilty 10 passing bill that will cuab!c him
to do So
The ptsoficc at Critters GrOvo Wharf,
James City county, Va, has been discontinued,
AID papers for that place will hereafter be sent
10 Holstead's Point, York county. Peter u.
Lemon has been appointed postmaster at Starry
Creek, Franklin couoIy, Va, vic, w. H. Ste.
pbens, resigned.
The following Inc SIS myers huva been appoint.
ca on tho Senate side Ct the Capitol: j. n.
Snlthy, CT Arkansas, vice g.. A. RcynoIdf; j.
n. Heiskell, OF Mari Iaud; w. II. Doughelty, Of
Pennsylvania, Woo Wrigcy; I. D. KeIeh.r, Of
New York, vice &. ". Kennedy.
The House committee on baking ard cu..
rcrc7 nat this mOrnlug eLd considered Mr..
BucSner's bill requiring the national banks to
Louuds democrat CT New York, opposed the
! bill 10 oDg speech gu the ground CT lis iuGa-
ton tcrd3Ecy. Il wss amcrded on Mr.. Buck
nrr ; suggestion By making it applicable 10 do
pOilts and not circulation. aid will tc further
considered By the committee. Tue c,usidera
ton Of the Fort resolution ier letting tho our
1crcy stand a. II Is, was postponed until the Ic-
lurn CT Mr.. Fort, who hiss gcuc 10 Missouri
with the remains Of MIR. lay
Senator Wade Hampton has btcl invited,
ind has accepted, Oh Invitation to believer
the address before the Grand Army Ct Tho 10.
public at pliS5urg.
The work If CONSTRUCTING nddiliooal store
Steps By which - tsIcud tho terrace on tho
west front of tho Capitol has been commenced.
| When completed tho now sters, two flight of
which Gro 70 be located respectively about fifty
yards north and south oil those now in usa, will
ha trcat CONVEX l!nco to everybody who has
any lu,!nr's Gr plcaailro at tho Capitol.
T,EG PROCEED!.pGs.
WASHINGTON. D1n. 10. 1879.
| SENATE
The Senate adopted resolution off. red by
MIR. Morrill, calling on tho Secretary Of tho
Treasury Ter Information M to tho elect upon
the revehues and upon Consumes from tha re-.
peal OF tho dnty on ten and coffee in 1872.
Tho Senate then took up tho resolution hero.
IoloIe Offered by Mr.. Davis, of w. Va, calling
On tho Stcr.tnry Of the Treasury fir o state
rhhDt OF private claims glowing cut Of tho late
war, rad sIrGa lSfl. MIR. Davis accepted 40
amendment by MIR. Elmuhd., changing tho
dato to March 4th 1851. Mr.. Morrill, offered
an amandmcnt to included in tho information
sckcd fer all auuh claims which hava been rro-
a'nted to aud ri c!td by tho Treasury De-
pirmttt, also wiIah may noe no pending
thn rein. Il 'ceh
Tho resolution as m,nlnanded vas then
adnLtia.
The llon5e concurrent resolution 10 adjourn
iftm December 10 h To January G:h was taken
ny. MIR. DAVIS. f VIVA, moved its passage.
Mr.. Max'y moved i's rol,ronco to tho Com
nltlco on APPROXIMATION. Ito was opposed to
tho rest luton. The morion vas last, and tho
resolution adopted %G to II. Tho following:
Finley. Blair, Cameron Wisconsin Coke,
Conkhng, Eaten, Ferry. Garland, lIanln, j oncs
McD0na, McMlIlon, Marcy, Morrill,, Paddock,
| l'Cldlninn railing Slatnr S.lnr Nannn AMI