Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-10
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ESPECIAL TO THE ALEXANDRIA GAzETTE.J
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 10.

ESPECIAL TO THE ALEXANDRIA uaIhAAH.J
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 10.
The Senate chamber, h3cr and galleries, Was
crowded this morning to hear SenatoralcCererY
make his last speech there, as bis term e1pres
with The present Congress. TIE speech was Cd
the proposition 10 transfer the lodian Bureau
to the War Department, which the Senator
favors. He vas 10 excellent trim aud made one
of the best IS we'll IS Que of the most amusing
speeches eYer made 10 that body. He illus.
tratcd the love of patronage and power By the
opposition the Interior Department made TO re-
lrqui.hirg that il possessed By Deets CT Its
control of the indians and the desire exDresse
By the War Department to obtain 1t, end sal
that love even had en abiding place IN the
heart of women az manifested by the efforts 10
obtain the privilege Of suffrage, and that though
he believed she would never exercise that priv
ilegc except 10 case of emergency ne was
certain that emergency would allie ct
every cleclion. Conlinuing he said that
preachers when they commenced their conflict
with the devil had entered upon con.
trsct sufficiently large to absorb all their time
and attention, and that would leave them very
little of either to devote to Icdlan. affairs, and
that had it not been for tho persuasive sedu,
ton of General Grant By which they had been
nduced 70 l?aye their respective charges, ID
which they were d0iog good IN the positions to
which Providence bad called them, and take
10 their residence among the Indians macy CT
them who had DOW fallen iron grace would
now be !eaiiog honest lives or filing honorable
graves. The Sanator was dressed 10 flll suit
| IF black with dress coat, aud beautiful bou'
uuet was Isiog on his desk The arlc;eet at.
teu!;ou vas paid to every word be sid. The
crowd il tho galleries vas equal to, and that 90
| the hoor aprr1Ximatcd that present Tsen hlf.
Blaine usds his speech providing Tor the Tel
| Ter committee, hut 40 Senator Was correcting
proofs as Senator CoDkIing was On that Gees
sioe. MIR. MCCseery used 20 notes, and bis
speech reminded the elder psrtioa CT bis large
| audience Of those that used to be delivered 10
the Senate ia the bstttr days of tbs republic.
| Messrs. Daugan, Wells, Lacey Gnd Genera!
| Hutton were before the Senate Committee on
the Disr:c. of Columbia this morning il refer.
ence to the free bridge compromise bill. bu! in
the absence of the chairman, Mr.. Dorsey.
nothing was dore. Aoother mceling will be
| held this week, howe7er. at which i: is prob
abe i. will be determined II rep)lt f!Vorab!y
on The bill. The committee Oil report id
| yerseiy on the bill granting charter 10 the eye
| and car inti!n1ry OF the Dlstrc: 81 Coluntl'
upon the ground that congressional ac'!on vas
not required 10 the premises.
hlr. Maunios, CT Mississippi, in the House
this moIuiog, moved to suspend the ru!tS 10
order t, take up bill 10 reneal that requiring
test oath for jurors ia U. 5. ccurts, aud that
pro7idiog for U. s. supervisors Of election, but
| the molion was lost Dy yo!o OF l27 ay2s 10
| ia noes-aot the required two ttlrcs.
An effort was then made to take up and pas;
the posta! sa7iDg5 baUk bill. tu: It Was &c.
| feated by large mi JGlty
Senator JohDstoo, who has baen dangerous
IL i'll for the last day O: Two from nervous pros.
tra.ion, is better this morning, sDa his friends
are hopeful Of bis r2c)vary. Sone Of Lis
family, who we're telegrnphed for have arrived
AID are 10 attendance upon him.
Judge Casey. formerly Of the Court Of Claims.
died this morning ct the Riggs House CT pnau
m oUia.
The River and Harbor bill viii b. reported
to tbo House at an early date. The appropFia.
lions tor The RappahauOook and James ii YES
and fer Nouini arc much smaller than these
interested in obtaining tbcm hoped for.
Amoug the appointments sent BY the Pfes
dent to The Senate this morniog were those Of
A. l.. Russell, of Penn, 10 b, oonsuI to Noa.
teyideo and Chsq e. Hsughtcn, to b: cailec-
ter Of customs at Perth Abbey.
The Cc.nsni On Ways and Means Of The
House Determined this noruiDg to. ask the
House fH tw3 days this week, oce for the 81
gar tax and t4so> other Tor tde general purposes
+ the committee
Csps. Coxdeu, ~ho is Interested il the in
provemeu; e i!4 Mississippi river, SAYS the
bill that recently rOssed The House proridicg
FIR commission to report upon the improve
utnt Of that liVer is Altogether 10 the iotcrcst
OF Cap. Eldep, who is in the interest Of The
eastern RAILROADS. and that the bill will OCCASION
o great expense Of nouey without any CORES
popdiog coed.