Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-09
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Special Correspondence Of the Alera Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Arril 9, 1880.


hard a! work with The River acd Hsrbor bill
and hcpo to have it ready t, be reported to the
House so oetinc rext weti.. The opy change
made to Gay 10 the bill SO reported frGm the
sub Committee wls ono at tho instance OF
Ger Bcae, making the appropriation for q
Virginia river so 900 instead of SIS 900.
The Hors, Gem ntlee en- FCrtigo Af,irs
this moraicg ssreed to report fuvorshly Mr..
Coy's bill tor words fir in New York in
1888
TIE House Connit;e ca Ways and Means
sp.nt the whole moEDiEg IN considering the
bill for reducing the tariff 90 hoop iroD bu. the
morning hour OF the House arrived beforo q
vote c)uld be taken. |; may b., however, that
thu cou m!ttee sill como tot ethEr again 10 day
ADD definitely decide the bill 8 tate.
The Appropriations Committees of The House
are uog epgased upon tie fertilization and
general d,fcisrc7 bills. both OF which they
pa,tlslly considered to day, bat NEITHER OF
which will b. ready to be reported fer several
d.ysyet.
The Senate Exodus Comm had baforc
them this mo.rilg C0oltl A. j. Johnston,
land commissioner Of Tic A'chison. Topeka and
Santa lie railroad, a rtplbI;c.n; Major Allen,
of Ottawa, Kansas, q democrat, ard j. h.
BTch. negro from NV OtlesLs Their evi.
dele, was of the same character as mest Of that
which has preceded it. This committee, the
Of c:s,iy fur which vas tcclsioned by Mr..
WINDOWS schamc for notwithstanding ladiapa
aud incidentally OF deprlVipg tho Souh of it's
labor is becoming quite bore, aud very ex-
pcrsiVe oEe to boot; aud then, too, all that The
numtr0us witnesses lXamiled have proved
namely, that The negroes have been deceived
by radical emissares lnto leaving ntorlabe
homes where they Gre wanted and going TO 30
uncoEgenial climate where they arc cot wanted,
aud all this for 20 other purpose than TO put
republican votes where they arc mcst wanted,
and to il uro The Stuih--Eas as we'll known
before as 1t is DOW. aud cluld Dot be better
known il the inscsti ga'i1n were to cjn!lrus all
the summer.
When tie bill author zing the printing Of
300, 900 copies Of the agricultural report came
up 10 the Sana!e 10 day. Dir. Blaioe wanted it
amended so as to give &c 900 copies to the Sen.
ate-that is, coo copies 10 cach member.
10 the Senate to day. ca motion of Mr.. Johr-
stou. the VentzucIa claims hill was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Senatorial democratic CAUCUS rcsssembled
this morning end roeuned tho consideration
of the question Of the .dVlsatiitv of taking
lmneclate &C ion upon tho Sp1fflrl Kellogg
contested election CASE. Tho debate was of the
same charatt:r o. that OF yesterdays two
meetings OF tic oeucus, the older AID some of
the mere mod rite meu Of tho party being eycrse
to takitg the bill up to The drlsy of what they
consider more important bills, tn. MIR. Voor-
hees and somo ct the younger men Of tho party
advising speedy action. The caucus adjourned
without definite action uall ten o clock to lnur,
row. O1c of he members from far Southern
State inormtd your c0r1t pendent ttil morn
log that be had 90 GGpbt the case wcud be
pressed, bur encthcr and cider member in
formed hu that tic thcugbtthe Geooya Award
bl end he Appropriation bills wcuid DO COG.
sidertd first aud thaI the contested election
cas-, wou!t bbvo 10 Like Its turn.
A. tic meeting Ct The House District Com
miltee to-day MIR. Roonn, clerk 10 charge of the
'specel a!sassnerts 10 tho cfhc, Of tho Commits
sloDers of the D,stslSi, testified that be had had
fifteen fraudulent drawback certificates pre-
sented to him, and that his a!tcptiGn lad been
directed to them by The D.slrics COMMITTEE,
aud thst no had knowledge Of several Others
which he had brCughaso the atteution of tho
Commissioners and that the Com aissianers he'd
referred thtm 10 the District Attorney
Major Bob Hunttr and Can't. j. Y. Williams,
OF Winchester, were ct the Gali.ol to day and
ibvited Seustcrs Gordon, Vance and Vocrhtcs,
ADD Representatives. Blackburn ard Cox 10 nd.
dress mCelrg Of The demLcracy ct thu lover
Valley to be ha!d 10 their town on Monday the
81 Of May. The ipvifalioos ware accepted snd
the meeting. il is Zntccd. will be ooe tf The
largest ever htll 10 Winchester.
a pCsotioe Was established today at R,st.
Frederick county, Va, with Miss Beilic l..
ID "
pointed postmaster CT Spes;sYiile, Sorry clun!v,
woe A. Il. SeRsrd, DECEASED.
Mr.. Wo|Z, vel! knovu Nireioia rctubIi
can, i, canvGs5ug that State Tor s,iaigbtous
republican presidential electoral Ticket, and soys
that suoh ticket will BE- decided upon ct the
State republican convention TO BIZ held 10
Staunop. lie also sfyJ tb1t S.Daior Mabouo
csmo 10 WASHINGTON . response to telegram
from Senator Don Cameron and that when
there PROMISED that Senator that he would
81 cure Grant the delegates 10 the Ch;o,go
Convention to bs nominated at Stauntoo,
hut world rCt pledge himself TO VITO for
Grant. This locks very much as if the General
were trying tie imp: ssi5Ic teat of stcarins from
tue widest politician amoug tho Republicans q
reward for work that is Already done and TINT
he had no part 10 accomplishing. for that Grant
will receive tho republican v5tc OF Virginia was
an assured f;c: l0rg before tho Sibunion Con-
vcnlioo was even talked about.
Mr.. Grove. a republican from Hariisorhufg,
Va, aud Mr.. Graybl, q dont crht from Wood.
stood, 10 the sane S!a.e, wtrs at tho Capitol
to day. Tho fcrmtr says that Mr.. PsuI has
bcen makIog advauoca to bis pGT!y. but thht he
mcets with no Ie:p0rsa; that his plrly arc 10
favor OF 10 alliances with any other psrty. and
are for running sraiehtout republican ticket,
for which the regulators, If they choose, can
vote, and that thu repudatcrs Gre but O small
fsc'icn 10 his &C loo CT the State. The latter
says that but few democrats il his county will
allow difforeLc, Of opinion us 10 The amount
of principal and rato Of interest Of tho State
debt to Induce them to desert their political
friends 10 other States in their Ginning contest
for a uatioral instead Of sectional president,
Col. Colktill, Uo'ed States Attorney for the
District of CoIumbis, Informed your eorrespon.
dent this morning that tho case Of the u. 8. ".
Nowsud AID BalInDeor Of Alexandra is still
before the Grand Jury. but Of course ho could
not tell what would come Of it. The witnesses
that hnye tnap eyanined an far heva harm r 7,