Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-20
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Special Correspondence of the Aleua. Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D.. G.. April 20. 1850.
The House Committee GU WAYS and Means
agreed to day to report favorably Oh bill Nos.
AIS. 1894 and 2552-the first for the car lila
ton OF export ttbacco bonds at the port OF
shipment the second, regulating The importa-
ton OF raw mateli1!s to bo manufactured 10 The
United States aud used 10 The construction and
repair of vessels engaged 10 foreign trade; and
the Il ifd, 81 curing liens on impcrs. Mr. Ran.
dali Gibson. member of the committee, hav-
ing returned from New Orleans, whittier ho
went to secure his denomination for Congress,
having, as will DO remembered. been elected to
the Senate Tor tho term commencing 10 1888, was
presaLt ct the meeting this morning ADD re-
corded his vote on the bill reducing the tariff
on hoop iron to 35 per cent. I'D valorem. When
the vote 90 that bill WAS !aken by tic commits
| tee, week or two sg,, and during Mr. Gbson's
aosencr, the result was lie. MIR. Gibson was
! allowed TO record his vote to day, aud by voting
10 the affirmative secured favorable report
The Committee Oh Appropriations agreed to
report the District appropriation bill TO the
House TO be printed and recommitted.
Ger. Joseph E. Johnston has been inter-
| viewed on the subjic; Of his 10 e ion and has
| amour c:d himself candidate for ropomiua-
ton. The General is very correcs and proper
| member of the House. and has the il fuerce
that is usually attscbed to diguity of department
| and high toned III arnlity, but bis bts. frier d.
don't pretend 10 attribute to him the possession
| OF any of the essential qualities of states man.
or even OF the less mstlloli1us oaes of 90 efficient
polite ans.
The House Committee Oh Patents spent the
| morning 10 considering bill 10 repeal bi for
| the extension OF the wood pulp patent. 1t ia
| asserted that tie bill for extending tho pa
tent WAS gotten through the House By tricks
that wore cot datk enough to be vain, and that
the chet instrument iu etfec,ing its passs &c was
| MIR. Stow.lI, carpelbag member of tho Hcus
fIon Virginia. who was Interested in the pacut,
and who made false representations to Mr..
Springer, by which that gentcman's obj,c ions
10 the till we're removed.
The Senate F,nsnos Com nittee to day agreed
to report fsvorably upon b for Increasing the
pay Of night inspectors 10 customs houses from
81 so to So per day. The committee slso c,n-
sidered the bill for tho CANCELLATION Of export
tobsc 70 bonds st the pert Of shipment los; cad
OF at t1reien ports IS now provided, but came
to Do conclusion thereon.
The following changes in Virginia postc fic ,s
| were made TO day: VIM Whalsn appointed
postmaster at Langley. Fairfax Co., vice H. w.
Pool, resigned; Il. II. Bsber a. Boeseille, Buck
iogham Co., VICE NJ. s. Harris resigned and
he Damo and site OF the postcfic, OF Sea View,
Northampton Co., changed to Wehoga, and T..
X. nottingham con,ioued as postmaster.
A hill is now before the House for charter
Tor railroad to connect the two railroads CO.
tfrlng Washington from the North. tho B. &
y. and the B. d T., via the Alexandra Canal
Aquedrc: Bridge with the road to enter it
from tho West, tho Baltimore acd St.. Louis
railroad andwith railroad 10 ruu sloDg The BARN
bank Of tho Alexandria Canal to Aex,adtia
A somtwnat similar bill w,s defeated 10 tbs
Senate by MIR. Wbyte, but the Objectionable
part of it having been stricken out Mr.. Whytu
says ho will not oppose it any longer.
Senators PendIetcn, Eaton, Garland and
Morgan, and Major Peytoo. executive clerk of
the Senate, having accepted an invitation TO
spend day with DR.. Gordon at WarreotioD,
wi leave here nsxt Saturday morning and re-
turn the following Sunday Dighs.
The National Academy of Sciences met at
All Souls Ctutch here 10 d,y. about twenty
i've membtrs being present. After the reading
OF paper on tic fOs!Is cf Colorado they went
into executive session.
Mr.. Wheeler, the &C ing Vice President, is a
very fair presiding officer Of the Senate and has
never ben rightly accused Of uuiustly using
his position to further his party's ends. As q
! radical politician he s probably one of The tarest
10 Congress- Heis rich man but is said to have
made bis fortune hooesty, aud is highly respect.
ed by bis near hbors-thn best evidence of
bis up;ishtness. Mr. Wheeler was member
OF tho House when it passed tbs famous salary
grab bill. IIs opposed that bill but drew tho
money he was entitled to uoder il, aud pur-
chasing U. S. bonds TO the anouot of tho sur.
plus OF his legitimate salary burned them 10 the
presenno oil treasury official, and thus 10 the
most ttfeciuaI way returned ito amount to the
Govaroment. 1t has been stated recently that
Nlr. Wheeler has aspirations for the Presidency.
This Is not so, nor did he sce tr want his pre-
sent position, sud, when be received the dispatch
Informing hin that he bal been nominated, no
expressed his regret publicly. Mr.. Wheeler il
him every Sunday and spends Sunday evening
at the White House ard participates in the
singing aud such other religious services as sra
| always held there ca those evenings.
! Captbin BAR, prominent restiustar OF
Southwest Virginia, and the probable candidate
Ct that patty for the nfx. Goopross trcm the
district now represented by Mr.. Rich uoud, has
written a letter to fiispd 10 Wythe county, 10
that State, in which he says that the rca6just-
ers have been practically successful 10 readus.
ing the debt OF Vjrginia. and that tho same
principles that operated 10 cGecting that pur.
pos, should DO applied to the reaojustmc1t of
the national debt. This sentiment may be
popular with tho reacj usters in Virgicis, but it
c.rtsirlv will Dot take 10 the North. where most
of tie Uo!ted States bonds srs held. and will
ltjure any party there that has any part CT lot
| with the men who entertain it.
PECULIAR INCIDENTAL Incident clriously
Illustrative cf French criminal procedure is nar-
rated By the Paris RappeI. A man was being
triad few DAYS ago q. the Assig,s 10 The
Department of the O,sa fot tho murder of a
priest, and the medical cVidenc, as to his can
tY was very cotf:o.icg. 10 tcc,rdarcs with
| tha Er NAH proo,i,, - n;.I.;.,