Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-08
FRO.H EF.FSEEEG row.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.

The House Committee On tho District OF 10
lulbia agreed this morning to report adversely
on Ii fer repeslitg the chatter Of the Wash
ingtoD Market Company, The property Of this
company is DOW u1ts x,d, but the conpan7 pays
81 500 to the poor fund # tho District. The
int,ni:on Ct the committee now is ID make
them increas, this sun to $4,000, aud to tax
their properly like the oth:r real estate in the
District Tbs oomnit,e agreed to report
tsvorabiy on bill allowing the Commissioners
OF the District 10 lease square 446 of Corcorsn
Sqlae Tor school AID market purposes.
The House Committee Ga Military Atfsrs,
| OF their meeting this morning, agreed 10 recon-
| met u Tor appointment IS supelDiondenls OF the
National Soldiers Homes Gen. Ffabklio, OF
| Conn General Roberts, Of Maine General
| Wisconsin,; General Palmer, of Illinois, and
GovtrnOr Parker, Of New Jersey. General
Mcclellan withdrew lis name because he would
have bad to resign is position as Governor
OF New jersey 10 have accepted o posi-
ton 90 tho board. General Butler, who
Vas the superintendent of the Hampton
| Home. whose term has Just expired and who
was anxious to be elco.ed member Of The rev
board, did not receive ,iaple vote. Tho com.
| uiitec also appointed special sub committee
to Investigate tho "Whi.taker outrage" at West
poiot.
The Ways nnd Means Committee Of tho
| House to-day agreed to report fsvorably on the
bill knoRn as the Carlisle bill With reference TO
dlstillels and recttirs. 1t is in the interes Of
the Bourbon whisky dsiliers sud against those
OF tho manufacturers Of cheap liquors and high
| vines.
A caucus Of the democratic members Of The
Senate #as held this mOrbicg for the purpose
| CT sottlng upon unity OF action With regard
to tho Spttfrd Kellogg contested election caae,
tut without arriving at dt6iote conclusion,
adjourned until this afternoon.
Senator Jahrs on, who has been ut bis home
Gear Abingdon, for the lat week or n days,
bones OF her srm broken aud her wrist disIo
Gated by a fall, returned 10 the city last nigh
snG vas in bis seat 10 day Senator Withers
is sli ststOt, in consequence of the illness Of
his Siic, whose condition, however, letters re-
| c,lvec from hin 10 day say, has considerably
improved.
y. 9 meeting Of Tic Senate txpdu3 cnnni!-
| Zee Ills mofuiog MIR. S!nntou.o of Topeka, kao.
TESTIFIED that everybody thelo is opposed 10 the
cxnGua. "a ttelt arrival there The negroes
say that they are badly treated ia tho South,
but when they apply for pesos to reura they
say thEt they hRVe mlGrerrescE.ed tho Sou. horn
| people. Tho rollet committe, refuses to ut
them to return S1u:h. Mr.. Doster, OF Kansas,
stated that there is 20 demand for negro labor
10 Kansas. AID that everybody there, regard.
less OF lo.iics. is opposed to tho exodus. A
colo:ed mGn Famed Brcokins. from Ylzo, Co.,
Miss, testified that he bad boon TO Kansas;
! lad heard ell binds Ct bod stories about Kan
sas before Eu went t6err, but found them al
| fss,. lie s gCiag TO use his irhuerc, at homo
okeep the negroes NhcIc thcv arc They an pst,
| lie said, Ilert7 OF work in Mississippi st SIS
per monh and ratlOrs
J.W. o1ley was appointed nos:mas!cr atEiol-
s,on. Washington equity, w., 70 day, yisc
lsasc Z, Morley. resigned.
Tho Disttic: Ct Columbia is outi,ied tortnre-
sentaticn 10 tho Nations Democratic Coaveu
tioA tu: to 30 vote therein. Delegates will BIO
sent therefore toCIncnpai. but who they will
be l5 as uncertain IS the candidate they will
| support. one OF the most knowing orcs nmorg
! them lniormlnP your correspondent this morn
leg that they were as divided 90 Tbs latter po;Dt
es those 70 any other part ct lhe o3untJy.
An CID friend ct Vlryioia, aud ct ono line
before tho war tho Washington Correspondent
OF the G5zette, expressed TO your recent corrcs
pondeut this morriug bis sorrow for Tie mn
| seemIy aspect the State was made 10 present nv
| ITO rcadluSc!s who now have control of its
ttt'lfe, aud remarked that Colonel Strolhcr.
(Pcrto C?eyGn), had told him ia 1861 TINT one
hundred Of the one hundred and fifty shcriGs
thcn. IN VTRlbie, wtro eefautcrs, and that It
was 10 90 tIlc degree Cu> TO their ipNu,cca
that The SAFE :dcC; Lud then said tha. pre
| sent appearances indo4 lcd that affairs had not
improved much GoRn there.
| I,nt;frs hIrn konn p,J hove r,.,, ~ Il
hCsby. UoItcd States Consul 10 Hong Kong
ia which he says: Il have heea threatened
with dismissal for uEcovtrirg frauds cut here.
aud | want to give the adui 9is;Ialiun ca opr o.,
tuolIy Of citIyirg GU. their threat, sud thereby
slgus'Izirg their z ,al fSr civil ecrsioo 1egorm by
puLlshlcg the ouly man Wio hag tried 10 rotcrm
| II. l e0ntlGue 30 hcld the pcs. because have
Tot set cJmr!2tcd M iuVtsUg aud if |
were 10 resign Cow AID 20 bone, the ring would
Claim 1t 60 s;cofy, ard say resigned under
c9mru!.loa The republicans avidently caught
laEtsr Hhen they took the Colonel into their
service, fox the loEser they keep him the mere
| Ct their ftvilug he Tot ool; discovers but re-
vsa!s, and set the ocy ground ;cr removing
| him wcu'd be his tf:jorcg, aod 10 tura him
cut tor that wcu,d SaCck The m5rs! scnse Of tie
country.
! ga !u:sdl7 j. K 'he repirS 10 The d ,nna!ly.
WGshEufno Case Viii b. rrsscEtcd TO the House
! uoNnl.teo Gu E;eciobs aud REPRESENTATIVE
| haotlns expresses bis Intention Ut immediately
| calling the mater IN 10 the House With yi,w
| oil reachlag In ta:Iy vote upyn tho nscrits f
| lie case.
The principal AID papjIs Of Miss Bsld1in's
maio school at Stsuaroa, numbering sb,u,
1T b:su!lal yourg ladies', arc here on a visit
and will stay uati 10 morrow. They are STOP
Iios ut the National Hotel. They we're at the
Caplt@l yesterday, aud were the Cbjscs, cot
GUY CT general strtcoa, bu! Of both general
aud iodlvi}ull admiration.
Intel lsetc, from Cumberland is to Tho effect
that o)al shipments By the causI ara cffcctuaIlv
stopped By reason of the strike among the
boatuea, aud Lhst al ths c5al is nov eopg to
Bdilmcra b. r.rosd. as mary So seven hun.
dred CIR ioads having been shipped oue dav
this week. Ito BJrdcn Go. had Eve boats
ready to start down yesterday morning, but the
ST. Srra Trfvnr tsd ,ha,, frnm l,,r;..