Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-14
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Spactci Correspondence Of tie AleoE. Ga:

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WASHINGTON. j.. g.. Nay Il, 1850.
Tho linalco C1rrnittcc Of tic Senate agreed
this morning to report .vorabIy upon wat Is
known ss the Carlisle whiskey bill that has al
ready passed he House The m.in points OF
this bill are as fojloss: 1t makes allowance for
leakage, repeals The per c:nt. interest, reduces
dstiers bonds. rope,s rac'itierp' bonus acd
facilitates cxoortaii3u ty renewing restricting
claus,s.
The Senate special comniitco ca IN, presi-
dental electoral c)unt agreed, by s:,jcs party
ro,' to report substitute FIR tho rule that
hns heretofore governed tho counting Of tho
electoral votes. As previously stated. tho gist
of THIS substitute is that it requires the vote Of
both houses Of Congress to r,j.c. tho vote OF
State when there ia but one return from that
State. ard the vote CT both houses to accept
the vote Of State when there arc moro than
one SIT OF returns from that S;ste.
Horace Porter. VINO was on General Grants
staff durGg The war, and was his private sfcre
lary when 10 YVES President, AID who resigned
that position to accept the VIC, presidency Of
tic Pullman Car Company, which he yet re.
tains, has jus: reached hero from Chiclgo, and
says that he is ebtirtly confidart the General
will receive tho vote Of Illinois in the Chicago
convention, aid tia, he will b, nominated on
the first ballet.
The Old petition Of David Hatch. of Conncc.
tlcnf, iJr redress ct grievances W3s Irntroduced
in tho Scoa!c to day by Mr.. Eaton. It's long
mCmorial, aII rCciics that the complainant was
arrested, scDtcIc,d to b killed. and actually
kept 10 c3pfceucot on the island of San DO.
mingo ty IncaDs Of I corsI Tracy, in Which Grant,
Babe cs, and others we're parties, until the
treaty Tor The acquisition Ct tho i5lani by tho
United States could io succ, g. fully negotiated;
that lie suffered etIavously by lc,son of tho
treatment he received through the iusrumcn-
talit7 OF this conspFEc}, who feared that no
would Interfere with their usisr;ous plans. ADD
c)pcIudes hy asking Of tho government, Of
which the conspiratorS were tho agents, pccuni
ary compensation for the damage hi' business
sustained at their hands. Tho presentation of
this petition and its rcaCiog by Mr.. Eaton set
Mr. CouEllng upon h's CIR ct cneo, and he do
character OF great ard good maa at limo
when his grateful countrGmen Wcrn about to
confer unon him tho mcrited honor Of third
term, or words to that eject.
Secretary Sherman, who has Just returned
from NoT York, was Interviewed this morDiug,
and says he is certain tho Grant detection 10
Pennsylvania is 40 myth, hut q positive reality.
acd tina. while DO WAS ia Nov York he received
ASSURANCES from both that State ard Now Jer
" that he would receive material h:lp from
both those States. lilo seemed much moro
hopeful than be Wss when he went away. But
especially is it true with rcgeri to MIR. Shcr.
man that mcn arc not what they seem.
a ooDldersb!o brccZ, Was created 10 tho
House to-day BY the inlroduciion Of rosou.
ton providiog fer adjournment On the 3lst. 1t
was offered By Mr.. Gibson, ono Of tho two
democrats VITO voted for it on tho Committee
CT Ways and hlennF, and was favored by oil tho
republicans add many democrats, but the anti
RGodal! men Md those who would be known as
free traders. among them Blackburn, Reagan.
Iowoshcud. Hooker and others, nads vehement
opposition and by otFcEirg amendments provid.
Ing that the resolution should not be eff,c.iVo
until vailou9 measures CT tariff reform had been
adopt, q, succeeded in at least having o vote 90
1t STAYED of uoti tho Legislative Appropriation
bill DOW before the House shall be disposed OF.
The House then dispensed with the morning
hcur sGd proceeded VIII tho consideration of
that bill. 1t ID evident that majority Of the
House IS 10 faVcr Of adjournment 90 the 3lst
Instant, but thcro seems to be some doubt in the
Senasc, mcmbcr OF which body informed your
correspondent this morning thet recent devel.
opmrn there iDarc3d him to ,hirk thnt the
anti Randall feeling had Invaded thu. body. for
that from some ura1countablo reason Mr.. Wal,
lance had alloSc all yesterday to escape without
intEcdutiag tho postctic, appropriation bill.
Tie tlso thought that something had recently
occurred TO make The Grant men there not 80
anxious for 40 carly adjournment as formerly,
DrDhahJ n kpnD fhn Riaino m mn, har, If H,ns
krcbs away for the Chicago convention. 1t was
reported iu the House gallery this morniug that
among tho rcasoIs that iLfl1ence tho opponeuts
of the resolution in that body was o dosro to
keep Speaker Randsll away from Circinuati