Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-06
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WASHINGTON. u. g.. Feb. &. 1850.
The Irrub'.c,u cdhgcnilan 81 ilc Disircs nl
Columbia mot aL raima,!gn iiall here this
mOlnirg AZ 10 clock, tnt these ar. y, many
cInlcatinS drlegstc1 that thc cmmittrr on oic'
denIal- will not be ahie to Report IrohaLly ho =
fore 3 u stock ihil ait. rauan rhr prevailing
impTe ssIon il that the two delegates to the
Chicago onnvettcn will b. Nl Dab Ioeersoll,
who. as Wcnd"ll philra #aya. haa moro Jaw
than tranE. aol s. j. lto@rn, whom Grant
treated 40 sahhily al,lut s house. or urso
this delegation VII b. an! Grant, aah for
Blaine.
10 the ll0us th4 morning NIr. Conacr made
the bill Tor tho relief o! tha polilsa! disabilities
Of John Ovens, Of Portsmouth, III, OCCASION
Tor a tlrsdc u3Dn the South, and tho ncc,s.i
ty Of cImpoiink cX-cjnlcderaics 10 suts,ribo
themselves ex icb'l'. Mr. Uoola replied very
mildly, and to the effect that they Wei, not
forced 10 do 40 by the laws Of the cjuntrp. and
that until thc2 were thry shGuhI not be lu1i.h
cd Tor not dIing M.
Tho Senate Cur,.aitico On Educ atom this
morning ngrcnd to report !arolaGiy upon Mr.
Burnsdea bl, with n few minor nmen,!Iaenta,
to C ,tablish an educ !tloDal fund and apply "A
portion OF the proceeds Of The public lands to
public education. and 10 proVil, for the more
complete endowment aud support Of national
colleges for the adranc ,mcnt of iccnt iio ard
Industrial educ .tioo. This bill provides that
tho not pre- .eds 0! sales public lands aud the
nct proceeds o! pntettS shall be aot apart for
tho education OF tho people. but does not rro
hlblt the entry OF h0mo.taads nor abridec the
power OF Congress 10 grant bounty lands: the
money 10 be appurtonod among tho several
States accordiog to their population, between
tho ages OF and 20 yeats. prOvid d that for
the first ten years The said urpurtoument shall
b. mado c)rGing to Tho STATES respectigc
population Of Ten years tli and Upward, who
can not read and write.
The bill for the appointment OF =. 2. Powell,
now q non-commissioncd officer in tho army, TO
tho position Of = lieutenant, which has bacn
reported upon iavorahly by til. House Com
mitco on Military Affairs, will probably como
up 10 the House next Tuesday. Mr.. PoweII's
appointment is recommended by all tho offi,ers
of bis command, and would have boon made
long ago bat for the fec: that WHOM minor ho
fought 10 defense Of bis native State. lie isa
brother 10 lew Of Mr.. j. Il. Tucker, and once
Irsctoed law 10 Loesburg.
Thore was quito Iqdabblc 10 tho Senate
Committee on the Census, this morning, on the
appointment Of man named Simmons as SUI,
pcrvisor Of coDsus for tic first district Of
Georgia, Senator Gordon, on one eide vehe.
mently opposing the confirmation. and Senator
Hill, and Messrs. Stephens and FELTON,, of the
uouso, advocating it. MIR. Stephens was SO
harsh IN his remarks. that but for his enfeebfcd
condition, MIR. Gordon would have teit himself
called upon TO demand an explanation.
The House Committee On Epidemic Diseases
and the National Board of Health havo had q
conferences, aud agreed to report 10 favor of
allowing Prof Gamgee to build his reGgeratag
ship his OVID way, provided no docs not tx
pend moro money than the bill appropriates for
that purpose. Secretary Sherman has refused
to authoriz, the expenditure of this money
heretofore Tor the reason. it is reported. that
Prof Gangee int,nds to build his ship at Nor.
folk instead OF at nortbarn ship yard, but the
action referred to. if conclrred in By the Sen
ate. will mako his opposition of no avail.
At meeting of tho House Committee on
Education and labor yesterday morning let
Ter was read from the Secretary of the Trens-
ury, stating that, lnsicad Of there beng in tho
Treasury $500 600 Of uncill,d for bounty for
clored soldiers, as generally supposed, and,
which il is proposed TO distribute amcng sever
oil institutions for the education Of lha colored
people, there was only $40 00u TO the c:edit
OF such fund, and that clsinls were daily
conlfg 10 ~Licll would probably absorb nearly
the whole of Lhat sun This informa,i)n nut
an entirely nnp phase ou tho sutjsct of the dis
Irbution, and the committee postponed the
OF tho sutiic t, more prcpii0us
season.
Among tho strangers on The floor Of tho
House yesterday vas d. G.. DaJarnottc, *.
member from Virginia. Among the strangers
a tho gallery were Judge Ball and Mr.. Daup-
as Tyler. Of Loudoun county, Va.