Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-17
FROM WASHINGTON
Speeial Correspondence of tbs Ale1a. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. II, lsSO.

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circulated 10 both houses Of Congress tbs m orn-
ing maintaining the view that ns Gen. Garfield
has boen to Europe during the last fourteen
years. ho is Ineligible to the Office Of Ptesl.
dent uader tho se,;ion Of the Constitution
that provides that 20 person shall DO eligible 10
the Presidency who shall not have been four
teen years o resident wittio the United States.
Mr.. Richmond, of Virginia, has bill IN
charge. and will Try to get IL up 10 the House
to dav. for psying 10 the heirs of the ato IT,
W, Hendelllte, of Virginia. who YVES collector
Of internal reveLuo Of the S.h internal revenue
distric', sum equal to s25 year from 1869
TO 1874 less the smouot he received. Mr..
Heuderte, it will be remembered, walked Gu;
of window of the METROPOLITAN Hotel here
last wiuter ard was killed. Hs paid Out of bis
own salary large part Of the tax OF bis cstrlc:
because the time was short 10 which it had to
be paid and the district was largo, and this bill
is to recompense bis heirs fer the sum be paid.
The House Committee On Agriculture has
appointed sub committee to oondense into one
sll tho bills that have been reported with regard
to the extirpation OF the cattle disease, and to
report it as soon as possible.
Navigation on both the Chesapeake and Ohio
and tho Alexandria Canals ia closed for the
winter, and tho water has been let Oft. The
work of repair to the Alexandria Canal Aque-
dec. is progressing rapidly. Two chords, an
upper and lower one, are to DO renewed. One
has boeu framed already, and the timber Is be-
ing prepared fer the other.
o. course, DO body CID sly how the Supreme
Court will decide the cIss argued before it yes
terduy BY Mr.. Roy,l ard Attorney General
Field, Of Virginia, but q remark OF Judge Field
during the argument induced some to tblak
that be- at least is of the opinion that The State
OF Virginia has no right to tax Der bonds let
alone the coupons attscbed to them, uro1 the
pitt ciple that q State has 60 more right to tsx
deduc. portion Cf his own WheD be pays 1t.
A vigorous fight Is 10 progress here for the
misunderstanding at Charlottesville, Va, between
Mrs. Mary Long, wife of the lato Gen. Armis-
tead Long, of the Confederate army, and
daughter Of the late Gen. Sumner, of the u.
army. the Incumbent, j. W. Porter, North
eru, AID j. II. BIB and J. A. Niche.
native republicans, with odds, i. is supposed,
10 favor OF Mrs. Long.
The congressional committee on the York.
town centennial held another m.eting to day.
aud determined definitely upon tho programme
for the CENTENNIAL. They selected MIR. Win-
throp, OF Massachusetts for the orator, and MIR.
Hope, of Norfolk, for the poet, aud directed
their clerk to forward Invitations to the govern.
nrs of ell the States al i to tie members of the
Yorktowo commissi,D.
The Committee en- Appropriations OF tic
House will report the sruy bill before tho re-
cess. They base it upon 40 aggregate strength OF
IS coo men. The committee will sit dulicg the
recess, and expect to have all the appropriation
bills, except the euudry civil. river and harbor,
and legislative, ready to report when Congress
reasst mb'es.
The late David Roberts. u5c'e Of Mr.. Ell
mund Hunt, of Alexspdria, resided Dino miles
fom Philadelphia. in house erected in 1873.
which, with the farm attached. had descended
10 regular succession from father to son size,
the deed to the farm wss obtained from the
Duke Of York.
Rumors respeo log the INV cabinet are nl-
merous to dsy. Mr.. Pierrepout, Con. Grant
and Senator Allison are spoken of in oounec-
ton with the posi- ion of Secretary of STATE;
Senator Blaine and ex Senator Wilson for the
Treasury; Senator ice Brcwo. A. W. Camp
bsll or Gen. Wickham az the plssible South
ern member; Don Cameron and L. Z. Morton
for the War and Navy Departments. respec-
lively, and Senator Hoar for Attorney General.
AIumor was current about the Capitol this
morning to the effect that Geceral Grant had
been rendered the presidency Of the Adams
Express Company, and that as Secretary
Thompson had knocked the pins from under him
az respects tho Juter Oc,aDio Canal he woul1
probably scoept it. These reported cttsrs to
Grant ere becoming disgusting as we'll IS mo,
notonous. and sporting man ct the Capitol
this morning said that If the General was
accommodated soon be would offer HIN the
place of general manager ct bis faro bank With
a salary Of sos, 900, which sam he thought bis
attractive qualities would warrant.
Tho House to-day determined to pay tho
family ofits late postmaster, Capt. James M.
Steuart, of AlexsndIis, six months additional
salary aud $3.50 for lis funeral expenses.
The Senate to day by a vote OF 90 to 81 r.
fused to concur in the House resolution for ad-
iournipg from the 22d Instant to the 5ih
proximo for holiday rtcoss. but subs quently
reoorsiderod the vote.
Mr. James Reo.or Smoot AID bis son A. +.
Smoot, of ALEXANDRIA, ware at tho State De-
psrtment to-day aud chained fer the latter
passport. lie will sail early 1txs week for
Matarz ,s 10 the bark Nicola, COW loading ut
ALI xandria.
MIR. Frye was cal,cl home to Maine suddenly
this morning by the illness Of his mother.
The stone for the new Consolidated Army.
Navy and State Departments now approaching
completion is brought from the granite qasr-
ries. near Richmond, Virginia.
Mr.. Salisbury Gays be will not call up the
Kellogg case uotl eftor the holiday recess, when
Gen, Hampton and Mr.. Lamar and all tho
Senators will be present.
Mr.. William Cogap, Of AlcXapdris, has just
completed the apparatus for heating the steam
or Arrowsmth With steam, sud it is needless
to say to those acquainted With the versatile
skill of that gentleman that he has accom- lished
tho lob 10 the most satisfactory manner. The
Arrowsmith is now one of the mcss comfortable
boats Cd the Potomac
Affairs In Ireland.
Another British cabinet council was held yea-
terday to dcu.s Irish affairs, and it is believed
tbs government will have their plans ready to