Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-28


of the Supreme Court Of tho Utited States
since 1868. and who was 10 the Clerk sof6co for
many yeaIsprcvious. 10 subordinate position,
died this mCrning, and the court adjourned until
20 moIrlw rs mnI k Of respect to lis memory.
llo wES hbOut SKY tfree years Of eye, vas a
u,lvo OF Pinct George county, Nd, was rsised
the District of Columbia, Fl led the duties Of
his flee le the most Satisfactory maDner, and
wis highly rcsnoc:rd By tie court oud al who
koo" him. lis ofic, wss a lucrative one, end
be had acquired quito large iortuae. Ills died
o. souf, aud bad been S OK for soUo line.
Ii Is reported here that letter has been
Eiltten to general Hutton y friend from
WarrcDtoD, teiilng him that a rumor Wss flat
thoro to the effect that ho IVES on q still! hunt
Ter recc miuatOl to Congress, and tina. the
runor yeas doing i'm some haru and that he
replied !h'ro Was DOT en-. word Of truth 10 tho
rumor, that lie was 20! sccking the nomination,
aod that he had rot done aud would not do any
thing to obtain il. Ii il understood, however,
that is did not say be would . Joe the pomi
ua'iOn if rendered him.
l.. Is believed Low that tho Curiiu- Iocum
contested cleo i)n case will comc up il the
Hcusc as sccn as Mr. Speaker Randall returns
from the Pennsylvania d. III 7cralic convention,
and that MIR. Y ccum, the grecnback republican,
sill bn custed. ThiF, probably. will bu the only
ooc CT the contested election ces disposed of
This session. TIE special committee appointed
10 investigate The anonymous letter sent to
Mrs Sp!ioeer With retcretce to the Donnellyr
Wsshburn cas) met this norpiDg lni CON-
meDocd their work. MIR. Springer, IS is krogp,
es,Ilte' tho authorship Ct this letter to a man
oamtd FlDlay, democrat. and assigns as ono
ct bis reasons for doing so, the remarkable ono
that Flnay by Offering 10 bibc him TO vote
for the republican thought he would eyssperate
bln lnto voting for the democrat.
The House Committee 90 Railroads and
Canals heard Oh argument this morning in
lavor OF an appropriation for tho construction
OF the proposed Chesapeake and Delaware
csna| ~ Mr.. kimmel, member of the House
from Baltimore. There is DO bill for this pur
pose before the committee, aud tho impression
is that tic majority Of the comm ittco is Cd
posed to it.
10 tho Seoa'e to day Mr.. Davis, Of WIS. Vir,
gIula. who, Ter long past has been love s.i-
ealing c!rtain cfockedness 10 the Treasury
Department, presented the report tf the ma
lorlty CT his mmlttoe, to the eff, CT that there
bad ros oil been great irregularily, hut posi-
tive frauds 10 that department., ard that the
Efforts 10 det.c, them were tlways rendered
aboft'vo ~ the cry that The Investigation would
noc's late the cwIl oyment of a great number
OF extra CLERKS. aud be- conducted at great cx
peBse. MIR. ltsnlls presented tho miuoli,y re-
port, to tho tfcc. that Mr.. Davis 10 his in.
vettIgaton had been mcr1 DESTROYS to tus ain
the charge no had made on tho flor of the
Senate aselrst tho lntt gritty Il tho depart ept
than to ootaln the actual facts OF tho case, aud
that the tHoit to loacr tho public credit by
lhr doubts upon thc honesty and efficiency
Nth Tilch the Hairs Vi the Treasury are c,o
due ed, WAS not onIy uopatrNir but deserved
rir0"g r icim oil rcpro,nh. Too general i'm.
ptesslou abOu Ihs matter Is thar p.opgr in
v, \ palon Ut the aii.lr4 Cf tho Treasury would
ShGw an hlnt S: un'arriclcd amount of r, b5crv.
but Ia, mater De s has gone nhout il in the
"r"ne Wy, tnl rhu tls work by rull ny the
lhtetest'd pnriIrs Oh thti: guard, has d ice
mere toward ca, calling than t, revealing the
evidences OF tn , plumber.
unll re oily there wss hardly doubt that
Mr.. Kellogg Wunli rcIan the seat in the San.
sc "a which he Is MT rntItlcd, but he spe, ca
OF MI Bia'n:' iaSt hiot,iay tEs ruvrloprd hat
matter 10 'Gsld'r.L!o d, uat. llnu that line
many Gem CO hal nat ttc.icd bow to y1te
on the q'l;stor, snd some, suxjnus 10 remove
nnt fhy "lI cause Tor raising smother slct,onal
cry, but all APPEARANCE Ct such causc, had CON
GUIDED 10 v'tJ against the iGGj Irlty ranoIt for
unst alOg hin, bat Mr.. Il aioe' ) spcech, by IFS
violent sccuona!!!m and grauit0ui Insults 10
tho Srn'hcrn member, has changed al this,
aad 1t IS TacstIoush!e ncw whether the ma
JnrIy reps r wUn!! bo defeated ii Vota wgre
taken upoa 1t a; en- cell lay. 10 oust ke logg
would BE- piRyiag into he hands Of the staIwarts,
Who would checrtuIy sacrifice him TO obtain tho
party capital they suppose could be- mads out
OF bis expulsion, aod many thIk that Nlr.
B,airo'a speech was deliberately Intended TO
produces the exact eject it oil.
PfomlGcnt acd politically we'll in!crGcd Viz
alHia gentlemen say t!at the result If tbe
Stauo:on Convention must Icdouod to the IN
teresiS OF tic CONSERVATIVE voters Of that State,
and that tho action CT suoh astu.c politicians as
ilarvic. Ilotiett and barbour, in eunouroing
Their determination to oppose the Elan OF
brloglGg the State GG5t question iDlo ns,iopel
politics, is LARRY i1dicausc that tho best and
lhlLk;ng clement ct tho rcaCjuiters' party in
tha: State Will coubtcnet C, DO such wild s,hrno
as that advocated 10y the Mahcni'cs. They sI,o
thlok, as do oil other Wise ntn, ADD as has been
heretofore RECOMMENDED 10 this correspondence,
that the CONSERVATIVES Of The S .8to 10 the seize
tlonot their delegates 10 the NatiooEl Cincinnati
Convection AID srp0iutmeot OF prli iculia
e!ec ors should 10 particular DOT to overlook
suoh III o as the thr,e iclllemen | have panied
AID others equally as prominent conservative
readiusttrs.
have last betn s50wo COPY Of the Rex
lngham Register OBJ timing card from w. p.
Grove, Ceoylpg the c)rrt ctness Of q statement
made IL this correspondence, to the effect that
when reotnt'y here ho had said that MIR. Paul
had made advances to bis patty and bad met
With 60 favors bic tsootss. and 10 wEi,h be also
says that he had 20 cooVersai1n with neWs-
paper man during bis visit. | am Undue ID by
this dcoial 20 to'ieve that he Mr.. Grove refer
red TO Is TO better than tie vast majority of his
party 10 the Sou b. There ar, good, true, hon.
est republicans in he North undoubtedly, and
q lie" OF the sane sort 10 the South, but that
the main bcdJ Ct the party in the South is not
composed OF sach Material is unfortunately for
the best Interests OF that st ion but 100 we'll
knoWn, and Mr.. Grove evidently affords 40 ex,
ceptlon 10 the general iulo. lilo msy not have
bad c)Dyersation with anv reuono,,,r w., :;