Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-13
FaOsu WIsREyYaTOE,
Special Correspondence Of tie Alera. Gasett
WASHINGTON n q k.ril II 1890

1he Stnatc Finance Committee to day agreed
10 rtport tayo;sbly upon the bill FIR The reliti
OF carthn tobacco Merchants Ct LYrchburg who,
With The nseut of the internal revenue tf6c IF,
sod tobacco to sp; llator with the UNDER
s'aodIrg that be was to pay The tsz ca it, but
Who W re- afterwards Compelled 10 poy that tex
when The 20, cl!a'cr flied 10 psy i. TIE
c5nmldee also agreed to report flvtrably upon
bill creating commission Of Line members
to take iuto consideration tho whole suti:ct cl
| tarl1l, out adversely upon the til for the crea-
tlon OF com mission to trQlirc into and report
| upon the manufacture and sale Of quor. These
bills were subsequently reported t, tic Sauste.
The FL. ions Committee of the House
agreed to day 70 report the two n ,luious the
| adopted last week, with the reports thereon
ona TO the tftci that Mr.. Washturre of Mime,
| Sofa, was not entitled to the seat be holds, and
tho other that Mr.. DoDntlly. his contestant,
| was also without title 10 1t. The sub commit
tee OF the Committee en- Public Bulldogs and
| Groutd5 agreed to day to report tayoraby to
tho whole committee bills app1op1i1tiug
$l25 600 for public building OF Galveston,
100000 Tor ono ut Frankfort. $500 900 for
| ono at San francisco, $75 900 for one at
DALLAS, $50 tJr cno at Jefferson, $50, coo
Tor one at Oxford. At tho meeting OF tho Com,
mltteo on Indian Affairs, MIR. Beud.r, o eek
10 tho lEd'an Bureau, appeared and suggested
ameGcm: mis- to the Indian appropriation bill, Ly
which tho appropriation IF that bill would bo
Increased 5000, 600. TIE President OF the pana-
ma Railroad Go. appeared bet,ro tho Commit
tee on Postcthocs and reccmmer Il ID subsidy
foT ma steamship no between tho IT, s.
aud Central and South America.
The iolIoM'ng charges we,e made in tie Vir
glpis postottices 10 day: Geo. W. Keller an.
pointed postmaster at Mine Ran Furnace
Shenandoah county, vico a. J. Boyer, resigned:
G posttfice was established ut Oneida, Franklin
Co., with S. W. Williams as postmaster, spd
enc at Bushy, hliid!esex Go. with J. Nj. Revere
as postmaster.
The Intention of Mir. James Barbour. Ct
Culpeeper county, Vs., one OF the original and
conscientious rtaT jastcrs Of that State, TO sun
pert the nomination Of tho Citc.onati Couyen.
ton. WHOEVER he may be. while lust what was
expected of him, affords much gratiGcuioo 10
the nuUorous Vlrginians now hero. MIR. Bar
bour is oue Of the most Influential men among
tho readjdslers' patty, AID his Differentiation
not to let lis opinions Oh The State debt on.s
ton att,ct his ieaty to The national democracy
will uuqucs ionab!y produce beneficial tifsst,
The Senate Exodus Committee to day cyan
lned Mcssr5. Porter aud Hicks and a c9Iored
man Damed Falkncr, all from IIouisiana. and
whose t's lmOuy was Of tho same CHARGER a.
that whisIl bias preceded it-nam:Iy, that tho
negroes wet awlv iGom Louisiana uoder tho
Impression that they woutd better tarir con
dition, and that this mlios sion Was prodcc,d
by tslse representatives.
Senator Withcra has returned from Wv,hc-
vile, whittier he has been Tor m, tine past
IN etteudsrc' uTol his sick wife, and was ia
bis seat TO day. Ihe condition OF his wife, her
numerOra trlecds 10 Alexandria viii ba glad TO
learn, has iurrcved considerably
Tho Senate Committee On Foreaa kT.ira
was oonsldcIog tho proposed nep Bcl,ian
frosty 10 day, but clnO 0 10 conclusion the r.op,
The g'nersl Impression about the SpGffOrd-
NeHorg clec:Ion case DOW seems TO DO that nat
c1so Will not be further considered ia tao Seo-
alto any moro this session. but tie reported in.
tenl'on oil tic democratic members of the Eco
tloo Committee 10 res'gl If that bo the oaso il
not crtdltai, fir nOthlug 20 Tarraat it was said
IN tho list oaucIs, anu Mr. Salisbury, The
c"atE,ao CT tho cImmt:ee. went homo imnc.
cia'ely alter thet sauc1s AID has not returned
sirc'.
The SIKH Massachusetts, Regiment, tbc repi
mcGt that was fred ou wien passing ,brougi,
Baltimore on The l9h Ct April, 1861, has b,en
Invited 10 visit thet city on the coming auriyer-
sary Ct 'tst day, ond haa eccrp ped the Invita-.
tion. Il will b. eutcttsiaed By tho Grand
Amy OF tie Republic al that p,st
At tie hour 81 ooon to day. VIII. Il ;hc opcn-
lGc prayer snuuid have b6cu clumenecd By tho
crspl!iU, R,v. DIR. Bullock, who w,s reaac,
tbeic we're bu: t,w senators present, AID the
Pr.sidrn; pro t'n.. Mr.. TEutmlu, said s)tto
vctc. "Esii, D.Ctur. ,hcse fellows rlust be noro
tuue'uai. end he prayer did rDt c0mmcucc
unill Tuclum h:d a?pesfcG. La this c)uneo
tInu 1t Hay bc stated that cs Mr.. Wheeler in
i"GGs % oniDMrcCo lis achi0u Oh The LIT of
May, aad IS nearly he half Of spill has gone,
lis thought robabIe that hc nag not r.iurn
GgNin iii! season..
] he trial 81 SE1"'hcrs, he Lc.ro who /. utal.
|y outraged Miss liras, commerce d in the
criuioal curt htra to day. TIE tx,miuaiion
OF the witness IL CONDUCTED 10 tho presence of
small number OF spectators, cul7 a6ou, twenty
i've berg sdmiitcl
Mr.. j ohn F,ssott or A'rxlLtlcia hsa been
appointed eek At ito agency OF the Frpiuis
Midland raifo I'd il this CITY, vice Mr.. Mao
Daniol appol6tcd agent.
With regard to The Cur TO- Y ecun contested
S'tO.'Ob o'So ~ iS chpbpc u NV tlUuSJ VIII uc-
u!ere the seat vac4n. and order another cleo ior.
The demo Gratis arc il favor OF this, aod the re.
rubcirs will not tppNo it, 40 they are not
favorable to lr oobacSe!g whom they oo1sider
whi;cwashtd d mecrs,s
Ia tho House to day Gen. E.iog ID. do a
spec CT 10 Mr.. Akio's hou7 for or uGiog tho
debate Oh !ha army appropriation bill, AMI 10
1t related oil the arguwcns that had been
urg,d ty the republicans nssir s legislative
rId.rs 10 appropriation lille, saying that suob
riders had hcretctcra net the u1q1sf.d sup
port of republicans; that 10 the 49, Copgress,
Hh:h ,ha republicans scrr iG the majority,
there were ferry srPl IIjsrs. sbd duriug the
last twelve years there had b,cn Euudreds Of
ihtm. sud thai by one CT them he Republicans
had deprived President johnson Of ali bis con.
tfol of the arDy. TIE mprt s,iou g thai q vote
on tbs bill will b, tlkan to day.
LJCfk HKE t-sTEEs.
TIC City Council will meet to night
SEQ notice OF City Treasurer NJ. B. Harlow, in