Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-24

VI tGe sever! t!s;-;S auvr. tho dec.o.
cra;5 spoken ct as liEeli to receive tbs uoui-
natcn fer Vic, Pre-. dent ncac is rscc.vtd with
moTo favor than that Of Mir. Flaak Uurd, ci
the Toledo, Oslo. district. Lie is one Of tho
lew old time democrats il the toby of which lie
IS member, novor having beco led away from
the hard moo'y ard low tariff doctrines OF d.
lnccTacy by apy CT the sophisles or silly attempts
to get On Tho popular side thet were so Influential
with many OF tho political creau,zuiop to which
ha belongs. llurd aud Morrison Of Illinois oc
cupy pretty much tho samo srouod on the
loiuts, aud both Gro spoken vi 10 cnu1eciou
alth the uomluaton referred 10. Mr.. llurd
spoke last week 10 Richmond and produced O
NEST favorable impression. lilo will address he
democracy vi Philadelphia ono night this wcCk
II is understood that he is Mr. Ksudul.'s iavor
ito Ter tho nomination.. and Il Il. Mr.. riiGcn.
whose llrm freud he vas sll through the latter 3
contest. ard Ter whom he li'lbuScred TO the
| lest sgilDst acquiesclug In tho action If the
electoral commission, also lavpIs him.
The ADJOURNMENT question rcmsius lho uucs-
| lion Of the hour that about the result of tho
Chicago convention being looked upon % pr:c
tcally settled. All the republicans and many
democrats gro doing oil thry can to nc ouru by
The 3lst, aud the action Ct tho House TO day in
taking up the sundry civil appropriation bill in
preference to tho aiiff roitrm bill, though by
| small majority, looks as though there is still
o probability OF afiOurninc by that time There
| Is still great deal OF work to he done to be
| sure, but oil tho appropriation bills have now
| been reported but onc--ihe eepeta deficiency,
| add that. il is supposed, will be in day or two.
| As stated 10 this correspondence several days
! ago. 1t all depends upon the House, Tor large
m;l nifty oi the Senate is nbxioul to adjourn,
and only awaits tho tc.ou Of the House.
The ntserco OF Speaker Randall. who Is dc.
| lHy9d in Philadelphia by tao death of hi, nc
| thur, Is groat lCs' to tho carly adjournment
party, but cVca with his loss tho general i'm
preston seems to he that Congress will &C j)uru
| next Monday or few days thereafter.
With reference to the SpcifOrd- X, lIcgr Gu
| tts;ct election case, rs previously stated, the
late snCcch CT Senator Garland WIS tho NEST
ciiGCl7o ono that las been delivered upop his
side Of the question. Ii certainly sc,rcd kol
| !Ogg mora lhen all that had preceded it, Sc
| much IN fact that it iGducad him to roply, ac Il
yet 80 6iScompascd him that ho mado decided
| failure ord Ind much better rcmsnnd ulict,
The impression now is TINT DO v0lc will be taken
90 the question this session, but tina! 10 the
| event OF certain contingencies niS. session, il
circumstances should bc favorable, o veto will
bo taken then, end that tho likolihaed will
DO then that MIR. kellogg. tho last Of The Garnet
bacgers, will be compelled TO gather up his trars
a3d tramp.
The Senate TO day passed Tho bill known as
the CarIisl c whiskcy bill, tho ru.pcrt of whOh
hos already been printed ID this correspond
erco. Tho Appropriation Commit of the
Senate 10 day agreed TO ,cnort defaicr CT bill
aprroprlatiog ST. 900 for tho PROPAGATION OF
fish. a1d $25 oO0 for tho Cost Survey. TIE
Elections Committee Of tho same body agreed
to report bill with ref!r TO tho senatorial
election IN New hampshire, which will obviate
n repetition OF !ho trouble about tho senator
from that State chat occurred last session. Tho
Senate to day authorized An Investigation OF
the affairs OF the Soldiers Homo by tho Mill.
tory Comnit:ca,and passed bill apprnpristiDg
$4,000 Tor monument to tho lato Profess OF
llcnry OF tho Smithsonian Institute.
Mr.. Blackburn presided in the House to Sav,
Whether he lacks the power to control ite bro.
cccdlnes or not is unknown, bat ocrtnioy nos
and disorder rciged supreme, and he himself,
IN RESPONSE to complaint, had to say that he
was not responsible for tho ircMS.nt coniu-
SIGN that rciSucd in tho House.
Tho judiciary Committee 81 tho House have
| agreed 10 resume the consideration OF tho Ack-
len clsr, aud vii! probably agree upon q report
| next Wednesday. 1t is understood tho report
will arGult Acklon OF any Intentional wrong.
The House Naval Committee agreed 10 day to
report IN iavor OF completing tho four iron mobi.
tors row IN progress OF construction. but upon
different rl4n than Tint on which they were
commenced. The Coinage. Weights and Meas.
a nrVlit tpn
extending The PHILADELPHIA mi1t, if the ground
adi9ioing can be bought at o reasonable pr;c,,
if rot 10 bug The chuici property shcrt dis
tanco from the site Of the mrt Tor tho sum Of
$I@5,G00; also 10 establish sssly cflic.s at St..
Louis, Dsadwood aud at some point net vet
de- lenatcd 10 Alizyns.
Mr.. S. ). Ccy informed gentleman lssi
night that rverylhcr was favorable to a union
OF the democracy 10 New York, aul thst his
| information, dir Vi from lI,icl, was that Mr.
Seymour WGIli acc ,pt thu nomination if ten,
dcrcd him.
lhe following Cnn0gcs were made 10 the Viz
rlnla poSiollicrs to day. Mrs. Victoria Gates
appointed postmaster 1T Mncks' Gar. Patrick
90. VICE Ii 5. Cnlllas. resigned Edward A.
ihlillps at Harris GAP. Amherst 20. vic3 =.
w. Huriord. resigned; Miss Corbic Ra,ks laIc
at SprinS M!ll!, Appomattox Co., We, j. w.
llondrck, removed Tor cause. Tho Office at
Clover Grcon, SpotlsylVnuia. has been dsron
tlnu2d tor want OF oandidatc-plpcrs to 20 10
RoGcy's stcre.
WHY TIE READING RAILROAD AND Coal
COMPANY SUSPENDED. The lnes of the Read.
INK road perIcatc all tho anthracite region Of
PENNSYLVANIA wcst Of the L,hish Valley, AID
comprise thou! 500 miles OF track it controlled
moro coal territory through tho medium of its
auxiliary oigau;2 .tion than my Other siocle
oorporallon in ;he worll; it was larrs miner Of
iron Gre aud nlsnr' ic,urcc Il pig metal; il
operated I'D miles OF c,pal; it owned tgcnty
thrcn whaIvcs on the Delaware river in Pbila-
denhia, ana ran q lice Of iron steamers to carry
lis coal to tho chief Atlantic ports The cari.
tai OF the railroad Company was $50, 900 OQO,
and that OF thu coal and iron Company was
Sos COO 900. As he two couccros were nrcc.i
o,IIy ono. tho bankruptcy involves tho enormous
amount Of SlSS COG. 600 in stock securities, b.