Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-13
From WASHINGTON.
ial Correspondence Of the AEe1a. Gazette.

W ASHlNGTOE, y. u, NC I0I 1coV
The House District Committee. at their meet
Jog day. cat down the proposed APPROPRIATED
for filing 10 the old csnas tu:h Of the Capitol
from forty to twenty Thousand dollars, and rc'
quested the Committee % Conmclc, to appro
pirate million and quarter dollars with which
to commence at ono, the reclamation Of the fats
10 the Potomac off this city.
10 the Bsyly.Mosby imbroglio, all the
charges rebuttals nDd counter charges are cot
yet TO- They constitute largo bundl,, which
General Raum says be will not examine until
all the Interested parties sly they have nothing
more to present. The retention of Capt.
Beaty lies altogether with Collector B,Lls and
it is almost certain that be will not be removed.
| Co. Chspua1's paos is at The disposal OF
General Rsum, aud he. too, it ia now thought
will BIO retained. This of course has reference
only 10 the present administration, for des-
perate effort will be made With tho rext not
only to remove th9D, but all the other Federal
Ulcers IL tba S!h congressional dis.r;ci of Y.r.
enia who refused 10 support tn, straight re
publican ticket at tho last election.
MIR. Speaker Randell 10 on interview with a
newspaper correspondent to- dcy said the demo-
c:a's intended to folc, through the i,int rcs,Iu
lion for counting the electoral vote, thet they
had tbs lat votes nec s,ary to cffec! that cb-
| loot, aud when that bumbsr was present would
| do 30, and show Mr.. Robson that they would
not egree that Vioe President Wheeler had au
tbority to select q President.
| l: is understood to day tina! Il dcmec'ats
| have mi ,rity Of the members OF the House
present, and that they will proceed to morrow
| to .leot Judge NoWlio postmaster. The JUDGE
said to day that ho would not determine def.
| pitey upon bis assistant and mail carrier uati
| after be shall have been eliced.
| The itiot congressional committee o. the
Yorktown centennial held another meeting this
| morning, arpointed sub committee to wait
upon tho Secretary of the Navy AID SEQ what
part the navy would take in the affair, AMI what
assistance 10 the wsy f,tonts. boats. &c. it
would lend. 1t WAS also determined that the
programme Should continue for three weeks,
| the first three days CT w0ich to be under the
| control Of the congressional counttoe. and the
| remainder Of the tins under that Of the York
| town association, which w!s represented before
the committee to day By Judge O1d, of Rca.
mond.
Tie morning hour of tho SeuaIo to day WAS
Consumed 10 debate upon the signal service.
duriug which MIR. Vest wanted to know why
the command Of that service should not be opsn
| to naval as wall as to army officers. and avaled
| himself of sn opportunity to pay handsome
compliment 10 tho lAto Gem uodoro MaurS.
The mcroicg hour of the House WAS coIsuu.
cd 10 dsbate on Mr.. Hurd's resolution, to the
effect that Mr.. Taylor, who was eleced 10 ell
! out the term for which Mr. Garfield WAS elected.
| is not entitled to his seat, b,csuse tho district
| tha. elected him is not the Same that elected
MIR. Gar6cl1, having been changed siaco the
time of Mr.. Gardeld's election.
Intelligence was RI C lived at tho Was Dtpart.
| ment this mcroiug to the effsc! that tho recent
Interest taken 10 the Poroa Irdians 10 Boston
is altogether unnecessary. and that delegation
of those Indians are now on their way to Wash.
ipgton to state that they are perfectly satisfied
with their present location, and don't want to
20 back to the place from which ttey were re-
moved. TITS is blow to Mr.. DAVIS, of Mas
sachusstts, who has been uslrg bis protsssed
sympathy fer the Poroas as meeGS OF SECURING
bis 70 election to the Senate.
Three leading republican senator's, l. inuods,
Carpenter and Logan, made their 6.st appear.
auoe for the session this morpioF. Mr.. Cork.
lag hiss not set appeared, but his absence ia
not attributed to any desire Cd his part to make
preparation for hostile meeting with MIR. Bay
arc.
Secretary Thompson is being d:nouue,d
roundlv nv members Of his own party for &C
c,ptiog tho Presidency Of tho American section
Of the Panama Canal Company. They don't
hesitate 10 say that he has been bought Si:h
rrioe.
Tho PRESENT, or DC h Congress. has had
three sessions Tho members, as is kooTp,
receive 61sd s,!ary Of S. 600 year, mileage
to aud from their homes onoo for each ofthe two
years of which term i, composed, ADD station,
cry fund for taoh of the two years.
which they can draw in money or stationery as
they may choose. For the FIRST, or extra scssloD.
they have approp,ia'ea 10 themselves gu * ra
stationery fund, and prj is now Oh foot to
pay themselves extra pay and mileage TOR the
ezra sesson. As ms oriy of the members
of tho House ri | never have another chsrco
for dig st tho public treasury, this scheme
will have macy friends in disguise, if not open
ones, among them, buttho experience of the 6ala
~ erabbets, will, it is Supposed, be sufficient to
render any tears of lis success Rroundlcs'.
The following changes wore made in the Viz
einia post Offices, to day: j. w. Pullian ap-
pointed post master at Beaver Dam Mills, Han
over Co., vice John Lea Anthony, resigned
Co, vice B. g. Booman. resigned, and a. ID.
johnson at Fusates Hill, Russell Co, vice
Rlz 9Th Fugat, resigned.
The Garfield club spd The Iovnoibles, two
republican organizations Of Philadelphia, rum
boring 1900, sens ogents hero to day to SO.
cure accommodations fer them at tho next
Presidential Inauguration. They we're unsuc-
oessful az all tho publ, accommodation the
city affords had been engaged for that occasion.
and bad to 70 to Baltiu0ro to see if they could
get what they wanted there
Gep. Grant is expected to arrive here this
evening. and great preparations orc oei1e made
to receiVc him. Bands of music arc aresdg
plsyitg l., tho Corq1eriug Hero Comes. "
A CURIOUS FAc9-Bands Of music are for
hidden to play on mos! OF the large bridges ct
The world. A CONSTANT succession OF souod
waves, ESPECIALLY as come from the playing of a
band, will exotic the wires to vibration. At first
the vibrssions are very slight, but they will
increase IS the sound waves contious to
ccme The prucipal reason Rhy bancs are
DOT slowed to Play when crossing car
tsin hridgea The suspensioa bIldce ct