Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-29
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Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. G., March 90, 1880.
Among the bills that Cam up 10 tho Senate
to day was that providing for worlds fair 10
New York, to commence in June. 1883. the
commission to have charge of TO be composed
Of one member for each State and Territory in
the Uoou, and its capital stock to b:$l2, coo 900,
ia shares Of $40 o:ch.
Among tho appointments sont by Dir. Ha; es
to tho Senate to day WAS that of j. B. S.ickney,
to be Uoitcd States Attorney fer the porlhern
district Of Florida.
Tho Senate District Coz ittee agreed 10 DIV
to smoud the House bill amcndlDg the charter
OF tho National Fair Association, 20 as 10 TO-
crease tho GIrcotoi5 from eight to eleven. The
original charter provided for only five directors,
OF whom three Termed quorum, 80 that wien
aGy Two wished 10 accomplish Oh oil ject oil
thcY hsd TO do W1S to get another member TO
meet with them. Tho committee also
agreed to amend tho bill 10 protect fish within
the waters Ut tho District, By closing the fishing
season Oh the 10th Of juno instead Of tho 3lst
OF May, 30 az 10 conform TO the Mayacd law
on the sui jsot.
The Appropriations Committee Of tho House
r,u2 with ali the Ser alto &menduarts To tic
postsi deficiency b!il. Should he House sdopt
tbs report c'hicIcit0c committee wall be nccrs
sarY, agd II they c.3G agrur the vi o,c bill ,Ist
fall.
Tta p0stoitjc? AT by io!k. Wise c0uaiy, w.,
WAS discontinued 10 daY Ito i.apaia taas vert
tbrrJ a. 10 20 Guests Station.
Tie hH 10: ti;G Improvement t! tic barber
aD! iJc thn racls.ne,l0n .! the f. - ~ the Po-
:nnac I'll Wast,iag:0;. hangs tirG in he jiouac
Co"!:liucc o. the D!sirio: uotEi;haterdin,
the &pxvis al Pr !iy.s. oi tho uco,.lc Of l;.,
Hn'lro D,-itc,, a:1 II 81 thosv 0l every uth,y
rorii3g {! The c.unry who txpc:s 80 vi,i,
Tash:tstcn 10 the !d;urc, to have it pislcl a.
H:eeG'!V AZ p3ssib!c. G%p. iIuninn, chairman
OF III" c@rn&l:ti.c. .gs.,iH tho iisrbnr lmproyc
mcct Bield. c,o:iS'iag Ct the Chief Engineer
II tie Army. tho HnrerIDtGadaut OF tho Coast
SuTvcy. the Chci Eopioecr OF The Harcau Ct
Navigation Of tho Navy. the Commissioners Of
the Dis'rio, AID tic i1oIln0cc 81 Public BuilI
loas scd GIoard5 10 com Il cuc3 / he work a, oso,.
AID Congress 20 make 40 appropriatiul for that
pc:!9st, hut M. Altricii, OF RhUdo Island.
a&othrr member or the committee, wants a
~ cnl:S-loo appointed 10 estimate tho COS; Of
60 proposed Improvement, aud OF the rapsrisp
fgatu Involved. before tho work is commenced,
aud oot~eca tho two it is doubtful if anytbipg
W,!l be done BY this Congress, aud the Kidwell
Bottoms will probably clulauo an eye soro and
20 on txldlng their noxous ttil1yia until .
Congress composed Of seas;bIe mcn or General
Grln'. as the Strong man." shall order tho
abatement Of tho rusanco.
All the republicans with whom your corro.
spondeIt has c,nversed respecting Senators
CookIiDg's and Blaino's reputation of tho un.
pledged electoral ticket sobcmc in Virginia
concur with their sentiments, and say. FIRST,
that should the knowledge Of fusion bstweeh
the regulators and the republicans Of Virginia
btc>mo public it would lose the republicans un.
qlestIonably the two doubtful States of Con.
Declicr. with six and New jersey With nine
electoral votes, in addition to the Two Senators
to be elected in those States by the Legislatures
to be elected this fall, which would be c,stIg
plics for tho vote Of Virginia snd secondly,
that should such scheme succeed, the Grant
men of the North, who arc the moneyei mon.
are 30 oppose d to ell sorts of financial repudia
ton that they would make i. their business to
sec that no repudator should receive apy Office
for tho part be took in il.
The river and harbor bill, IS agrsed upon BIZ |
The cub committee of the House Comme,c, |
Cammittee, appropriates $4,000 less to Vir. |
gala improvements than the bill of last year.