Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-12
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WAsnwuroa, y. T., Frt. -. 1889.
Tho Committee on Ways and Hlcans OF the
House agreed THIS marniur, hy al aim st Inan'
imcus vrjc, to .cp@rt tlll ilr r"iundtfg The
public debt g. ial u2 n,A! year 10 - rtr cant
bonds redeenlatla in twenty Ga! ioTty years.
cxc:pt $500 uGG UU0, ~; c'i aii! be r,tiin d 10
tho Treasury FIR Ike I,uir1so Of Itdc2mlOg lie
4! per c,ata t. ali due wilhio tho myt ton
yeats.
The ilolsJ Crmniittc oil Il inoaIidn aud
Labor this morning. agreed 10 Itp1lt inv0Iably
upon bill Tor mskiag tiri,, h0uss day labor
in all The govcrDmoat illcca aud wclk shops;
aud adversely upon till to appropriate the
unclaimed c1t0grd bJuuty m0ucy 10 the Treas
ufy to the cGucllioE of the c1lurcd people 1t
the o0unirJ Tbs last report vas iLLlcvd ~
q statement rom the Treasury, heretofore men
toned ia this corrcspOldei c., to the tcCt that
tho sum now TO the ofcGi. If that fund 10 much
Il S. than is generally supposed. and is being
gradually ais1l bed by CLAIMS that az constantly
cuuDS 10.
The ELECTIONS Committee { t the House, by
sire; party vote, decided this 0ining 10 report
hat The s,al nov occupied by Mr. Iocum, re-
| puhlitam c:ccLblcknr from Pennsy iVania, Is
Vhol lt, MD that iuw ol ellen shall ba bold IN
| his district. Ills y, L:Staut Is * Governor
Curtin. formerly tlic republican war Governor
| Of Pcnnsj lsauia. but now good democrat.
The hill for tiVIng tho States per cent. o!
tho prGCUGle Of tho military land bGuntles, will,
| it i9 generally believed, ho defeated when the
vote on it shall b. taken in the Senate. Virginia
will bo no iusUr by tins a. sho is not ono q tho
States mentioned in tho bill Whom sho made
| her magnificent gil! OF public land to the dow
| Crnmcnt sho made no such reservation.
| The Appropriations CnmmiLtro OF tho Senate
| agreed this morning to report iavurably upon
| tho bill Tor tho employment ul m XrH iorco OF
claria i'll tho Pension Mr,h AGjutsnt Generals
| Office
Tho House Committed on Nj ilusry Affairs has
| aEf0cd uuun n substitute for tho bill to appoint
| L. j, Powell, Of NuGinia IT, a liol,tonsncy in
| tho Hrmy, which provides that thcpruhibiliun in
| tho statutes Hg.rst commissioning any ono who
has sorvoi in tie Confederate army, shall not
apply in his case. This bill Will hu rcpC Rcd as
| soon NJ possible.
| Thc following changes in tho Virginia posi-
| 1Ges wo"o madu tO.dny: Mrs. P a. 10 A. VooI :
hoes was appointed postmaster NJ \ lrirhs Cross
lGG, SrotLsFlvRnia county, vic, Mrs. L. A.
| Airch, GnccG'ci, and CyruR NJ. cUain nj
! Greenfield. n!Hnn county. Vicn .lcnniO t. GnOG
] lur, ro.i cnni. Tho pOsto irn ut Princes. South
| amrinn county, WAS discontinued, tho papers
i'nt formerly McTt there ID be sent To NGwsnm's.
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SENATE.
Nj. Saln,lrfl introduced a Ii 10 hhnllsi, nil
duties on importation Of salt
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HOUSE az REPRESENTATIVES,.
AIR, "tcphrns. oI Ga cha6ntsn of tho Com
| mlt"h eli Coinage. Weights and Measures, lc-
ported i':ci tiSs hlI4 relative to the metre
f}HtCm oi coinage. which were ordered to BIZ
| prlui"d and frI, reed Ia tIr cuumil!ca Of tho
wh"l'.
The five l.1il rci",lrd hy Mr. Htcphrhs rp.
Vide A. /, llnws: LIST. for Tie ,!nncc Fl mel ric
EtLi CON 10 b0 called tho ''stclia" Of tho value
Of 81; y, for the III ACC f ito rclo.d mnuir
dollar. iva dollars aud fractional Of dollar and
as, The Coinage Of The mnlIc gold double ca Gle
| eagle and hail oneIn. all of star d,rG v,lu,: ;
t,r ihn mint acc OF log0ia Of mrI,ic uold allou
liz deposit 10 ITO rIeaInrv opJ i.uc of c,rt;G.