Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-15
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Special Correspondence of the AZera. Gazette

SptCtut correspondence % tGe dteLu. GQzette.
| WASHINGTON. D. O., June Is. 1850.
During the debate 90 the sugsr bill in Il Q
House to Cay Mr. CorGer elevated bis hero
AID sad that lha bill Wi 8 introduced at The
Instance at in the interest Of foreigners. 1hi
brought Mr.. Frye TO lis feet Instantly, AID ir-
| duc:d him TO remtrs that wha: tho gentleman
| from Michigan ia jus: said was not OILY Ut
true, but that tie gentleman knl il n IS ST. WIan
| he gave II utteIancc. MIR. Conger was struck
| dunno Tor an i; ant by this dire: assault from
| his oWn SIDE aud uev"r entirely recovered. Only
| regalnns strength enough after awhile to i'm
| ply that Nh Frye WIS 90 gsntlCmau, and to
| tell him 1T subst gu aLt stag Of tho proceed.
| iuIs. and only loud enough fer thCs, in the
Immediate vic nifty to hear. that he would livJ
to he s;rry for the uDnroV0ked attsck.
An0rg the Strangers en- tic Dor Ct the
| Senate TO day was Roger A. Pryor, who
was taking to tis uDolr, Senator Pryor, frt m
Alabama. MIR. Pryor doesn't look day older
| than he did when he was o mcmbtr Of the
Hous, before The war. Ills presence recall ID
tho memory Ct The famous Potter affair." and to
SOulh,ra mcn Of the largo white mu!o ho used
to ride IS brig adler in the Confederate service,
| oi bis subsequent resignation cod service as 6
! private nnd c,ptaio whilo txchargiag newspa<
| DcIs with Uaion soldiers on tho picko. nc.
His political dsati itcs we're removed SENS
| time sitc,, an! it is thought that he will c)m.
| back TO Congress again next year from ono OF
| the districts 10 New Yolk city. lie thoks the
democrats will have 20 difficulty in eleetng
thti- presidential ticket. aud is understood 10
DO in favor OF Blysrd fer President.
An unsuc,efsfa! attempt was mtdI il tho
House yss'G ;Gsy afternoon to get up the bill fer
q FREQ bridge e"rjsj the Potomac. This bill, it
will he remembered, has passed both the House
| aud Senate, but WAS amended in the Senate So
that the House has to pass on it again. Some
Of those who or ,cted to it yesterday wcro seen
to day aod agrc,d 10 withdraw their Oh lotions,
but Others took thtic places. 50 that similar
attempt to dsy met with the samo fate. 1t is
understood, however, Tint still another effort
will be mldo. The Iessocs ct tho Alexandra
canal are 10 t.VCr Of the bill Gs amended by the
Senate, but arc opposed to o conference com.
mittec, feaIog thas suOh committee will sgreo
10 allow The Senate i amendment. The friends
of the bill in tho House. however, fear that
that body will not agrcc to the Senate s amend.
men. and ore therefore 10 favor of conference
committee as the only holo Of taviog tho bill
passed a. thi] session. Tho iadcalilns DOW
trc that the bill will havo to 90 over, and that
tho Virginia farmers who want tn, froo b,iIsc
will grow sick from hope deferred.
MIR. Garfield returned to tho CITY this III )rn-
iog. 1t UNDERSTOOD that Will, here BIO will
write bis letter OF tcooptaacs and 10 il take o..
casion to explaiu the Chinese plank 10 the
Chicago platform. Whether he will attempt
to explain the official reports OF tho House and
CT tho Poland investigation committee with
reference 10 the Credit Mobelier fraud is not
stated. Should tho weather be favorable TO-
eight the Grand reception, for wh;ci the c'orks
10 the department wero bcd to tho tuao OF
IS 900. will b., given hin.
The radicals iaVins defeated tn, electoral
ctu1t bill By e clustering 10 tho House yes!er.
day, rcsortcd to the same meaus to day to kill
tho sugar bill, ard. with the aid OF tho mem
bcs from tho sugar producing distlic S, su,-
ccedcd. ln tho Senate the democrats did two
things calculated to IL lro themselves 10 tho
presidential clcotion--euo Of which was their
refusal to tske up the ,rley malt bill the pas
sage Of which would have won them tho SUP
port ct all the tc, = mapufac;orcs 10 the Iuatry,
and the other, their otjiciiou to tho consider
alton Of the eight hour Law. This last OF .cton
will strengthen them il the minds OF all srnsi ,e
people, tor there ia 90 earthly r3as)n wh7 tho
comparatively lcS lAbjrlis 10 tho go7ernmant
seIVIo'. who are better paid thBu any o'h.r
c,ss4 CT aborers should be addi locally fav; rcd
by having two hours tskeu from their days
woIk, but tXacheUoo proves thai trades uoinus
arc compos 81 sersitl, people aud all trad
uhltn' are 10 favor of tho eight hour law.
Tho session will &C Iura OF 1oon to morrow,
aod the crowds about both houses TO day ore
uousnaly large. lh,y arc cjmpascd of all
sorts OF pecp'c; some sill dons all the little
they c'n In the way OF oodCaveli1s to get bills
passed 10 which lhGY arc personally Interested;
many 10 seek at 10 ohai, ing a eov:roncot
pCsl 100 ,r 10 hr r,stJred t) one tina: has been
lost, and, saI 10 repts mary mere to calico;
bl Is Shch hey fear the dsperiug nenbcrs
will forget 20 set |, before they leave. As nlns.
OF them will meet With itil, or 40 succ ,ss, tho
general spptaranco Of thoir fcc,s ia elongated,
ADD the different omoticcs t! Gssppoio,m,nt
and dlstrc9a. aTa rlaioiy pcrceptiblo.
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