Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-02
FROM Ur.HSRERG TOT.
Special Correspondence of the Aleea Gazett
WASHINGTON, D. G., April .. 1880.

and that coal shipments may be expected to
commence pcxt week. The strike originally
included oil The operatives on tho road, but tho
company having agreed to Oh advaIc, of ten
per cent. n the Taees, all the hands accepted
it except the engineers and tremeu, who will,
il is supposed accept the terms this week. Coal
is booming scare, at Georgetown. and TWO boat
loads that have been lying there for some time
cents more than it hiss been selling for all the
winter. Water is now in the whole length of
the q. & o. canal end will b. let il the Alex
aDdra canal next week. When l say tha, coal
shipments may be expected ncXt week. it is
With the understanding that there will be DO
strike among the bostmcn, who, it is uDder-
stood, want to aivaDee their treigh.s fifty cunts
ton ever those of last season. The companies
will not agree to give them over thirty cents
advance. If that, aud if tho boatmru stick to
thtir demands, Of Course the shipments will be
delayed indcLniteY.
The reason why the republicans IL the Seo
"WeLt back on their clucu5 determination TO
mako tight CD the deputy narshals' 81 c:ion
10 the deficiency hill was caused by Mr. Blaine s
amendment to that bill, which recognized the
right to III: legislative riders Oh appropriation
bills. and that gentleman IS consequently, at
present at least not the obje Of their greatest
admiration.
The Senate to DAY agreed that when i. i'd
jourDs it shall be until Monday.
The House Committee On Patents egieed to-.
day to report in favor of extending tho pate1t
Of The John l.. Mss)n fruit jars.
The Ways and Means Committee again to-
day heard arguments 10 opposition 10 the Car
Isle liquor bill, which is s,id by its opponcuts
to be IN the Interest OF the Bourbon whi.ke7
makers and against that OF the high
wine manufacturers, ipssnuCi as while The TAX
90 the former is not collected until it is sid, it
IS COLLECTED on the latter rs soon as it is made,
and that The il crease 10 The value Of The former
by its age, before il is sold, is sufficient to pay
the tax 90 it. aid also that no tax is C ii ;oted
on the loss by leakage on the former, bnt that
tax is collected on ell the latter that is made,
whether lost or not
10 the Senate to. day bill providing for 4
subsidy for a Brazilian steamship lice Wns
referred to the Committee on Pcstotliocs with
cut oil cipn, notwithstanding The opposition
such & references mot With when the bill was Up
before. The House Committee on Pcstoffices
will vote on Monday next upon bill appro
prlatng $ 900 0GO tor the purpose of establish.
Ing brazilian steamship lice and it is reported
that only Two members OF tho committee are
opposed to il.
Senator Wltbc,s received dispatch to dsy
Informing him that his vile has had relapse
OF her rcoant lilnrss, anh will 10 CONSEQUENCE
stat Tor his htmo at W9thevio 10 morrow.
Senator Johnston ia at his home ut Abingdon
10 Attendance upon his vito, who was severely
lalnred by fall Some day SIEGE.
Mr. MsGnDg, tho author Of tho majority re-
port 10 the Donncily- Weshburu contested
election case, (which report eivcs tho scat to Den
nelly and proves cor c.uslvrly that he is entitled
to 1t. Will present that report to the House and
notwithstanding The vote Of the committee yes.
tcEday, hopes 10 have it adopted. But few,
however, and mono who know anything about
modern politics Join him 10 this hope.
The Judiciary Committee Of the House,
which is investigating tho Acklan case, holds
its sessions with closed doors and binds its
members to secrecy, but il has leaked out that
at Yesterdays session futile alt,mpt was made
10 thht committee to strike out iho report of
the Investigation evidence TO the effect that
General klng, member House also from LOU
lsiane, bad employed detective to shadow
Ackien, anl that this dctootivc Ind actually
gotten into Ack!Cu's room and examined his
private papers. Ii this be so it will paoo Mr.
Kirg 10 wotso posi- ion than even tho uufavor
able ono his peculiarly unfortunate oollerg que
occupies. 10 the good old Wing days before
the war there Was campaign song, tic ro!rain
Of which Wis
The news is shocking bsd
Way dOTniu L)usiau0,"
Ard it seems that the interval that has elapsed
between then snd low has BOZ produced much
change down that way 10 this respect.
The Exodus Committee OF tbs Senate hai
two witnesses beiJte them this moruDg-oue a
white republican from Indiana, nsm.d Stcd'
dard, and tho Other cOOrtd m ~ named Muir
rell, from Louisiana. The ftst testified that
the negroes were brought to laGaua for @ 20.
liticll purpose, 10 Curry tho Stale ct the n. Xt
election, that he had heard republicans in his
State say co. and at the same time ssy they had
coed thing CT It. The latter who has stated
privately ttat he eXptc 10 come 10 Congress
next year, testified that budtzing was The n0-
tursl past tire CT tho whit; lcopIe of the
South, aud to toe eif.ct inst With them "a
Niger welnt 90 mo:c bird"
Senator Blu Ter Informed you. correspondent
this m2rbins thu: he had gotteo. all tho intor-
nation he wanted from Col. Ball with rclercrc,
to ALI SKA; that tho bllI for giving that Territory
form Of government vas on tho calardar of
the Ssuete, aud that be would c.Il it up prob
ably wltti1 tie ntx1 ten CT lively, days.
Mr.. John Amber Smith gds a. the CsritoI
to day. He s'ys that 20 Republican 10 Vlr-
| GINA but Mr. Poph2m is ir favor of any uu-
pledged electoral ticktt. That tho Staunion
| Convention will te republican convention and
will &C. as raight out republican, body. 1t
| will, however. By seeding II c right mar to the
| National CONVENTION tIy TO induce hat corven
ton to nominate candidate that will st
trsc: support lrJm oil other parties, and he
hopes that that carddato will be- Grant. He
as, says aud this is the pist Of al! he did Sly,
that he has DO doubt that all tho rasc ius.ers
will came TO tho support Of tho republican
bonioec.
The appropriations rgreei upon by the eut-
COMMITTEE OF the Hous. Commerce Commirtcc,
for Va, rivers, are as follows: Mt Nernon fats,
So 600; Nominl, s. 800; Rappahannock. $50,
COZ; UrosDa Creek, 81 500; Chiek.homiui.
5 500; Black Water s. 600; Stanton. S. Coo;
North Landing, SIS, 000; James river, $50 QUO;
Appomatox Creek, $lO 900; Nov River, So
OCO. New estimates Dot acted 90 arc for
Panooky and io:k, To!u.key, Mattapori md