Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-04
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SPECIAL Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Fob. 1. $780,

Special Correspondence Of the Alcra. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Feb +. 1880.
In The Senate this morning Mr.. Johnston
offered q resolution for The printing Of 1000
copies oil tho history Of the Virginia Companies
OF L1HdGn. Ia Offering it Mr. Johnston said
tho manuscript records Of the Virginia Com
panlcs ct London, now 10 the Congressional
Library, asc moro than $50 years old. This
copy is believed to bo the only ono now in cx-
lstcnce. 1t contains authentic ;cyounts Of the
whole transactions of The Virginia Companies,
and is Invaluable as history Of g portion Of our
colonial period. The volumes-thcro are two
OF them-Were 10 the possession Of the Earl OF
Southampton. and otter his death wtro pur.
chased OF his executors by William Byrd, OF
| Virginia, from whose estate ,hoy were obtained
| by Rev. VIM. SIth, tho historian, ard pres.
dent OF William and Mary College. From him
they went lnto tho custody Of Peyton Randolph,
| first President of tho Continental Congress.
Mr. Jefferson bought his library, Including
these volumes, and they were among bis papers
purchased by the United States and now 10 the
Cougr, ss!onal Library. under lock and key.
Uoder the auspices OF tho Virginia Companies
| lhC Hisl eCttlCuCub Hac
ulado ca this continent. 1t instituted logials.
two assembly, tho members cf which wcro
elected by tho people,
| Mr. Johnston also presented 10 tho Senate
to day the petition Of certain oitz ,ns Of Fred
erick county, Va, Tor au amcudment to The
patout laws.
Mr.. Johnston, Is member OF tho Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs is DOW engaged
in prcpaIiog report upon The question Of; tho
right OF United States Consuls in Turkey 10
exercise judicial authority in cases to which
Americans are parties.
At the meeting OF the House Committee on
Elections, this morning, Judge Ashby, of Vir
GINA, counsel fer Hull, the sitting and demo.
cratic member from Florida, delivered an eblc
argument in the contested case Of Bisbso w.
Hull.
A! tho meeting Of tho House Committee or
Ways and MeaDs, tits morning, John II. VIII
SOD, Of Iowa, made an able argument 10 favor
Of reducing tho tariff on steel rails from SOS tt
$40 pOr ton, showing that the prose Mt tariff wal
"a uni st aud unwsc restriction upon both thu
quality and quantity Of q want that was WORLD
wide. Additional strength was attached to hi
argument from the we'll known fact that he hos
heretofore tecn kOown as pronounced rrotco
tloniss.
Judge Bedford, member of the House from
Colorado, says there is 90 chance Of the ap-
ponlmcnt OF Western man or one who know
anything about tho Indians to tho Commits
siorcrship OF the Indian Bureau, mado vacan
ty the deposition Of MIR. Ilnyt, q:
such an appointment would be ugains
tho prescription rule of the Interior d..
partmcnt 1t is now known that Judge
hlaftin, formerly Sixth Auditor, and more 70
Gently postm aster at Montgomery. Ala, will b,
given Mr.. Jlayt's place. A bill il Low in pro
ocss 81 preparation not TO transfer tho | 1diar
Rurcan to the War Department, but to corrou
.ta abuses aud TO mako such frauds and cortup
lions ms have dagracod it mroaiblc of rel,nii
ton 10 the future.
The Exodus Committee of tho SAnata have
thahGod their place of meeting from the engine
room, ono block outside tho Capitol grounds e
room near tho main entrance OF Tho soconC
floor Of tho building. They wore still examining
witnesses this morning waose testimony wac tc
The elect that the movement towards Indians
| WAS pOliticnl.