Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-01
FROM H1dSAgsF4 TYIT.
Spccicl Correspondence Of tie Azeno. Gazet

WASHINGTON, u. o., April |. 1850.
Til, House Committee 90 tho District of
Columbia, when its invt sigstlon IF the District
Comm :s:iouels commenced, al ut c month ego,
requested the Commissioners to stop he receipt
OF drawback certificates fjr texea. At their
meeting this morhitg, at the Instance Of tho
Commissioners. they rtscocc1 this request, bat
placed all The responsibility Of that ectioa upon
the Commissioners. The ce;nuittee slso agreed
to report a7o1aby till for tho relief the htirs
Of DR.. Cornelius Boyle ttcm The phymeut L:
| teX.s on properly whs III the hands OF !he
Government vcudeo ard which abOunt to
| virtual conGsci;lUn OF the properly.
During the last few days the Baltinur, aud
| Ohio rsilroaa has paid a.lcaIages Of loXes due
| the DislricS of Uolumbia, emouaiug to over
SIS 600. the street car cJmpsnlea over
| SIS QUO, AID tho Baltimore aud Potomac is
making arrangements t. pay the latsc an0uut
Assessed ugalJHt It.
| The fesr. CT the open sod aboYstoari dsm3-
cIa.s about the goiou Ut The House Com nittee
| 90 Elections, previously u0iic d in this core
syon6ence, we're, it seems, ty the sc;ion Ct that
committee, TO day &c founded, fyr, notEi.ts
sandiog their msio:ity rsrort, which proved
that Doclely IS entitled to the sGs!. by vote
OF 10 4, the ohairmrn, lilr. Springer, smoLg the
M orlIy, they decided THAI hc Vas cot. 10 BIZ
sur, Tor they could not have dlue ofarw;se
without msking theis own slulif:a,ion ridicu-
lous, they decided. though by barely QUO ina
jority, that Mr.. Washburuc, the republican
| sitting member, was not entitled to iJ either.
The probable action Of tho H0usn 10 tho cis,,
when it shall CINE before t, will b. to decide
the scat vacant, sld refer 1t baok to tho people,
~ wh!ch time Dir. Washbufne will have served
out the entire term Ct this congress.
The uouso Committee ca Pacific Railroads
determined this mornlng to report 10 favor Of
| torciting tho public lands crested the New
| Orleans. Baton Rouge sud Fleksburg railroad,
! which road has not been lult within the pre-
sctbed time.
The House Committee on the Revision of tho
Laws agreed this n0rnug to report faVorably 90
bill 10 relation to liens on real estate swarded
by judgments rendered. by UDitcd Ststes Circuit
and District Courts.
10 the House TO day Nlr. Singleton, from tho
Committee 90 Printing, reported 10 favor OF
printing additional numbers OF Mr. Hendricks
W,ights report 90 labor. MIR. Ilazloton Oh
j;cied, uEoa ths ground tha; it would be use
lrhI waste If money, which had batter b, given
10 the poor, to the schools, to missionaries, or
to GDy other purpose, as tho subject upon which
the report was written had died cut with the
revival OF business, aud that ncb,dy woull read
the report if printed. The s'rAugcst part oi the
proceeding vas that MIR. SiuSlttou, who had
lntrodrc d the report, said he was very much
OF Mr.. lltZleton's way tf ihlrkiog.
The Senate to day agreed to The report oil
OF It's Finance Comuittco, and passed & bill re
lleViug Mr.. Deirecs. tho Public Printer, from
tic loss oil the S9,OuO atoeu from the sa;c ia
his cfGco year and halt ego.
PO.tOfics were established to tisy az
| Overal's, Page couniy, Va. and at Meritauis,
DlnW,ddle couaty, Ia tho sane State, With
DApiel L. Maddox as postmaster at the former
aId Robert Is. llarWell Z. tho latte.
The Ways and Meaus Committee Of the
Hous, was engaged tits morning 10 listening to
arguments 10 opposition to the dis;iIlers and
recthers bill COW before that committee The
Appropriation Committee INST to consider tho
naval appropriation bill, but thet bill rot Eeipg
ready, did nuthirg.
Over million of dollars is the incross, of
treasury receipts during the last eight nonths
from tho reduction Of the Internal revenue tax
90 tobacco frem "A 10 lGc.p!s pound, aud If
tie same reduction hsd been ia operation for
the last fifteen years tho Government would
have addei $50, 900. Coz TO the $500, geo 900 il
has txaCted from the tobacco growers in that
time and left $lU0 000. 900 10 their hands.
| The Senate Colnmlltoe on tao Exodus had
oolored man named Raper irou Alabama be.
lorc them this morning, lie il witness for
Mr.. Wiudoul, but he testified that the exodus
Tse not caused by persecution, lu; by tho de-
slto OF tue ncfro:s 10 improve their condition.
lie rl5o stated tkSt the laws Of Alabama bora
alike OH white sad black. In. lhat if i. wero
uthcral;e AID tho nssro:s wCr3 TO Fl III. for
tqaaIit2 before the laws such, N biz b"I;ef, &c %
tho antIpathy III tic white f1r the black rsce,
NOrth 81 well as South, hist tho white men
from the Nerih would o3tnc to the assistarc.
OF those IN The South 10 put the negroes dowr.
tie said Lhst he reason the negroes voted tho
republican ticket ID tho South WAS tha., ike
s.hslDle people, they chnse tho lrts:r Cf The Two
| OWLS rr seated ttelp.
Mir lrs editor Of The Valley Vir.iDiau,
the uuly republican paper 10 his ate, Was st
the Capitol 10 daG. tie says that tic Slsuutou
Gob7enllon will send delegates t, the Chrcago
Natioah' Colvcntlop, sud that so far as
hs knows (and your catlctpJ1deut koo1s
that he Is one IT tbs bast posted POI
ltlc!a?s 10 the S;htc} no rspnbrca1 IF any
! stan ting in TIE SAFE il in fav,r of the
rsadias:ers proposed uepc gded eecsursl licko;
mat peEsib:y the rea"jus'eIs by vuIiag for COL
ored republicans in the Petersburg and Rich
mond c)DgreI sonal districts mvy iudrc, lte
litter 10 support no usp!edged ticket. In. that
outside OF those Districts tie proposed c,ai,ion
will DO failure, AID that III his own seoi)n
| CT country the democrats among the rosdiusters
will not allow their opinions On lie Slate GebIto
sen1te them from the national party to which
they belong. According 10 Mr. Yoat tho re,
publlesns of Virginia will keep clear of any en-.
tingng alliances with outside, third torn, un.
| pledged, or independent parties
| ". ". brent, page in the House of Repre-
| sentatlves. vas dismissed yesterday by Door.
| Keeper Folds, and his place given TO Iad rom
| Alabama, named Berry. There was no com.
| il fuence O'e
Col. M. D. Ball, Z. s. Collector ct Sitka, is
| sun here, and will remain probably three or
our weeks longer, or until something definite is
done with the bill now before Congress FIR O..
| tsoilshlrg territorial government for Alstks,
Gentlemen from Prince William county, Va
now mere report that no matter how the dtmoc.
Iaey OF that county may be divided on the cues
Ion OF tho State debt. they are firmly united on