Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-16
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Special Correspondence Of the Aleua. Gazette

The latest rumor shoat hore about tho Whit.
taker affair is to The following cfftc! Whit.
tsker having 90 stciety at West Point, and be.
ltg. like all bis rsoe, Of a social turn, sought
society among peonlo Of bis own color at pac,
called Butttrnilk Falls. short dstarc, from
tho Point. At the Falls numerous boot blacks
and olhor c,lored emp gees at the Point reside.
and as their sable swsetbearts could not With
stand tho charms OF the colored cadets brass
buttons, several Of them succumbed to his
Establishments. and their jealous lovers were
| thereby loducad to resort to tho means of re-
vepee they adopted. and having uuobstructcd
access to ell parts of the rcademy and at ell
hours, they were enabled to Xe,utc their plans
Without either trouble or danger. Tho fact
that SDpsoo, one of tho leaders of Tho boot
blacks referred to, and who unti the advent of
Whitaker vas the greatest beau at the Falls.
| left tho day after the affair occurred and is DOW
here, gives color to this report. 1t is said that
Simpson has been summoned TO tho Point ss
witness.
A consultation will ba held 10 morrow by tho
democrats of the Senate Committee on the
Presidential CGuot With those on the Commit
toe % Rules about the adVisability of sttsmpt-
i0g to pass a. this session any bill for removing
| the objections to that now il operation for
| general impression, howcvor, that leo much Of
tba session has now been allowed 10 pass for
aDytl iog to be doDo with regard to this s1bjac.
before adjournment.
MIR. Tom Turner, of Kentucky, is one Of the
| most persistent and determined men when the
interests OF bis constituents sre involved of all
the members OF The House. The appropriations
| 10 the revenue and barber bill for Kentucky
| had been s9ttlod upon by the House Committee
| Oh Commerce, when he commenced bis move
| ment upon IT, but by uncessng and we'll direct.
ed effort, BY going back 10 the begiouipg Of
such bills and collsting all the appropriations
| that lad been made to his State, he Induced
tho committee to iucreas the appropriations to
| tho extent he desired.
COL NJ. d. Ball, u. s. Collector f,r Alaska,
was advertised to deliver q lecture on that
| Territory ct Wizards Hall here last night but
| did not do 30, as the people here done seem to
be OF all iDteres!cl 10 that far eff c,ultty, or,
| at lesst, didn't manifest any interest last night,
only about ten being present. 10 whom the
| money they had paid for admission was return
cd. Amorg that uumber were Senator Butler,
| chairman OF tho Senate Committee on Terri
| tories, Mr.. David Turner formerly Of AlaXan-
dria, and Mess. Lewis McKer zo and L. L.
Bfocket, of AlsxanGris.
10 tho Vic, Presidents r)or ct the Senate,
hanging over the wash basin, is Kilt framed
mirror that WAS bought when John Adams
presided over tho Senat,. 1t cost SIG, which
| cxpers, was severely criticised at the limo it
was puTchaied. The Senate DOW buys a safe
| Ter the use CT It's secretary, and pays 81 800,
which is considered mers blgateIl.
MIR. Wheeler is making arrangements to leave
the city FIR the season and will probably take his
/ departure about tho end Of tho current month.
Both democrats aud republicans seem anxious
| to bury buslte:s 60 as to got away by tho lSt
| OF June, and it they don't lhroy away any
more time and coLhOe themselves iu the 30
| preparation bills there is no reason why an ad-
! lnurumtnt should not taks place by that date.
1t the Appropriateness aud Hays aud means
| Committees Cf the House hsd other thaa the
present chairmen the work of Couprsl would
not be 30 delayed, but both MIR. Atkins and Mr..
| Wood are utterly incompetent for the places
they I'LL, nnd go the ioterests ofthe country have
TO suffer. Formerly the lule was that al the
appropriation bills should BIO reported wttio
| thutY days otter the Opening Of The sossioo, and
| the Appropriation Committee prepared them
| turlos The rceeu1. but that good old rule hes
been abolished. ard the ouns, qaurc, IS that
many improper and fraudulent appropriations
! sr1 now mado simply because tho bills are re-
]
| 10 consider them, and those members who
| really desire an honest snd economical admins
| tIa!lOn OF tie government are forced to give
their consont to bills that they know csrtao
| wrong appropriations, btcluse effors to cIimi-
nate tr rsduc, such appropriations will dsay the
| ADJOURNMENT or defeat the bill containing than.
At the meeting OF the House Committee on
Indian AH.lrs this morning Mr. Hooker, OF
Mississippi, Introduced resolution transferring
| the Indian Bureau to the War Department.,
but at the request Of some of the other mem.
bers, With1rew it, lest the discussion it would
be sure to provoke would absorb the time OF tho
committee to the exclusion of what was oon-
sIdered moro important matter.
The Committee Cd Public Buildings adop,ed
| all the reports Of it's sub committee re commend.
ing appropriations for public bulldogs in DIFF
terent s:o:ions Ct the coantry, which have
heretofore heeD noticed 10 tois correspondence.
Senator Ben Hill has published letter 10 the
Augusta Coustltutionalist 10 which he asssver-
ates lis innocence ofthe rc,nt charges brought
against him, and says he HIS reason to believe
they were lnsigated by certain mombors of bis
| OVID political party 10 Georgia who arc jealous
OF him and that they employed Mr. Kellogg's
< mistress as ono of their instruments 10 eff
fectins the jec: Of their conspiracy
the Senate, has gone homo to Arkansas, and
will probably be nominated as the democratic
cl1ddate for GOvtr1or of that State. r. W.
FurDau, of North Carolita. clerk Of the Senate
Com uttee on Railroads. has resigned. and the
vacancy has been filed tie appointment of MI.
9. j. Gee.
The House to day passed The Senate bill to
remove. the political disabilities of General
Roger A. Pryor, now Of New York. who desires
to re entor politics. life. this tlue 10 that State.
Mr. Goode tried 10 get up the bill for the relief
Of kinberl y Bros. of Norfolk, Va, but MI.
Brewer. of Michigan, objected, Notwithstanding
Mr. Garfield favored tbs bill, and 30 it had to
60 over
The Exodus Commit'c, has exhausted all
the funds that were at IFS disposal-between
$l3 600 and SIG. 000-aud has It's warrants for
about SIS. 900 ha~k,d about the city at variou.
rates OF discount, depending altogether upon
the degree OF inpocuoiosity Of the holders.