Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-30
Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser
FROM WASHING7O ON
Special Correspondence Of tho Aleza. Gazette.

,opGElCi CO1TtSpOHpSHtS " ITO Gte-"0s 0uHctt'
;YAsH1NuToN. D. O., Nov. 30. 1880.
Tho congressional int committee, composed
Of ore Se5acr sad one Repre- sentative from each
Of The original ttir;een States, Of which Ssna-
tor Jodps:on is chsirnan; The Board CT State
Commissioners, composed IF G member from
every State 10 the Uoior, Of which Governor
Holiday is president, AID the yorktown Cen
touDial Association, an incorporated company,
of which Mr. Welsh, of Philadelphia, * Min
i3ter 10 E3glnd, is president, will meet hero ca
the l0.h prcxino for tie purpose OF examining
tho pia,s aui settling upon oil thu necessary
arrangements fur ice Yorktown Centennial NIX
October, Which, ftcm present appearances,
premises to BE- grand Ctfsir. The association
has purchased large trsct CT lspd. iGcludipg
tia. CD which the csDituaIlon was made, and
will rep.is b)lh the Halstead aud the Moore
housta. The sile Of tho monument will be near
tho foIm:r, ard ca the shore below 1t the asso-
citation will build Wheif OF which visitors by
water will land. The association intend build
log railroad TO the plscs and ono around It,
sfter tho crd:r cf that at the Philadelphia Cen
teuDisl. "hcy will also erccs buildings aud
isrces sa1 propose keeping up The celebration
for one month. having different diversions for
each day thereof Rote:t Winthrop. of Mas
sachusotis, 1od Barron Hope, Of Virginia, arc
suggested as he orator a1d poet of tho ocaa-
SIGN.
Members Ct both The u0usc aud tho Scus;e
ars arriving ucW by every train. Forty three
OF The fjrmtr have reported at the House posi-
eff 20 aud nearly oao thiId Of the latter arc al
ready il the city. Among The Members ct toe
House Wh0 arrived this mcralcs Was Mr. L2He,
tho grceD5acker rom Alabama, who was dc
featcd at iho recent election by General
Wheeler. formerly of tho Confederate cavalry.
Mr.. Lowe. it vii b remembered, challenged
General Logan last winter for denylng bis
cd soldiers for she Conft I'd crate army, which be
did, IS is we'll known to thoussods Of people in
Scu;hern lllio1is now living.
About seven o'clock this mcrnng fro vas
discovered in tho cloak room co The republic n
side OF tho hell Ct tie House of Representa-.
lives. How long it had been burliog is un.
knoWo. 1t is supposed it originate from o
defective q lie. Ito damage Was slight.
10 ID Interview with o newspaper c)lrsspon-
dcrt this mornicg. Mr. Speaker Randall ssid
O csusps OF tho DENT cratic members Of The
uouss would be held on Saturday ifa sufficient
number arrive by that time. of Thcl be did
not have much doubt, but if not then, on Moo
dsy, when. among other things 10 be consider
ed. would be the nomination of o postmaster OF
the House, to complete the term fer which the
ato Captain S;eusrt, Of Alexandra. was
elected. The Speaker also ssid tho republicans
would try to have an * "a Ee5s!on. Several
re5u.lios5s, scca'oTs as we'll us representatives,
when uttrgcgs:ed o. this latter suij c., wcro
emphatic 10 expressing their disbelief il an
ezra sessi:n. saying that the President and his
U.b;nst would want time 10 maturelg consider
the lice Of polic7 they ars 10 puislt; tina! tho
people wsre willing TO allow thon that time,
and tia. uGls the democrats ATTEMPTED some
foolishness. Rh;cl oou!d not be .f:oscd. as
Hayes VIII reDaio in tho While House until
tho end ct this Congress. 10 interest OF the
cauDtry would demand % extra session. Scch
talk by republicans, however, is supposed by
some &c be 40 attempt to put the democrats OFT
their guard. and lead them into some s1ca
looshDcss IS will afford al excise fer aa extra
ses,ior--a refussl, for instance, to peY deputy
marshsls aud supervisors of elcc:iors.
It is supposed at the Navy Department that
the late Eandrioghal affair at the Norfolk pavy
yard will not DO Invested with tho dignity Of 80
iclerpolional QUESTION, bu: that few notes
coutGioiue apologies nud aooeptsnces b:twecn
Minister Thornton sud Secretary Thompson
will BE- tuficrn. to sst all things right sgaln.