Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-26
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Special Correspondence Of the A'cSo. Guzette

From WASHING7 ON.
Special Correspondence Of the A'eSo. Guzette
WASHINGTON. u. o.. Feb. %, 1851.
Gen. Malone il rooeiviar macy calls at his
rooEs n! lie All;ue!cn Hotel. Among tho
callers there h,va bccu sey,rel den oorali, sen.
ators. NoiIher ole Of the Virginia senators
HIS, as yet, cails3, hu! i! is understood that
Senator Johnston will call upon him to night.
l. is believed by some oil those who bavo been
to SEQ him that he will have tho support of the
incoming ADMINISTRATION, and il is enid that iu
his interview yesterday with MIR. Hayes he was
told by the latter that he had read his recent
articles on the Virginia debt question, and
thought ne had the bessor tho question. Ii is
also believed by some OF those callers that tho
impression nnuog tho Mahonit,s is that the
executive session of tho Senate will not be call.
ed until The vacancy, caused by thu death of
Senator Carpenter, shall be filled. The usual
course Tor rev senators 10 pursue on their ar
rVa! is to como to tho Senate chamber and be
introduced 10 tic other members, but General
Nlahone has 0Ct thought it proper TO follow
this courge.
TIC bids for tho work Of repairing tho Alcxa
ardris and Washington Turnpike. from Fort
Rupyon to tho Long Bridge. are all 10, and the
c,ntrtc: will DO awarded, and tho work be ,m-
plotted, II is supposed, within the next tw,nty
days.
1t is net kuosn whether the Alexandria Can
81 Company will agree to give fee simple title
| to their biltgo across the Potomac for the solo
purpose of allowing tho lets,cs of that company
to receive SS5 900. but it is not supposed they
viii. clustering the fact that the piers alone Of
that bridge, which are 10 as good condition now
as they were when first crcoed, cost over
$j00,000.
MIR. Hubboll. chairman of republican OBJ.
grcsslonal oommittGo, said this morning that
tho funding bill. with the Slnate's amendments,
will 60 through the House with two thirds
| Gtj otity, and that Mr.. Hayes will sign it.
10 the Senate to day Mr.. Johnston intro
duoed as an amendment to the suudry civil bill
tie hill tor giving back to Virginia tho amount
| OF money she adVacod tho general government.
| 10 1872.
10 the House this mornicg Mr.. Weaver, the
late eroCnback candidate tor President and one
of the heroes of tho late Weaver Sparks FIGHT
90 the l)or OF the House. was set upon very
heavily. lilo moved that member of the Ger,
| man Parliament, now in the city, be invited 10
| address the House to night upon the l.bor
question, but bis motion received no votes save
ttosc OF tho eight members of his own party.
Mcssr5. Cameron, Riddlebarger, Paul and
several other prominent Mahonites arc in the
| city, and will hold q conference here With 9th.
| CTS ct the parry, to arrive next week.
Mrs. Haych's last reception was held this af-
ternoon. and was grand affair, being attended
by On Immense crowd.
The Inaugural crowd has already begun 10
assemble, and will rceoh the number oil bali
q million, its expected, by ntxt Friday. Eighty
thousand arc expected slono from Baltimore,
Tor whose tc,cm mediation tho 3. & O. r. R..
arc msklog arrangements fer running trains
every fifteen minutes. Seats aro being erected,
not onl9 on the streets, but on tho tops Of tho
houses
There is moro talk to day about an * "a ses.
slon, but noGc of tho several democratic Seps-
tors With whom the G6zalte'a correspondent
talked ca the sutject was of the opinion that
an ezra session will DO held. The legal time
tor tho expiration OF the present term is rapidly
approaching, however, aud somo of tho regular
appropriation bills have not been passed, and
scme Of them are so long that they must be
passed thirty six hours before adjournment, in
order 10 DO onRrossed by that time L. is sup
posed the River and HARDER bill will 20 through
the Senate TO dty.
The democratic members Of tho Senate held
caucus this morning 10 consider what course
shall be pursued With reference to tho bills
DOW before them and also the subject of the
reorganization OF the mex. Senate, but they
pledged themselves cot to reveal the result of
their acioD. 1t has leaked ont that one of the
questions before tho caucus. was tho selection
OF President pro lem, instead Of Mr.. Thurman
whose term expires 90 the 4!h of March.
At the meeting Of the Committee GA Ways
and hlesns to day. ell Of the amendments
agreed to by tho sub Committee on the fund
log bill, adopted last Tuesday, were concurred
10 except tue one extending the time for the
banks to tako the bonds to ssc1re circulation
unit! September lst. This was cot agreed to.
out 1t Was decided that q vote 90 such exIen.
sion OF time should be taken 10 the House,
The Conference Compromise Committee on
inc reapporllormant bill met to day, but failed
TO reach any agreement. 1t is not now bo.
lleVed an agreement will be reached, or that
any respportlonneut bill will be passed this
session. Wis
The House has been engaged all day GA tho
su1dry Civil bill.
Tx Mayor Wallach Of the District of C,lum
olai whose death has been expected for several
days. ID totally unconscious to day, aud bis life
eaonot be prolonged many hours He was born
10 Alexandria when bis mother WIS on visit 10
years ago. OLA
, VI; McLean's magazine gun was tested A.
tne navy Yard this afternoon. Some of tho
guns uiscnafge IL QO1 balls minute,