Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-09
FkOu RASEiNGION.
tir oyyr,,r-or II ~ n 80


The receipts from internal revcrua for the
current fiscal yesrwilI be $l3j 900 ,O0O, 4hth is
so 100000, over tho receipts from The same
source last year. The increase is chiefly from
cigars and cigarettes
Among the exprcts matter received at The
Capitol to Gay was a hickory club, ou: fec! long,
kncttca, emf With blood and woolly hair ca It's
end, which is to be used as Cvilerc, 10 the cons
tcs:cd elscion case Of Small, negro republican,
vs.. TltnaD, democrat, froa ono of thu South
Carolina Districts.
10 tho Sensto TO day Mr.. Rs1s)m offered tie
following resolution. which was referred to the
Committee oI Ccmmclc,. with authority to sit
during the recess:
Resolved. Ths5 tho Committee on Commerce
be, and Is hereby Instructed, to Inquire TOTO the
coalition ot tie Potomac river front OF tho city
OF Washington and CT tho navieability Of said
river. tho effect Of bridges across the sama upon
GaVlgGtion, floods and the health of tho city, snd
report st tho next s,sson Of the Senate what
steps, il any, ought 10 be takcn in fcierouco
thereto.
Ia the Se0G:o to day Mr. Kellogg offered s
resolution, which went over uodsr the rules, d..
REQ Ing tho hasIs OF Tbs ao9era! departments of
tho government 10 transmit to the Serate list
CT al the clerks il their respective d.partmo nts.
The Oti:Gt OF this resolution, il is understood,
IS 10 show thst there arc IlundTeds Of people 10
Office who cane from and live 10 tho North,
but who arc credited to the South.
Senators OF both parties seom to think TO-
day hat the present session of tho Senate will
be over about tho end Of this or tho c)mm orca.
ment CT mex: week.
The talk to day is that Mr. Couklipg has
been informed By The democratic of the Presir
dents av0Wed in.entiol OF throwing tho whole
Influence Of tho administration ia favor of the
Nah0n0 movement, and tod thatif he, Conk
ling, eEpgC.d Guy tGroF5 Ifom them, no must
coosont 10 %: Malone 20; in other words thst
his help to MaEon0 Till b. Incompatible With
their help to hin.
a paragraph hos Doln going the rounds OF
tho Press. copiod f'om the Washington CDR.
rcspondanco Of the Philadelphia Times, to tho
CLEO! that S3uator Johnston had STATED thai.
among tho Malone followers were tho "sdvcn
;utous y5uoE men 81 the STATE, who seemed to
lcgaid Mah0na ~ q NAPOLEON, and that they
are tho ones to be feared" 10 ell acquainted
with the Senator dauaI Of III. truth OF this is
unnecessary, bu. 70 chose who doo't know him
il may GO: bo aniss - say that suci al idea
never entered bis head
Tho Yorktown Commission reurped last
night from their trip 10 Yorktown. Durirg
their absence they visited Norfolk and Fortress
Monroe, ard atteSdcd 10 considerable business
10 the Say Of poritCtDg their rlaus and arrange
monts for the approaching centennial.
The Senate Committee ou tho Juiicisry
mn this p1hrrirr o,nsil 5,f,
Stanley Matthews for Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Cours, ond determined to report upon
it uLiaV0rs5lT, only 00o motnb5r, t!r. Lamar,
being iu favor OF it. Ii w3s so reported at tho
subsequent executive session OF the Senate, ADD
| went over, with tho understanding lhit it would
not be acted upon uatil alter the republican
caucus.
Ire Foreign Affair Committee Of Tic Senate
met 10 day AID considered tho resolution re-
declaring tho Mouroo dGcrlae aGd making it
applisbl. 10 tho Panama canal. They did moth.
log With Ii, but Less. pj il doing heap with
| his canal.
Senator Frye has RI i0cd u letter from Judge
Watson. of Char!o,toaVIIit, Va, inviting hlm
| to come to that tnwn g. tho next election, be
| his guest. aud drive aloun; with biz TO the
polls 10 thai town sid 10 AlDomarlo County, and
| see whether there is any difficulty about free
! vote ard fair count and that it he fiods ntna
10 will hsvo the manl,1n9s 10 say So in his NJ X:
speech ia tie Senate. !. is hardly possible tic
| bloody shirt Senator from Maino will accrps tho
luvltation.
As plcass2d 10 this correspondence, OF Satur-
! day last, the republican, Senators held caucus
| to day TO determine upon the courlc they shall
pursue "ith regard TO the Robertson nonina
ton. The ciucus is sill 10 session, and pone
| o lis proceedings hava, 81 set, trsospired. Ii
| s Understood that Mr.. C1nkIing is to make
this session o! tac caucus the cclesion for No.
| other enc CT the creates. iiflrss OF his life.
| 10 day - session oil ihu Senate vas eXouCdlog.
" short. A resolution about the Potomac
| sts, Que about clerks in iho departments. and
Que about printing wcru INTRODUCED WHOM, with.
| cut mere GGo. an executive session was ordered
| g few nominations confirmed, tho Stan!cy
| Mahcwa's uilnnst0n reported upon adverse
| ", gaJ SO Adjournment cif:c!ed, ell within ass
than hail al hour, ard Ill before half past
| twelve O'Clock. lGm di,ttly afscr adj )urnmout
| the republicans went uto caucus. and M all cl
| fo,tq 81 cluc,|iation aud uGity have been aGsn
dUncd, lively llmc Is expected therein. Sena
| Tor hlshcnn dues not h!Icnd the republican eau
GUS. tu! !cmhlDs IL t';o nc'ghbOrhood. 50 Gs tC
| he TltEsl iial,ile Gl4thGoa ii required.
| Ihr s. Et tet &Uon the President and UDnk
iiapi'ta sill RACES IurlCui!y, and as when rreues
! la! Ell, honest u.Gn get thelr dues, The resell
| viii probably BE- ih.t tho democrats %i!l be CT
"a! Id 10 Gatlo in:..y Of tho important officers oil
! ihG g5Y.lN :i"ni.
Il mas been said by somo lhlt the President
rlrC mistake NdeH iia withdrew al tho New
loik noDina;iou7 huS that OF Alr. Robertson
nul ;ha; in would hc compelled 10 return then
or olh2is. under section lIGS OF the Revised
Statues, which prosiica tist tho President
snail within th;r.y days after tho c)mmarc =
| ulcnt of pnoh session Of tho Senate. nominate
peraocs to ill all vgclrcits in of6c, which cxis
ted at tho meeting Of tho Senate. But ns tie
PtesiGen! executed this provision 10 tho letter
e1d us tic Seuato failed to c01frm his nomioa-
| tioas. the Scnatc aDi not tho President il tc
blame
The /, owiae poa;m ssrrs havo to day been
spnoioteI il Virgiois W. Q. Fitzgerald a
Arrir g.on. Nelson Co.. Si,c Il. NJ. Straltou, re
moved; Eli T. Tutsiler at Palmyra, Fl1vanns
~ ~,,a kyp, IIo1o> II H.,