Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Spccia! Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazett:
WASHINGTON, D. G., jap. -, 1851,

Spccia! Correspondence Of the Aleaa. Gazett;
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. -, 1851.
10 tho Senate to day, Mr.. Conkling availcd
himself of On opportunity TO rap Secretary
Sherman ovor tho knucklss for sending bis
speech TO tho Brokers' Association through the
mails under lie official frank Of his office.
Private intelligence received hero to day from
New York is 10 the effect that n. c. PIatt will
DO the next u. S. Senator from that State. lie
ran the campaign 10 New York last fail, was
formerly member oil Congress, and is Mr..
Conkling' 8 most intimate and familiar personal
| friend.
The famous article on tho Nicaragua canal
that is coming out in this months number
Of the North American Rcvicw over the sigua-
turo OF Gen. Grant, was prepared aud written
| by DR.. Goo. Is. Lorlng, member Of tho House
| lrou MASSACHUSETTS,.
| Tho Civil Service Committee of tho Senate
met This morning and heard Mr. Eaton, ono Of
| hlr. Hayes great friends, discourse at length
upon the Utopia that would exist wero the
famous civil sorvico order carried out 10 letter
AID spirit.
at tho meeting of tho Commerce Committee
of tho Senate this moroing, tho nominations of
b. q. Cook, to BIO Collector CT Customs OF
Richmond, and j. H. Gray, 10 DO Collector Of
Customs ct Alexandria, wcro rcfsrrcd to q sub
committee, composed of Mr.. Randolph. Of Now
Jersey.
In addition to Judge Crilchcr, who is Gen.
Nlahcno's candidate for tho place OF Executive
Clerk of tho U. s. Senate, now efhaicutIy filled
by Col. Fl. f. Prysou. COL j. W. Fairfax aud
Col. Joshua Ware, both of Virginia. arc also
candidates for tho place should Col. Pcyton DO
dcp0sCd. which is by no mcans certain.
Tho House military committee ibis morning.,
by vote OF to 3. adopted the me- erity report
CT the sub committee. which is adverse to the
bill for putting Gen. Grant on tho retired list
OF The army. This action VAS Influenced 10 no
slight degree by Cen. Shcrmau, who looks upon
Grant as sDOb.
Tho House Committee On Education aGd
Labor. Instructed Mr.. Goodo to report bill fer
tho distribution of tho sales of public lands
among tho several States Tor educ, tunGl pur
poses.
MV. JorGcnsan and delegation 81 Virginisns
were at the Treasury Department to day trying
to get q clcrkship there fer Mr. Lloyd. OF
Norfolk. Tho department people, however,
seemed to lhiuk that Virginia was we'll cnou It,
provided for, aud tho delegation withdrew, ny
no means satisfied.
Mr.. Jorgansen, who has returned from Rich
3mond, 10 which city he went 10 attend the
meeting Of tho republic IN COMMITTEE, seems to
bo perfectly s,tislicd with tho prospects Of his
party in tho State, and expresses himself as
confident that all tho colored people will sup.
port tho straight ticket. This scons 10 DO the
prevailing option OF all the VirgiriA republic
cans cow in the city.
| AT tho meeting Of tho Ways and Means Com
mitteo Of The House this mornirg, on motion o!
Mr.. FeltOu. the Goth list. WAS fixed Cpcn &c
the day for tho consideration of tho Hurd free
trade bill. Nobody supposcs. however. that
any definite tcion vii b. taken upon this bill.
Among tho appointments sent to tho Senate
10 day was .hst of Jefferson w. Gordon 10 be
postmaster OF Alexandria. Louisiana.
Mr.. Robert Boiling, Of Petersburg, q sttaight
out republ c,n, who YES removed by Collector
Brady from bis position as deputy Hector be.
cause ho was opposed to the Malone movo
mcnt. is hero. sDd is said to be an applicant tci
Mr. Brady's place, with fair proHpcc:s Of suo
cess.
Judge Hughes, of Virgins, is an applicant 70,
place on tho Supreme Cour. and would have
had fair chance of SUCCESS wore it rot for his
Mahoalsm, as his abilities are universally roccg.
n!2sd.
Senator Johnston in tho last number of the
Southern Planter shows tba: no little part of the
rapid progress the North has made is duo 10 the
inmonse sums Of money that section hiss re.
coived from tho ganeIal government while the
South has received little or nothing. Ho all {
shows that tho increase in tho cotton hu,iness oil
Norfolk for tho LAST Six years han booa over
twolvo hundred per cent.
| Secretary Sherman having secured tho SenE.
torship from Ohio. will leave hero tomorrow fol
Mentor 10 have Nn inlerviow with President.
elect Garfield.
Il. NJ. Sommorriin. who has rtcantl7 been
ole esd 10 tho Court of Appeals Of Alahams is
from Culpoper county, Va.
M.jor ). L. Bayly, the republican CONTESTANT
for Cir. Barbours scat in Congress- conton.
plates opening real estate FLEA in Aloysndria
In roteronce 10 tho Virginia republican con
vontion referred TO yesterday. q prominent NM
honi!e hero says enough negroes will DO sont to
il to vote down all tho Wickham measures and
10 mako i! declare in favor Of an alliance with
Gonersl Mshone,
Or. Adams, President Of tho East Washington
republican club, will leave horo on Monday
next for Monitor 10 present President olect Gar.
hold with flag and take occasion 10 suggcs! tc
HIM tho names of certain persons for positions 81
Washington under tho next administration. a
colorod delegation left hero yesterday morning
for III ontor 10 urge tho claims Of Brncn fer r
psco in tho Uabnent
VIRGINIA NEWS.
| A. j. Allan, colorcd, member OF Il G Dan