Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-08
FROM WASHINC7ON.
Special Correspondence u tie AlesG. Gazette
WASHINGTON, i. g., Fsb. S, 1851.

From WASHlNG7
Special Correspondence u tie Ale@G. Gazette
WASHINGTON. i. o., Feb. S, 1851.
Ths probabilities CT 90 tx!ra SESSION arc by DO |
means slight, as though this is the Sh day of |
February, ard tho present s:s;ion ends Oh tie |
4h Of Marc5, Only oac Of the regular fourteen |
appropriation bills. that fer tho Military Acsd. |
cuY has been passed. 0: tho remainder, the |
Deficiency. TIC Naval aDd the Iudiap are 10 com
mittee ct Conference. The Fortiiostions. Pen
sions Postofii,o AID District OF Columbia have
passad Tho House. Gnd sro 10 the Senate. and
the legislative Deficiency. Su5dry Civil River
snd Harbo7, aud Agricultural have not yet
been even nctcd upon by the House, and tie
Army bill is in the House for SO ion upon The
So5atc' sauopdnen.e. Thedsmocrats, however,
ere doiCg oil they 10 to hurry matters 81 es 10
avoid an extra session, AID many republicans,
| amorg whom it is said, the President occ', are
assisting them to the extent Of their ability.
| Tho telegraph combination has gone into ct.
f.c:. All the ncn paying Offices have been
closed, and it is not supposed that Eew compa.
MES will be organic ID. or that Congress q i'll bug
out tho existing lines, So the rates will be re.
| duc2d 60 as to make ether lines Improbable;
ard as the Lh1enoa Of the combination with
members ct Congress is sufficient 10 prevent
any imminent dargar from that quarter.
| The Senate Committee % Foreign ATlirs
this mornirg, heard MIR. Smith, agent of the
Richmond end Southwestern railroad, in favor
of bill granting charter 10 the U. S. Com.
mercial Company to do business in foreign
countries. This company is the oro that has
contracted to build tho Richmond and South
western railroad. MIR. Smith, it may be re.
marked, has Instituted suit for S., 900 damages
for libel agGlns! Col. j. NJ. MoCuc, of Nelson
county,
Mr. Jorgensen left hero last eight for Rich
mond, to attend the meeting Of The republican
State Central Committee, to be held there to-
day. Mr.. Jorgets,n is oIo CT tho str.ightout
Virginia republicans, ard wants State oopven.
ton to head off the negro convention to be held
10 the Mahone iottrest 10 Petersburg, 90 tho
II h prcxinc
Tho cast tido CT The uou;e les have
been reserved for tho families of members Of
C1pgtes5 to morrow, durDg the cJunling of the
presidential electoral count, es ci mem Der b,ioc
entitled totwo seals. The rest OF the space UiIl
be for tic public
ExSanstor L,ws. MIR. Hanat At negro
named Pleasalts, q delegation If Virginia re-
publ,clDs. returned from Mentor yesterday, and
left for Richmond las. night 10 attend tie meet.
| iog of tho republican Central committee of their
Sta:e,t b, held there Today. The cx us Ssna.
ter, who ia now U. s. Marshalttr bis State, says
tho President elect re ivcd tho delegation
With much ccriiaIity, and expressed without
hesitation lis opposition TO the call of convcu-
tioo Of ito republicans OF Virginia fo- tho 10th
of Marot; he sl'o said that il ha were Vicgic-
il colcrcd m1n bo would look to substantial
rights, and help tho party that would libcraliz,
public sentiment. As things now locked, tho
nomicatio1 OF etraght republican ticket
would advai CT tho Interests Of tho Bourbors
and cnaEl, them TO continuo their oppression
OF tho c)lortd peCpt; no hni read Gen. Ma
homes r. !nt STATEN ants coooorniog the State
debt, aud been much impressed with j., ard
| thought that thu interests of dlc1ticn eud the
abolition oil the whipping post, which he wss
10th to hoiev1 sill existed in 30 ciViIiz i
STATE os Virginia, ware Of vastly mora inp,r-
ta0co than the mod, 10 wh'ci the State debt
Should Be settled. lie s,tm,d po.f;o ly f,mil
Ter With Fi!gllil ah.lr5. aod The reel gist Of
the Interview WAS his apnlovsl Of Coalition If
the Republican party in Virginia With tho Ma.
holites As the chief plank of the Mahonite
nlitigrn Ia the Reputation OF largo COTTON Of
tho S:atc debt, if Mr.. L:Wis reports the inter
Visw correctly, Tho President elect cncrsrios
views % Ills sal ,o. x,ct!y contrary TO these
hold by tho moro reputable l,ading mem
bcrs oi his party Tho tscf, however,
must roi bo lost silht OF that all tho
delegation referred 10 tro knoSa as re-
publican raaCi listers The delegation urged the
appointment of a Sou'horn man to The Cabinet.
and it ho DO o Virginia lhr. the sclcc ion
should fail upon Nj. Yos'. CT S;rua:oo o.
this SUI ieot tho President cIc,: Was non oom.
initial The delegation was given to under
stand that the police Ct tho ntx I'D I'm nist,atio,
would DO to build up q republican party ia tho
South by giving tho federal cfic 8 10 that SEQ.
tlon to reputable aud il tluential natives thereof
Tho galleries of tho Senate w,rc crowded this
morning in anticination Of some reference to
tho spas that took plsc, yesterday between
Mcssrs Coukliog aod Eu Ter, though the for.
MGR stated Yesterday that it no determined to
a1sWtr the latter bio would not d. i, until alter
the counting Of tho elecora! vote.
Gen. b. L. Butler left hero last tight for
Richmond to act az counsel for Gen. Malone 10
the A. NJ. i .. r. Il. c,se, which is to como
W Ia the u. s. Court thcrc to day. Previous
TO bis departure telegram he'd been rec,iyed
from the other side off-riog to retain him.
The Wsys atd Means Committee Of tho
House agreed to day to report 10 favor Of 70
| moving tho stamp tex Oh exported ttbacc,.
| Lattcrs just received hero from Col. Mosb7,
u. s, corsul ct Hong Kong, state that ho tx.
pools 10 arrive here about the is b p7czimo.
CONGRESSIONAL.
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