Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence i the 47eza. Gosttts
WAsgls,GT0N. D. G., Nav IS 1881.

Special Correspondents i Ike 4!e1a. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. G., May IS, 1881.
Among the uonios:ioos seat 10 TIC Senate
:oedsy we're !hoso c: ir,d Douglass TO b. Com
ni;sjona: OF Dsods. aod G. L. Hopr7 to be
Marshal Ct the District OF Columbia. Neither
the ETc32g:y oHDc:s nor tie uGm0a.s C; The
bar i7e.e c0rsl!,sl il the ua!.ar OF either Ct
these nominations.
iho report abou: TIC o1o majority hat vas
cast fox the Matthews confirmation being the
votc Z! Senator who Was paired with Mr.Tel
or, and iha: reconsideration of that coo6rm-
alton would therefore be made, is entirely in
correct. Mr. Telcr's pair is M,. Maxey, who
Is absent, AID tbs idea OF such thing as the
reconsideration CT the vote has never entered
The head OF any member of tho Senate.
|: Is Eunorcd to day that Efforts tor the re.
r2c7aI OF b. Is. Bolts from his position as Col.
! 'tctcr Of !atcIosl revenue for tho Alexandria
district, s1d the appointment thereto Of Viii
lam b;oW1, are being prosecuted so vigorously
thst the former friends ore bestirri1g them.
| saves 10 biz behalf, and tho fact tina! Mr..
| Bots, lad his hYothers'in-law j. i. and j.. L..
L:@l-, AID others OF his ftieGds are ir tho city
to d1y gives crcd5uco TO the report.
Among TIC G0miaGtoG5 confirmed by tho
StGa!c IN executive session to dag were those of
Judge Pardee to ba juisc Ct lho 5.h u. S.
Court, SD Dt. Gilmcr to &c postmaster of
Eichm0nl. II s2Gma that Nobody opposed tho
latter, and that uadtr the law if be had not
been ccLG:lncd st ouco The depostd posta aser
| Forbes. would have had tho right 10 tske p?st
s:aSon Of tbs cfioe.
| Tbs Misses J:Dnlngs. ct Warrentop, VI,
great Or ,nljsusbtets OF Capt. Pickett. of Rev,
stationary Zane, have large pnd beautifully
ecgravcd cat glass goblet taken with other
| British spoiis Q. tic I Yorktown surrender They
| called upOn Senator Johnston. President of the
AorktoHn commission, last eight to see if that
commission would not buy il, asking fer it one
| Thousand dolIer5, tut were Informed that The
conmissiol had 90 money los such purposes.
N9. ". i. Braun is in the city to day.
He lbs jdst returned from visit to Virginia,
where liz has largo business Interests, and stop
PED here 10 tax, peep a: the political situa-
| tiGp
NothOs las yet been do1o 10 the caso of j..
II. Gray,waoso domination for Collector of Gus.
sons ct Al xaDdIia was scus in sometime ago.
! The Dopioa!ioDi is before the Committee on Com
| natcc, Ct which Mf. CoukIirg is Chairman, but
that c0Glml:toe has not reported upon it. Mr..
| Gray US here &c Day to urge sciou upon it
! il p)sS;tl' before tie eud CT the Session, Shich
cveIytoGy ucT cxptcs will tco1r about tho
! cldGiC q: eek. week.
TIE iiiucc OF G.1cral m4hona to vote yes.
tettiy ca tho Matthews nomination. though he
was not paired. IS tho subj cot of good deal of
talk 10 ds7, the prevailing Impression regards
! ltg it telng that his vauntod iodepondeutism
hiss. uLd:G stress O! circumstances, degenerated
llto p)!ent aud coujemp!iba neutrality.
Be:oca tic SeGete went ioto executive ses.
g;on &c day il agreed that wocn to days session
etioGr1td il should to ul.i Motd,y. All the
tu,lIt:s on hc c.!srdar las bsen transacted,
50 tha: as fer IS TO Senate proper is concerned
i; o2ulG eel .uto 10 day without Leaving aDy
Iuiiucss uoette5dcd 10, but lis committees have
macy ncGiasioEs before they, up,n which
[ thcs sayo cot icpcrltd.
IL Consequence Of Other business Senator
JohaS!aa did rot csl, up)r the President to-
| day, as lie tx2sc.ed to nave done, with refer
| cnce 10 the late char 8 20 10 The small postoffices
| in Vi'g MIS-. said to have been effected through
the i1tue1co OF General Mahooc, but another
gentlemen equally as Influential did. The re-.
! suit OF tic at:o:' S !a.crvioW has cot, as yet,
| trs1spirod.
! The republicans CT tha Sepae held another
! carcu; this morning, bnt had arrived ut 90
dcf1lto conclusion ShaD the houc arrived f. I
the c1c3 -ncGc 3meut Of 70 days SO: sicn of tho
Se0s;c. Those who we're present say that
While - get n0ihlcg dtci:iv3 was determined
upon, tho Indications were that satisfactory
! agreement would be arrived at, bu. as they
! have beGu teihrg this way from the first Of tho
I ficuIty, nobody &c l:VCs them a1d they Goo t
ac i've themselves, the general impression being
i that The Picsdcnt'5 friends will demand the
consideration Of tie Rob.r $50 domination,
J tbs! il viii be c,LGcmed. aud hat hereafter
! tic way betwc.n tic Presidents !rieod3 ana
! lis en-ml!s, h2GCed By Senator Cor leg, will
! i,s fought EOMrdnce, ard that IS the ro2uo5
! have lGsial out. E0ne6t men will get their dues
! The heat ives 50 intense today that when the
Senate went into executive sss:i0C, the doors of
Che galleries had to be opened 10 afford suticion.
| ventiisiion that the rooms set apart for tho
Newspaper correspondents AID telegraph opera.
to.sI gs we'll AS all inc OtEerrooms ga the gallery
: Il Jor wero cleared.
! Eot7ihst :ndGg tbs Presidents recent avow.
! g! CT his intention 10 throw al liz influence 0nd
thss OF bis administration in favor OF tho Ma.
hon:cs ED tho many late Gets Of his Fostms stor
! General substantisiing tha. avowa recent do.
volopments induce the Ballet that that intention
| has bean or at AL early data will be changed, and
| That tho General viii be- left IN tho urch by the
administration rs ho has been by tho Senate. If
! this be So. aud many Of the best informed pec-
PIC liz ~ EaAInELOD EEC COJuIenL ul IT, surely tho
Generals roiribu.iua hiss como upon him
/ speedily.
| The President s0nt message 60 tho Senate
( To-day Withdrawing tho nomination Of Lewis
Nniiace as Charge d'hf.lrGs st Paraguay and
| Uruguay st his own request.
John w. WhcGt has This dsy been appointed
| pos.ma3tnr st Farda!d, kockbll &c county, Va,
vice Gabriel Lilley, resigned, and j. j. Hoford,
! q! Martins Station, Pulaski county, Va, vice
Aconard =. Caltec, removed.
KeG Men.
The Couccil Fire Ct The Crest Utuacil Of
Virgins, Lnproved Oder Of Rid Meu, was
kiadcd Wednesday moruiog. 10 tho Hiswam OF
Wyaadc;to Tribe No. AZ, 10 Norfolk. With a
largo runber OF chiais present.
The Grand Sachcm msdc hisrtpoct IN wbich
no saus: