Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-12
FROM iV-HSi{i.NEIO.T
Correspondence Of tic AIcca. Ga:.tte.
WASHINGTON. =. e., Oo!., y, 1881.

regard 70 tie stcrc,sIyahip Of tho Semitic, but
d'!"tinlCci &c cal IN Mr.. Ednu16a'5 ,csolu-
Ton Tor conflicting the pIcsCnt committees
during 'Lo prosen. Session. They alao talked
about tha Proposition of enoliDg Mr.. Davis
PRESIDENT OF the SGoato in 400 Of MI Baysrd,
but took Do definite action respecting that propY
os!tlon While some of the members wore in
tsvor Of tho proposition rthnra wcro strongly
op posed t0 Il, i0r tho assigned reason that DO
dOpondenoa couId b pu: upon his action. and
| lh.s oLc: elected he wo1d a. likely Gut in tho
! ;btcrost OF the democrats as Of their own. o n
| era thought thHt the interests OF the party
&oGId be the better suoservcd By letting MIR.
/ l'a?ari remain President. rs sDy uDpt pular nc
tioa OF the h0dv caud 10 attributed To deno-
cratic c0ntr2l. si0i,c even went 40 Jar AZ % suy
| tha:, r7cu OF naty &rjuDGa. they would rrnicr
Bjysrl 10 l'cyls, a., wEIa ho is Q. democrat
J hey arc sue he VI 60 n0lniCg &c Edvarce .hc
! 5tGrtsla 81 = IarY 1t tho CXGGiSe OF th0st Of
/ No cCu8tIy. iEc democrats agreed 10 hold i.c
| ITc3i:v# % ;io iCctc,sryShip 10 a5sSsrce aud,
SO ~ n tae c1El;:itttts arc c1rcsTIGd to walt
/ Gtii .ha i'g"slI EisI iOitinu!iCBs c,mc 10, 80
! - to SEQ eha: C1rinIlitceS you'd b necoI.
sGTY, aad tltcE 10 JEaitcr the question Ct their
! formation. 20 S5 20 save tho trouble Of supcint-
! rE tic '"hoIa CT Inc Committees, When ttcr1
wculd be- busorss fer ocly Tx or s1veu.
! the Respective carCascs Ut The Senate rcas-
| : mhlcd r!cGIite!y alter tho 0djourGment OF
| mat bGCY tG tHY TO consider the question OF tic
| appointment Of the S.na.e's cammittcca Tho
| nominations = nt 10 to day require tho appoint
| IN 1T OF the l'OstCtic,, Indisn Affairs, Public
| Lads Judiciary aed Pcusions Committees;
| these and QUO or two others. it is supposed, will
l lbs y
fil! OILY las! Ter tho session, aud as there
seems TO &C disposition on both sides to bling
ne session to close pa rapidly as possible.
| Tie probabilities to day about tho present
| session are that the republicans will make an
| eit1rt to dero3c ME. B,yard from the prcsi-
! dercy that MI )ri:y Ct tho +, p1bcsns would
! cot hesitate to do 80 II they theGght it safe, hut
inst they arc sill uuocr!aia respecting MIR.
David Davis. Indeed, ii is esd by Some that
Ii Inc s!emHt be G6,io Mr.. Bayard will call
lGnIo o:hcG senator 70 tho chair. socasd tho
"omInatl3n, and thank tho republicans for
EcniiustiD% ST lair and honorable s msr, and
that Nj. Davis wcu!t receive tic veto Of wary
democratic member. l. IS also urobsb!o lha.
no sCcrcEaTy Will bH elected at this session, az
the TrHuH!'cahs Gaa nHt ur ito their forces upon
Fir. G0rham. .td as tho democrats have not
quite enough Yates 10 cIcc: their ncmnea, Col.
W hSbi1st0H. WhSJ will DO G0Ee with tho
committees Is uEknUwn Ri yot to am BODY.
friends OF General Mahcno say that tho
General, his sou aud his Secretary. mt tho 500
cIai invitation Of tho President. sport the entire
cVcuing With him last night, going early and
not returning uai! utter eleven o'clock; that
dulng tho evening tho whole situation in Viz.
einIa vas narrated and explained from che
Generals standpoint; that tho General was
assured OF tho hearty md elective support of
tho entire administration 10 his present CAM
paIgn, and that tho federal Office holders ia his
State. who had been lnterftripg with him,
would bo informed Immediately that it will be
wise for them to change their COURSE ard give
him sll the assistance they orc capable Of afford
ing him. TIC federal assistance tho General
has already received has doae him nnoh more
harm than good. and 1t is Hnid by strlishtout
republicans as well as by democrats that the
gaius ho Will receive b? this new promise will be
more than oilsat by tbs lDsSca il will OCCASION
The 0rStoTn Commission cay thst all the
arrangements ;Or the cenicHrie! have been com
flotcd aEd TIM. ac1nmm01a.i0ra for ell tho
crowd cXpCcId there, largo rs thai crowd may
DO, will he amply enfil cico.. All tho States 10
the linla0 Will b represented at tho centcn. ial.
Should tie HeDsIc adjourn in tins, ard Sens>
tors OF both parties say it will. NIL tho members
CT that body viii be .hc guests of tho Yorktown
CcnmlssIoo. and will accompany tho commits
si0D, the Hfelch and ohtr invited pu1sts 10
GrktoWo on tho sosmcr Excelsior
MT. feEdloton, 10 response TO Inquiries about
tn clcoiiOa 10 Ohia yesterday, saiu this morn.
IDg that hs intelligence Only went ~ fer aS to
say that the dcDoclatio candidate for Governor
hsd been defeated, and that ho Legislature WAS
uncertain.
The proceedings OF iho Senate TO day wtr,
short and embarrassing. and 9ero witnessed by
only small number OF spectators. Tho ropub'
licsns accepted the democratic proposal to c3n-
slider tho appointment OF only sucn committees
"a tho demands ct tic ~ass0a would REQUIRE.
The SeGatG then want iuio executive hcssiun, 10
which Il Only heard read c list OF uninDorluui
noinirallOn9, which wera laid on tho table to
await the sFroio.mcut CT The cInmttcos. The
coors Wa!o then IC0pCneJ, a!.cn Mr.. Anthony,
N iocIinG manuer, aop0uacti tho ,losth OF
StGa:cT EGrn:ir Ghd niGyci, Is token Of
rtspcc: TO tho memory o. ;G9 deceased. that
the Hens;c atituin, whch mn,ilG rsa carried.
N0twitn5iri d,HG Tho opposition Of many re-.
Fuh iIc-n Gcn.Lt!h, iha republican calCua IL lis
session tt!S ,i;o':"pA nSnUd: b.? dncided ms.
lorlir, - '"a.G a, cior. 20 dcpcso Mr. BAysrd
iron, sGH Presidency III The Si-nsLr auL t. .II;:.
port ns"id DAYS ior thst position: i'nc !,mo-
Craic CsuCUs ~ ia at;rlnron c"ssiyn Gid aUthing
oi importance.
Among i!s sufferer! ~ tha B$l,imo,o Uriolo
yesterday v;ss NJ iGS. T. Janney, q! Ucccquail,
Va, Wn had his ;Cc:ct picked oi = watch val
uahlc no. oa'y for its intrinsic worth, which WAS
considerable, In. iram the old tnIniy assOcis.
lions connected With Il.
liNnR0rII"EIA'S i!oRR0RS. - The horrors 0:
hydroph0iis tova rarely fuuh moro painful
illustration ;hsn IN tho death recently. at
Fihrrrc, j n; iSc ella nf Ibpcn, ilov .