Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette
WASHINGTON, d. o., Jar. %, 1851.

WASHINGTON, d. o.. Jar. %, 1851.
The call Ct tho chairman CT the Rel ubl.cln
State Central Committee of Virginia fort meet
log OF that body ia Richmond Oh the S:h PICK
Imo, locks very much as though tho rioent
mcetice ct the Republics Executive Commit.
tee, which recommended Slate Convention
on the 10th of March, was more rfacDlisl than
the Mahonites would have it appear.
CO.. C:ilcher, Of VirSinia, has selected tho
seat on tho democratic side Of The Senate now
filled by MIR. Pugh. for Senator elect Mshouc,
Tor whom, ASP, quarters hsvo been tb.alned at
tho Arlington Hotel.
at meeting Of o sub committee of tho
House committee on Pacific railroads this
morning, It W:s stated. 90 tho authority of
Mr.. French, railroad auditor OF the Treasury
that the Northern Pacific Railroad had not
morgagtd lanes to which they lad no right,
as has been charged.
The joint cougrt s,ional committee 90 the
YORKTOWN ccntonnial visited the Wsr Depart.
mcrt this morning, and. with Secretary liam.
say, Inspected the model OF the proposed monu.
mcDt. GOV on exhibition there. Senator j obn.
sto1, chairman of tho committee. mado somo
suggestions for conforming the Inscription to
tho original resolution for tie monument pass
cd in ISL, which wtro adopted, and it was
also determined to Invite the designers Of the
m0du to meet the committee at their next scs.
SIGN.
Tho Agricultural Committee of the Senate
this morning heard Profs. Law aud Gamgee in
reference to the suppression or eradication Of
the cattle disease.
The session of tho House las. night did not
adjourn unlil 6 O'clock this morning, and was
as disgrac,iul as all night 6:sious usually are.
Among tho members taken 10 charge by the
Sergeant OF Arms ct thtir quarters and brought
to The House were Mcssrs. Harris end B.ale.
Alr. McGoW4n moved that On example be
| made Of the former by 6nipg him $50, but af-
| lelwald5 withdrew it. and ap;logiz,d to tho
| Judge Tor introducing it. The whole night Yves
| spent 10 V5lu effort to obtain quorum. At
| ucoa TO Gag the j)urnal IVES not ready I'd re.
cess was taken Tor half 90 hour in order to give
| toe ce,k5 timo to finish it. When tho session
did commerce, Mr.. Bisboc. republican from
Florida, who had been awarded tho scat OF MIR.
| Hull, democrat, Was sWOro in. The sum ho
| will NV draw will be about $4,000. Mr..
Lowe, ircln Alabama, who vas reported 10 tie
| House as having positively refused TO obey Ks
| OlUSl " w ItCoCuI laSS ulSCly Was e4SuSCu, III
| be stated that hs had informed the Sergeant
OF Arms tina. be was sick. After tho passage
of few unimportapt balls, tbs House, at half
past orc o'clock, aGjourned till Monday. There
WIS DO session Of the Senate.
As tho time ior tho Cow Senate to meet sp-
| prolchc5, the interest 10 Gen. Malone r croases.
] Ii The demcctats tlecs Senator from Tonnes
sec, The Senate will stand 81 democrats, to 81
republicans. Mr.. Davis. CT Illinois, will mako
IS domc crate, apd tho great question ia whether
Mahono will vote so as 10 make tic aud give
Tho clStiog voto to the Vic, President. Col.
Popham over his own signature, has published
that it is the intention OF Mahouo TO 80 act as
to dcptsc Blyard from Inc chain In anship Of tho
Finarcc Committee. to keep Hampton and
Vance ircm Advancing. and that Senator Ran.
sou maintGils hi position IN tho make up of
the Senate. Mr. Davis of West Virginia will
also bo literally dealt With 10 oonst quenoo Of
AlahOna's friendship for bis brother. A like
caurso will Glso b. pursued with regard TO
Brown, of Georgia. and Davis, of Illinois, lie
also gays tho committee slate will BIO mads up
by the a6v!c, Of Cameron. of Pennsylvania, and
Ransom, but whether thew will act sin9ly or
jointly, ho does not SAY. Oaa of them will DO
relied upon for adv.c, with regard TO tho Gen
| erals support of tho republicans, and tho other
With teicrcroo to tho democrats. Tho republ
GAGS want Sherman at tho head OF The Finance
Committee. but whether Mahopo will support
hiao the Co'onel doesn't ssy. Tho Generals
opposition to Bayard. Vapoo md Hampton, ia
in consequence ct tho speeches they mado
against his patty in virginia las. fall.
Mr.. Stanley Matthews will b. appointed to
lhn Supreme B,nOh on Monday
d.: Wcliiss has been elected President Of
tho BoGIi Of Trustees Of tho Coro9ran Art
Gallery.
Tho llops, Con mi,lco 90 Ietcrcocario Canals
this morning, killed tho Esd, plan for a ship
canal.
Maynard cot Wi'ha two votes Of election in
thu Tennessee Legislature yesterday.
A drunken BEAR. A half dem prosptc,
t5rJ ca@rcd orc night recently in Tie Sierra
Nevada, EIdorado county. Califer2i,. The
gtou.d wss covered with Snow. and when
about midnight grizzly bear approached, the
cuachi9g ct his ftot arou ID tho wholo camp.
Tho besr trotcd boldly up to within few feet
of tho fire anl sciz,d lho noans. lEiog that
could be ronohcd-a bsg conariug few such
articles al bread nud sugar aId demij ,hn of
tho hottest Whnkey manufrc .urol % tho
Pacific coast The prospcctors fred several
shcts at tho grizzly, which oau:od him to sciz,
tho bag and cimper of. Relieved of the 10
welccmo visitor prosat c,, tho party cropped
off to slscp again, TO DO reused about dawn by
loud and long toars 10 neighborirg ravine.
Tho mon approached the ravine cautiously, and
were delighted to SEQ tho grizzly uproarlously
drunk and rolling in tho snow. The bear had
brokon the demijohn and Tapped up the whiskey
with an apprecisLivo tongue. His antics were
very funny-"as good MS a Circus" ono OF tho
prospectors ssys-snd they were kept up until
long after sunrise. Ho tried hard to climb up
the side Of tho ravine, and made ferocious dashes
st the mon, but every timo he rolled down. At
last the spectators shot him and moved on.
JACK EHsrrERD's HAUNT.-Tacro may, per-
hsps, be sentimental school-5oy or two who
will hear with regret that the houses in Wych
street which ara additionally associated with
Jack Sheppard have been swept away by the