Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-17
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Of the Aleaa. Gazette
WArnrnornN y e Enh L. LOCI

SSiRtO OO"iLl!iIp Va
Routes to the Sesboard agreed this morning to |
report in favor Of neither tho SaEsalras nor the
Chop.apE route fer tho Chesapeake AID D.la- |
ware cana! this summer, but to add to the river
and harbor bill 40 appropriation for new sur
wy. The iDdcatation5 ere that the Chop!ank
route sill be The ono finally selected.
In tire Senate yesterday afternoon. MIR.
Wlthcrs presented the report Of tho commit
teo Of conference on the free bridge bill, but
objection was made by Dir. lDgalls who wanted
TO SEQ the report in print AMI it had therefore
10 so over.
The action Of tho House last night on the
River and liarbor bill ard the nigh. sessions Of
the Senate which commcuoo 10 day show that
both parties 10 Congress ore doog all they Gao
10 prevent tn extra session. Tho rc!updipg
bill will also pass, Tor even Mr.. Bayard will
sGrCG 20 u 4" per cent hnGd rather than let tho
bill fail.
The House to day passed bill ppying Mr..
Frank llrri $500 for tcipg counsel for tho
HOUSE and it's Sergeant at Arms in tho llalet-
kolbourn case.
A SUB committee of the House Pacific Rail.
roads Committee agreed this morning to report
adversely upon tho resolutions to Investigate
tho charge that the Northern Pacific Railroad
had mortgaged lands to which they had no
title. In consequence Of this Northern Pac6os
advanced ono per cont. within on hour.
Both tho Senate and tho House this after
noon passed the bill fer FREQ bridge across the
Potomsc, tho text of which was published 10
t6is correspondence yesterday. and thtro il no
doubt that it will receive Mr.. Hayes signature
and b:como q law. By it tho lcssses are to re-
receive $4,000 for fec simple title to tho
piers o. the tqucduct and its approaches. and
this they con not have without the consent of
the Altxa1diia Canal Company.
Mcssrs. GOodo and Harris hav0 returned
irCm Richmond. whittier they went to attend
The called meeting ct tho State Conservative
Committee. Tho former reports the feeling
among a.! tho m@mbars ct tho committo rs most
hopeful. Taoy thought il best, he says, to
hGvo thrco months campaign in order that
the true io"ardLes3 Of the Mahonotes might
DO property explained to tho people. The I'm
pressIoD vas that g great change had taken
place 10 the views OF the voters, who particu.
larry Siuco Tho recent decision of tho supreme
curt, have Begin to realize that they have
been deceived By the Mshoneitcs merely fer
the latter's own advance nent, AID that with o
debt paying legislature led, tho State will
hsvo 10 difficulty 10 floating four per can't.
bond With which to redeem the consul bonds {;
| also that as tho government is TO fund lis debt
| 10 poT cents. the creditors of Virginia would
have 20 objection to receive that rate OF inter.
est on the tull amount Ct the debt. 1t wes also
thought that Whilo the Mahopeites would carry
With them large proportion Of the republican
vote, the straight outs would maintain their
organic ,tlon, and that their being three tickets
| 10 the ii ED next fall. full vote would be out,
bit that the conservatives would be successful,
G5 tho practical abolition OF The capitstiou tax
would be On ISSUE 10 the campaign, aud az the
people 10 what are known as the black districts
| looked upon lhst 10 the light of certain ruin.
Il turns out that MIR. Felton's independent
| lgm !Icaus bid for the position of Commits
| s!0ccr Of Agriculture under the Garfield admin
IS STATION. for which place he is 40 applicant.
Yesterdays session of the House lasted unit
nearly 8 O'Clock this morning, and resulted ir the
completion Of the river and barbor bill 10 COM
| mltteo OF the whole, 30 that it was reported Ia
| the House this morning and passed. No change
was made 10 tho appropriations for Virginia.
| Now that navigation on the Potomsc has
| been resumed. tho Alexandria canal equsduo!
| bridge has ceased to be bonatza, bat the Al
exandria ferry boats havo become one. Thoy,
however, have co. a7altd themselves of the
publio's NC s,lties to decrease their fares. To
| this connection i: may be said that while Balti
| moro is not TO b9 conmsDdcd for refusing the
| loan Of its 100 boats To oleer track 10 the Po-
tOmac. tho government is 70: without blame,
! for it refused request Ct the railroad company
! to open ptSIEga way with dynamite, for Do
other than the r:d tape reason, that 90 appro.
! pristion had been Elado fO1 that purpose. The
| Jerry company cid Gil that lay 10 their power to
open communoatlOa Us sjoH az possible. Gud
consequently, deserve ard r'0ilVe the thanks Of
| tho public
After the passage Of the river ard harbor till
| to day, tho House took 10 the bill appottion
| last census, with the intention, on The part q
| tho democrats. to pass it If pcssitl,.
| Tho river and harbor bill rs passed oontaios an
appropriation OF 81 000 600 for the Mississippi
| from Cairo TO the mouth, with proviso that
. aorc OF it shall be expended On levees that do
| not deepen tic c7aDne OF the tlVor.
| The Military C1muIittco OF tho House to day
| elected Gen. Go. b. Mcclellan memhor CT
! the Beard Of Directors Of tho Soldiers Homo
Association. vice General Iowa, of lndilpa, re-
| Gently deceased.
The Senate 10 day took w tho funding bill
| at % carly hour. nod MIR. Voorhees, msde q
long speech uoon It, in favor Of o 5 per cant.
bond. Mr. voorhees, and Mcssrs. Wallace and
| Beck 81! voted 10 ,mmttee for Mr.. Bayard's
| g per cant. bi but have chaogcd their oIin'
ions to suit tho prevailing idea OF the country.
! A large number of AexandEiaD0 avaied
themselves of tho resumption OF nav;g ,lion to
day to visit Washington, pleasure from
which they had been dobarrcd since Friday
| last.
Wo'k n ito Long Bridge ia progressing rap.
idly, aud the engineer in charge says trains will
1 ho hr,E Dc Tho oob
on tho north end of tho bridge will be ready by
| Tomorrow night The railroad company paid
$GC0 to the tug boats for opening a track in the
| river TO facilitate the work Of repair TO this
bridge.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Senator Conkng arrived at Mentor ycster
DAY, and had ca interview Ct several hours with
! Gen. Garfield.
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