Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-26
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SnGt!a;i Correspondence o. the A}aIu. Gu.a:;c !
W.s1IEGr0S. y. j., Jau. &c, 1881. |
Mr.. Ills introduced q resolution ia The |
Senate this morning that contains the only pfo- |
vision for counting she presidential electoral
vote 10 which tho republicans 10 Congress will
agree. Il is the fane thst was adopted in
1901, and provides that tho members Of the
House shall BE- invited into the Senate, aud
thai to.lera having been appointed. tho Vics
President shall open tho certificates, aud the
votes shall thon DO oOuotcd.
Tho House Commerce Committee this mort.
lug agreed to report IN favor of app!opriating
$780, 600 Tor tho Improvement of the lowor
Mississippi aud $4,000 fer tho construction
OF supply reservoir on it's upper waters.
Comptroller kuoX, Of tho Treasury. appeared
beiaro tho Senate FiaaEc, Committee this
| morning, and made an argument in favor Of tho
Ir1asurys Ilin fox rcfuoding tho dcbt-a long.
or bond snd discretion to the Secretary of the
Treasury to refund at any figure below 81 per
can't.
Aa attempt was made this morning to get
meeting CT the conference committee GA tho bill
! for free b;idgo across the Potontc. but the
House members Tore 10 engaged with their
other committees that they c)uld not attend.
Mr. Hayes paid the last of tho agents en-
ploycd 10 obtaining him his fraudulent preti
tcucy to day. by appointing Stanlty Matthews
Associate Justice OF tno Supreme Court Of the
US.
The House is obgagod 10 day on the bill for
counting tho electoral vote, the rel ublc IDS fiji
bustCflne Against it.
Mr.. Teller bilicicd tho Senate to day with
long and p.osy speech upon tho Iodlau bill.
Capt T. l. Smith. Of Alexandria. is being
voted for a. the lair Of tho Washington Light
Guard now 10 progress hero, as tho rScipiont
Of handsome sword.
The approval the Supreme Court gives tho
teci4iOn CT the Count of Appeals of Virginia 10
tho Case OF hntoni Il Wright shows that its re.
can: decision docs sustain the funding bill OF
ISL.
Ao unsuccessful attempt Was made last Sat-
nTdDy to poison tho entire family of Berjamin
iFaacoLt, OF Montgomery county, Md.
La the Senate to dag, Mr.. Johnston. ut tho
request OF George q. Round. of Prince William
county, Va, presented tho petition of Jsrnos
Cox, OF Smyth county. in that State, for claim
that had been rcjootol by tho Southern Claims
Commission.
Eho Sonatc 60 day, aprond TO tho House bill
ratiVlng tho ooupcamiso. by which tho 3. &
.. l.. Il. wln allowed to uottlo its tsx bills due
tho District Of Golumbs. UP 10 Ju!y 1879. by
he payment OF SIS 0U0.
Tho llou5o District Committee 10 day, ON.
adcrCd bill Tor tho reorganization and rolnoor
aoraton of b. Il L. II. L.. Company, for tho
purpose Of making liz bonds q l,an upon tho
property Of tho road AID a!eo providing for the
removal Of the tracks a1d depot Of tho DOM.
pany from their present location. within tho
limits or tho District and tho construction of a
ualon dopat. Tho Committoo eluo Instructed
lie chairman TO rcpost bill for Increasing tho
Tolica forco 10 tho District by 600 hundred
Ilcn from the passage Of tho h 10 tho lst OF
next April.
Tho republican Congressional campaign club
c'o*od ita hcacquattors in this city last night
i'ic st,tnmcat IF its expenditures shows that
$50 coo wna expended IN Way TINT tho com
ullttco ii not ashamed of, but makes no mon.
tlOn OF tho thousands OF dollars that Wcro spont
in ways tina: ~ero daik. if not vain.
H,crclary lIvarts, having refused furloueh
to toi. hlosbS, Coosu! to Hong Kong, Tho Col.
onc!a friends appealed to MIR. Hayes, by whose
ord!rd fgrlGugh wag despatched to the Ctlo-
&C., who Is n0w probably on his way homc.
1t iiaTiuG been reported TO tho ScGnto Cam
mlttcr, to whCm tho appointments Of Hf. Gill;
MGR aud Mr.. Gray. OF Virginia, woro referred
that tic former had written q letter advising
tho republicans Of his State to vote ths Mahono
ticket at thc recent election in that STATE, and
that inc latter hhd determined TO appoint %
lila deputy Mr. Thcrno, who had advised o
himtr curse, 1t il generally conceded. as pre-
VIGuSiy stated 10 this correspondence, that both
these appointments will BIO rejected.
Tho impression to day seems 10 b. thst Mr..
Oliver will not DO elected Senator from Pcuu-
gyiYanIa, but that as 1t Is tho policy of the DOM
0cr1ts to break down tho regular republican Or
gntlzation 10 that State, they will vote for
boiling republican and elect him.
IL. ii. Wells, jr., son Of tho onco Provost
Marshal Of Alexandra, was disbarrod 10 the
police court horc yesterday for allodgcd rascal
ity, but tho sentence was subsequently, revoked
aud tho case held under adVisomcnt.
Reports from Quantico aro 10 the tfT0ct that
tho leo in tho Potomac is solid as far down as
can ho seen with spy-glass fron tho top Of
vessels mast.
Mr.. w. F. Buracl!, Of Richmond, will cirque
tcfora the House Judy. Gem. tomorrow tor tho
passage OF bill providing that tho pardon
proclamation of President johnson issued in
Docembor lSGS restored property rights TO
evoty body 10 tho South except in lhcs, cases
IL which Legal proceedings had boon Instituted
Should this bill be passed about thirty six
millions of dollars now 10 the Treasury belong
ing to Southern mou will DO restored to them or
their heirs
Tho latest rumor Glo8t at tho Capitol this
afternoon is to tho effect that Jack SOD, O debt
payldg dctnCcrat ahd member OF tho Lngisa
turc OF Tennessee, hts been elected u. s.
SuugiGs IRON that State.
TjRTJNJd MEIVU