Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the A!ero. Gazette

S2etla1 Correspondence OF the A!er0. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. o., jap. %. 1881.
The House lotercc:aoi Committee held
s:cro S: 1,jou this morning. At the last uect
Jag the sGb Committee Composed of Spglstcn,
Hutctit snl CoDger were Instructed to report
bmk uaf.vtr4biy upon the Egds plap, bat
o,n;rary TO ibis express instruction they re-
ported b.c', tavorab!y. This created tho lusa,
AID nothing defate Was done. When the
meeting was over, Mr.. Fryo was heard 10 ssy
that he vas disguised with the wholo inter.
oceanic business.
1t il now prety we'll understood thst the
Rivr hod llarEor bill will contain but smslI
appropriation for Petersburg. $4,000. Oa'y
$50, Goa was asked Tor, but $4,000 will be 90
uuch as it will receive, and the delegations lhst
mag DO scc. hero 10 urge larger sum will not
even be heard. 1t is also understood that tho
committee will DO nothing with tho Potomac
fats y proposition to mako tho bill twoIve
instead Of on eight million bill was defeated by
IN S 10 vote. An attcmpt will BIO made to
obtain on appropriation for N atsco creek, but
it has net yet been commonc d.
a gentleman we'll posted 10 tho railroad mat
sEd Southwestern Railroad Company bas al
ready 81 100000 10 morcy 10 lis crtdlt, AID
has tho assurance of all that i. moy want to
complete its road; that ell tho cCu3lics from
LYnchburg to Gloucester Point have subs crib.
cd literally toward it,; that l25 miles hnyo al.
ready been let 10 Kentucky eud 40 tui; that
by ntxs GUNNER tho company cXrcc:5 TO have
its road built from Pond Gap to Now river :;
that 90 arrangement is being port .o.cd by which
it Will pul chase tho charter and franchises Of
tho New River Road, tna thst tho company
will probably como to terms With tie Richmond
and A!cgary Road, by which it will uso tho
truck ct the latter road frou Buohan2n 10
| Richmond until it en- build its oan track.
At caucus Of tho demcctatio senators this
morning it vas dc dcl 10 refer The IogGlls res.
olu!on for counting tho electoral voto TO tho
Mcrgan SPECIAL committee. with vas accord.
iDgly demo whom tho SOL siou OF tho SlDato c.l
mcrccd.
With regard TO tho proposed ship canal be-
| tween tho Chesapeake and Delaware bsyj, it il
considered that nothing vii BIO dono o. this
81 sson of Congress-
The Central Pacific railroad yesterday, paid
Sl,6OO. QUO Under protest es Tho Tex under the
| Thurman bill for the sinking fond. BY ngrcs.
| mcnt With the eoV5rlmcnt, however. and to
| test the legality Of the Thurman sct. tho latter
| Immediately instituted suit 10 tho u. s. Cir
| cult Court of Now York for tho rccovary Of this
| suD. |: il surnised COW that fsom tho changes
| that have ben and that arc to Do made in the
composition OF tho Supreme Court of tho u. S.
| BY tho limo this caso can como before it, de-
| clsioD will be rondared in favor Of tic railroad,
| thus repoallcg former decision Ct tho cur:
add lnValldatlng tho Thurman COZ. That this
is like ~ ID tho moro probable by rtason of the
| following circumstances: Tho former dec scu
was rendered by i've to three. he threo bcoc
Field, Strong aud Bradley Or these, Strupp
will bo eff when tho case is called, but lis pll C.
will be supplied By Woods. arairoad sppintoc;
| Wbo of tho five who. uoder tho former deci
sion, juGcas Clifford, Hunt aud Sw.iao will BIZ
| of and in their ylfc2s will bo three railroad
| judges, among these, Judge MathcTs, who is
| already appointed. 10 addition TO this. Justice
Miller, who was OK mt when the former decision
/ was rendered, oWiug to sickness, will, it ia bu.
| natural TO suppose from his known oharsctar
| sidc with tho roads, as he wss formerly the laa
partner of Ju5g, Dillon, tho attorney Of tn:
| Gould combination. With regard 10 Dillon il
| may BIO said that he was the judge Ct the I'll
circuit, and resignGl that pIico 10 bcoomc G
railroad attorney, ex Secretary McCreary, hil
former law partner, tt king his piac'. McCrcary
was nembtr Of the uouso in tho 45h Con
grts'. Justice Miller was uembsr of tht
electoral commission, and for bis scrvc,s there
% Hayes gavo his fornor partner Tho War D.,
pstlment Nice monlhs ago McCreary stepped
cu' Of tho War Department to take Jud 90 Dill
Ions place, and thu7 sgaic, it !'il be seen, ,hott
are wheels within wheels.
In tho House., to day, tho Ystes Martio con-
tcsod election case is btiug debated. With The
understanding hat Tho previous question shall
! DO called ST e lccs. MIR. Jones, grconbacge
| from Texas, who distinguished Llmsulf By WAR,
| ing 10 Hgh: during the Woaver-Hpsrks row
| took occasion TO declare tho support of him eel
and his party to The republican. MIR Biz so. tn,
| new republican member from Florids, svailet
| himself Of tho OCCASION to INTRODUCED hinscl
! 10 tho Houso.
In the Senate to-day the ingalls, resolution
| Ter counting tho Ps ,siientiA electoral vote wa
discussed.