Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
FROIu WASHINGTON,
cctaI CORRESPONDENCE ollie .A7era, Gazdie

OpcCtdL Correspondence o. tHc -1lcGA. Uu-tuc. !
WASHINGTON. D. G.. Dec 20. 1851.
The H,us. IVES cot 10 scsion today having
&C )uin:l yesterday ua.;i Wednesday, when il
is slnts! ce.;ain the ccmoltt e5 viii be on
ntu;c.d. Tnty s!o almcs: GIN p etod, Lu. The |
SPEAKER isso b:et with applioa:ioas for changes |
Tia! be hiss had 70 lock himself uD and refuse |
interviews to lh;sl who wish 10 urga charges. |
The SlGiSar hsVs mad, dead set at Hi1
ccck. who Los DeeD selsc:ed fer the head Of the
Appropriations Con mit!cs, ED even wsat 60
for as TO ask the i1tercessioo OF tho President
TO have him taken iscm tina. !sos but ho re-
fused to lotti!rro in The matter. The o1lg a.
fairs OF this sort the! he does interfere il are 10
attempts 10 r.p1blioan q, Southern States by
surp ring Reputation schemes.
1he F!psEco Conmitte. agreed t iiy to re-
pert ta1orably upon the Merrill larif bin, which
IS Tor commission 10 revise the tariff. AID
which therefore sDouots practically to nothrg,
sud adversely uplD tho Garls1d bill which
would havo Roais practical etftc: This was
done with the assent ct all the members Of The
C0mU:ite ssvo MeEsrs. R.ck, Vtrhces AID
Harris.
The Senate judiciary Committee agreed IT,
judge Cray Tor Associate Jas!ic, of the Su-
prsne Court, vic, Jusics Clifford, deceased.
Judge Gray is the Chief Jcslios CT tho Sc
preme Court OF Massachusetts, There IVES
prolonged aod scive Gsh: for this plsc,, tho
Contestants being Boutwell, and Loaell, OF Mas
ssctuset,s, aud Dol, of New nampshirs, and
Pa,trs. of Maine
|: Is uodtrIood thG! John +. Hay, ex-Rsp-
Ie.ensligs from Limo $. will DO nominated for
the Cour; Cf Claims. vice Baccrof. Davis. re-
Gently appointed Assistant SacretLry OF State.
Among the straOgers 10 the city t lay is u.
S. Msr hal Lewis, Of the Wes!ero District of
Virginia. lie says be will resign bis present
position, which is worsh s., 900 yaer. and ac,
c=pt thst OF L;eHonsns Governor Ct Virgins,
to which be was rsoantly elected By the reput-
!icaDs Of tass Slate, bat which 10 worth moth
| irg. /. sas hren understood that hs was
assured bis SOD, She fly. shcu'd have bis pl;c,,
but il is now said tnat the latter wants the
placo OF Mr. l.1ry, who is u. s. stornsY for
| that district. I! s'c shoud G,s il. MIR. L,Ris
! may possibly 10 ahle to Tut the marshalstip
where L will do him The most good. hu! GER
| tainy net 0t:hCu. opposition, for tho read juI
teTs even DOW complain OF he number of pisoes
that arc - possession OF members Of It's fam
~. Mr.. Lewis s1d Mr.. Jorgonsen had talk
at the Capitol this morning about Virginia sf
fairs, acd while neither of them il at all salts
aed With the cordilion CT Affairs there ttey
both, a! least, to outsiders express themselves
IS coatent ssfl tho position to Which it has
pleased taa rea6j busters to o.ii then.
Col. Ilirnsr. member OF The liauso from
South Caroline, ls 7ely Iii st il roolGs 10 this
city.
Nearly ell the dem 3sFa!ic Senator's arc NJ
posed to any attempt 10 change the cxisiug
knfsf NJ oeln 81, ,,l bo
eIors wss made III the Senate tLluy 10 gite
shs superintendent OF III, document loom gu,
thoriiy TO appoint "a sddi i,us messenger. bat
as this was iItriogi1g upoa the domain of the
Sergesut- alarms, Mr. lo9a!is. a friend of
MIR. Brig ht. oame &c his rescue. aud 90 his o! %
tioo the matter wert osc7. The Senate Finance
Committee to.dsy sgteed 10 report f,vcrsbly
upon the. nonioa.On ct Acton for Assistant
Treasurer at New York. The ind i!ioas TO-
day are thst Kelly will be Chairman of Tho
HOUSE Ways end Means Committee. Robson
of Foreign Relations. Haskell of Railroads aud
Townsend ct Commerce. Prominent reacius.
ters here say that in the rcspporticpmeut of
Virgins, the 9th ard S:h districts. fuckers
and Bs,bo1r'a. will DO made Overwhelmingly
democratic. ~ order that the reaCiu3;Gr5 my
have ell tho other dlstic.P.
MIR. Van Auker. of Petersburg, Gr,p15ii,an
MshoDelte. esys be is pretty sure Of getting the
territorial furveJc!ship for which be is an a.
plcant. though ne has strong opDooent 10
man from Illinois. He Puts most OF his trust
10 the Tact taat no has the support Of General
Mshonc.
10 the Si.naLe today MIR. Jahusoo. ,fSrl the
Committee % Foreign K.isIions. reported &C
versl7 60 q bill TO carry GU! tic sspu ati0as OF
= certain treaty With N!carausua, for the rec
son that 60 such tEcsty vast existence. Mr.
Johnscn received E communication from the
SecretF.ry Of Wsr 10 reie.ereo 10 tho ti!la The
govern men! ls to acquire to the sito IF the
Yorktown moruuent.
The following additional changes w,re at
pounoed at tho House side Of Capitol lo-asy:
Samuel Houston add Egbert ChamberlaIa,
clerks in the clelk's Office, and Ruben NJ.
Weaver messenger under the doOIkeeper.
There will BIZ no mors changes under tho dool
keeper until after the return cf Ccl BIowniow,
who has been called home.
Mr.. Fulkerson When bis attcoticp was oiled
this moroiug TO 0 staten aut 10 the Lee county
Sentinel. to the efec: that ho hsd nlighled his
faith to the democratic party when a candidate
for Congress. said he hai betn end he was
good democrs: DOW has it was he demo cratic
parry and rot himself ihs! tad chs1gcd and
that it was tho counties that wtru tie strcng
democratic cju1tics before tia w;r thct gsvo
resdjusser ,nsior:;5s, while Tie cid Wtig
couoties gave democratic rnsjsrias. lie voted
for republican Spas kcr. lie said, because the
Republicans had assisted ms party ia Virsisis.
while the democrats il Copgr,Ya had assisted
the CPD onents OF his parry.
A dispatch received hera las! Uisht says
General Msho1s and Mr. Riddlebergar will DO
here tc morrow.
Both houses Of Congress will sdj,utntc mcr.
row uot;! {te 5.h prcyinn