Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-02
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. Gazette.
WAsnINGToN, DC, May >, lSs2-Among
the bills that passed the House Yesterday
VA, one appropriating Sloo,0H0 for post
office ami L. :. court binding al lynch
burg. Va.
Or Mary Walker. pants and ALL has lin
ally mad her claims 10 Il supper, by the Gov
crmmrnl recognized. and has been given 4
clert.Ship in line Patent Office
Lynch. the negro, who since Saturday al:
trrmu"n ha, occupied the seat in the House
to which General Chalmers of Mississippi,
Was, elected. is entitled under the law to
pay and mileage since the 4th OF March
: 1881. He WAS sitting to-day in the seat on
! the democrat side Of which Mr.. Cannon, the
, delegate from Utah. was recently deprived
A New York democrat told the Gazctte's
correspondent yesterday that from what he
knew about Eirginiuns he could not see how
General Mahones new move to create an
administration party in that State could
succeed when the Administration was op-
posed not only to allowing any ex-Conted-
crates 10 hold i commission in the ARMY and
the District of Columbia
The claim OF Thomas Fisher, Of Alex
:mirla county, Va, which has been referred
To the House Committee on Claims, is that
! of All old negro preacher and is for wood in
lrincc William county that was DESTROYED
/ by the federal soldiers during the late war
/ The Senate Finance Committee agreed
] this morning 10 consider the bill for extend
ing the time during which whiskey can re-
main in bond on Friday next The impress
sion about this bill is that the committee
! will report upon i. uniavorahly There are
various lilnoi:; in circulation about bribery,
corruption anu matchmaking in connection
with this bill, but nothing definite in this
respect has as yet TRANSFERRED.
! Among the petitions offered in the Senate
to-day was one by Mr. Johnston from the
citizens OF the District Of Columbia, asking
/ to be allowed to have their claims for dam.
ages resulting from the changed grades and
other street Improvements. referred TO the
! Court oi' Claims. -.-
/ The republicans here are dspirited about
the condition Of their party in Pennsylvania
They say that the hnlt.hreeds there are bent
on mischief that they will certainly run
candidate oi their own, and that with
Two republican tickets and one democratic
| III tliS i'Ni tiF iullcI VI III alulOSl surely
win.
The letter that was received here yester-
| day from Capt. Howgate says that he is as
much prisoner now as he was when in Jail,
and that on the day that his case is called
Tor trial he will be on hand, and will be sup
piled with evidence that while il will moi
exculpate him will inculpate those who are
now trying TO put him in Il hole" His
letter is to his friends asking the loan of
ltty dollars TO pay his board bill which is
ten dollars week.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed to-day. Notwithstanding the obec-
tons OF Aessrs. Hoar and Dawes, to report
t;lvoraby upon the nomination of Worth
ington to be Collector Of the Port of Boston
The committee to whom was referred the
| nomination Of Mr.. Buckner to be Collector
OF Internal Revenue at Louisville reported
iayorably upon that nomination.
The House to-day refused to consider the
/ Chinese bill and agreed to take up the tariff
| commission bill and to let nothing interfere
with it until it shall be finally disposed of,
Messrs Barbour and Wise on the question
OF liking day for the consideration of the
bill for extending the bank charters, voted
aye.
Republicans here from the Norfolk dis
~. say tillI tlle cOalltlON between the
Mahoneites who were. formerly democrats
and the negroes in that district is not a
strong one by any means, and that the
democrats are confident Of success both at
Norfolk and Portsmouth ut the approach
ing election. Nothing is more certain than
the fact that the Virginia republicans who
come here almost without exception speak
in desparaging terms of General Malone
and, despondingly Of the condition of their
party in that State. The General has the
President and his whole Cabinet. and Mr..
Camp and Mr.. Edmunds and all the promi-
nent Northern republicans, half breeds as
well as stalwarts, on his his side, but those
OF ms us own State arc among his most effec-
tive opponents.
Among those who have recently lost their
places IN the Government printing Office here
are George Wilmington and Thos. Hurdle
Of Alexandria
The House Committee OH Military Affairs
agreed to day to report in favor of the bill
to regulate and increase the signal corps of
the army
The House Foreign Affairs Committee
VIII cross examine Senator Blair tomorrow
IN reference to his connection with the Pc
ruvian Company. Mr.. Blount. of Georgia
and not Mr. Belmont, will probablytconduct
the examination
When the tariff bill shall be disposed of |
the republican caucus committee who now
direct the legislation OF the House will pro !
cetd 10 Gust McsSiS Dibell of Sonth Caro-. /