Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-15
PROM WASHINGTON
Spcc!a! Correspondence of the Alera. Gazette.

SSfICopO'te~SItSS
WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. Is. 1882.
TIC House Committee CO Territories sgreed
this mo:aipg to repos. ia tavo- of the adnis-
sicn Ct portion Of Dakota Territory as State
ia!o tho Uaiop. This is purely party scheme
for getting mere rep15liosn Senators AID more
rcpub!icsu votes 10 tie texs eleccr college.
Whether The democrats will permi. i;s sccou-
p'ithueut remains to be seer, bat as they a
loved the admission Ct Colorado. and thereby
enabled the republicans 10 coun! 10 Mr.. Hayes
for, even with tie stolen votes Of L,uisisDs,
Fior6sy aid South Csrolins he could not hav g
bsen elected without that OF Coloradc-is would
not b. surprising if they Wsre 10 ctfer but s!igh
opposition to toe admission of aaother rotten
borough, BY which they can be beaten agaip.
as the republicans arc making party q1ss-
ton Of the superintendent bill, and have tie
support Ct the Teacj listers. i: is probable the
number Of representatives will BIO increased to
3l9 or 800. S. ii req1ires such runbsrs to give
them sn urtair proportion of increased repre-
sentation.
There is soma talk here ttls7 abous The
nomination OF Mr.. Nav TO be Assistant Score
tsry tf The Treasury being preliminary step to
his savsrcsmsnt 10 the piaco Of Secretary, and
tust Judge FJlscr will &, upon the Supreme
Beech. but IL Gan bs traced 10 DO reliable
source.
The appropriation for the yorktown Cer-
teuEial wss sb:u. forty thousand dollars less
th Al the iacu,red cX pepses. Among the c,edi.
ttrs arc several merchants OF Norfolk VITO
uslursIIy Xoress desire for the payment OF
their claims. and il is probable that The Apprt
Il IL
gresS will make provision tor item in The bills
they vi | report. Tae York!cwo Commission
sss compelled to exDend l:rg portion Of their
appropriation for Other purposes thso they had
previously Contemplated. FJr ius!sno, they
had t, expcnd 5000 for the bulldog Of Two
whs'v%s which wsrs eubsrq 1snLY sold. oue
for $50. and the Other for $lu0.
Private in'e.ligcrc, her, from Philadelphia
ia 10 hs effecs tSst Senator B.u Hill, who
went there to have another operation performed
upco mis- tonsus ter cancer. Is 10 apytbieg but
satisfactory condition TO himself or his frlsnd!.
rhe last hite pit at the cxcison Of tho diseased
part Wns q failure. aud the ce.iog uicr is
spreading. Mr. Hil'a pcrsonal irlerds, aud
ho bas msny 10 this city. are, IS may We'll be
supposed, seriously Concerned nbou: bis uL-
fCriuoale condition.
GaDtraI H:Z,D, Chief Of tho Signal Server,
has written l.tter 10 Senator Johnston sue-
costing go appropriation for establishing a
system Of !ro,t siguals or waroipgs 10 the
tobscoo growing sections ct ths country. where
sucl Wsrnpgs, oaio1 20 the ruinous eff ct OF
fro3, up>o the C :c,J crop, would be OF special
value.
The Satin cot tf tie cocdilion ofttc cotton
crop, is.u'd from thu Agricultural Dep,rt-
neut 10 Gay, Indicates slight i5crcssa upon
iha crop Of Leaf ar.
The prrvai9g IDEA about the revenue Of tae
oouLtrS tor 'be K: seal year ia that it will be
sb3ui $500. 0C0 600 o. WHICH 500 600 900 will
DO from Customs. S35 600 01O from luterusl
revetu, AID $4,000 QUO trom miscellaneous
so1Icse. AcoordlOg to the present it.
terlsl revenue bill The inoone from that
souto, w6u!d bs Sl57 600. 600. bu. as the Gov.
srUmsnt Ind Conesess both seem 10 favor o
Reduction 10 the amount named. it il not Tx sly
that larger s1m will bo tx,oed.
The peHs from R,oamoud ia By TO mssus
agreeable to the resc justers now here. lbs
most OF whom soet13 to be- If the opinion that
MIR. H!ddItb burger has exhibited any Thing else
thar tvidetc?s IF political leadership. 10 this
connection IL may lot be sEss to say that sine,
S few Offices hsvs ia'len to The lot of the read
1s:trj ,hsie exc By 90 noacs % many of them
sbou. hero I'd formerly ard that the republican
portloo CT The party seem to bavs lost nasrIy
it nc; all the Iowa tOey had racsniy expr assed
for their rtpu1istioR democratic allies. ADD
that the straia htou. Virginia republicans relish
the split in the readiasters at Redmond with
80 ouch gusto ss the democrats.