Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-13
PROM WASHINGl ON.
Special Correspondence of the Ale1a. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. Jan. l3. 1882,

Spectut Correspondence OF the Ate1a. Gazette,
WASHINGTON. D. O., Jan. Is. 1882.
The House Naval Appropriation Committee
have p;scicsly determined to report the HaI-
ris bill. which provides for The condemnation
and s.Io Ct tho ships 10 tho present navy. AID
The construction Of certain number of new
oois every year. atl Il, highly pTobabs that
il will DO passed.
The Senate committee investigating tie
ctol keiress 10 The oenlicg: n fur Of the Treas-
ury ia rapidly cl,sitg up its wcrk. So far Mr..
Sherman tns been sblo to corc.al bis irdivid-
| uGl tracks. but 1t has been discovered that
| thero IVES ling Of Treasury tbievis. who paid
for thu etj yment OF al their luxurious tastes
| out CT the fund referred to, AID that a sleigh
ard bells we're paid for on voucher 70. r, o HRS
to g0Vercnent wagons.
Mr.. MocrI, republican mt mber Of the House
from Tennessee, who rendered himself iidicu-
Ious on tho ii rat dsy Of the session. By the tho.
atrosl manner in which he oil acted 10 the ad-
mission OF q N m5er, il now engaged 10 max.
Jog war ufoa Mrs. Thompson. postmaster at
Nashville. Her husband. appGinted by MIR.
Hsyer, rcmalntd O. bis post and died of yellow
fever. aud she Was appointed to fill the vsesn.
cy. She is o1mpetent ard efficient, bot is not
q political worker, snd tor that reason Mr..
Moara wants her removed 30 as to give her
place to ono Of his strikes.
Notwithstanding Senator Miller dsni,! oil
the statement that General Grant had r. signed
lis plaes as a member of the b)ard Of directors
OF tbs Nlacrsg1sa Gaasl across the ishmu1 Of
| 1chsuteaeo. that lie has resigned ia o fact
ii 10 says il will be Time enough FIR suoh clnal
whoa tho en-, 10 progress across tho i8thnus OF
Pauama shall provo a failure.
Mr. D.vidgo will conclude his argument 10
the Gui!esu oaSo tt- lay. Colonel Colkhil has
Of iac.ed to Gaittau's intention of speaking and
il ho olniinnes that oil jeotiop, music may be
tXpcc cd in The court houso when tho prisoner
| ct ompis 10 rut bis Intention toto execution,
How be GAO BIO prevented from speskipg 10 bis
own case c.n not be told. that is if the plea OF
the presto lipn that be is ssue bo q good ore.
Were his insanity acknowledged he could b,
siIeIoad. bat if he DO sane man, as The prost-
oatian sssaris. hn has an icdispu.abe right to
be heard in his own defets,
Master Waller, OF Alexandria, who has been
o page ID tho Hcuss for several years past, has
been transferred TO % annual position under
the D,orkeeper of tie House.
Certsln fsrilz manufacturers 10 Virgins
hAVa pe'il1ucd Congress for an increase 10 the
tariff on such articles
Mr.. Wis.,, tho member Ct the Hou,o from
tho Richmond district, who he's introduced
bill for 90 appropriation ti $40. 900 for o mac
adam j road from Richmond to tho soldiers
cemetery Ia l1eIrcl county, has IrtC dent in
bill that was passed by Congress for a similar
work OF Vicksburg.
General Malone i, i'll absent. Il. hiss
been 10 thu Senato ba! one day tbil session.
Bat thoro is more busaess for reaCju,!ers 10
Virginia thai 10 Wsahir gton. 10 this c)pnet-
ton /; may bo mentioned as peWs to s,me that
intelligence from various portions of Virginia,
bu', especially from The God. It'll and OH dis
trics, is to the etf,c that the reRdjus.c party
is already On the wano. and tbst it is bow so
per oant weaker theu it Vas at the last election.
The c,uso Of this is said to DO the disapponl-
ment occasioaed by the insbity of the leaders
OF tho parry TO faIh the prCmiSes they made,
or, ss tho ldca is expressed here. to deliver
| the goods" Republicans and democrats alike
! are folug away from the party for that reason.
A wel.-known coored man from Virginia. who
! was iaty refused on offc, yesterday, subst-
qucutly remarked to democrat that he had
been taught lesson no would not forget when
election times came around sgsin.
II hes b2en Sisted iD some Of tho newspapers
that TX s. ustor Wilhers has sold his house, at
Wylhevillo. lilo he's sold small house and q
| few aces Of grousd be owned in Wytbovie.
but not his largo ard valuable farm. noar
Wy!h4 siI!o, on which be has resided for some
years past. the ex-senator is now engaged 10
orgapizeg >ins stock company for the CT
tablishnen. OF On iron iurascJ a! or near Wyths.
vile.
The 5aw c;do for tho D!st,ict Ct CJlumbis,
~hich has been reported 10 The Hops, By the
| District Committee. is not the same code that
| was reported lsS' ychr, but is that c,dc with
mary ohapgaa. When tho c:m nillee sgreed
to report it, it vas With the understanding that
proposed amendments ri 2oted by tho commit
tee could be offered when the code was before
the House 10 committee Of the whole.
! The House Census Committee. of which Mr..
| Wise, OF FirRiGia is q member. will, at their
NIX Tuesdays meeting, commence the copsid~
ers!i:n of the appOrtioumen o! bill. The i'm pres.
sion is that uoder the bill the State of Virginia
will not gain q representative.
L. is rtpored here that tho reedjusters 10
Virginia sro nero opposed to Mr.. Jcrseusen
ttau to a-y other member of Congress from
tha; S:otc. and that they have determined that
| this shsll DO biz last term.