Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-06
PHO.E WASHINGTON.
Special correspondence Ct the Alera. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. G., Jan. 6, 1882.

@pccta' Correspondence Ct the Alera. GdsctteF
WASHINGTON, D. G.. Jan. 6. 1882.
h:,in s. +. Bs,ly ssys be will 20 before the
subcommittee of the Elections Committee to
which lis cssr has b1en referred ca Tuss1sy
otx. whsn lie testimony ia Eis case viii DO
optnld aud s.st 10 the public printer. His
case IS oGo Of taJ seven that hav5 not yet bean
sent &c tho printer, tn. 80 Tho testimony in it
il short, j: will moi tsko loog to pint it and
have it ready ior !La constellation Of the o,n-
nittcc.
Judge Hughes. who is here t -lsy, SAYS there
are .no crausa 10 L;rchburs-ono who ca, =.
ca!ved Il G idss Iha: he. Hughes, who has been
out CT edl:ciial life for twelve y,sis, sod who,
during that Time. he's oevGr written q lioc, *
cep: his 0Tn namo. is 10 btcjme tho tditorls
correspondent ct proDot Cd pew newspaper ia
ths; CITY, AID another, who sent that idss tfl
to the As;Ccisttd Press, spd that they DO! b
should b. iOek0d after by their hianes.
The Senate committee Investigating the
orUckHdness il tho contingent iuod of the
Tfossusy have on'y SO isr gotten hold of The
fic:s Of small scandals but enough OF Them 10
become satisfied that Upton and certain other
officials Of tue Tfossury ID, psrtmout, whenever
they wanted to pay their little personal ex-
psnsas from tho fund referred to. didu't have
much .tOuala ia dcing 80. rhey have also
been led to hsia7s that Mr.Sherman wou!da'
hesitate long about tntloyng Tronslry
hinds OF Treasury wares in lis onn private
Gil :itS. Il OCCASION required.
The sipIsso Criticism upon the Speakers
ramsIkab!s scion ia The composition CT tho
House oonG.ittecs H. Eot hhaliug, ADD it is
generally cotoaded thst Mr.. Barbour, from tho
AtxanGr.. district, 10 Virginia. o prominen,
rsiirosd mao, Old not q lawyer, should have
h:cn made namtor ii tho Committee on
Railroads. ConmIc', or sone other important
com mlitG2, aud lat Us he has bJeI, Of tho uu
lmpoiiGGt onO on War Gains.
The dec lno ci per cant ~ the pics OF Viz
ginla bonds at the first board 10 Baltimore 10.
day ia attributed here to bill introduced il
tbs Virginia Il elilGturo yastcrd:y that looks
Ike rcgc!uii1n2lng tie Court 1T Appeals oil
that Stale.
Ex-SooGtnr SaigaEt Wa, 90 The floor Ct tie
Senate iC-!Hy. 1t Was rXpaosod hat his name
would be atnt Ia iut 81 cfUtsry CT the Interior
AID 20 httla disappointment YEa t3prIsssd
"hon /: Was kn1Sn that tho OILY nominations
SAINT IN sere lhls) lar Two unilnp6rtaut Terrific
rial DOSi5Es.
Jude Davis sgaiu presided at tho c. mmeroe
EJECT o. !ha Saoats this norLiog, bus 5000
called SeustGr Garland to bis chair snd took
seat % the tloor. Ii ia said that if tho old
gentleman wcio 10 stay away the repub loans
H0uid licit another President pro tom, tut
this they cauld not do without dem0orul.n aid
aud that they ate no. likely 10 receive. The
republicans, with General Mahcne, havo thirty
sight votes ust oGc-half tho members Of The
Senate, while the democrats have on'y thirty.
seven End must depend upon Jrdgs Davis icl
liz. 1t no Waro away tho Republicans would
hkVO ona maiafi!y, but rsDsoious 81 theg arc il
Is not supposed that t!sio il man amOup
item 20 low So to vote for himself. and unless
there is. Nj. Davs's position is sale. even
though ho be kept away from tho Senate By
indisposit0n.
a gentleman lfcm WILMINGTON, D.lawsra,
Gays that while the sydd,ato of which tho late
hlr. McGlmb way leading member, will prot.
ably bnv snd cxtend tho W. g. 0. r. H., they
will eadv MIS- tho solve ard energetic asss!
ano1 Of Mr.. hioGaEib ia That work.