Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-24
FROM WASHINGTON.

to-day Mr.. Jones OF Florida, from the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, reported Il bill
for the erection Of j public building at
Lynchburg, amended by increasing the
open space On each side of the proposed
building from forty to fifty feet and fixing
the required appropriation at 100000.
This was District day in the House, which
means that il was set apart for the special
consideration Of business relating to the
! District Of Columbia Mr.. Dezcndorf who
! is member Of the District Committee, in
T. trOduced \ bill for the erection of Il new
executive mansion. Mr.. Garrison called up
the bill for extending the jurisdiction Of
the District magistrates from 500 to 500.
which was amended so as to make il 5000
! The bill for increasing the police force to
300 men was then called up and was under
debate when this dispatch was written Mr..
| Robson and other stalwart but unthinking
! radicals, eudcavoring to amend the bill.
! though reported and sustained by n repub-
lican committee by providing that none but
eN-Unon soldiers shall be members of the
force. and that, too, where the District will
! not afford the requisite number of such men
who would accept positions on the force,
and when TO cOntine the force To such mate
rial would necessarily exclude from ii all
men under forty years Of age, and make il
i corps Of old men.
/ iIX-Sccrcary Blaine WAS before the House
Committee on forci gn Affairs this morning
ANA testified regarding his reported conncc-
ton with the Peruvian Company. He said
that ShiphcrIl practiccd perjury us IN occr-
patton ami forgery rs paStime: that he
WAS i dirty. dctcSluhlc and villianolls liar.
and iiia il The committee did not treat him
with us ml!c!I lcnicncy IL the late Admins
1ration had done they would turn him over
to the grand jury. Mr. Blaine was pro-
nounccd and emphatic in his testimony,
and treated some ofthc members Of the com
I mittrr. Mr. Belmont in particular, with
Scant courtesy. The general impression of
the large crowd present at the examination
was that the cx-Secretaly not only squclchcd
Shiphcrl hui sat down on several mem
bcrs Of the committee. but Mr.. Belmont
when the committee adjourned told some
friends and telegraphcd to his paper that
Blaine had answered his questions Just as
he wanted him to do, and that when his
answers shall be compared with evidence
about the truth of which there is no doubt.
rs they will be III the committees report
the public will see who came out best
Senator Davis. of West Virginia. has re-
turned from Il visit to the coal aud iron
mines in his own State. in which he is inter-
csteo, and WAS in his seat in the Senate to-
day lis USUAL He says he knows nothing
about the lImOr alluded to in this CORES
ponhemce last Saturday concerning the for
nation of Il syndicate of which he, eX-Sec-
rctary Blaine and General Ewing were the
directors. for the purchase of the Washing
ton and Ohio Railroad. except the fact that
so far is il relates to himself it is entirely
untoundCd.
Another call Of fifteen millions of the en-
tended skies will he issued on the Sd prox.
The rumor that there is Il decrease in the
reserve fund Of the treasury is altogether
Incorrect
General Mahunc arrived here Yesterday,
but had not appeared in his seat in the
Senate al ! O'Clock to-day. though he may
have been in the republican cloak room,
where he usually sits until called out to vote
with the Republicans Lieutenant Governor
= Lewis went home yesterday, but not via
this city. Several of the members of the
Virginia Legislature are here to-day on their
way home. The impression regarding the
adjournment OF that body is that the Ma
honetes permitted it because they saw that
their party was dissolving before their eyes.
and that the longer they remained in session
the more rapid the dissolution would be.
As it was, three Of their members in the
House of Delegates. III addition to the big
four, in the Senate, deserted them on the
last day of the session. One Of their leaders
here to-day says his party has gone up"
Acknowledgement Blair said, in Richmond,
last Saturday that hereafter he intended to
vote the republican ticket. The address
the Mahonetes arc to issue has already been
written and will he printed and distributed
within day or two. 1t takes strong
republican grounds and advises a firm
support Of the Administration With re-
gard TO the scandal about the printing of
! the Rlddleberger bonds. it is said the lob
had been promised to a New.York company.
probably for benefits received, but that the
agent OF a Chicago company came on and
! by means of ready cash secured the print
ing, having, it is currently reported. offered
one Of the three Sinking Fund Commission
ers-who had the disposal OF the work
$4,000 for his vote When the members of
the party in the Legislature found out what
had been done by their sinking fund board.
they introduced bill making all contracts
subject TO the approval Of the Governor
This resolution went through the Senate.
but failed 10 pass the House, whereupon
Attorney General Blair after an improper
application to the Court Of Appeals, got a
Richmond to prevent the Chicago company
from the execution of the work and this
writ has moi yet been tried
1t is understood that General Malone has
decided to run Mr. Fowler Speaker of the
House of Delegates. as his candidate for
! Congress in the district now represented by
Mr.. Fulkerson
Among the bills introduced in the House
to-day was one by Mr. Robinson, of New
York, providing for the adjournment of Con-
gress on the 22d of May, Some of the mem
bers think the day Of adjournment will be
nearer the 22d of July
The Senate Finance Committee met this
morning and considered the whiskey bill.
Secretary Folger's letter ON the subject was
read. The Secretary opposes the indefinite
extension Of the time during which whiszey
can stay in bond. but would not oppose
moderate extension. No definite conclusion
was reached al to-day's session
Decisions in the Arlington and the McVeigh- !
H."