Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-29
FROH WASHINGTON


discharged. it is said another attempt will |
dc made 10 secure his indictment by its
successor. The evidence Oh which the in
dctmeni, ii obtained, will be made. is fur
n,sheti tv Hai=h, the witness III tue case of
rhe Peruvian Company. Kellogg will not
::ct the certificate of election to the House
from tile Louisiana district i'll which he ran,
owing to some informaity in the election
returns, but it is hardly doubted that he
will get the seat nevertheless, aud this is
the more certain since his opponent is Ack-
len. of unpleasant memory, whom nobody
wants in the House. Mr.. Carlisle, of Ken
! lucky, speaking Of the action Of The return
ing hoard in Louisiana in refusing Kellogg
the certificate, says tits infamous. He has
not expressed his opinion Of the Malone re-
turning board in refusing to give Mr.. CARR
son the certificate Of election in the lst dis
trict Of that State.
The work on the road from Georgetown
| TO the Arlington cemetery, which was re-
Gently suspended by order Of the Govern
ment. under 4 mistake, WILL it is under
stood, be resumed during the next few days.
Major.General Gilmore, President Of the
Mississippi Commission, has gone to New
surgical operation General Gilmore WAS
the federal officer who sheled Charleston,
;. c., drrin. the war.
The appropriate Committee of the
House met this morning and considered the
Indian appropriation bill. They hope TO
have the Indian bill and the pension and
forilicaton bills ready to report the first
week Of the session.
The name of Thomas Murphy, Of New
York is still mentioned in connection with
tho vacant M;irshalship Of the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Murphy is here, and when
asked about his reported appointment, says
he would not have it. Incidentally, he says
he is great friend and admircr of General
Grant, but lie would be one hundred thous-
and dollars better off if he had never seen
him.
| There is a great demand for dimes at the
Treasury. The supply has heretofore been
kept up BY the coinage Of the three and five
cent pieces that were retained when recciy
cd. but that source of supply has now be-
come almost exhausted and called-in
tWen;y-ccnt pieces to the amount Of about
four hundred thousand dollars have been
semi 10 the mint 10 meet the demand. The
demand is supposed to be occasioned by the
wants nfthc manufacturers Of cheap jewelry,
who make bangles and other things out of
the now scarce coin. The Secretary Of the
Treasury is doing what he can TO prevent this
use of the Governments currency by hind.
erinS its issuance by all possible obstruc-
tons.
There was tolcrablc attendance at the
Garfield fair last night, but the crowd there
today rs has been The case every day this
week WAS exceedingly slim. 1t is said that
all the strangers who were attracted here
by the ia;r could be put into one car. To-
day was bicycle day at the fair but the pa
raGc had 20 he postponed on account of the
weather.
The Department Of Justice to-day made
public Il stcnu9raphic report of the inter
vicw between cx-AIarshal Henry and the
Attorney General which took place in the
la,ter's Office, and was reported BY an un-
seen stcnographcr 1t was held at the time
the jury in the star route case was being
made MP. The gist of the interview is that
the Attorney General asked the Marshal
about TWO of the jurors, who had been sum.
moncd, and Of whose integrity he enter
tanned strong suspicion. The Marshal said
he knew nothing about them, and that they
had been summoned ny two deputies. one
Of whom was negro. Mr.. Brewster caution
ell him aeninSt cntllIsting such important
business tosuch incompetent hands, and told
| him that while the Government did not want
/" se; m unjust verdict. ii did want to have
a TAI" trial. Mr.. brewster then asked the
Marsha! how il could explain the fact that
one Of the clerks in the Marshal's office was
heard to tell Mr. Grady that his desire in
the subject about which thcy were convers-
ing should be complied with To this
question the Marshal could give no salts
factory explanation. Mr.. Brewster then
| told llm that the Government would hold
bin /" \ strict accountability for any crook
ein"ss "n lhc part Of himself and his dcpu,
ties tina! might il" dcvropni during the
course Of the trial
The reduction Of the national debt for the
month ending Tomorrow will he about IF
teen millioms Of dollars. Mr.. Folscr, the
Secretary Of lii" Treasury was again asked
to-day abnu. the recent report Of his rcsig-
nation. His reply was that he did not in.
tcnd 10 resign nj present.
| The departments were all closed al noon
to day for The Thanksgiving holiday. Tur
keys nrc plentiful and cheap.
1t is rimorcd that the G.. & O. r. r. Co. are
making arrangements by which immigrants
can be sent over its route from the Atlantic
to the Pacific shore for thirty dollars
DR.. Alexander Dougherty, Medical D-
rector of lIancock's corps of the Federal
army, and stationed ut Alexandria during
the war, ard doubtless well remembered bv
the people who were there at that time,
died Of apopleSy in Newark last night
Near the end Of the last session of Con-
gress the House changed the hour of meet
ing from II to II o'clock, and therefore the
House will meet next Monday at II O'Clock.
| while the Senate will not meet until y.
| General Fitzgerald, a leading republican
OF Mississippi. who was an applicant for
and had been led to believe that he would
be given the Governorship of Idaho, left the
city for his homo last night tired of waiting
and under the impression that republican.
ism in the South is not highly valued
article by the present Administration.
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