Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-31
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 81, lSS2.-The
Foreign Affairs Committee Of the Senate to-
day agreed to make their report on the
Chili-Peru affair As anticipated, it eScul-
pates Mr. Blaine and all his friends and in
culpates all his enemies. 1t is uncertain
whether or not there will be minority re-
port. The committee also agreed TO report
4 bill for 4 commission TO audit all the Ven
ezucla claims granted By what is asserted to
have been the fraudulent action of the COM
payment of which Mr.. Orth made himself
notorious
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Ferry made
stump speech in favor of the bill 10 increase
the pensions of soldiers who lost an arm or
leg in the civil war to $40 q month
The naval appropriation bill was taken
w at an early hour in the Senate to-day.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Butler pro-
viding that the unseryiceable vessels be re!
ported 10 Congress before being sold was
adopted On motion of General Malone
the bill was further amended by providing
for an inspection of and report upon certain
lands adjacent 10 the Norfolk Navy Yard
though Mr.. Allison stated that the identical
provision was contained in the sundry civil
bill. An amendment. proposed by MIR.
Vance. providing that the material to be
used in the construction of two steel vessels
shall not of necessity be of American manu-
faclurc was defeated. three democrats
MeSSrS. Brown. German and Morgan-rot-
ing with the republicans. The object Of this
amendment. Mr.. Vance said, was to save
the government the large bonus that would
otherwise be paid the protected steel manu-
taclurers, not the workmen they employed.
The bill will be passed this afternoon but in
such shape that its Trainer. Mr.. RobeSou,
will hardly recognize it, The sundry civil
bill will then be taken up 1t is the last OF
the regular appropriation bills.
All the Senate employees, democrats a
we'll is republicans received Mr.. Hubbell's
| political assessment circulars this morning
All the republicans will pay up at once
| Whether the democrats will do so is known
only to themselves.
| I'm the call Of States in the House to-day
! Mr.. Dczcndort. Of Virginia, introduced s
! bill for the relief of Henry Douglass. Ii
! the House Mr.. Cox introduced a bill will
reference 10 the treatment of the Jews il
Russia and calling upon the Secretary 0
State for any correspondence that may have
| taken pace upon mat SUBJECT.
Col. John popham has forwarded his resig
nation IA Superintendent of the House Fold
! Ing Room. 1t has been accepted and it il
probable that Sidney H. Clark, of New
York, chief clerk of that room. will be ap
pointed 10 ill the vacancy.
1t is currently believed this morning tina
the President has approved the river ant
harbor bill, and the Washingtonians are de
ri, nf
ton OF the unsightly flats that now disligurt
the water approach to their city.
There is provision in the sllndry civi
bill for a geological survey Of the States
1t is believed ii will pass. If it does tn,
map that will he prepared will show tina
Virginia has the richest mineral deposits O
any state in the Union.
The prevailing belief to-day, and the on,
entertained BY both the Speaker Of tn,
House and the President of the Senate, i
that the present prolonged session Of Con
gress will come TO an end during the curren
week
\ gentleman here from Lynchburg state
that General Jubal Early says he will vot
for Mr.. Massey. II so good aud true a demo
GRAFT aS the General can stomach Mr. MasSe,
the squcamishness manifested by yourge
men whose democracy has not been ),
thoroughly tested appears decidedly farcical
A Mr.. Heath, connected with one Of tn
many weekly papers published here. VIII,
felt himself agrieved by what was said o
him in another one of these papers yester
day, this morning went to the office O
the offending paper and attacked q MI
Hackman, the manager thereof The latter
however. got the better ofthe fight and al
ter spelling his assalants clothes with inl
elected him from the office At last &C
counts Heath had armed himself with
double barrelled shot gun and was march
ing up and down in front of the Office Of hi
enemy waiting for him to come ont when b
intends to put fire TO powder and let lea
take its course.
Thomas l.. Bennett WAS to-day commits
stoned postmaster at Marengo, Mecklen
burg co., Va.