Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-05
Letter from Washington.

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The Senate Military Committee to whom
was referred the bill to refund to certain
citizens Of Northampton county, Va, the
amounts collected from them by federal Of
ticers for the destruction Of the lighthouse
at Cape Charles, during the war, have asked
to be discharged from the further considera-
ton of that bill, and the bill has been refer
red to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Chapman member of the House from
the Prince Georges district in Maryland,
has introduced a bill to pay the heirs of Mr..
John G. Jones, of Montgomery county, in his
State, for warehouse and the tobacco stored
therein destroyed by the British troops dur
ing the war of 1872
1t is understood that new bill viii be
introduced at all early day for a free bridge
across the Potomac at Georgetown i'll which
the appropriation shall be 1920, 900. instead
of Sl40,0O0 us provided in the old bill
A son of Mr.. Shober, Secretary Of the
Senate who has numerous relatives in Alex
andria, will be married i'll New York next
week to Il Miss Aspinwall of that State
The House Committee on Elections to-day
by strict party vote, the readiusters and
greenbackers voting with the republicans,
agreed to Dust Mr.. Dibble, democrat OF
South Carolina and to give his seat to Mr..
NIackey, republican. 1t was by the same
vote that they agreed yesterday to GUST Mr.
Chalmers, of Mississippi. All parties in the
House, as all parties in Virginia unite
against the democrats.
General Malone has not been in the Sen
ate for several days and though his arrival
at Richmond has not been mentioned, it is
supposed that he is either there or in Peters
Durg. Lieut.. Governor Lewis and State
| Senator Bailey came here to see him but il
is understood passed him on the road.
The House Mining Committee has under
consideration Il bill providing for geologi-
cal survey of the Territories and of such
States us may choose to avail themselves oil
the benefits of the bill The indications now
are that it will be reported iavorably-
Should ii become a law it will prove Of great
advantage to Virginia, as the superior min.
eral resources Of the State will then be ex-
hibited in specific and definite form.
The House Committee Oh Territories are
considering the bill granting I; charter fox a
new direct railroad between Washington
and New York, and the indications are that
the bill will be formally reported.
Mr.. Shipherd was before the House For
eign Affairs Committee this morning and
produced IL letter he had written after the
Grant Garfield quarrel commenced OH the
Conkling affair. in which he had stated that
some one else than General Grant would
have to be president of the Peruvian Com
pany, rs it would not be advisable TO have
one i'll that position with whom the Presi.
dent was not friendly, The witness then
| road arnfII1l>- ,,rn,,nroI
which he said that in justice to himself he
would have to speak of Hurlburt dead as
though he were Hurlburt living, who was
not only purchaseable but had to be pur.
C lased in order to prevent his becoming q
dog in the manager, and that because he was
MT purchased all his subsequent actions
were calculated to obstruct and Illustrate
the purposes OF the company. He then ex-
palned the reasons that had led him to
charge Mr.. Hurlburt with being corrupt and
! in the pay of the Credit Industrial
Mr.. Miller, Ill the Senate this morning.
introduced new bill to obstruct and pre-
vent Chinese immigration into the United
Stated 1t is the identical bill vetoed yes
terday with the single exception that the
duration of its operation is ten instead. OF
twenty years. Such BILL it is said by the
knowing ones, will not receive the approval
ofthe President, who, they assert, will not
give his assent to any bill providing for Il
longer time than five years and that does
not alter the section of the vetoed bill
relating to passports and registration The
democrats in the Senate will demand an aye
and no vote on the passage of the bill over
the Presidents veto, on which the republi-
cans who supported them before are ex-
pected to take the back track and endorse
the President. If it were IN the House the
bill would be passed over the veto without
trouble The general opinion about the
Capitol to-day seems to be that the veto has
given the grace stroke to the republican
party
NJ Noel, of Patrick county, a democratic
rcadjuster, has been appointed to the place
OF postal route agent OH the Midland Rail-
way. made vacant by the removal of Captain
Chlnn. No appointments are to be made
for the Alexandria district because the re-
adJusters have long since abandoned ali hope
of making any gains there. II is reported
here that Captain Chinn, when asked by
his successor to teach him his duties de-
clined, at the same time telling him that he.
Chlnn, had two chances to his one in the
near future, rs the next Administration
would be either republican or democratic.
y gentleman from Prince William county
Va, here to-day, says there was & large
crowd at the last court in his county af.
tracted by the expectation that the recently
elected readjuster judge of that county
would attempt to take his seat in defiance
of the decision of the Court of Appeals, that
he had no right to it, but that he made no
such attempt.