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

Letter from Washington.

Letter from washington.
Sprria! Correspondence of thu AlcX'a Gazette
WAsIINGToN, ID. C.. April I, 1882
The House Committee on Territories
agreed his morning to rccommit the bill for
giving Alaska :; territorial form OF govern
mcni. t. the subcommittee. with instl,uc-
tons to report bill for providing !. govern
mcnt for the whole territory instead of for
only the southwestern part of it, and to omit
the section relating to Congressional dele
cate from that territory. This action. as
anticipated from the first in this CORES
pomdcncc. renders vain all the efforts of Col
NJ. -. Pal! To obtain scat in the House us
the delegate from Alaska.
The IOurI Of Claims Yesterday decided
adversely 10 the claim of the heirs of the late
JAMES Green. Of Alexandria, for rent for the
Mansion House. liz that city for the time
il ~ar occupied a. It [. :. military hospital
during and since the civil war. Neither the
Court Of Claims nor Congress is in favor of
paving any Southern WAR claims
Mr.. y. ". Pearson. OF Fairfax county. Va.
has been requested by the New York
Chamber OF Commerce to prepare Il paper
on Virginia TO BIZ read at their next annual
meeting. and i now engaged on that work
Nr. John West. an old resident Of Alex
andria. bat WHO for some some months past
has been confined 10 his sons residence, in
this city. with dropSy. was tapped yesterday
for lia1 disease. and l.; SO much better thu,
he talks OF coming ont again His relief.
however. j. only temporary.
The House to-day refused ia allow the
committee OH woman Suffrage IL clerk. The
:icnaic was NOR" CnnSidrrat".
HI" House Committee OH Tcrriturir, to-
day instructed their chairman 10 move Il
suspension OF !hc rules nn the 81 Monday in
Arr1! Tor Inc purpose Of passing the h;ll to
admit Dakota into tine Union as II State.
/ IL iEc Senate to-day the Committee ON
Foreign I:claiioms reported Il bill to gllaran-
tee lrcr cent interest ON S15.0NO,Om Tor II
canal through l!c $thmlI' of Nicaragua.
MIR. Johnston. Il member of the committee
rc>"rHn2 III" right Ia oppose The hill when
it comes up for consideration ifhr shall then
think tit 10 'lo 50.
Letters from various portions Of Virginia,
received here to-day are ali to the effect that
III" rcadiust"rS are breaking up and that
though MrS-rS. Nahonc and Rildrbcrocl
and some Of the "ub-lcadcrs in the LcriSla
tar" hav" made their jacks by means 81
nvgr" votes. and played their whole hand.
for ali ihcy were worth. the rest Of ihcil
party now finding thai nothing is left fn,
lIcm. AZ" not ONLY disappointed ut the non
iIltiliihcnt "f tn" promises which gained
Their support but are anxious for rrvcny,
upon their dcCcvcIS.
Ihc bill that passed the Senate appropr
aiin% tea thousand dollars for u m0numrn
anal for repairing the grave of Jefferson Al
Ai"illirc!!". provides that the cxpcndilul,
shall Dc made under the direction Of h,
Secretary of State.
Col. Young. vi"c-l'rcSidcn, of the b. &. 4
VI. Il. i. Co.. says that an agent of tbo,
company Was in this city Saturday ON hi,
way to Richmond with the money for IN,
payment OF the fifty thousand dollars condi
toned Tor the late purchase Of that road
but that he WAS taken sick here and had +,
return. He says. however. IL meeting of tn,
directors ri the road w;lS held i'm New Sorl
to-day and that he has no doubt. and ha
had none from the first thar the purchas,
Will bc ConSumuatcd
The House Committee on Elections agreed
This morning To report III favor of Lynch
the negr" contestant for the seat from tn,
shocString district in MisSissipri occ,nicf
by General Chalmers who gained his mill
tary reputation at the Fort Pillow fight
Representative Lynch will be the only negro
III this rs Senator Bruce was in The las
Congress.
The Committee directed Il favorable re-
port to be made ON the bill authorizing Com
In-sionrrs of the Circuit Courts of the l.
:. 10 take testimony in the case of contested
elections of members OF the House of Repre-.
Scnta1ivcS
Commissioner Ritun WAS before the WAY.
and Means Committee of the House mi,
morning and opposed the bill for the exempt
Ing from taxation ofalcoho used in the arts
The call for the redemption of fifteen mil
lions Of extended skies will be issued to-day
The following PoSlmasterS were commits
stoned to-day J. =. Owens. Salisbury. Wico
mco co.. Md. and +. = Fries. Cedar Grov,
Frederick co. Va