Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON,

and will consider the Virginia improve
mcnts about the end of this or the COM
mencrment Of next week The town coun-
Gil Of Fredericksburg has appointed dele
cation to represent TO the committee the
necessity for an increased appropriation for
mittee has adopted Il rule to hear no body
which is expected here to-day, can do will
be to state their case to Mr.. Garrison, who
will present it to the committee. The ap-
preparations which Mr. Garrison wants to
obtain, if possible, are the following: Rap
pahannock River. S54 600; Neabsco creek,
$4,000; Nomini creek, $4,000; Currioman
$1,000: Nomin river above the ferry SOL
600; and uncstimated appropriations for
Urbana, Toluski river. York river, Upper
Machodoch, Piscataway creek, Hull'S creek
| in Matthew'S county, Hunting creek in
, Accomac county: Great Wicomico river from
! Cedar Point to Indian Point, Milford Haven
/ in Matthew'S county: Plmgateague creek,
and Quantico creek.
/ The members Of the House District Com
| mittec are now by no means sanguine con-
corning the passage Of any bill for the recla-
nation Of the Potomac flats at this session.
and on the oath when they will have anoth-
or day. propose attending to some Of their
other business and when that shall be con-
cludcd will ask that the flats bill he recon-
mittcd In the meantime they have di-
rcctcd the :lSScsSOrS OF the District to assess
the kidwell Bottoms and adjoining flats on
the Potomac and make out bills against the
parties claiming ownership of these flats fui
preSentNnd past taxes.
ians called upon the President on Tuesday
to invite him To attend the Forestry Con-
rcntion and To plant tree at it. The Pre-.
sidcnt said it would afford him pleasure tC
accept the invitation but that if circum
stances should make it impossible for him tc
do so he would ask that Mr.. Pendleton would
plant a tree for him and perhaps il might
grow TO be Il Presidential tree.
The members of the democratic Congress.
siunal Committee whose names were with
held when the organization of that commit
tee was finally completed, are c. c. Bald
win, of New York. John Mclean, editor and
proprietor Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and
w. w. Corcoran. Of this city
Among the memorials introduced in the
Senate to-day was one by Mr.. Johnston OF
behalf Of certain members of the bar of thi,
city who want to have an investigation o
some Of the decisions of the Board of Arhi
traitors of Spanish Claims:
The Senate District Committee, at lhei
meeting this morning. directed Mr.. Harri:
to prepare Il bill for extending the water
conduit out 9th street to 4 point near tho
Soldiers home. where another reservoir i:
to be constructed.
In the room of the Senate Finance Com
mittcc there were exhibited this morning
loo. .,+'l :t,l f
III Connecticut from the wool Of the Anger;
goat raised in Tennessee The materia
was really beautiful and was greatly ad
mircd by the members of the Senate, nearly
all Of whom gave il Il careful inspection.
From Nnrfoll; ii is learned that the Ma
honlcs are divided into opposing faction:
that hate each other worse than they Ito the
democrats. and that the negroes there have
organized an association whose object is t.
secure an equal proportion Of the places OF
the Malone ticket for the May election
failing III which they declare they will rui
4 ticket of their own selection.
The beard appointed by Mr.. Barbour tc
: conduct the examination of the applicants
for the West Point cadctship from his. tn,
Alexandria District. has reported to hin
that Bentley Mott of Lecsbur@, stood frs
in that examination. and Harry Shepherd
) Of Warrcnton. second. Mr.. Barbour vii
notify young Mott of his appointment thi
afternoon.
Gen. Alullomr is still absent from his sea
III the Senate. AMI is reported to be il
Richmond trying to brihe one member o
the Virginia Legislature to vote for hi
schemes by which he hopes to secure hi
position rs Boss of that State. Gentlemen
who left Richmond this morning, however
: say that his effort; will be vain, and tina
though Mr.. Winglield was induced to break
the dead lock once before in order to help
railroad friend. he positively refuses to dt
so again. even though the result may be tht
sacrifice of that friend. and what's more
that the friend alluded to would rather ht
sacrificed than that he should ito it,
The witness Shiphcrl was again ON hanl
this morning, and the committee being pro
ridcd with an efficient shorthand reporter
proceeded with his examination. He suiC
that while Mr.. B!unc'S official instructions
to llurlbcrt directed him to avoid am
Semblancc of cOcrcing Chilli his private in.
stlllctions told him not only to read between
the lines hut even on the margin, and that
his information TO this effect WAS derived
from source no less reliable than Genera
Hurlbert's own brother. The witness per
sisted in refusing to give the names Of the
private parties who were interested with
him in the Peruvian Company.
1t is reported to-day that the single re-
naming member Of the late President
Cabinet, Mr. Lincoln, will be removed next
week, or within Il short time. His successor
has not been named. that is not publicly. Some
say Senator Logan is the man, but other.
assert the democrat Of whom there has
been talk for some time past, will now be
brought to the front and the South given
that recognition which this Administration
has as yet sedulously denied it.
The following postmasters were commits
stoned to-day: Z. B. Rust, at Venus, War
rem county, Va; d. Fl. Green, at Rectortown
Fauquier county, Va, and c. Smiller, at
Stafford, Hartford county, Md.
Mr.. GcddeS of Ohio rs to-day is the birthday
of Thomas jefferson. tried to call up and have
passed the joint resolution for repairing the LOT
and erecting monument the grave of the
Virginia statesman at Monticello, but objection
was made on the republican side. and it was laid
aside.
COURT OF APPEALS TESTERDAY.-Antoni
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