Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-08
Letter from WASHINGTON.

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WASHINGTON, d. c., April S, 1882.
The bill for increasing the pension of the
widow Of Col. VIM. Dulany, of the Marine
Corps of the United States. to $50 month
was debated in the House last night. but laid
over without action.
The Senate was not in session to-day and
the time of the House was consumed by the
delivery of uninteresting speeches upon the
tariff commission bill
The House District Committee were taken
on an inspecting tour of the harbour this
morning, so that they might see what has to
be done in the work of improving the
harbour and retaining the flats of the
Potomac
Mrs. Belv;. Lockwood. the female lawyer,
of this city. who moves about the city ON a
veloclpede, got stuck while crossing the rail
track on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning
just i'll front of Il car and was run over, but
fortunately not injured seriously.
There is i rumOr about the Capitol this
morning that Governor Crittenden, of Mis-
souri,. had been ;lSslssnated last night at
Jefferson City. and it must be said that the
b rCllCldl lCllltl COuCCIilHS IL w ilS llltl IL
was nothing more than the Governor might
have expected.
Mr.. Dezendorf's bll appropriating $500, 900
for torpcdocs was reported upon tavorbly
by the House Naval Committee Yesterday
1t is understood to-day that while the
democratic Senators may possibly not vote
for the confirmation of Mr.. Chandler, they
will make no factious opposition to it for the
reason that in their opinion, while the nomi-
nation is highly Objectionable. it is not their
part to prevent the President from selecting
! for his Cabinet such persons as he chooses.
/ Gentlemen from Richmond here to-day
! report that the MahOncites there are con-
ccntraling their efforts upon Williams, the
republican member of the :big four" with
! whose vote and that of the Lieut.. Governor
they will be able to carry their Objectionable
measures through the Legislature. They
are said TO be promising him the marshall
ship of the eastern district of Virginia for
! his vote, but such promise can never be
| fulfilled for the democratic L. 5. Senators
would repeat their action Of last spring
| rather than have his nomination confirmed
The examination of the witness Shpherd
was resumed this morning ut ten o'clock
and continued until one The gist of his
cross-cXamination was that he had been in
tutcNl, uuIIllS TIC "HOlc Oh ltlSl summer 10
believe that not only Secretary Blaine, but
the whole State Department was in favor OF
the Peruvian Company, in fact that Mr.
Shiphcrd, so far as the Chil-Peru affair was
concerned WAS the head Of that department
that while Mr. Blaine had said nothing
directly to him to induce this belief. what
they had said to Senator Blair and what
Senator Blair had repeated to him had in,
duced it, the Senator having gone so far ms
to tell him that he could rest satisfied he
was all right at the State Department that
while he was thus led into this belief, the
Secretary was in fact doing nothing to hell
him, and was dcceiving him for the purpose
OF rcaping gain III case either the Peruvian
Company or the Credit industrial proved
successful; and that Minister Hurlbllrt wa:
the agent of the Credit Industricl
Senator Miller, of Pennsylvania h;i,
kicked out of the traces in his State. ant
has written i letter to Wharton Barker, il
which he states that unless there be ;
speedy change Of leadership and manage
mcnt i'll the republican party of that State
; it is doomed to defeat in the next election
Mr.. Louis Schade. who volunteered t.
defend WirZ, when every other lawyer il
Washington was afraid to do so, and VIII,
: is a true JcllersOnian democrat, will 90 t.
Richmond next week and address mectin!
F. in opposition to the republican and readjlst
er scheme for local option. Mr.. Schade il
now citizen Of Fairfax county, Va.
Mr. Allen, member of the House from st. Louis
died here this morning after protractcd illness
He was democrat and one of the richest men o
the House.
The Foreign Affairs Committee Of the Senate
held a called meeting to-day To consider the new
Chinese bill. 1t is understood that the deuocrat
will insist upon the provisions of the old bill, in
asmuch as the Presidents objections are reall,
frivolous, and clearly show that he is not only op
posed to that bill, but TO any that could he framed
to effect its purpose.
The following pOstnastcrs were commissioner
to-day: Kate A. RUSSELL Dover, L0udoun county
Va; F. NJ. Kendall, Uppcrville, Fauquier co., Va