Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-05
FROM WASHINGTON.

fhUM WASdlNGION.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. Gazette
WASHINGTON, d. G., May 5, lSS2-Gen
Malone crossed the Rubicon Yesterday :;
burnt the bridge behing him, and by his
vote proclaimed himself not only republi-
can but an ultra and proscriptive one, and
Halter and oppressor of the people of his own
section. 1t is an evil bird that fouls its own
nest, and the fact that he stultified himself
by his action is not surprising considering
all that he had done before. It was known
yesterday that Il vote was to be taken on a
bill to strike from the war regulation a
statute excluding exc onfederateS from the
army and navy; the word was passed
around OH both sides, and Il fuller Senate
was present than at any previous time
during the session, and among those i'm at
tendance was General Malone, though at
no previous time this session had he been
present during the morning hour, and when
his name was called he voted with the re-.
publ!cans for the exclusion, and by his
single vote-lor it was only lost by one
majority. and Il tie would have carried it
prevented the obnoxious statute from being
stricken out. Had he even absented HIM
self, remained in the Cloak room where he
spends most of his time, or refrained from
voting the sectional statute would have
been eXpungcd, but he came there for the
purpose, which he executed, of excluding
his old comrades from the rank of commits.
stoned officers in the army and navy of the
I United States. What do the ey-Contede-
rates among the Generals party think of
this:
In the Senate to-day Mr. Windows reso-
! luton for 4 special committee 10 investigate
the charges in reference to the bill for cx-
! tending the time during which liuuor can
remain in bond WAS adopted without oppo-
slton. The Finance Committee of the
Senate considered this bill to-day. hut adj
Jo'lrnrd without reaching any conclusion
respecting il.
! DR.. Garnet. DIR. Townshend and several
other city physicians were examined By the
Senate Committee OH the Potomac flats to-
day with reference to the proposed reclama-
! ton OF those flats, and all of them favored
the Improvement rs healthful measure.
As soon rs the tariff commission bill shall
be disposed Of in the House, the contested
| elections cases will be resumed. the first
probably being that of Mackey against Dib-
bic from South Carolina On this the demo-
! Gratis have determined to make q stand
even to the extent of blocking legislation,
Is there Il no record in the case, and they
say there is no court in the country that
would decide Il case without allowing the
defendant to take testimony and make a re-
cord, which have not been done in this case
lnaSmnch rs O'Conner, dead man, and not
DIbbic, il live one, was the man whose seat
Mackey contested.
The party given by Mr.. Barbour last night
was one of the most agreeable of the season.
That 1t was so was due in no small dgree to
the genial hospitality. which prevailed and
mat was once so characteristic of the district
the host represents. Among the ladies pre-
sent were some of the tairest of Virgiinia's
daughters. and so charming were they that
several of Mr.. Barbour'S colleagues were
hcard I" express the wish that they repre-
Sented district that contained so MANY
beautiful women.
The course of Mr.. Bragg, democratic
member of the House from Wisconsin. is 50
sectional that General Manning, of Missis-
sippi. WAS induced by favorable oDportu-
nifty the other day TO inform him privately
that it was apparent to the most casual OBJ
server that ii must result from q desire to
please men in his district who are not dem
ocratS, and that if he thought it was unno-
iIced and would be forgotten he was yery
much mistaken.
Inc iiollSe to-day resumed the considera-
ton ofthe tariff commission bill, Mr.. Ran
dall speaking in favor and Mr. Thicker
against it. The debate will probably close
to-day and Il vote he taken Tomorrow
whcn the bill will pass, and every man. wo-
man. and child in the United States be com
PEELED to go on paying three dollars Il year TO
make up the one hundred and ffty millions
Tor which there Is no use, but which is the
annual surplus in the Treasury.
Senator Blair was again before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee this morning,
but his examination was exceedingly prosy
and uninteresting. The tenor of What he
dld say was to exculpate himself and the
other implicated parties who have SO ,arran-
sed their affairs that it is difficult to get de-
lmltely at the naked truth respecting them.
Another call for fifteen millions of the ex
tended SKIES will be issued OH the first of
June. All the issues Of 1861 having been re-
deemed, this call will be the first of the ST.
100000 of 1863
Dr. +. II. Smith, late Consul to Naples,
arrived mere this morning, en- route to his
nome IN Virginia DR.. Smith is the father
OF Mr.. John Amber Smith, who it NAV be
stated in this connection has been EMPLOYED
ny Attorney General Blair of Virginia to
assist him in the Virginia bond cases now
before the L. S. Supreme Court.
FROM July |, 1862 to February 8, 1868,
when the law was repealed, the tax collect.
ed on raw cotton i'll Virginia amounted to
$685., S9G
a large delegation Of iron manufacturers
waited upon Sec'y. Folger this morning for
the purpose of inducing him to decide that
the duty on imported hoop iron and axles
should be the same as that on other manu-
fact'red articles of iron and not that on raw
iron.