Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-08
PROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Fab, S, 1882.


The Pensions Committee Of the Houss will.
Oh Friday rtx!. coOsi1er The bill granting pet
6ons 10 the Surviving soldiers of The Mexcln
war snd their widows. Commissioner DcdIey
will appear before the committee. The irdics
toas, go member Of the committee Sid yes
terdsy. lock to favorable report, b1. even if
that BIS iho ossa, greater danger to The bill
will be encountered whom it shall come htf,re
! thu Hcuss, the UNEXPECTEDLY innonse sum &c
! qu'rad By the erreerases Ct pensions bill haviug
s!cseneG tho House With the whole pension
| business.
A gentleman who hiss recently returned from
abroad says ;hers came over With him preacher
Belonging 10 cue OF thu largest denominations
IL Virginia. Eho. when about to land OF New
York. requested female passenger with whom
| be hsd become acquainted during the Wy
age to wear ashore Tor him saal-skin cloak
| Gpd Turkish shawl with he bad bought for
bis daughter and upon which be did not Wish
TO pay the high duty that 10 placed on such ar
| ticlss. The female at fist made OH g ion upon
| the erCucd tina. s6e was sreadg carrying es
much ns she c:u!d we'll wear bat soon consented
| Win the understanding tGss the preacher was
40. to sp31o.ch OF eTeu loak at her for FIVE
minutes si;er they Landed. list the custom
house Officers might SUSPECT her OF smUgg ling.
| When the five miou:es tlspsed she was gone.
aod toe preacher loft for bis home, in Virginia,
ssdicr and wiser men, snd firm convert 20
| 0 Ir3,coiVo tariff
Two r:cgpt colf5,euees CD the & ,or OF the
Senate, sac during ;Go session OF that body,
| between tho two Virsinis SRDatols, il the sub
ids: Il Talk smo1s several CT :reit col!esgues
.s is na:ural inssmuch ns they have nevsr bsep
| seen :ogolhcr il tie Senate before. But the
| csEf:rcno!s Ware solely upon N after of bus
| ness. When General Mahone list came to
Washington as Ssna.or, Nj. Johnston called
! npon him bu:, as be never returned the csl.
| there hes b:tn 20 social Intercourse between
| them tiocs. a dry or Two ago the General
came 10 Mr.. Johus;cn's deck 10 the Senate AID
ssk-d him 10 lock over the papers 10 the ossc
| oil Lively. e5-2osimsy'er at Williamsburg, who
! is po'i!ioorg iov rslubusst e. ht Ter funds a.
| Legged to haYo beoa stolen from lis cfi,s BY
burglars, and 10 tell Kim what lie thought CT
| them. That vas the frs o,olercncs. The
| stcotd Eas Wtea Mr.. Johnsion went To the
| Generals desk tud told bin thss he did not
thick the claim good oIe. Ia thil opinion
| tie General s.reed, aud THUS is < oiainod WHY
the deb paying VifQiuia Senator and lis repu-
dating c)lIe.gue hav, been rcceoly couttrii: G
together.
With regard to the tariff question. tX-
Speaker Randall s.Js That pothlug Will b, done
With 1t a. this session. but that al matters COZ
1co:Cd Tth il will b. referred TO the c)nmis-
sIoD that is to b created. O., the ether hand,
II is SGia ty soma, t,ri nen as veil as free
| traders, that Oh. ngss will bs nsd5 10 the isriff
before Tie sc,si,n is ovEr Mr.. Ticker, OF
virginia, nopber If the Ways end Msaos
Committee voted sesins. The orestoo Of tie
| commi. slon aud against ell massutes teDdiug to
| q continuance or Oh iuctess, OF the lr;scot
tsrif Tho Wsys spd Meas Committee will,
OF oncs, prac: Cd 30 the preparation Of Q bill for
| relieving the c2nairq OF sbnus seventy million
of tsX:s noT ovl!ce.eG as iSternal reyccu,, bat
,hs ulo.t of ne rei,f will DO exrerienc.d By tho
| banks snd North.ro match and patent medi-
| cine msonfsc urers.
The House Committee on Public Bulldogs
and Grounds agreed this u,crniog to report .
bill sppropeia.og $lGO. 900 for cs:of6oa,
court Ioom ssd o;her U. 8. purposes. 0, Lyoth
hug. Virginia.
At Yesterday usetirg CT tho Slnate Con :
n;ttee GOV Investigating the crookednefs 10 the
conlirgant fund Of the T,e,su!y, it is reported
| the! PEney, wdo was in oba'g, Of that Iuod
Ravs aW!y the whole Sherm % ciss By pre-
dueieg letters written By bosh the ex-5ecrotary
sod hi3 Eifs asking hin to send The Treasury
| carpenters aud upholsterers 10 their touss to
| DO work thar. When IL is koo.n that Dir
Sherman positively aad enpbstlc,lly denied all
| tits, lis Iemrsksbe forgstfuIness, when Oh
OATH c,rcefoiug the famoas Weber letter, vii!
be RI III: otd.
The rtc,ot atten!i:n paid by Gen. Mahono's
Washington orgeD to the c.so OF tho Norfolk
poStol6o, iado.tes Very plainly that thir g are
| net aikinz az smoothly IS desirsbla by the
| reseasters 10 that qu'rter, AID Mr. Dtz ndo,f
| appasrs 10 bs s,tis6cd that 10 th,t oue csss at
least, BIO has the upper band of Gou. M,bore.
Al q messing of the u lion L,sgae held here
/ a's tight Mr.. d zsndorf made speech. in
" Itch be took the around that tho way for the
! republican party to grow and prosper 10 the
Scu:h wss fir tho administrator to assist
| Soulhero republicans, AID not repudiaieg
| democrats.
The Attorney General has recommended L.
Il Laws for rear oointmep' ss U. 8. Attorney
TOR Tho Eastern DISTRICT Ct Virginia. Mr.. Lewis
ms5o 90 sppliua!ion for rep onio,mens. IS be
hss beoa informed by the rcudjusers Of Wiz
GINA that they viii make him one of the
iadses of hs Court Of Appsa of that State,
which position be will accept.
The you:g gentlemen from A'txspdIi, VINO
attended !be ball ut The Metropolitan II It'll las.
night "sot The o.ks.
Tao Presidsnt sant The falIo aieg nominations
for pcs: ma5'ers TO tho Sepa'a Icy: Oxen
T. Holnt". st L'esturr. W., sud Wu. a,
| Pat,ia. ct Wa;repton. Va.
| Gem niFsOna Sc p,stussters hrv. o-ity been
issusd TO NJ. KeeIey. at Baod. BIsni ccuuty,
and SaEual |. Moseley, at Ebory, B:uns8:ct
c:uaty, Va.
A telegram from Coa'fsId last night says
tba! at O'Clock yesterdsy afternoon a runor
spread Iks Lightning hat another explosion
had occurred 10 the Grove shaft. AID that the
ten mea exploring the shaft bad persisted. A
crowd Of excited meu .bd shrinking women
quickly gathered stou1d tho mouth of the
shsf, be-. for uos'elI is uas s)co aeo,rtained
that the rsno1 "a tsise. Oas Of The explorers
named kioalSr bad penetrated about 900 feet
down 40 ioolipe, bare BIS discovered evidences Of!
the coal beirg 90 FIRE TURNER il. Tbs at orc,
c1used the withdrawal Of tho psrty to The eur
facs. and steps wero Immediately taken to
! stop rp the shaft for the present. This re,es-
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