Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-20
FROM WASHINGTON

lobbyists are becoming rife about the capi
toll now. The weather is turning warm and
that and the hurry of the House suggest
thoughts OF adjournment. Among the most
active among them is ex-Secretary Belknap
OF the unsavory Grant regime. The first
measure they will attempt to get through
Will be the one granting the right of way
through the Indian Territory
The paragraph III this correspondence on
Tuesday in reference to the Allen-McVei
case now before the Supreme Court Of the
United States was based upon the brief of
Mr.. H. o. Claughton, counsel for Allen.-
The following statement is from the brief
of Messrs. Phillips and MalTy counsel for
Mr.. McNeigh.
j. Fl. McVeigh &..Son, ut Alexandria, ex-
ecuted two promissory notes-one dated
3lst May, 1861. for $500, the other dated
2lst June. 1861, for 300 Both of these
notes were payable sixty days after date at
the Exchange Bank, in favor of ". y. Me
Weigh, the defendant in error, and ell
dorsed by him. These notes not having
been paid ut maturity, the Exchange
Bank. the owner of the notes. caused them
TO be protested--thc first on the ID August
! 1861, the second on 23d August, 1861 After
| the close of the war, the assets of the En-
! change Bank passed into the hands OF Il re-
! ceiver, who advertised them to be sold nj
public auction. McEegh, who was present
III the sale, gave notice that he denied all
responsibility lis indorScr ON these notes.
| Notwithstanding this notice. Allen, the
plaintiff in error. became the purchaser
thereof for the sum of $40, and in 1871
( Ii,,n nIt ln ,,ln I'll,
! Allen commenced. this action in the Corpo-
ration Court Of Alexandria. On the trial.
which rested on the sutccncy Of the no.
ticc, the jury. under Instructions, found Il
verdict against McNcgh, the indorscr. On
writ of error to the Supreme Court Of APP
peals, the judgment was reversed and q
rpnire dr nora ordered. On the second trial,
4 verdict and Judgment were rendered for
McNeigh. \ new trial having been denied,
the plaintiff pctitioned the Supreme Court
! of Appeals for Il writ of errOl-and this was
also denied, the Court being OF opinion that
the Judgment was plainly right" The
case is now here Oh writ of error 10 the
highest court of the State"
1t is rlmored to-day that J. NJ Thompson.
an eX-member Of the House from Pennsyl-
vania, will soon be appointed Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia, vice Cartier, who will retire on full
pay under the age law.
Among all the members Of the House
there is no one more bothered by applicants
for Office than Mr. Barbour. the member
from the Alexandria district They make Il
double charge on him. first in his capacity
as Il Congressman, and when he tells them
that the heads of the departments to whom
he applies for them say this is Il republican
administration and that all the offices must
go to the republicans. they ask for places
OH the railroad Of which he is president,
and then have to be told that in railroad.
unlike Government, service efficient officers
cannot be removed merely for the purpose
Of making places for rlntred hands.
The Democratic National Congressional
Committee have appointed the following
board of control, who will manage the al
fairs Of the party until after the next Con-
gressiona elections: Messls Flower, Davis
of West Virginia, German. Cobb. ROsccrans,
Randall. Baldwin and Stockton. Mr.. Nc
Lean was appointed but has declined.
As is natural, scalawags are thought as
little Of by members Of their own party as
they are by other people. Ex-U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Wharton of Kentucky, now
in this city has written letter to Represen-
tative White OF his State in which he tells
him that he is Il disgrace to his party. Many
people will deny this upon the ground that
such thing is impossible.
a revenue cutter now at Sitku will be
dispatched At once TO the assistance Of the
crew of the lost Artc steamer Rodgers
Mr.. Barbour has introduced bill which
provides for referring to the Court Of Claims
the claims Of l.. T. Moore and p. c. l.. Bur
4 we'll for the value Of personal property of
tha TaN1op HnInl ~, N-;,,l,o-,o,, L., IL
United States troops during the, late war.
The opposition Of both the Massachusetts
Senators to the confirmation of the nomina-
ton Of the stalwart Worthinglon to- he col
lector OF the port Of Boston is unaba1ed,
and the Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed this morning to postpone the consid-
Grafton OF that case until these Senators can
formulate their objections to the nominee.
The republicans Of the House tried hard
to-day to take up the report of the Elections
Committee, olsting Genera, Chalmers, of
Mississippi, and giving his seat 10 a negro
who was not legally elected, but as no one
on the democratic side was familiar with
the case except Mr. Atherton, who was abb
sent, the injustice of the attempt was TOO
potent to allow il 10 succeed. and so the
consideration OF the report was postponed
until Monday, by which time Mr.. Atherton
VIII HuNC lClulieu, itut when Olnef demo-
cratic members will be prepared to discuss
the case: The General, however will have
to so, for the republicans want another
vote.
The House Committee on Foreign Rel;,-
tons had Mr.. Hurlburt. editor of the New
York World. and brother of the late Minister
to Peru, before them this morning The list
OF the examination was to the effect that
the marginal notes Which Shipherd said
were on the official instructions to his
brother. and which told him TO go it, were
really there, but that he, HurIhurt, had
never told Shipherd that he had docrlmen-
tary evidence Of that fact. The witness
also testified that his brother had obtained
his original instructions not from Blaine
but from Garfield. So far from Weakening
the testimony Of Shipherd, as WAS promised
the evidence of Mr.. Hurlbllrt really tended
to strengthen ii.
The copy of the bible upon which every
member of the L. s. Senate who has been
admitted for the last fifty-tlirec years. and
which was bought by the father of Captain
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