Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-19

FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alex'a. Gazettc.1 |
WASHINGTON. April 19.-Alexandria seems |
to possess great attractions for marrying
South Carolnians. As stated in this cor
respondence yesterday Miss Eltinge, better
known as Miss, Elton Corse, daughter of
Mr.. Douglass Corse formerly Of Alexandria,
was married that day to Mr. MacBcc of
south Carolina The groom is Mr. E. A.
MacBee, a young and promising lawyer of
Grccnvllc Another daughter Of Mr..
Corse, Miss Lucy, was married some years
ago to Mr. W. J. Marshall, also of South
Carolina, and son of the Confederate Gen
cral Foster Marshall who was killed ut the
second battle of Manassas. a South Caro-
linian who was present at the wedding yes
terday says that twenty men in his county
married Virginia girls, and that he saw
more pretty girls in one day in Alexandria
than in all the rest of his life
When Wilkes Booth was killed the pho
tograph Of his atfianced bride, the daughter
Of }. p Hale, \. H., was found nearest his
heart. This lady subsequently married w.
F. Chandler. 1t is the rule ut Presidential
receptions for the Secretary Of War to be the
escort of the wife of the Secretary of the
! Navy Such 4 rule if carried out in the
case of Mrs Chandler, would put the old
sweetheart of Booth in uncomfortable pro-
! pinqlity to the son Of the man he killed.
! Secretary Lincoln, and to avoid such an I'M
pleasant situation the wife of the Secretary
of the Navy was not present at the Prcsi-
dents reception last night.
The reports of the House committee 10
audit the expenses incident to the Illness
death and burial of the late President were
presented this morning. That Of the ma
iority is il monumental raid upon the
Treasury, paying something to almost
everybody who ever went to the White
House while the President lay there, even
the policeman whose duty il was to be there
| being given IN extra allowance Of $l5O.
DR.. Bliss is allowed $4,000, Drs. Agnew and
Hamilton $4,000 each. Drs. Edison, Ray
burn and Boynton $4,000. 81 ,S35 to the
undertaken and 81 900 to the man who
furnished the refrigerator Surgeon General
Barnes is retired Oh the rank and pay of Il
Major-Gcnral. and Surgeon Woodward is
promoted TO the rank of Lieut. Colonel
The minority report takes the right ground
and says that Congress has no more authori-
~ to pay the funeral expenses Of the late
President than il has TO pay them of any
other citizen of the country, but that in
we" Vi ''i il,e 'licu''is'as'ceS VI tic c'lse tlle
proiie m"u,u sustain ~ IL ~ Tgre 20 MAKE
''n oIIP ,!l w li' Wy iS ''t
court as in other cases.
5 Congress has already commenced to con-
/. duet lis business in accordance with the pro-
grammc laid ont by the republican caucus.
The House met this morning ut eleven
o'clock instead of at noon, and will
soon commence holding night sessions In
olIei ~ tAc'utG tnG'r scllel,lrH Win rs niue
. uelas a. !osSlnlc the rePuoncahs must III
.io.. ''''i n'lt 'oi 'n's purpose
",,, i.'',s ,s.,.t az otnel ou:iics7 ana
ny ga. 'elol . VI 'ie Hle't'ollS Soill-
80 - 20 J''ls no" i'cli oS
'o,~',iI anu r ucic''eo
: ioiin,, tt,n ,;,.., n'' thn "u tat 'aSc
,;7.I,,,, -. ,"u ""o .uNci1 up
ae m r t' ,.s ,o,,', tin itnueu TO-
.i ~ Wv eIiiis! at'ia SD
cs fLi "suiGtnat: "no MlotG letter 10 one
r h.t ~ Hu,, ne sas' ooSre.
,nvthin" for f,x-,,n;on soII;ors , i;il ~
bri@adiers were At the head Of the Pnnso~S
Committees and then denied having written
, such a letter leaGino Off in onnosit;on w.
- Cannon the locally elected netonatn ,nG
Tonos fLn TnSos qrnonhoolar al tL; ;rI,
disr,,scd rennb;co6 tal.;nn tho al" ,ll',;.
prOund
| Enn;roo.s Al,.s anna, ,.c.,
Tho Gonn,, fa";t u' W. "'',ins were before
Of tho pn,o,nn aats III. ',o ruri,,ia'1 R
Ch,s " ChmrclIo" nt. R.,i,i,nnra '' ia ,a ~,
, summoned "a ,nnc,r bcCnrc The somo CONN.,
Mite and ,,;,. HE ,.;ar, ranr,o~t;,'o Yin tI,
sonitary ct,ac nfthn nrcnnsod .e
Thn cn3,n;,tna eli ot r.ln, a Wv tn'J Jn
mill tbcy nrooc, Iii nG ,bo;r ,! n ~ va,
intnntio i; -, rro,.;do ~. o,r r,.,,,
en- tL.t m,tL;n,, Iii 10 I,r To- iIi
W., "' Icy !oi ''''Spous elSe
10 10 pu' execute the provisions OF the bill
: Inc senate committee on the Potomac
flats have the bill for the reclamation OF
, those flats before them. and will consider II
from day 10 Gnv until thcv ,rn mandy r.
: ro,,o,t Nrb;l, ,.n,,n nr .l,a I,,.,;.,. ~
49,, ,,,,,.,,ts "a i,.;o PfS oP'i'.ioi 'oi
War spend if os he thinks host tho noiGr;t,
> -, ~