Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-08
FROM WARRINGTON

reported the consular and diplomatic alp:o-
pIiation BILL The amount appropriated is
81 .25S, 000, which is $4,000 less than that of
last year The salary of Col. Mosby, ac-
cording to the bill, is 1900. The Commit
tee also reported the Postonicc bill fixing
letter postage at cents. The committee
say they expect deficiency next year, which
however, they think will be made up III
time.
The Military Committee Of the Senate
agreed this morning to report favorabty
upon all the army promotions lately noml-
mated by the President including the nomi-
nations Of Pope for Major General and Nc
kcnzie to be Brigader General. Il was
supposed that there would be opposition TO
these two nominations. but there was none
i'll the committee.
Western democrats now here have be-
come alarmed at the strides Governor Clcve-
land of New York is making towards the
Presidency, and arc talking about the ne
cessty of giving the nomination Of the mex;
national democratic convention to Il West
ern man, aud name ex-senator Mcdonald,
OF Indiana in that connection.
Mayor Bcckham. IinssTs. Dawnham and
Douglas. presidents Of the Board of Alder
men and Common Council. and Corporation
Attorney kemper. Of Alexandria, were nj
the Capitol to-day to sec the Virgins. dele
CATION in Congrcs5 and induce them 10 o;I-
pose the passage Of the bill 10 authorize he
Secretary Of War to condemn and seize TIC
piers Of the Alexandria canal aquedGrt III
Georgetown Tor a free bridge. Judge Gar
rison says he introduced the bill without
reading it, III the request OF Il citizen 81:
Georgetown who represented To him that
the lessees OF the canal were in favor q! it
and that the aqucduct WAS not now iii use.
| rs the boats were lowered into the river and
towcd to Alexandria.
Mr.. Fulkerson IS now as good 4 democrat.
so far as national affairs arc concerned rs any
man in the House, and Will take an active
part in the necessary reorganization Of
the party in his State. it is reported that
Mr.. Paul asked him recently what course he
| intended to pursue, and that he responded
he could not be carried out Of the democrat
| tic party. In the same interview il is said
he told Mr.. Paul the following anccdotc and
left him to make the application. \ man
III his county caught coon which
| three boys wanted. He told them the
one should nave it who would rive him
the most satisfactory answers to the two
questions he would ask them. He then
| asked the first 10 which party he belonged !?
The boy answered, democrat. Why? Be
cause it is The national party ana is for the
greatest good TO the greatest number The
second boy, in response TO the same qilcs-
tons, said he was Il grccnbackcr, because he
wanted more money. The third said he
was Il republican because he wanted that
coon-and he got it,
The wind blew so hard here Yesterday
that ii broke off one of the smoke stacks of
the steamer Mary Washington. lying III 7rh
street wharf
In the star route case to-day there was IL
squabblc among counsel rs tn the number
OF chai!cngcrs The Government ana tho de-
PENDANTS should nave
The attorney for DR.. Bliss called upon
Comptroller Lawrence at the Treasury to-
day and informed him that the Duct0 would
accept the 5000 which had been awarded
him by the Garfield Commission for his; SER
vices 10 the late President Ills claim wa.
for so 900.
The two Eamons pictures in The rntunta
Of the Capi,o', The Baptism of Poaa-
hontas, and The Landing Of the Pill
grims," have been seriously injured by
the late Garfield fair. They were planScd
over III orde" 10 afford space for the cxhihi-
ton of other pictures. and the heat from
the llucs hclow them has cracked the
canvas badly. So badly iha, HE first named
picture, il is feared, has been irrcparably
damaged.
The House Foreign Affairs committee
this morning agreed to report avorlbly Il
bill endorsing the bonds of the Niraraeuan
intcroccanic canal !or 80, 900 ,WnJ ii :; per
cent. for 20 years.
This WAS private bill day in the House
and many bills on the private calendar were
disposed Of. Among them was one iCr re-
funding J. ID. Morrison, Of Rock bridge cnun-
ty, Virginia. $3.50 Tor whiskey tax improncv-
" collected from him in 1866 II was laid
on the table without prejudice for tie r,as-
on that lis settlement comes under law
that was passed subsequent to lis introdnr.
ton.
In the Senate. among the petitions intro
duccd were several Tor The removal and
reduction Of the fax on tobacco. The
political assessment resolution OF Mr.. Beck
was then taken up. Mr. Beck again az on
yesterday protesting against what he termed
the flank movement Of Mr. Hale to so en-
cumber ii with cXtraneous matter as TO
make it impraclicablc. Mr. Bavard also
hoped chat Alr. Hale would so modify hi,
proposed substitute rs TO bring it within the
scope OF AIR. bCck = resolution.
The House Elections COMMITTEES cunSid-
cred the case of Mr.. Cain, the delegate from
Utah to-day, but came to no decision re
specting it, They oustcd Mr.. Cannon be-
cause he was a polygamist. and now some
of them want to treat Mr.. Cain the same
way because they say he is no better than u
po]ygamist. rs i any of them are.
Senator Malone. and his family. having
bought his Christmas presents and spent
all his money returned this informing from
New York, and took possession of his new
quarters at the Arlington Hotel His pair
of bay stations which have been at livery
IN Alexandria for some months, preceded
his arrival by Il few days
1t is confidently asserted hv SOME Of Col. Joe
Blackburn numerous friends that he will he n
candidate for the next Srcakcrship Ii this he so
he Will divide the Western and Southern vote and
MIR. Randall be elected Indeed many think the
ex-Speaker will bc elected no matter who. or how
many oppose him.
lie Senate Judiciary Committee have had no
meeting since the Introduction OF Mr. Edmund's
resolution about the necessity for the Govern
mcnt TO acquire title to the national cemetery
NJ Arlington SO that nothnm has aS ynt bnnn