Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-08
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Special Correspondence o! the Alexandria G,z.t,c
WASHINGTON. D. G.. March s, 1885,
The Presidents yacht Dispatch 1.-THE L. S.
steamer Dispatchl went down to Mt. Yer
non this morning with the Nalaeassv
ENJOYS and other distinguished people on
board.
Mr.. Beliord, who acted SO unbecomipoly
in the star route case Yesterday afternoon
and was fined 500 therefor, was asked about
his conduct this morning, but seemed inds-
posed to talk aboutit. His fine was paid by
the star reuters. As Mr.. Bedford was a Judge
for six years and should therefore be we'll
acquainted with the decorum of courts his
behavior yesterday is thought here to be
objectionable and deserved Imprisonment
rs well rs the fine
The subject of the rebate on the tobacco
tax is still an unsettled question at the
Treasury Department There is some talk
OF paying it in stamps hut others think that
would nc rs unlawful as 10 pay it out Of the
treasury when no appropriation has been
made for that purpose.
Mr.. Davis, eX-Prcsidcnt OF the Senate
will leave here this evening for Fayette
\. e., where he will be married TO Miss
| Burr lie Will 60 IN 4 private car, the use
oil which has been rendered him by the rail
! road company. The brides family want Tho
marriage to be grand affair. but Mr., Davis
Is disposed 10 the contrary and wants il to
lie as quiet rs possible The Screeaut-at
Arms department of the Senate this after
noon presented him with n beautiful silver
punch bowl.
Mr.. Conklng argued Il bank case from
Cook county, Illinois, before the Supreme
Court this afternoon, and attracted a large
number of hearers
Senators Malone and Riddleberger are
still here. The latter is so heset by beats
and bummeIs, white and BLACK, that he fre.
qucntly has to abandon his room and hide
himself in another one.
General Miles, the great Indian tighter,
Was witness IN the star route case today,
and testified to the rapid growth and con,
sequent mail requirements Of the Northwest
III which some OF the expedited routes were
located. But the growth Of the country
will not account for the stealings.
| A well known Virginia democrat here to.
day when asked about the recent decision
of the Supreme Court in the Virginia bond
case said ii was the best thing that
could possibly have happened and was the
very thing he wanted He said that while
he had never thought Virginia was bound
Tor the debt she contracted before the war
as the security upon which it was
contracted. negroes and territory, had been
destroyed by the parties in whom the debt
was chiefly due. the North and England.
he ha't been willing to be taxed to pay it in
order to sustain the honor Of his State. but
that as the highest court IN the land had
practically decided that She could repudiate
her debt, he didn't think ANYBODY could
now object, that is unless The Government
would put Virginia in the same condition
she was when the debt was contracted.
Senator Cameron has changed his mind
about going to South Carolina. He will re-
main here and be operated upon by Phla.
drlphia surgeon.
TX Congressman Burroughs, of Michigan,
has been offered the position of End Conn
t'olcrnow held by Mr.. Upton.
SIX hundred white men have settled upon
the lands Of the Great Sioux reservation
under the impression that the Sioux treaty
had been ratified. But ii has not been and
Unless the soldiers clear them out. the In
(iianS will.
Among the rumors current here is one IN
the effect that tho PENNSYLVANIA R.R. Co
will buy the w. & W r. r.. and then run
their local Washington trains into the pre-
sent depot OF that road Another is that
tho same parties who purchased it at the
late sale will repurchase it, and build a.
branch extending from Falls Church to
Washington.
Letters are pouring into the Treasury from the
banks in all parts Of the country iuquiring about
the bank tax but no decision of the question has
yet been made.
General Ha-en, Chief the Signal Service, saws
Virgins is humbug and that there will Ls no
worse weather Tomorrow aud next day than is
usual Mt this time Of the year. To the contrary
a dispatch has been received from Quebec stating
that furious storm is prevailing along the Cana.
dian coast
l.. t.. FOCUS at Norwood H. F. Redd, Johns
Craig; Lucy 3. Robinson, Rawley Springs, Va,
were commissioned postmasters to-day.