Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-17
FROM WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette
I WASHINGTON, d. G., March II, 1885,
St. Patricks Day was celebrated here by
procession in which all the Irish associa-
tons in the city and one from Baltimore took
part. Each was preceded by a band of mu-
sic. The procession was quite all imposing
affair, and was witnessed by immense
througs who lined the sidewalks along the
route. The weather, strange to say, was de-
lighttnl
The L. 5. ship, Dispatch, known as the
Presidents yacht, Is lying at the navy yard
winetl, liquored and prorisioned for Presi-
Monroe, but the President, il is said, will
not leave until next Tuesday. He wants his
best friend, Senator Don Cameron, to ac-
company him, but the latter will not be able
to leave before the day mentioned. The
President himself has been indisposcd for
several days, and thinks that little brac-
ing up, such as short saltwater trip would
tend to accomplish, would make him all
right again.
The custom heretofore has been for super
vlslng inspectors of steam vessels to revoke
the certificates Of the captains of such
vessels, damaged or lost by negligence or
incompetency, but if such captains had the
requisite influence it almost always happen
ed that new certificates would be issued to
them in the course of a few months. In
q recent case i'll California the custom re-
terred to has been departed from. and the
negligent captain was suspended for two
years. This departure has been approved
by the Treasury Department, and will, it is
said, establish a precedent.
Owing TO deficiency in the appropria-
tions nearly all the signal stations along the
Atlantic coast will be discontinued after the
3lst inst. After that date weather indications
will be impaired to the postmasters nearest
the site Of the present stations, from whom
those interested can obtain the information
upon application.
In the star-route trial yesterday it was
stated by the prosecution that they intended
to prove that +. Is. Price had bribed Brady.
Brady when interviewed last night in re-
gard to this said the checks Price gave him
were contributions to the republican election
fund. Price says they were no such thing.
were given to Brady as bride to obtain in
creased pay and that Brady knew they were
given for that purpose.
The suspension Of Judge Hoover, Asso.
ciate Justice Of Arizona, is said to have been
caused not by his crime but by his own in.
discretion in talking about it. The report
Is that he was appointed through the in
lluence of Senator Miller, of California, who
is largely Interested in the Bank of Califor-
MIA, against which the Government has suits
Soon after his appointment he borrowed
large sums from the bank with the under
standing that he was never 10 return the
money IA unt In Ill 81, A..
encc with the bank and about the Govern
ments persecution Of it, and this, together
with the knowledge Of the loans he had re-
ceived, produced the scandal that caused
his removal
People here to-day from various parts of
Virginia say that the evidence in the Mas
sey-Wise contested election case so far
educed induces them to think that the Elec.
. tons Committee Of the House will order 81
. new election. For the vacancy in the eth
district they seem to think that Mr.. OFFER.
rail-, though certain of getting his seat,
should run again So as TO avoid the awk-
wardness OF 1t contest with any other
democrat who might run against the
, Malone candidate and be elected. The
impression Is general among them
that Malone has his his day, and that now
the debt question is out politics the dem
ocrats Will be reunited and will carry the
) State ut the next election by their usual
maj ority.
st. Matthew's Church is the most att,ac-
tive Catholic church in this CITY, and its
galleries are crowded every Sunday after
noon. as it was discovered by the church
. authorities from the small contributions
that these crowds attended from other than
deVout motives, it was determined to col.
lect small admission fee to gallery seats,
This has had the effect of securing the at.
tendance Of better behaved people. and also
OF increasing the church revenue
The U. 5. District Attorney for Texas has adj.
vised the Treasury Department to accept Mr.. Och
l6ree proposition to compromise debt of So
ooo for 5000, but the Texas statesman now saws
that he VIII not even pay the $500, and will test
the question whether the Treasury Department
can attach the salary of Il national law maker
The china and crockcry ware mporters have
maintained that the new tariff so far as respects
them does not go into operation until the first IF
next July, but the Treasury Department today
decided that it went into effect on the dav tn,
tariff bill became law
The Government determined to-day tn sopd
detachment of troops to protect the Yellow Stone
Park from trespassers. 1t also determined to buy
another tract of land at Port ROYAL for its pur
poses.
General Mahone's intention to-day is to 90 home
next Monday.
Herbert Spencer, the great philosopher
while IN America said The Yankees live
| too fast work too p,unh opJ oot a. Ill