Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-12
and that this will be the end of that famous

and that this will be the end of that famous
matter.
In the Senate to-day the Military Com
mittee reported favorably the bill allowing
the C. & .. R. R. to extend its track to the
hotel wharf at Old Point Comfort.
Mr. Wattersou says that all the talk about
Tildeu being the democratic candidate Tor
the next Presidency is bosh, and should his
name be mentioned in the convention, Mr..
Tilden will have it withdrawn on the in
slant. Notwithstanding this, there is re-
port around the Capitol to-day that some
prominent democratic politicians from New
York have arrived here for the purpose of
booming the "old ticket"
At the Springer committee to-day the
examination Of Mr. Cook was continued.
His testimony was to the effect that neither
Bliss nor Ker was competent to manage the
star route case even if they were sincere IN
their prosecution of it that the whole case
was mismanaged and that the failure to
obtain conviction was the Governments
fault.
In the Senate to-day report from the
Secretary Of the Interior to Mr.. Riddleber-
gers resolution of inquiry about the crlml-
nal statistics of the District OF Columbia was
received. The resolution and response have
reference to the proposition to build penl..
Tertiary here and thus save the expense OF
maintaining the District criminals in North
ern prisons.
The L. s. Supreme Court, in the case of
Smith vs Greenhow, has granted Mr.. Roy
all's motion to set aside Judge Bonds order
remandiug the case back to the State court,
and reinstated it in the Z. 8. Court.
The Secretary of the Navy has received
fro, cauorol pffianrs pf the
British Navy, in response to an invitation
sent by him. embodying their views respect
ing the best way to conduct the expedition
for the relief of the Greedy arctic e7pedi-
ton.
The House PostofIice Committee exam
ined severa! witnesses this morning regard
ing the charge against Congressman E. John
Ellis for completely in the star route cases, and
also respecting the way the correspondent
of the New York Sun got possession OF Ger
tain papers containing those charges. The
evidence went to exculpate Mr.. Ellis. The
correspondent of the Sum- Mr.. Edwards, re-
fused to tell from whom he had received the
papers referred to.
The House to-day at an early hour resum-
ed the consideration of the Postofice APP
preparation Bill Mr. Belford taking occa-
sion to interiect another irrelevant state
ment to the effect that the democrats were
afraid to vote on the wool bill.
Mr.. Barbour when asked to-day regarding
statement in the Baltimore papers to the
effect that the Midland Railway, in the way
of passenger fare, Disseminated in favor of
Alexandria over Baltimore, replied that he
did not know of any discrimination in favor
of anv body, but that if there were any,
considering what Alexandria has done for
the road, he thought it should certainly be
in her favor.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Plumb had read
a dispatch he had received from the Cover
nor Of Kansas, stating that pieuro pneumonia
had broken out and was prevailing to an
alarming extent in that State, and a-king
for immediate congressional action on the
bill for suppreSsng and eradicating that dis
ease. At Dir. Plumb's instance that bill was
called up after the usual morning business,
and from appearances at two o'clock, it's con-
sidera,on will be continued to the exclu-
sion of the Fitz-Johu Porter bill, which had
been set for to day.
1t was understood at the Capitol to-day
that special meeting of the House Elec-
tons Committee would be held this after
noon at which the report ofthe sub-commiJ-
tee seating Mr.. O'Ferrall would be pre-
Sented.
a gentleman whose home is in Chicago is
here to-day on his way from Fortress Monroe,
whore he had talk with General Grant. he
saws the General told him nothing like what he
told the newspaper reporters, but OIL the contrary
professcd to him to bea Logan man aud to think
that Logan had the best chance OF the republican