Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazettel
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 6, 1854.

of the House Appropriations Committee for
many wears past. resigned to-day, and J. I.
Courts appon,cd to fill the vacancy.
judge John T. Harris Of Virginia, arrived
here this morning. He is counsel for Mr..
O'Ferrall. democrat, III the contested cleo
ton case Of O'Ferrall against Paul. Mr..
Paul has resigned in order to accept
federal iudgeship, but contends that be was
elected, and has employed Edgar Allen,
better known as Yankee Allen, as his
counsel. Judge Harris has no doubt that
Mr.. O'Ferral will be admitted as soon as his
case can be brought before the House.
\ knowing Virginia republican III the
CITY to day says that Genera! Malone IS
more complaisant to the republicans Of his
state than he was formerly, and that be
would EOt now, as he once said he would,
consider it 81 personal insult II the national
republican committee were 10 direct MIN 10
treat with them. But for all that the gen.
| tleman referred TO says the General Will not
unite with the Virginia republicans unless
! he be their accepted boss, aud that the re-
publicans will not agree 10 accept any sucn
! condition.
| General Fi;z John Porter is expected here
| this week to consult with his. friends about
the bill for his relief now before Congress.
He will stop at private house and Will
transact his business as quietly as possible
1t is rumored that Senator Logan. now that
| he has become a prominent candidate tor
the Presidency, and wants to be popular
with everybody, will withdraw his opposl'
ton to the passage oil the bill referred TO-
The House Committee on Military Affairs
at meeting this morning considered the
| bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter, and
r, hH, u,1t RI, nnrt
| to the House tomorrow. The bill Is the
same as passed by the Senate at the last
| Congress.
| With regard 20 the numerous bills for the
forfeiture Of land grants now before Con-
gress, the inp.e ssion now seems to be that the
grants TO railroads which have been built.
even if not within the contract time, will be
held 10 be good, but that those to roads
which have not been built will be declared
| forfeited.
bIr. L. Q. Washington, who has inst re-
turned from a short trip.tO Richmond, says
that the people there are opposed to any
general upturning Of the tariff, at any rate
until after the next presidential election
| II has been discovered that foreign corpo-
rations have become possessed Of immense
quantities Of Western lands, TO the extent
of scores OF millions of acres, ard some bills
have and others will be introduced into
Congress this session to put Il stop to what
| is considered growing evil.
In the House to-day Mr.. Brown, republi'
| can of Indiana, introduced bill excluding
from the mails any newspaper containing
a lottery advertisement, and moved its
| reference to the judiciary committee. Mr..
Money. democrat of Mississippi, moved it
! be referred TO the committee on postoilices
aud rostroads. and the House dividing on a
party line. the latter motion was adopted.
! Congress reaSScmbled to-day after its holi-
! day recess. Most of the members in both
houses were present. 1t was bill day in the
| House, ard Hood Of bills was the consc-
uuencr There were so many that up 10
| o'clock the call Of states had not gotten be-
yorl Indiana.
Mr. Anderson, OF Kansas intends intro
! ducing a resolution in the House admitting
newspaper correspondents into the lobby
behind The Speakers chair. 1t will he re-
| ported upon adversely by the committee on
rules, and It's friends will then try to have
ex members who are here as lobbyists ex-
Guided from the floor. AS the time during
which the rules of the House were opera
| tive exp;erd during the holiday recess,
| those rules have been extended for twenty
| days.
| In the House to-day Mr.. Randall intro
| duced resolution directing the heads of the
different government departments to inform
the House if any Of the employees in those
| departments had paid the political assess
| nents made upon them for the next repub-
| lican carnpaigu fund in Indiana. Such as
sessmentS have been made, and Mr.. Randall
| and the other democrats want to know
| l,o ni-.i1 .nr,.i,a lou. hat.n bn.p
dsregarded Ivy paying them.
Both the Virginia Senators were in their
seats in the Senate to-day. Senator Malone
introduced a bill for the relief of p. L. Ward,
eXeculrix.
Rear Admiral Patterson, y. ). a., will be
retired February S. and Rear Admiral Shu-
feldt, February 2lst. These retirement
will cause the promotions of COmmodores
Simpson aud Temple to the rank of Rear
Admiral.
Gen. McCook, Secretary of the Senate has
made no removals and but zone appointment.
that of Colonel H. A. Pierce, of Rhode
Island, TO be assistant linananc!al clerk.
Col. Canaday, Sergeant-at Arms Of the
Senate has made no removals. Both gen
tlemen say that few removals will neces-
sarily be made in the near future. but none
have yet been determined upon and in any
event changes in the present force will be
made very gradually. Both gentlemen were
at the Capitol this morning, aud hundreds
Of applicants were besetting them. AS Gen
eral Malone opposed Secretary McCook, it
is said he will not apply to him for. any pat
ronage. It will be otherwise with Sergeant
at Arms Canady, whom he supported.
In the U. S. Supreme Court to-day in the case
of Smith vs.. Greenhow, of Richmond, for trespass
in attaching property for taxes when coupons had
been rendered, the decision of the U. S. Circuit
Court at Richmond remanding the case back to the
State courts was reversed
The receipts at the Treasury to-day from Gus
tom aud internal revenue amounted to ST.
341, 17G.
Among the bills introduced in the House to-day
was one for the establishment of a street car line
hereto be run by an endless cable and stationary
gines. Mr.. Robinson, of New York, introduced
q resolution nquiring il any L. S Ministers wore
court dresses abroad. and petition against re-
duction in the tariff.
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