Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gazette.

duced long bloody shirt preamble, reclt-
ing the incorrect and partisan accounts OF
the Danville affair in Virginia and the Cop
iah county affair in Mississippi, and reso-
luton directing the Committee on Privileges
and Elections to inquire into the constitu-
tional rights and security of the people of
Virginia and Mississippi and with, power to
send for persons and papers. At the in
stance of Mr.. Cockrell, democrat, of Mis-
souri,, the paper went over until to. morrow,
by which time Mr.. c. thought the Senator
who introduced it would probably have
some additional recitals.
Col. w. f. Sims, lately of Danville, Vir-
gnia, who made the speech there which is
said to have instigated the riot just before
the last election, and who is now contestlng
has been getting up bloody shirt evidence
for General Mahone's forthcoming address
to the people of the North, was to-day, at
the instance of the General, appointed book
keeper of the Senate folding room, at a salary
of 81 200, vice Mr.. Ringold, who had been
there under both republican and democratic
rule, ard who is near relative of Major
Ringold, the gallant artillery officer who
was killed in the Mexican war.
The Senate Committee on Commerce had
the bill to req cal the compulsory pilot law
under consideration again this morning.
Mr.. Goode, of Virginia, represented the
Norfolk pilots. The committee did not in
dictate what their action would be, but some
Of them, after the session, talked as though
they were opposed to the bill. The bill is
looked upon by the Southern members in
terested in it as inimical to Southern COM
merce, inasmuch as it will almost necessarily
abolish the vocation of pilots in that Sec
ton.
The House to day on motion Of a Massa
chusetts member passed resolution OF
thanks to all parties who went to the as
sistance or rendered any aid to the ship
wrecked passengers and crew of the last
steamer City of Columbus.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House. to whom Mr.. Brumme's resolution
| calling for information in the case of the
| Hewitt resolution asking the British Gov
eminent for stay OF proceedings in the
| O'Donnell affair, agreed this morning 10 re.
fer the matter to the Secretary of State, to
see if be had any information bearing upon
the subject.
The House Committee on Canals com,
menced to day the consideration of bill to
connect the Chesapeake and Delaware bays
The bill leaves it to the commission to be
appointed whether the route of the canal
shall be by Choptank or Sassafras river.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Mayo pre-.
sented petition for the relief Isaac D.
Ward, and Mr.. Tucker one from citizens OF
Virginia for an appropriation to pay the TO-
bacco tax rebate.
The friends of Mrs. L. J. Bowden, Of Nor
folk, who was removed from clerkship in
the Navy Department, are trying to have
her reinstated, but are told that under q
new rule adopted by that department nc
woman can be employed there. The ques
| ton is has the department the right to make
any such rule
The House Elections Committee decided
this morning that Mayo, of the 1st Virginia
district, Mahoneite, has the prima tacia
right to the seat claimed by Garrison, dem
| ocrat. The case will now be tried upon its
merits. The course of the democrats on
| this committee is not giving much satisfac-
| that q great mistake was made in not MAX
ing Mr.. Springer chairman.
Senator Riddleberger, accompanied by
Mr.. Frank Alfriend, of this city, and Mr.
Sam. Kimberly of Norfolk, has gone to New
! York.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
to-day was one entitled q bill to regulate bar
rooms in the District of Columbia.
| 1t is said by members of the House Rivers
and Harbors Committee that liberal appro.
priations will be made for all the rivers and
harbors that are used for commerce, but
that iobbing schemes for the improvement
of streams that are not used for commerce
| will be let alone 1t is said that among the
appropriations will be one for opening a
channel on the flats opposite Alexandria to
| the ferry wharf at Postum Hall.
1t is understood that the developments made
| by the House Committee on Accounts are very
| damaging to the character of eX-Speaker Keller
aud that the ex-Speaker has spirited away some
| of the witnesses against him.
| Capt. Gould was before the House Commerce
| Committee to-day. He recommends that the liza.
bity clause of the existing statute apply to river
craft. He also favors the increase of the present
| license fee from 80 cents to 15 cents and Sl.5O
and that rs cents be the cost of the renewal OF a
| license.
A sub committee of the House Judiciary Com.
mitee has agreed to copyright bill which grants
| the privilege of copyright to foreigners for 20
years when similar privileges are granted to
| Americans.
| The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
will report adversely upon the bill to abrogate the
| Hawaiian treaty, which admits sugar free.
Mr.. Callahan, the straightout republican con-
testant for seat in the Virginia Senate from
Norfolk county, is in the city to-day. He seems
to think that the seat will be awarded him.
Mr.. Gibson, formerly of Virginia, but now a
| member of the House from West Virginia, says
there is nothing in the talk about split in the
democratic party that will be made by the tariff
bill to be reported by the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and that bill will be reported which
while it will limit the revenues to the actual
wants of the country will afford all the incidental
protection that is requisite, and that it will be
acceptable to the democrats of the country and to
their representatives in Congress.
Mr.. George D. Wise of Virginia who was on the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, and e1-
Senator Eaton who was on the Naval Committee,
have exchanged places. By this exchange there
will be some one to look after the Norfolk navy
yard aud see that it is no longer run as Malone
eectioneering bureau.
1t is understood that General Malone as soon
as his son shall be appointed to place in the Of
fee of the Secretary of the Senate, will make Mr..
Campbell, an ex clerk of the Virginia Legislature,
the clerk of his committee.
prominent democrat of the House said to-day
that before he examined the Massey Wise contes-