Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
snecial Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette

WASHINGTON, j. g., June u, 1854.
A prominent colored politician from Bos-
ION named Scott, now in this city, was in
reviewed to day upon the subject OF bis
printed assertion that he was going to In
diana to stump that State against Calklns,
the republican candidate for Governor, for
the reason that Calkins has always voted
against the admission of colored contestants
to the House. He says he did say so, and
he is going to do just as he has said. lie
saws, moreover, that the republicans have
been retained in power for the last sixteen
years by the negro vote, that the negroes
have paid them twenty fold for all they
have ever done for them, and that the obli-
cation being removed, from now forward
the negroes, or rather the sensible ones, in
tend to lot reason and not ignorant preJu.
dice influence their votes
The condition Of the appropriation bills,
owing to the amendments or to the dlia-
toriness of the Senate, is not as favorable
to an early adjournment as the friends OF
such a measure would desire. Indeed, so
adverse are the Senate and House on one of
the bills-the naval-that the impression
now is that no agreement can be arrived at,
and that the only way in which an indefinite
ses sion can be avoided will be the adoption
of Il Joint resolution continuing the monthly
amount of last years appropriation for six
mouths.
In short talk with the GAZETrE's cor
RESPONDENT to-day about the bill for a free
bridge across the Potomac, Mr.. John S.
Barbour, the efficient member of the House
from the Alexandria district, said that he
had always been in favor of free bridge,
and had worked hard for one, but that his
duty to his State and his city would not
allow him 10 favor bridge that would ruin
a canal in which both had large pecuniary
interests, aud the coal trade of Alexandria.
As the matter now stands, he said that as the
canal company and Virginia have agreed to
the bill of 1881, that bill, which provides for
a bridge at point entirely acceptable to
large majority of those who will use it, is
already operative, and should, he thought,
be especially acceptable to the people ut
large, inasmuch as while the Riddleberger
bill appropriates 1920, 0O0,t the bill of 1881 APP
propriates only 10000, and that while Of
the former the people at large will only
have to pay one half, of the latter three
fourths would have to be paid by them, as
the District of Columbia would only have 10
pay one fourth.
The river and harbor bill adopted by the
Senate Appropriations Committee and re-
amended as follows respecting Virginia ap
preparations: 100000 instead of $250,00
for the Potomac flats; $4,000 instead of
S75, 900 for James river; $25, 900 instead of
$4,000 for the Appomattox and IS 900 for
Stauuton river. $4,000 is appropriated for
st. Jerome's creek, Md. The other appro.
priations for Virginia remain as in the
House bill, including sufficient sums for sur
veys for all ice break at Cockpit Point, and
for Colonial Beach, Westmoreland county,
Va.
Among the bills passed by the Senate to-
day was the House bill allowing the G. <
o. K. r. 10 extend its track to Fortress
Monroe and the House bill prohibiting all
sorts of fishing, except by angling, in the
waters of the District of Columbia for FIVE
years, The latter with an amendment making
IT a IN issemeanor to allow refuse from the
gas works to flow, or any other matter del
eteIiolls TO fish TO be thrown, into the river.
The postmaster at Jeflersonton, Culpeper
county, Va, is dead, aud the people sup.
piled with mail there want the man who
has been attending to the duties of the of
flee satisfactorily during his long i'll
ness appointed in his place. Their
petition has been presented to MIR.
Frank HaLLon, the man who said he
would stay at Chicago until Arthur was
nominated, but who has thought better of
it and has resumed his duties as Assistant
Postmaster General, who, as good as says it
will be granted, provided General Malone
has no objection.
1t is reported to-day that the President
will appoint Gilbert Pierce, Governor Of
Dakota Territory, vice Ordway. Price is of
The Chicago Ncms, which was the leading
~, 81 hnfo no
venlion, and was its Washington cores
poudent for two months before that con-
venton, doing all he could TO increase the
Arthur boom. This shows that Arthur,
like Grant, sticks by his friends.
The republicans have just discovered that
the sundry civil bill, as it passed the House,
provides that the printing of the internal
revenue stamps shall be done by contract.
AS that will restrict their expenditures in a
Presidential election year, they are in a
great iluster about the discovery, and their
Senate will probably restore the job TO the
bureau of engraving and printing.
1t is said here to-day that there is no
doubt that an extra session Of the Virginia
Legislature will be held aud will
commence on the 18th of August.
There are only two names lacking in the
Senate and one in the House, and tho:e it
is said will sign the call when it shall be
presented to them.
The Government officials here think that
they are being gouged by the ice dealers.
The Capitol officials have invited bid from
Mr.. Reed, the large ice dealer of Alexan-
dria. Mr.. Reed, who was here to-day, says
he has seen the prices at which the Wash
ington dealers sell their ice, and that they
are as low as he could sell his to make any
thing.
In the House o.day Mr. E. John Ellis
rose to question of personal privilege and
had read from city paper an attack upon
him for the part he has taken in defeating
the bill for the forfeiture of the land grant
to the Backbone" railroad. He denied
the allegation and denounced the alligator,
whom he said was black mailer, whom it
had been his bad fortune to meet
At the meeting Of the Confederate Soldiers
Home Association of this city held last Wednes-