Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-30
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wishes and not contemplated by them when
they entered the service.
Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, one OF the
ablest members of the House, Is reported to
be very i'll, SO i'll that his friends are seri
ouslv alarmed about his condition.
The Secretary Of the Navy has Informed
Mr.. Curtin that the British Minister says
the knowledge he has of the part Mr.. Hew-
lit took in the O'Donnell affair is OF Sc
cret and personal character, which be can
not, consistently with his ideas of proprl-
ETY., divulge. Mr. Curtin has informed Mr..
Brumm, who offered the resolution in the
House calling for information, to be pres
ent at the next meeting Of the Foreign
affairs committee.
1t is understood that a correspondence
is in progress between the leaders of all the
various parties opposed to the democrats in
Virginia with reference to State conven-
ton of such parties, the call for which shall
be signed by all the prominent men in those
respective parties, and that the only OPP
ponent of such call is General Malone,
who wants not only to boss the scalawag
democrats but the republicans.
The funeral of the late Mr.. Mackey, re-
publican member of the House from South
Carolina, took place in the hall of the House
this aftern Don, in the presence of the mem
bers of the House and of the Senate, the
Senators occupying the two front rows OF
seats their president sitting by the side OF
Speaker Carlisle 4 large crowd was pres
emit in the galleries, among whom were
many colored people. The coffin rested
upon stools in front of the clerks desk. The
family of the deceased had seats near the
coffin Among the pail bearers the pair of
Mr.. Aiken, of South Carolina, was Mr..
O'Hara, the colored member from North
Carolina The wife of the deceased is a
colored woman.
1t is understood that the House Commit
tee on Accounts, which has recently been
investigating the conduct of ex Speaker
Keifer, will report adversely upon it. Such
a report will tend to produce like report
from the special committee who will ex-
anime the question of varacity that has
been raised between the ex-Speaker and
General Boynton, the Washington correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial. The at.
tack on the ex Speaker is made entirely by
the republican press.
A gentleman in this city who is interested
in the W., o. &W. +. Il. says that the second
nstalment Of the purchase money of that
road, Sac, 900, and one years interest will
10 Ddlli Ou VIC ulSC vi 80,
900 of which will 60 to the heirs Of Nc
Comb and to other persons who advanced
money to the road, and ST. 900 to the bond
lateral, the dividend amounting to about
nine per cent.
Col. w. 6. Gilman, distributing clerk of
the U. S. Senate, has been informed that
his services will not be required after the
lst of February His place has been given
to General Mahone's son, Butler.
The speech of General Malone in the
Senate serday fell as fiat as his most
inveterate enemy could have desired. The
democratic Senators paid no attention to it
and those on his own side sighed with relief
when it was over, short as it was. No
notice has yet been given to the members Of
the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
to which the resolution on which it was made
was referred, of meeting to carry out the
purpose of the resolution. 1t is reported
that Mr.. Gorham's motive in urging the
adoption of the resolution was enmity to the
republican Senators who refused to support
him for Secretary ofthe Senate and who were
at heart opposed to the resolution, butwhom
he wanted 10 put on record as opposed to
stalwartism, but who, fearing such record,
were forced by him to vote against their
convictions 1t is understood that the
speech the General made was mild one
compared to another he had had pre-
pared for him, aud which he intended
to deliver in reply to expected re-
sponses from the democratic Senators
and that when he found that no such re-
sponses would be made, that no opportunity
would be given him for delivering it, and
that the speech he had delivered had been
utterly impotent, he and his "me too, and
some Of his members of the House and 9TH
err followers repaired to his committee room,
where they held wake over their disap-
pointed hopes, aud wrung their hands and
tore their hair, and gouged at their
own eyeballs. Ex-Postmaster Mckenzie
Of Alexandria, former member of the
House and 4 straightout republican, who
was in the city to-day, in talking about the
Generals late indisposition and the use Of
carbolic acid to restore him, as mentioned in
this correspondence yesterday, said that that
remedy was once applied to Hughes's dog,
and that for a mouth afterwards no body
could 90 near him, and that he fears the
General will be unpleasant to the Senators
who sit near him.
Among the strangers in the city is Mr..
Massey, who is contesting the seat in the
House held by Mr. John Wise He says he
has come to stay, meaning that be will have
his seat.
delegation from Richmond is here day max
ing collections for the establishment of a home
for old and INDECENT exCOnfederate soldiers in that
city. Mr. w. w. Corcoran was the first one they
called upon and he gave them 500.
Mr. T. II. Brooke says that General Malone
will accompany Fred Douglass and his white wife
on a tour through Virginia.
Mr. John ST. Clair Brooks formerly of AleXan-
dria. but now rising young lawyer Of this city,
will be married in Hanover county, Va, to-mor-
row.