Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-27

received Yesterday evening, say they are
of the wisdom of their views,
and that though the majority of the party
is apairst them time will prove that they
are right. ~
Mr. SAWYER, the siatistician of the ZEN
sinn Bureau, was before the House Pensions
Committee this morning. and testified that
during the three years Mr.. Dudley was 10
chsrpe of that bureau the number OF clerks
b.d hen doubled three times, and tnat
thouph the expenses of the bureau bad been
increased 1876 per cent the amount OF WORK
had only been increased per cent:
The House Naval Committee this morn
;no agreed to recommend that the cadets at
the naval academy be brought here on the
9TH proximo. This was done because Sec,
retarv Chandler had said the cadets should
not come.
News here from Richmond to day is TO
the effect that the impression there Is that
Mabone's Attorney General has given the
States case away, and that the U. ,. gu
preme Court will probably decide adversely
10 the State next month, and that to pre-
vent that, if possible, the State has employ
ed as counsel Messrs. Shipman and Choat,
of New York, to defend her interests IN inc
coupon cases to be argued before the gu.
preme Court on the Srd Monday in March.
Intelligence from various parts OF Vir-
einia, received here to. day, is that Inc re-
Oublicans of that State consider the recent
conference of the Mahoneites 10 this city
for the purpose of arranging the next re.
publican campaign in Virginia piece OF
bare faced impudence, and that II they, tne
republicans, do not put ticket OF their
own in the field next fall, they will at least
do every thing else that will tend to defeat
the one to be nominated and run by Ten
eral Malone.
gentleman we'll acquainted with tine
affairs of the Va, Midland Railroad, here this
morniug. saws that from what he learns the
policy of the Richmond aud Danville syndi-
cate will be TO make Alexandria the north.
ern terminus Of that system of roads, and
ina, the business and work Of the road at
Alexandria. 80 far from being decreased,
will probably be greatly increased.
The opponents of the river aud harbor
bill are increasing rather than decreasing,
end they say to day that they will object to
it 40 matter how it may be amended, and
so put it out OF the power of conference
committee to get it through with any OF its
Objectionable features.
The House TO day resumed the consider
alton of the snndry civil bill. IL yesterday
| killed Mr. Randall's and President Cleve-
| lands provision for the suspension of the
silver dollar coinage, and to-day it adopted
an amendment introduced by Mr.. Horn, re-
| puhliran Of Michigan, providing that the
$500. 900 additional 10 be appropriated to be
New Orleans Exposition shall be used i'll
the payment of debts contracted outside the
State of Louisiana, and shall be dsbursed
by the Secretary of the Treasury. AT.
| ter oil the sections of the bill had been
considered, Mr.. Thomas, republican, from
Illinois. with a copy of the bill in his
hand, rose and opposed it, saying that OF all
the members Of the committee who had re.
| ported it, republicans as well as democrats,
| there was not one who was not directly in
terested in it's passage, and that all of them
| would he heuefted by it, as it contained APP
preparations to be expended in their own
! districts This produced quite sensation,
| aud all the members referred To arose with
one accord and protested that in the prepa-
ration Of the bill they had not been inhu-
enced in the least by any personal consider
atoms.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee to,
day instructed mr.. Eaton to prepare re-
port upon the subject of retaliation upon
|
products, in which shall be formulated the
ideas that while America has granted more
| favors to Germany than TO any other foreign
country, she has received less from Ger
many than from any other nation, and that
the exclusion of American products re.
ferred to is in direct opposition TO the terms
of existing treaties between the two coun-
tries.
The few federal otficeholders here who
live in Alexandria and Fairfax counties,
who, therefore, have 10 cross the Poto-
mac, aud who put their faith in Mr..
Riddleberger TO get them free bridge,
have failed to accomplish their object, for
the reason that Mr. Riddeberger joined
interests with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road to destroy the aqueduct at Georgetown
and with it the Alexandria Canal, as a
step toward the destruction Of the G. & 0.
Canal, SO as TO give that road monopoly
of the coal carrying trade Mr. Barbour
has done all that it was possible for Que
man in Congress to do TO get a free bridge
across the Potomac at Georgetown, aud
doubtless would have succeeded before now
had it no: been for Mr.. Riddleberger's bill,
which made the destruction Of the Alex
andria canal the condition precedent to the
| construction OF such bridge. He has work ed
| in and out of season, not only in his com
mittee, but outside of it, to secure free
bridge and at the same time preserve the
Alexandria canal and, consequently, the
coal trade of Alexandria, but the conflict
| ing Riddeberger bill has always interferred
and obstructed him.
e-President-elect Hendricks was ex-
pected here at quarter past one o'clock
to day, at which hour committee and
quite large number of friends were at the
B. & o. depot to meet him, but dispatch
was received stating that the train would
be two hours behind time owing to long
stop at Cumberland.
The Senate to-day was engaged with the
consideration of the naval appropriation
bill, which it hopes to finish to day.
Among the bills the President approved
to- day were the bill prohibiting the impor
tation of contract labor; that providing for
printing 200 additional copies of Lieutenant
Rays report of the Polar expedition to
Point Barrow, Alaska; for bridge across