Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Aexnndr1s eahet'e'l
- A1..oL 1SSE

The news from virginia neie 'o-u1y =
that there ia talk there about lmpeacning
Judge Paul for attending the Malone coun-
ell here last week; that those Manonei'eS
who we're not invited to attend the counoi,
referred TO, aud who, though invited, reiuseu
to attend, among whom are the Governor,
Senator Riddleberger, Attorney-oeneia;'
R,a;r Col. Jones, and many other promi-
nent men in the Generals party, are also 10
hold one. and that as one Virginia Senator
bsld q partisan council in the Capltol OF
the nation. the other one and the Governor
NAV inst as we'll hold one in the Cap
iIoi OF the State of Virginia. 1t IS also
said that the straightout republicans, Inc
only real republicans in the State, CONSIDER
themselves outraged at the way In which
they have been ignored, set aside ana sup
PLANTED by set who few years ago were
their most proscriptive opponents, ana tnaC
they. LOO, will hold conference TO deciae
mon the best way of eliminating Mahohe
from Virginia politics.
Among the strangers in the city to-day
are ex Governor Smith and DR.. Terrlli, OF
Virginia, two of the oldest and most widely
known citizens of the State. The Doctor Is
over. and the Governor nearly ninety years
of age and both have been prominent poll
lcans for many years. -,
The House committee on public buildings
this morning reported the Senate bill ior the
purcbase of site for new postolilce IN
this city, amended by striking out so4o,ooo
and inserting $500, 900. Some members OF
The committee say they understand tne
property can be bought for the sum nameo,
and whra asked why the Malone olIl passed
by the Senate appropriated sl4o,Ooo more
than sufficient, they smile and shrug their
| shoulders.
The national democratic committee met
at the Arlington Hotel TO day and adopted
the report Of the exc: utive committee, when
had previously met aud approved the bil'S
for expenses during the campaign Among
| hose in attendance were Senator-elect
PAYNE, ofODio. who informed Mr.. Barbour, a
member of the committee, that be, MIR. S.,
father, when a member of Congress, had
secured him a place as school teacher IN
Fauouier county, and that the most agree
sble wear Of his life was the one he spent
| there.
Ex-Coneressman Roswell ?. Flower, OF
New York, is here to witness the lnaugura'
lion. He saws the President is democrat,
and that though there may be some delay,
| all the republican partisans now IN oihce
| will be removed.
Vice President elect Hendricks was at
the Capitol to day, and was given quite an
ovation in bath houses of Congress.
The city is full OF strangers,and the crowd
| is visibly increasing every hour. speciai
trains are coming in by sill the railroads
| leading here, and the streets, Capitol. de-
| partments, railroad depots,and other public
| buildings are already SO crowded that it is
difficult for one in hurry to pass through
them All the hotels are jammed, but the
public comfort committee are able to afford
Recommendations to all who may come. The
| fronts and tops of nearly all the building on
both sides of Pennsylvania avenue are
covered with flags and banners. Should
the weather on the 4th be favorable the in
| auguration will be grandest one in every
respect ever held.
The House is engaged in the considera-
ton of the conference report on the naval
appropriation bill:
| The Senate to day met ut nine o'clock ;
at once took up the sundry civil bill, and
has been engaged upon it all day. The
BILL as reported. appropriates $500 to re-
imburse ex President Hayes for expenses
incurred in his contested election $500, 600
for continuing the work upon the terrace
and grand stairway at thu Capitol, and
$500, 900 for the New Orleans Exposition.
| Inc senate Has SlTuCh OuI iuhhy VI the
amendments made by the committee to the
bill as it CAME from the House.
Mr.. Villas is in the city to day. He doesn't
say he is 10 he Postmaster General neither
does he say he is not To be. But when told
it was hoped he would do away with Ma
! honism 10 the po-toflices in Virginia, he
said he supposed that would be attended TO.
| Many ex-Senaturs were on the ii ror of the
| Senate to. day. Among them were OK Sena'
tor Lewis Of Virginia, and ex-senator and
| Senator-eiect Eustace of Louisiana.
There is still some talk of an extra session,
| but Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, and Mr.. Randall,
| chairman If the House committee, and Mr..
Townshend, member of that committee,
all say the business will be flushed by noon
on Wednesday.
Considerable excitement was created near
Bateman's bank this morning by public
cowhidipg given clerk in that bank NAM
ed Guyon by nephew Of eX Secretary
Gresham for insulting a lady acquaintance
of the latter. Guyon ran like a
| quarter horse, Int Gresham ran as rapidly,
and struck him fast and furiously on he
head and shoulders, intlictin9 many dis
figuring but not serious wounds upon his
face.
Judge Wiley, formerly of Alexandria, cell
ebrated bis seventy-frst birthday by
family dinner last Saturday.
There wss a rumor current about the Capt.
tol to-day that the President-elect had ar
rived, and when Congressman Nicholas
Muller, New York, appeared on the floor of
the Senate, those who did not know him,
and who had never seen Mr.. Cleveland, mis-
took him for the latter 1t is expected that
the next President will reach here to-mor-
row morning.
A court martial was ordered to-day to try Medi-
cal Director P. s. Wales charges preferred by
Secretary Chandler.
The U. S. Supreme Court reassembled to-day,
Chief Justice Waite presiding for the first time
since his recent illness.
A large iron tug boat is engaged to day in break
ing the ice and opening channel in the river
from Georgetown to the main channel of the
Potomac so as to afford an outlet for flood, if one
should, come, from the upper part of the river
The RICHMOND BLUEs.-At a meeting of
the Richmond Blues on Saturday night last
it was resolved that 'having participated