Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-27
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs !
.o.day postponed until Friday the conside-
-ation of the resolutions referred to it yes |
terday, calling upon the Secretary OF State
for information as to whether any citizen OF
the United States participated directly or
in bringing about the recent eS-
blossoms in London.
It is rumored to-day that the Attorney
General has decided that the lessees OF the
Alexandria Canal Company can give the
Government good title to the piers OF the
Aoueduct bridge, SO that the proposed tree
bridge will be built upon those piers.
The colored Virginia association, OF this
city. meet.last night and organized. Inc
delegation who waited upon Mr.. Barbour
last week expressed themselves as highly
eratiied at what that gentleman SAID 10
them and with the manner in which ne
had treated them. They said that instead OF
finding lion, they found lamb; instead
of rough, gentleman. The members say
that their leaven will leaven large mum,
Der of the colored voters in their State, and
that the next election will show it.
The Washington Post will change hands
on the 1st of March, when Mr. Stilson
Hutchins will cease to have any thing fur
Their to do with the paper
ing hour, went into executive session on the
Nicaraguan treaty. The House, after pass
ing the District Of Columbia appropriation
bill, took up the bill providing for the sup
port of the army for the next year.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. German in.
troduced bill for the relief OF J. A. Bon
sack. of Virginia. In the House yesterday
Mr.. Barbour presented the petition of Geo.
TAYLOR to adjust certain claims against the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Taylor is the
man whom Washington detectives tried to
kidnap in Alexandria some time ago.
Attorney General Blair, Of Virginia. appeared
| in the u s. Supreme Court to-day, and made a
motion that the Court take up and decide at once
all the Virginia coupon cases, upon the ground
that under the dtcisi n that Judge Bond has
made, the state of Virginia is unable to collect
| her revenue.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Riddleberger moved
to reconsider the vote by which the report OF the
| conference committee Oh tho bill for the protec
ton of children in the DISTRICT of Columbia was
agreed to. His motion was agreed to, and ne"
| conference committee ordered
| The House Judiciary Committee to day refused
| TO recommend more than $3.50 to pay the OK
penses of exSergeant alarms Thompson, incurred
| In the Hallet Kilbourne suit. Mr.. Thompson
wanted $50 O.
The Senate to-day passed the House bill remoy
ing the political disabilities Of II. Ward, o
| Virginia
Mr. Emory Specr, who has just been appointed
| U. S. Judge for the district Of Georgia, was Oh
| the floor Of the House to day but on the republi
| can side 1t is II noticeable fact that whenever g
,uthern man who has the privilege of the floor o
Congr, IS turns republican, he becomes ashamed
of himself and never goes among his old associates
on the floor, but always among the republicans
who don't know him.
| The new mud machine which sucks the mud
out of the channe! and deposits it on the fats il
at work Today near the Washington draw o
! the Long bridge.