Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-25

this morning at which Mr.. Sherman's reso-
luton for resembling all the Legislation since
the fourth of March, increasing the pay VI
committee clerks, but came to no conc!u-
sion thereon. and of course never VIII.
They also determined, it is understood, thaC
the session shall continue long enough 70
settle all the treaties now before the sen
ate It was also reported that the Presl-
dsnt~hsd expressed a desire for the Senate
to remain in session some days longer.
Senator Vest received letter this morn
inc siqned Evarts. 1t was from an old trap
ner and hunter, the discoverer of the 4el,
iowstone Park, who says he has no polltlcai
nred;lections and doesn't want any, anu
that he doesn't know twenty people IN the
United States and doesn't want to kno"
anv more. But that he does want the SEN
ator totry to get him the place OF superin-
tendent of the park referred TO.
The Japanese Government, through Tue
Secretary of State, has thanked Mr. fooee,
q. s. minister to Corea, for his successful
efforts in saving party of japanese suo]ecss
from a mob at Seoul, Corea, at MS OWL
peril ,ha
The only nomination of note sent by Inc
President to the Senate to-day was tnaV o.
MIR. S. S. Cox, of New York, to Dc U. -.
minister to Turkey. MIR. Cox mas spenV
some time in Turkey, is thoroughly &C
nnainted with the history and present con,
dition of that country, and Is personal
friend of the Sultan. His nomination, like
that of all the other foreign appointments
made by the President, seems to be o9Jec-
tionable to nobody. Mr.. w. /. lglehart,
L-ho was nominated for postmaster at AN
tba. ,lscs and AN old democratic family
satisfactory to the residents t6Est n . os '''
Col. Il. L. Casey, who has had charge u
the construction of the Washington Monu
ment, is Of the opinion that the approprla-
ton of s75 900, made by the last Congress,
for the com petion of the structure, was In
| tended to he applied to the shaft alone;
Work during the summer, therefore, Will
| be confined 10 the monument itself, and
will not be extended to the construction OF
terrace to surround it.
Commonwealth Attorney Witt, of Rich
mond, is ia the city to day. He came to
ask Congressman George Wise to act for
him 10 the prosecution of Cluverius Tor the
murder of Miss Madison, as Cluverius il his,
Wits, cousin.
Mr.. Atkins, the new Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, arrived here last night and
will ut once supercede Mr.. Price, who
wouldn't order new suit of clothes for
Red Cloud because the latter did not call
upon him MIR. Atkins had not been IN the
| CITY half al hour before he had numerous
| callers.
A large number of postotfice nominations
were sent to the Senate to day. but none
was from Virginia.
At the instance of General Malone, Sec
retary McCook of the Senate, has appointed
Mr.. Brown Allen, Auditor of Virginia under
the Malone regime, delivery clerk OF the
Senate, vice Mr.. Butler Malone, son of
the General, who has been provided with
another place.
Mr.. Berry, the new Senator from Arkan-
sas, was sworn in and took his seat In the
Senate day. He lost a leg i'll the war,
but unlike Senator Butler, who sustained
similar loss, uses crutch, aud not cork
leg.
The administration yesterday by remov-
| ing Judge Crowell, the Sixth Auditor OF the
Treasury showed that it is not going to
extend the operation of the civil service
laws beyond their prescribed limit.
A good many Mahonetes were seen Hit
ting about the Capitol this morning, among
| them Congressman Brady and Libby.
| Secretary Lamar bias issued an order
closing the Interior Department tomorrow
out of respect to the memory of the late ia
cob Thompson, of Kentucky, Secretary of
the Interior during the administration OF
| President Buchanan. AS Mr.. Thompson
| was prominent Confederate, the radicals
say, shows that the 'rebels have seized the
| Government"
Among the callers at the White House
to day were Representatives Barbour and
Tucker, General Fitz Lee and Maj. Robert
Hunter, of Virginia.