Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-24

similar attempts would be made upon the
Capitol, remarked in an excited manner
that he had been fearing it for two years.
Continuing, he said that Rosa and his
whole gang in New York should be arrested
at once and strung up, and that the most
rigorous measures should be resorted TO 10
stamp out the unnatural criminals. In the
senate MIR. Edmunds left the chair to in
troduce q bill to prevent such crimes ana
nunish the men engaged in them, so far as
lies in the power of this couatry.
The vote in the House yesterday on Mr..
Hurd's resolution, it is understood to-day,
showed that sufficient majority Is IN favor
of the Blair educational bill to secure lis
massage if under the pressure OF the IN
mense amount Of previous business IT can
be gotten before the House. 10 the house
to-day a strong effort was made TO cnange
the rules so as to permit Important Oils,
like the one referred to, to be taken up out
of their regular order, but Mr.. Randall
raised the point that all motions TO that
effect must be referred to the Committee
| on Rules, and the Speaker sustained the
poiut. so the effort failed Mr.. John Wise,
during the debate yesterday, got in speech
in favor of the educational bill for effect in
his next campaign in Virginia, but it will
be Offset by the fact that all the democrats
in the Virginia delegation but one are as
much in favor of the bill as he or any body
else can be, and by the additional one that
the leader of the republicans in the House,
Mr.. Hiscock, sustained Mr.. Hurd's reso'
luton.
Some of the democratic mem! ers of
the House who are not satisfied with
Yesterdays vote on the Hurd reso-
luton, and who insist that the Sen
ate has nothing to do with originating
| legislation relating TO the revenue of the
country are talking about Introducing
similar resout next week making the pro-
posed new treaties the adcrnment of their
tale With regard to these treaties the pre-
yailing impression now is that none of them
will go into effect ut least by the action OF
this Congress.
Attorney General Brewster assured the
lessees Of the Alexandria Canal yesterday
that be was disposed to do every thing i'll
his power to further the wishes of the peo.
ple interested in free bridge across the
Potomac, and that in examining the valid.
ity of the title the lessees can give the Gov
eminent to the piers of their aqueduct for
site for such bridge he would not be bound
by technicaliies The lessees to day there.
fore sc EN- to think that the bridge will be
built uuon the site of the present bridge
after Eli.
There is good deal Of talk here in society
circles about fight that took place at the
recent party at Stewart Castle, between
son of prominent member OF Congress and
a member Of the Venezuelan legation, the
forcible election Of the former, and the re-
tirement of many other young men at the
request Of the hostess
It is understood here to-day that ex.
Mayor Cooper of New York, who was
strong Cleveland man at Chicago, will have
a prominent foreign mission under the next
administration.
A delegation Of colored men from Vir-
ginia, composed of r. D. Beakley of Fair
fax county, T. 3. Pinn Of Alexandria, Cox
of Powhatan, Reed and Smith of Charlotte,
Fisher of Abemarle, and Laws of Middle
sex, called upon Mr.. Barbour, at his COM
mittee room in the House, last Thursday
afternoon, to know whether the legal,
civil and other rights of their race
| in their State would be recognized by the
democrats thereof, forifs they and those they
Immediately represented, and many others,
would hereafter, having lost faith in the
republicans desire or ability TO help
them, support the democratic party. Mr..
Barbour, in replying told them that it was
| the intention of the party in his State OF
| the executive committee of which he
is the chairman to secure 10 the colored
people all the rights Of whatever char
acter that had been conferred upon
them. and that it would be for their own
benefit that they should divide on political
questions like white people, and not vote
like so many sheep after one mao and for
one party. Mr.. Barbour gave them a sen.
sble and quiet little talk, which appeared
to be very satisfactory, and which Mr.. j. r.
| Tucker, who was present, said contained
as much good advice as could possibly have
been expressed in 80 few words.
M Wolfe, the Indian Delegate here who re
| fuses to obey summons from the Indian Com
| mittee of the House appear and testify before
them will probably be brought before the bar of
| the House.
Many of the telegraph, telephone aud electric
| light wires in this city were broken down to-day
| by the weight Of the sleet upon them.
| 1t is rumored here that by an oversight on the
part of General Malone, Mr. Baskerville, DEM
ocrat. has been appointed postmaster at Boyd
| ton Virginia.
| The House to day after squabtle about chang
| ing the rules, went into Committee Of the Whole
| on the Agricultural bill.
The Senate, after the morning hour went into
executive session on the Nicaraguan treaty.
| Mrs. Springer, wife of the conspicuous member
| from Illinois, who when appointed chairman OF
| the committee on Expenditures In the Ju lcary
Department, and thinking that committee would
be heard Of again during the whole Congress,
| though it has been the most prominent one of the
House, cried out at he could not be kept off the
| Committee of the Whole, is lying extremely i'll
| with nervous prostraton-so i'll that her friends
are extremely alarmed about her and think she
| can hardly surv 70 the attack
FREDDIE" Observation-Disclosures Ar
thur yesterday nominated Brevet-C Colonel
r RockwelI holding the ra nj IF % ntoin