Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
ISpecial Correspondents Of the hlexanuII7 u71o'0'
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March IL. 1855.

Derenced tnlS morning Wnoh ~ "oo iooA>-
that the communication which was received
hv the Senate from the White House contain
ed onlv some military promotions. one man
who was at the Capitol expecting to- near
that his name had been sent IN, was hearo'
TO saw "Going slow well, | should say so;
its dead stop" The impression now Is
that few ifany nominations will be mace
until the Senate's committees are appointed,
and that even after that there will not %
MANY until the Senate shall have al
ourned, but that then they VIII become
more numerous. The appointments made
after he adjournment will only hold until
the ad journment OF the next SESSION. uuleS'
confirmed at that session.
The nomination Of Mr.. Fairchild as as
sistant Secretary of the Treasury was con-
armed this morning by the Senate in exec
ntiye session, but that of General Black as
Commissioner of Pensions was not; for what
reason has not yet been discovered.
Let, ers have been received in this city
from near relatives of Col. Mayos family,
written since the date Of the Culonels re-
| norted death. hut as they make no mention
| of his death, his friends here believe that the
report was untrue
| The Seuate's committees were anIounceo
this morning The changes were made I'D
order to make places Tor the new repuoll-
can Senators. General Malone takes the
Mace Of Mr. Logan on the Appropriations
Committee, aud Mr. Riddleberser that of
Malone on the Naval Committee. Mr..
! Conyer ia made chairman Of the Postothce
Committee, for the purpose, it is said, OF re-
porting adversely upon any nomination
for the posloffice of this city now held
by his son. When the announcement
of the Committee on Finance was made
Mr.. Sherman very CURLY declined to- serve
upon il. Mr. Harris said he thought the
uroper course for Mr.. Sherman TO pursue,
| if service upon the committee was disagree
able To him, was 10 ask To be relieved But
| MIR. Sherman thought otherwise, and re-
peated tnat he declined TO serve upon that
committee auy longer. 1t is understood
| that the Ohio Senator was 80 sat upon III
the committee by Mr.. Morrill, that his place
thereon was anything else than plea SAINT,
aud that consequently he refused To hold ii
any longer.
| Senators Camden and kenna, Of West
| Virginia, both say that they are assured
that Mr.. Miller, of West Virgins, will be
app1iu,el Commissioner Of Internal Rev
] enue, wee Evans, and that if any pomlna-
tious had been sent in to-day that gentle
| mans would have been among them.
Tue crowds at the White House and AT
the D >partments were very small to-day,
80 small indeed that they could not be call.
ed crowds aud the President and the men,
beers of Ills Cabinet had more spare time
thnn any day since the nominations OF the
latter were confirmed.
Vice. President Hendricks aud many, it
not all, the older leaders Of the democratic
party, are, il is understood, not i little sur
prised at the SLOW rate at which the process
of turning the ra.cals out" Is progressing.
Had they their way, many worthy demo
crat would now be- in receipt of tho large
pay corrupt aud partisan republicans are
| now drawing
1t is understood that Mr. J. X. Childrey
| of Redmond, has u stroug backing for the
position of internal revenue collector for
| that district.
Mr.. G. Boyd Blrrett, formerly of Alexan.
dra, but now of Dakota, is here, aud is said
t. lie au applicant for federal position in
that territory. Ii is also said by those who
know him in Virginia that befure he left
for the West he was a strong Mahuuete.
The War Department having agreed to
pay the steuographer Of the HsZen court
martial the same wages as are paid in SINH
| lar cases, that court, which was abruptly
| ad ourned in consequence OF the Depart
ment's refusal to do SO, reassembled this
morning and the case was proceeded with.
In answer to a telegram from the Sscre-
tary of War relative 10 the exact condition
of affairs n the Oklahoma lands, General
Hatch to day telegraphed from Cod"ell,
Kan, that 10 trespassers were now III the
Iudian Territory. About twelve hundred
settlers he said were camped in Kansas near
the Territory border. They were tbreaten-
ing to go over the liue, but as yet had taken
no steps of that kind The troops are sta
toned in the Territory, the general said,
and and will drive out any invaders that
may attempt to settle on the lands. AT the
meeting Of the Cabinet yesterday the Okla
homa question was considered at length. IL
was said that the impression prevailed
among those who contemplated all Invasion
of the Territory, that President Arthur's
proclamation relative to trespassing upon
the Indian lands had become imperative
To prevent such action OF invaders as
would naturally ensue upon the prev
alence of such an impression it was
thought best that President Cleveland
should issue proclamation similar to that
which was issued while Mr.. Arthur was
chief executive. This proclamation is now
being prepared and will shortly be issued.
1t will forbid the invasion of trespassers
upon the Indian lands in the Indian Terri
tory.
The first decided action of Secretary
Manning in regard to changes in the force
under the Treasury Department was an
nounced this morning. In consists of
material reduction of the force in the special
agents division, whereby it is expected a
saving Of $40, 600 annually will be effected
The service of forty persons in all have been
dispensed with and notices to that effect
were mailed to them to-day. The list in
cludes six special agents, twenty.six special
inspectors of customs and ten employees
whose names are borne on the SO called
fraud roll" This action reduces the mum.
Der of agents to twenty-five, the number of
inspectors to twenty FIVE, and the fraud
roll employees to fifteen. 1t is stated at the
department that these changes are made
solely in the interests of economy and that
no new appointments will be made to fill
the vacancies created Sacretary Manninr