Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Isr.esl Correspondence Of the Alexandra dasetfe.
WAsHINaToN. D. O., March 9, 1850.

to bespeak favorable CONSIDERATION VI Ineii
applications for Office, which they either
nreseul ed or announced their intention OF
so doing.
Among the strangers in the U. 5. Supreme
Court to-day were Mr.. w. l.. Royal ana
Judge Keith, of Virginia. The Virginia
coupon cases will be argued before, THIS
cour, on Monday next, when Messrs w. L.
Royal, Wager swayne and d. d. Chamber,
Mr. Blair. Attorney General of Virginia;
ATTORNEY General Garland, Judge Campbell
and Mr.. K. I. Merrick for the State.
The White House to-day, as on the clos
inp DAYS of last week, was crowded with
callers. all of whom nominally called mere
" 90 pav their respects, but most OF whom
were trying, though in vain, to "cast an an-
chnr to Wihdwardn for Offices. Among
those v ho called were Congressman Daniel
and Col. Bev. Tucker, Of Virginia. Inc
Colonel was at the New York Hotel OH
Wednesday dining with some friends, ana
while at the table wrote and sent TO tne
President Geographic dispatch OF "nlcn
the following is a copy we nave Jus'
drunk your health. We congratulate you
and wish you many returns OF the Gay.
When he and the President met to-day the
latter acknowledged the reception OF the
dispatch and laughed at its suggestiveness.
Among the callers were several Congress
aional DELEGATIONS. II is possible that the
President ma, have 10 deny him self 10 call
arc during the present session Of the Senate.
Among the callers To day was Ex-Governor
smith. OF Virginia. Alter the special callers
the doors were thrown open ~ the pubic,
who TO the nutnrr of several hundred were
received by ,he President in the east room
Whin the Supreme Court met to-day,
| large cioad was in attendance to witness
the presentation 10 the Court, OF the new
Attorney General, by the retiring head OF
| the Department Of Justice. Attorney zen
eraI Garland and ex-Attorney General
| Brewster sat together al the bar OF the Couf',
| and the enclosed part OF he Court room re-
served for attorneys Ia practice, before lhe
Court, was crowded with lawyers OF prom
nence, among whom were Gen. Benz r.
| Rutler. and several of Mr.. Garland's late
colleague in the Senate. When the mem
bers OF the Court had taken their seals, Mr.
Brewster arose and asked permission OF the
Court to ~ lent his successor, Hon. A. II.
Garland. The new Attorney General bow
| ed TO the Court as the presentation was
made. Mir Brewster then addressing the
Court said that be desired to make grateful
acknowledgment of the Courts hnceasng
kindness to him. Acknowledgement Gar
land acknowledged the kindness Of Mr..
Brewster in presenting him TO tho Court,
and addressing the members OF the Court,
said :: II shall attempt with every possible
| exertion in my power, in the discharge OF
nv duties before this Court, so TO demearl
myself rs to merit your respect and entire
confidence" The Chief Justice then direct
ed the Clerk Of the Court 10 enter the com
mission OF the Attorney General upon the
record, aud turning to Mr.. Brewster, said
"The Court will De glad to see the ex-Attor-
new General before its bar" This ended
the ceremony and the Court proceeded with
| routine business.
The only two nominations srut To the
| Senate to day were tho Of Mr. Farchid to
| be Ass slant Secretary OF the Treasury, vice
French, and Col Black to be- Commissioner
| of Pensions, vice Clark. The latter APP
pointment is not look e. upon rs indicative d
a mugwumpiau policy, as Major Clark has
been decidedly non partisan and rather dis.
posed to civil service reform.
In the Senate to-day The designations ol
| Messrs. Bayard, Lamar and Garland were
presented and read. Considerable discus
sion then took place in respect OF the recep-
ton of the credentials of Dir. Blair, OF New
Hampshire, who was not elected AT he last
session OF the legislature OF his State, but
who has been appointed Senator by the
Governor thereof until the legislature shall
meet again, which will hot be til June
the democrats contendiug that The Govern.
or had no such power, and the republicans
that he had The case fiualy went over
without objection until to morrow, the re-
publicans agreeing with the Understanding
that such action was not to be considered a
precedent. Mr.. VanWyck then called up
his resolution, introduced last Friday, call
ing for The authority by which the Interior
| Department had GU the 81 Instant issued
the land patent TO the New Orleans, Ficks
burg and Baton Rouge railroad, better
known as the backbone road, which derived
| its claim to the land from the Texas Pacific
Railroad Iu calling up this resolution Mr..
VanWyck, though u republican, made u
severe, but well deserved attack upon that
party, saying that it presented the remark
able spectacle of having broken the bonds
of slavery in its earlier days, while in its
Halter days it had itself become subject TO a
ring of corporations. He continued in this
strain for nearly half an hour, dcnouncpg
his own party for its proved crooked
ness in the matter of the public lands,
and denounciug the Interior Department
and the Department Of Justice as the cor
rupt instrumentaiities by which the people
of the country had been robbed Of millions
of acres to add still more to the enormous
accumulatons of few rich corporations.
Secretary Teller, who has just been super
seeded by Mr. Lnmar as Secretary of the
Interior, in reply accused Mr.. Van Wyck
of demagogism, and said the resolution and
his remarks were gross insults to the lutte
rior Department, that the charges he had
made were without foundation, and had
| only been made in order that he might ap-
pear before the people as their friend and
their protector. Mr.. Teller then narrated
his side of the case referred to, which was
by no means satisfactory to disinterested
listeners.
1t is understood that ex Senator Slater,
Of Oregon, will be made Commissioner of
the General Land Office. Gen. Fiz. Lee is
spoken of by his friends as eminently fit for
the Mexican Mission. Mr.. R. J. Washing
ton, OF Virginia, one of the few surviving