Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Ale1andri" aazette
WLsuINarnA d c. Dec. 5. 1888.

Six of the eight democratic congressman
from Virginia are in the city to. day, Messrs:
Barbour, Tucker, O'Ferrall, Wise, Cabell
and Trigg. Two are still absent, Messrs:
Daniel and Croxton, but they are expected
here il time 10 take part in tho democratic
caucus of the House to be held on Saturday
night. Of the two Malone members OF the
House, Messrs. Libby and Brady, nobody
seems 10 have heard recently. Mr.. Riddle
berger, General Mahone's party colleague
in the Senate, has arrived, ard looks better
than the reports that had previously reached
here about him had led people to expect
There is some talk Of consultation of the
Virginia democratic members Of the House,
previous to that party's caucus, respecting
the course they shall pursue in the matter
of the doorkcepership of the House, Tor
which Col. Nat Tyler, Of their State, is an
applicant
The congressional delegation and tho rep
resentatives Of the U. S. Supreme Court WHO
left here to attend the funeral Of the late
Vice-President have returned. Iu passing
through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, stone
thrown through window Of one of the cars
came near striking Mr.. Springer On the
| head.
A we'll informed democratic politician
from Ohio, here to-day, says that ell the
newspaper talk about the election of some
other man than Mr.. Sherman to the Senate
| from that State amounts to nothing; thai
MIR, Sherman will be the nominee Of the
republican caucus Of the Ohio Legislatures
that every republican in tho latter body
will! vote for him, and that as the repub!l-
cans have o majority in it, Mr.. Sherman IS
bound to be elected.
| Late Yesterday evening, after the even
| ing papers had been issued, the President
appointed Mr.. A. A. Wilson, of this city,
Marshal of the District of Columbia. The
appointment seems to give general satisfac-
ton, chieAs: for the reason that the ap-
pointec is known and recognized as 81 good,
true and consistent democrat, and one who
believes that democratic principles and pol
icy can best be carried out by democratic
officers. The following is copy Of dis
patch received by Marshal Wilson this
evening:
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 3, 1885.
| Mr.. 4. Il. IFilson, Washington, d. c.:
| congratulate the District upon your appoint
| ment the President upon his selection and you
| upon the honor conferred.
! CoUErLAND III. SMITH.
The influx of Senators and Representa-
tives still continues, aud nearly all OF them
will be here by tho end of the week. Inter
|
House, of both parties, lead to the belief
that the proposed change in the rules of the
House by which the work of preparing the
| appropriation bills will be distributed among
| the committees, and not concentrated upon
one committee, as at present. will be made.
The two members of the U. S. Supreme
Court who attended the funeral of Vice
President Hendricks having returned, that
court reasssmbled at noon to-day, all the
members being present, and the two referred
to looking none tho worse for their trip
Major J. H. Slime, of this city, historian OF
the lst army corps Of the Union army, &C
companied by some other army officers, last
week inspected the battle field Of Fort Ste
vens, just north of this city, to which point
the Confederate army reached in General
Early's advance upon Washington. 1t is
proposed there shall be u reunion next sum-
mer Of all the soldiers, on both sides, engaged
in that affair, to which General Early will
be specially invited. Major Slime is report
ed as saying that bat for the large amount
Of excellent liquor the Confederates found
and drank in the cellar of the late Mont
gomery Biair's house, near the place re-
ferred to, they would almost certainly have
entered the city, and that lie believes some
of them actually did so.
The congressman from the Pacific slope
now here say law will be passed during
the coming session not only excluding the
Chinese from this country, but prohibiting
those now here from returning if they go
| away.
The impression among the republican
members of the House now here is that Mr..
Reed, of Maine, will be tue acknowledged
leader of their party in the House in the
next Congress.
1t is reported to-day that the bondsmen
of the discussing agent of the Court of Ala
bama Claims will he sued for the recovery
of the quarter OF o million of dollars he dis
bursed without proper authority. But
should the suit be gained only small sum
could be recovered as the bond in the case
is ridculously small only five thousand dol
| lars.
A good many Virginians are in the city,
and among them all the only thing talked
about is the next U. S. Senatorship from their
State. The prevailing impression among
them is that the dispatches from Richmond
to the effect that the vote will be close are
sent off upon insufficient and incorrect in
formation, and that when the democratic
caucus to nominate Senator shall be held
and ballot be taken it will be found that
| Mr.. Barbour is the favorite of the Legislative
representatives of his party for the place.
According to the annual report of the
Commissioners of the Indian bureau, of all
the Indians who once inhabited this coun-
try, 100000 are all that remain. With re-
gard to them, the Commissioner says they
will have to work for their living.
The Hobbies of the hotels to-day present
for the first time this season the animated
appearance they usually wear during ses-
sion of Congress.
AS the number OF Senators here increases
it looks more and more as if neither Mr..
| Edmunds nor Mr.. Logan will be their pres
ident pro tempore but that some other
man will be, possibly Mr.. Sherman.
Nelly Kendall, II years old, was brushing
cobwebs from the walls of her mothers
apartments, in New York, Saturday night,