Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandria 9azette
WAsHING9 n. g.. Jan. %. 1855

WARRINGTON. y. g.. Jan. 70. 1890
The House to-day, notwithstanding the
almost unanimous opposition of the repub-
-lcans, adopted resolution asking the Pres
ident for copy of the appeal made to him
by Gen. Fitz-John Porter for withdrawal
Of his veto of the bill for the relief OF the
General.
The Senate TO day immediately after the
morning hour went into executive session
ON the Nicaragua treaty, with the under
standing that II vote on it should be reached
Today. AS il takes two thirds vote TO
ratify treaty, and as the opposition to the
one referred TO is led by such influential
members upou their respective sides as
Messrs. sherman and Bsyard, the general
impression il hat lille he treaty will re.
ceive majority vote, it will lack votes
enough to :. cure its ratification.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, to
whom was referred the dynamite resolu-
tions, have informally considered those res
olutions, and whea they make their report,
Is they will on Friday next, will probably
recommend the adoption of q resolution
calling upon the Secretary of State for such
information concerning the recent eXplo-
sions in London as may be in his possession.
The committee thuk that the resolutions
referred to them imply, if they do not ex
press, that Americans or Irish. Americans
were implicated in the villainous attempt,
and they are unwilling to concede any such
idea, and in their report will repudiate it
unless they have positive evidence to that
effect. This is what Gov. Curtin, chairman
of the committee. says Mr.. Meade, dem
ocrat of New Jersey, says the Irish party in
the House will stand together, and will OPP
pose the adoption of any rcso ntion imply
ing or expressing sympathy with England.
Mr.. Miller, republican, of Pennsylvania,
says he is against England. Mr.. Fiuerty,
the democrat who deserted his party in
Chicago, and went over to Blaine, and was
defeated, says he wants the English people
blown to hell 1t is expected hat when
the committee make their report next Fri
day there will be lively time in the House.
A gentleman from Liberty, Bedford coun-
ty, Va, says that postmaster Mosby, OF that
town, has obtained the signatures of all the
citizens thereof except eight 10 petition to
the next administration requesting his re-
tention Mr.. Mosby, like his brother, in
China, is republican, but not a Mahoneite.
DR.. @. II. Hopkins, of Henrico county,
Va, was taken i'll Very suddenly here last
night in the National Theatre, from which
he was removed in an apparently lifeless
condition. He revived, however, sufi-
GENTLY to be sent to his home by this morn
ing's train.
The House Committee on Buildings and
Grounds have agreed to report bill pro-
viding that all Government telegraph and
telephone and electric wires IN cities be laid
underground. with the hope that such an
example will be followed by the companies
owning similar wires
1t has happened several times lately that
ouko hnYy haa Ia ~,
which have become laws, after they had
left Congress- Mr.. Beck was complaining
this morning of such a change in bill
that recently passed in regard to pro
motions in the army, in which the !
word heretofore had been substituted |
for hereafter. That the houses themselves
sometimes make mistakes is proved by the
Indian appropriation bill recently passed,
the last sc c.ion of which has now been dis |
covered to be illegal.
Mr.. w. L. Royal, after sending a tele-
graphic dispatch to England yesterday, con-
corning the motion made by Attorney Gen
eral Blair, of Virginia, in the U. S. Supreme
Courtto advance the Virginia coupon cases,
must have knocked his pocket book of the
counter in front Of the telegraph Office in
the Capitol, as it was found on the floor
there subsequently by one of the Capitol
guides, VINO gave IL 10 MT. george wise,
who returned it to its owner. 1t contained
only twenty dollars in money, but many
valuable papers.
A gentleman who has recently had an in
terview with the President-elect says he
was informed by him that according to the
information he received the civil service
rules instead of compelling him to retain
Southern Office holders would compel him
10 remove them aonearly all of them had
taken an active part in politics.
Mr. George Wise has been directed by
his committee to report favorably resolu-
ton, the practical effect of which will be to
show that the U. s. steamer Tallapoosa,
instead of being engaged in Government
ervice at the time she was wrecked, was
being used as the private personal yacht of
he Secretary of the Navy. l.