Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-02
Fpoh WASHINGTON.
snecial Correspondence Of the Alcza. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2, 1886.

louise Yesterday were the following by MT.
BARBOUR: that of r. E. Russell, Alexander
Johnson, and Miranda Johnson, Of Loudoun
county,, Va, asking that their war claims
Dc referred TO the Court of Claims; by MIR.
Brady. that of Mayor Jarrett, OF Peters
burg. Va, and of citizens Of Prince George
and Dinwiddie counties, Va, for macao-
amized road from Petersburg to the Nation-
al Cemetery, at Poplar Grove; by mr.. CroA-
ton. those for deepening the channel OF the
Ranpahanpock river, to deepen the creek
at Sacks Island, and to remove the bar at
Pscataway creek. Among the bills intr0'
duced under the call Of States were the ioi.
lowing: By Mr.. Barbour, for the reiiet OF
William Fall, for the relief of VIM: casey,
for the relief of E. B. Hay; by Mr.. BRADY,
bill for road from Petersburg to the Ma
tional Cemetery near that place, TO autnor-
izs the construction of dry dock at NOR
folk for the relief of Thomas VIM. smith.
Among the reports introduced IN Inc ~! sen
ate to-day was favorable one on the Dill 10
invite all the republics OF this continent 10
q Joint celebration on the 4th oil Marcn,
1889. in honor of the one hundredth ami
yersary of the Constitution of this republic;
also amendments to the surdry civil bill
appropriating $500 for a house for the
keeper of the Yorktown monument. and
$500 year to keep the grounds aronnd that
monument in order, and appropriating
$50. 900 for new pier at Fortress Monroe.
Alter the morning hour the Senate resumed
the consideration of the Blair educational
bill.
In the House, after the report OF com
mitteea, an interesting debate sprang up
upon aIeported bill providing for the ap..
pointment Of a commission to test iron and
steel. Dir. Hewitt, in supporting it, sald If
the information that could be obtained by
such commission were in possession OF the
Government now it would be worth millions
of dollars to it in the construction Of the
proyosed new navy. Mr.. Farquhar said
the frequent disasters to iron bridges and
iron ships made it necessary for the creation
of such commission, and that it should
be composed of practical mechanical engl-
neers.
The House Committee on Claims agreed
to. day to report in favor of paying govern
ment employeesfor all the time over eight
hours they have worked since the eight
hour law went into effect; also to compen-
safe the officers and crews of the steamers
Ashuelot and Tallapoosa for their losses.
There is good deal of talk at the Capitol
to-day about the Presidents message to the
Senate yesterday. The opinion of most of
the democrats is that what he said was all
right and true, and that he could not we'll
have said otherwise if he had tried, but
that he said nothing new, or that had not
been lust as well said previously by other
people. Many say he should not have writ
ten any letter, but should have proceeded
at once 10 remove republican Office holders
by the hundred, aud have left the response.
bilty of confirming their successors with
the Senate.
The House Judiciary Committee to-day
agreed to report adversely on the Senate
bill increasing the pay of U. S. Judges to
S. 900, and prohibiting them from appoint
ing members of their own families to posi-
tons under them.
Hon. E. ChilIs, of Richmond, Mo-, who
served his time as printer on the Rich
mond Wing during the days of Jno. Hamp-
den Peasants, and a native Virginian, is in
the city, candidate for the mission to
SIAM
1t is currently rumored at the Capitol to.
day that the nomination of Mr.. Goode to
be Solicitor General will be reported ad
versely unanimously by the Senate Judic.
larry Committee, and that tho Senate will
adopt the report almost, if not quite, as
unanimously. Why the democrats should
vote against him, when his chief, if not only
assailant is General Malone, is, passing
strange.
ar. Randall was we'll enough to be out
to-day, and was before the Naval Commit
tee to ask them to give him an idea of the
amount of money they proposed spending
on the new navy so that his committee could
arrange their bills accordingly. He also
stated that everything used in the construc-
ton of the navy could be obtained in this
country.
Mr.. w. /. Royal, an agent of the foreign
holders Of Virginia bonds, was arrested
some time ago for setting the law of Virgin
special license. He made q habeas corpus
case of it and carried it to the U. S. Supreme
Court. That court decided yesterday that
if the State court did not discharge him, the
u. S. circuit court Of that State should
do so. Thus one by one the laws of Vir-
ginia attempting to interfere with the re-
ceivabilty of coupons are set aside by
the highest court in the land,
Allusion has previously been made in
this correspondence to Senator Mahone's
recent dinner at Chamberlain's. The guests
were Senators Elmunds, Logan, Stamford,
Jones, Palmer, Morrill, and Platte, and Rep
resentative Collie. Senators Cameron, Alli-
son and Hoar were also invited but did not
attend. There were fourteen courses, and
the affair was very recherche and digniGed.
Though the invitations requested fatigue"
dress, such as the General wore, some OF the
guests appeared in full evening dress. There
were no cards and no roicking, the General
playing it on in grand, lofty and digniied
style. Senator Riddleberger was conspicu-
Gus by his absence. Why does the General
so cruelty cut his colleague on all occasions?
The dinner was dainty, select and decor
Gus affair, appropriate to the Judiciary
COMMITTEES of the Senate, which the Gener-
al proposes to use largely not only in help
ing to defeat Mr.. Goodies confirmation, but
various other Virginia nominations.
Charles q. Smith has been arrested at
Mo-, after having, it is charg-
ed, swindled persons in that vicinity out of