Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-04-13
FROM WARRINGTON.
rsneeial Correspondence of the Alexa GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c., April Is, 1886.

r., -, r,rrosnondence Of the Aexa. GAZETrEl
WASHINGTON, D. c., April Is, 1856.
In the Senate to day Mr.. Ingalls, moved
70 recommit tho bill to change the charter
n The Metropolitan Railroad SO that the
nrovision in it to allow the cars Of that ROAD
n nse small portion of the track OF the th
street railroad, near the wharf, be stricken
ont as it il palpably Objectionable. MT.
Riddleberger objected for the reason that
motion he made yesterday had been ob-
;ccied 10. and that, as he said, all should DC
treated alike. The cases were not at all
similar. but to avoid squabble with hlm'
which all his colleagues avoid, MIR. Ingalls,
node haste to withdraw his motion. Wnen
tha routine business was concluded Mr..
Plott,s resolution for considering nomlna-
lions in open session came up, MIR. Flatt
making long speech in favor OF such con-
aideration. As Senator Jackson's nomlna'
,;on for United States judge OF the sixth cir
cult was confirmed yesterday, his seat in the
Senate then became vacant. 1t was taken
TODAY by Senator Gray, OF Delaware, Mr..
Hearst. the new democratic Senator from
California, taking the seat of the latter.
During the secret session Of the Senate
yesterday afternoon Mr.. EdmuDds moved
that all the old nominations in place Of re-
moved or suspended officers, for which new
nominations have been made in place OF
officers whose terms have expired since the
old nominations were sent in, be sent BACK
10 tie President as having been rejected, so
that the new nominations may come up as
new business, and his motion was adopted.
Among the decisions rendered n the y.
s. Supreme Court yesterday was that OF u.
L Stewart vs. State Of Virginia, in which
the decision of the lower court in favor OF
the State was affirmed. The plaintiff ten.
dared his taxes in coupons, but paid them
in money, end brought suit for the verifca.
ton of his coupons ia State Court, but
nrayed for removal to the L. s. Circuit
Court. which court held that it was not q
case that could be removed, and remanded
it to the Stale court The question decided
was merely one of Jurisdiction.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Brady, OF
Virginia, introduced bills for the relief OF Z.
r. Livesay, and to increase the pension OF
Clara c. Lackey; Mr.. Barbour, one for the
relief of Joseph f. Conrad: Mr.. Libbey, for
The relief of ]. Il. Davis; and Mr.. Cabeli, for
public building at Martinsvile. MIR.
Q'Ferral presented the petition of 9. Z.
Smoot & Son, and w. B. Smoot, in refer
ence to the branding of cattle; and MIR.
Tucker presented those of Bsnton Il. Good
| loe. of Nelson county, and ]. L. Fauver,
sole devised of Richard Anderson, of Angus.
ia county, that their war claims be referred
| to the court Of claims.
| 1t is understood that the recent ruthless
raid of special revenue officers in the coun-
ties of Henry and Patrick, Virginia, is. dis.
approved of by nearly every body in those
counties, that all the good it accomplished
could have been effected by the local ofll-
cers, while none of the bad would have boen
| permitted by them, and that Congressman
Cabell, Of that district, has made strong
statement of the case to the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau.
1t is rumored at the Capitol to-day that
DIR. Hammet, Of this city, will be appoint
ed Health Officer of the District of Column
bia, vice Dr. Smith Townshend, the incum-
bent, that Speaker Carlisle, Senator Voorhees,,
and Congressman Hewitt, Of New York,
and Gibson, OF West Virginia, who bad en-.
,lorscd the latter, have Withdrawn their en-
dorsemenis, aud that there is documentary
evidence to prove that the incumbent pro-
claimed himself an Interchangeable republi'
can, and subscribed $50 10 Tic last republ-
can campaign fund.
Private intelligence here from various por-
cities, is to The effect that building opera
tions are considerably retarded hy the UNI
certainty that exists in the minds of the
builders respecting the price they will have
to paw for labor, and the number Of hours
that labor will work.
In the House to-day Immediately after
the reading Of tho journal, tho contested
election case of Hurd, free trade democrat
fro fI, Toll f3r II St rip nf Ihin RnmaIS
republican, the sitting member, came up,
and will probably occupy two days in its
consideration 1t WAS reported adversely
by the Elections Committee, and Mr.. Boyle,
protective democrat from Pennsylvania, led
off to day in speech in favor of the COM
mittee's report.
Mr.. Brady says that while he does not
hope for much from the bill he introduced
in the House yesterday for Congress TO pay
Virginia for the territory out of which West
Virginia was created, he talked with several
influential republicans on the subject before
be proposed it, among them Senator Evarts,
all Of whom approved it. The bill was re-
ferred to tho Judiciary Committee, Of which
Mr.. Tucker is chairman, by which, it is sup
posed it will be reported adversely.
A wholesale liquor merchant of Alexandria is
looking for suitable store house here, intend
ing to move to this cityas hc thinks so many towns
and counties in his state will adopt the prohibitory
liquor law that his business in Alexandria will be
ruined.
A democratic Congressman said 10 day ho I'M
dcrstood that a large number of Mahoncitc ap-
pcintees still retaino their places in tho Govern
mcnt printing office, and that he intended to
make it his business to see if they could not be
removed and their lucrative places given to good
aud true democrats
Among the nominations sent to the Senate yes
terday were those of Dir. Caldwell to BIO postmas-
ter at Warrenton and Capt. Head, at Lecsburg.
They had been nominated before in place of their
suspended predecessors, but yesterday they were
nominated in place of their predecessors whose
terms bad expired.
The House Committee on Commerce agreed to-
day to report favorably the James drummcrs BILL
which prevents any State from imposing higher
license tax upon drummers from other States
than it imposes upon its own merchants.
As the postmaster at Culpcpcr Court House, J.
C. Bell, has been indicted for having crooked
whiskey in his possession, he will, of course, DO
removed aud it is thought that Mr.. J. F. Robert.
son, of that town, will be appointed in his place