Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
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(Speeisl Correspondence of the Alexa. GAzETTE.]
WASHINGTON. D. c., July %, 1856.
The President to-day signed the bill re-
lieying General w. III. F. Lee of the politi-
cal disabilities he incurred by resigning his
lieutenancy in the U. s. army and accepting
a commission in the army of the Confederate
States.
1t is understood that OK. Mayor Jacobs, of
Louisville, has resigned his position as U. S.
Minister to the United States of Colombia.
Minister Jacobs, it will be remembered, re-
Gently had a personal difficulty with the u.
S. Consul General at Bogota.
The upper part OF the inside of the store
house of Barbour and Hamilton opposite the
Metropolitan Hotel in this city, was burned
last night. Were it not, however, for the
charred cornice and the smoked bricks i'm
mediately underneath it, no body passing
along Pennsylvania avenue would know
there bad been fire. Great regret is ex-
pressed at the destruction of a number of
barrels of whisky sixteen years old.
It was announced in the Senate to-day by
Mr.. Allison that as soon as the morning
business was over he would call up the reso-
luton for expanding the surplus in the
Treasury in the redemption of bonds
Mr.. Allison stated that from what
he understood the resolution as amend.
ed by the Senate would pass without
much debate. Other people, however,
understand that Mr.. Beck will oppose it in
long speech. 1t ia almost certain the
House will never pass it in its amended
form, as by that form all its force and elect
are extracted.
It was stated in this correspondence some
time ago that Collectors Mayo at Norfolk,
Lee at Yorktown, and Savage at Cherry
stone, Va, had been reported farorably by
the Senate commerce committee. They
were confirmed at Mondays executive ses-
sion of the Senate. No Virginia cases were
either acted on or reported at yesterday 8
executive session. A meeting of the Senate
postoffice committee was held this morning,
but as Gen. Malone was not present no
Virginia nominations were considered. The
friends of postmaster Glennan at Norfolk,
and Burke at Staunton, supposed the com.
mttee would have acted on their nomina-
tiops to-day.
The fact that though the Washington
channel has been dredged out twice since
the reclamation of the flats was commenced,
the water in large part of tits now 80 shallow
that it ia covered with grass, goes far to sus-
tain the correctness of the views of those
the reclamation of the flats.
The bill for changing the site of the pub.
lie building TO be- erected at Abingdon,
ported favorably in the Senate, has been re-
Committed comm to the committee on public
buildings and grounds of the Senate on
motion of Gen. Malone.
A new postof6ce has been established at
Orlando, Prince William county, Va, be.
tween Brentsville and Lansdown, with
Mary E Barbee as postmaster. Robert c.
Weir has been commissioned as postmaster
at Manassas.
The House yesterday evening instructed
its members of the conference committee on
the river anG harbor bill to insist upon
striking out the Senate's amendments to
that bill. To the Senate to-day Mr. Ed
munds moved to instruct it's members of the
committee to recede from the Sepate's
amendments, but his motion was defeated
aud the Senate's conferees were instructed
to insist upon It's amendments, including
the appropriation for the improvement
of the harbor of Washington. Mr.. Conger
made speech in favor of this action, saying
that Senator Edmunds, in the remarks he
had made, misstated the case. and also lug
ging in the sectional question, by stating
that the Southern members had opposed
appropriations for improvements in the
North, though Northern members were
liberal in regard to Southern improvements
Mr. ONeill, of Pennsylvania, in tho House to-
day animadverted in a very decided manner
upon the course If Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, in
agreeing to postpone the consideration of tho in
terstate commerce bill until next session, aud sf
forwards, when tho opponents of that bill wore
absent, calling it up aad defeating tho motion to
substitute for it the Cullun BILL as 10 facilitate
its passage.
Tho House to day recoded from it's action i'll re-
fusing to provide in tho legislative bill for the
payment of the private secretaries of the Senators