Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-05
decision referred to rather tends to dissipate

and Virginia the money advanced py !nein
to the general government In lI9Z TO oullo
the Capitol: also one for the survey OF
route for canal through the lower counties
of Maryland. -,
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Sherman, the
president protempore, laid before that Doay
q communication from the Governor OF VIZ
pinia containing tn credentials OF Hon: Jno.
w. Daniel as q. S. Senator from that state,
which were read. The usual course IN sucn
cases is for one of the Senators from the
ter's credentials.
There are 80 many democrats in the
House that they gil all the seats on the
right side of that body and overflow on the
left or republican side. Quite colony OF
democrats are therefore on the republican
side. Their seats are between the first two
aisles on the extreme left of the Speaker.
Mr.. Barbour's seat being near the outer row
between the corresponding aisles on the
democratic side, and therefore far away
from the Speaker. he has snapped seats
with Judge Van Eaton, who wanted his,
and has taken the latter's, which Is nearer the
Speaker. but in the democratic colony on
the republican side, and occupied it for the
first time this morning.
Congress reassembled to-day after the
Christmas recess. A quorum was present
in both houses. Contrary to general expec,,
tation the committees were not announced
in the House Immediately upon the reading
of the journal in that body, but, instead, the
House proceeded with the call OF States sus-
pended by the adjournment on Monday Two
weeks ago. 1t is reported that the Speaker
saws he has not exactly completed the COM
mittees, but that he can do go in two or three
hours, and that Mr.. Tucker offered to pre-
side for him during that time. He is still,
however, at one o'clock, in the chair. 1t IS
also reported that the committees are com
Melted and will be announced just before adj
iournment this afternoon. At the rate at
which bills are now being introduced the
call of States will hardly be completed to-
dsy, unless the House shall have late sit
ting.
A gentleman from Alexandria CO., whose
face bore the marks of a runaway accident,
in the city to-day, while talking about the
lack of carriage way between Alexandria
and Washington, said that while his county
was situated between the cities of Washing
ton and Alexandria, yet the approaches from
the county to either city in vehicles were
not only inConvenient, but dangerous. Said
he: "Drive into Alexandria and you drive
along the railroad track for two or three
miles, the cars passing and repassing you TO
the great danger of runaway and smash
up drive to Washington across the Long
Bridge and the danger is increased drive
over through Georgetown across the Aque.
duct bridge, and oppressive toll is exacted."
He said these disadvantages were great
drawbacks to the prosperity of the county.
He was in favor he said, of road leading
from Alexandria to Washington, distant
from the car track, to cross the river oppo-
site Arlington Heights to Washington, on q
bridge to be built for it. Such road, he
said, would be great resort for people
driving out tor pleasure both from Alex
andria and Washington city, and that as
there must be free bridge across the Poto-
mac, Congress would be disposed to build it
at the Washington end of that road.
The interview with Mr.. James D. Brady,
member of Congress from the Black District
of Virginia, PUBLISHED in one of the evening
papers OF this city few days ago, in which
he gave an elaborate list of the blue
blooded aristocrats of Virginia who had al
lied themselves with the republican party,
appears TO have attracted more attention
from republicans themselves than any one
else. Indeed, they appear to be much dis
satisfied with what they term the incom-
pleteness and partially of the Brady list Of
republican blue bloods. A prominent Vir-
ginia republican, himself of first rate family,
and native Southerner, spoke as follows
to. day ofthe Brady article. swell, said he,
laughing, 'do you remember the somewhat
comical accusation said to have been made by
]. Minor Bolts against Henry A. Wise when
in explanation, to large meeting at the Afri-
b -, & DC
ness, restlessness, ETC., Bolts charged, with
great particularly of statement, that Wise
had worms. He gave from what he called
size, location, and all about the worms
which he alleged were eating into the vitals
of his great competitor. Brady's worms are,
of course, much smaller than those of the
noble Wise, and are probably Of the thread
needlespecies, orit may be that be has caught
the trichinosis from eating improperly cook
ed pork since his advent in the capita. A
raw member and but the other day COL
lector of internal revenue, the advocate of
the people against the arlstocracy, see he
is now about to offer bills to abolish his old
Office and many others. Moreover, he ap.
pears anxious to consort with aristocrats.
Brady is not a man of scholarly at
tainments or Of very refined tastes, but
I have always heretofore regarded
him as fairly sensible fellow. Why,
sir, it has been the pride and boast OF
our party in Virginia that we attached no
Importance to the accidents of birth or lin
cage; we have derided the nonsensical
claims of certain Virginia democrats that
they had absorbed all the blue blood, and
therefore ought to govern the State. We
have claimed to represent the people versus
the aristocracy-republicanism versus pri-
mogeniture. 1t is true we have with US
many men Of the best families in the State,
but it is evident that in many instances
they are not known to Brady, as his list of
notables and blue bloods don't 60 much,
if any, beyond his own narrow hori-
ION. He gives us the Mahoneys and
the Maloneys, but he leaves out the names
of many equally aristocratic. If he is writ.
ing history he might have included the
Wickhams, the Mosbys, the Woltzes, the
Windsors, the Semmeses, the Quinns, the
Hoopers, the Seners, the Burks, the Fair
faxes, the Pophams, the Woods, the Car
tiers, the Houstons, the Bells, the Masons,,
the Underwoods, the Ryes, the Libbeys,