Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
,esisl Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE


Sncc;sl Correspondence of the Alexa. GAzETTE.]
WASHINGTON. D. c., July /, 1856.
An intelligent and well informed Lou
loun county democrat, here TO- day, 10 TAX
mo- about affairs in his county, said that
While delegation would be sent from there
to the district democratic Congressional
convention that would be solid for Captain
Foster, of that county, the second choice OF
the democrats Of the county was Gen. w.
Fl. T. Lee, and that from what he heard
from the other counties in the district Gen.
Lee was the second choice of all of them
also. He said that while he believed the COM
ing convention would have nominated MIR.
Barbour by reclamation had he even limited
that a nomination would be acceptable, he
thought it hardly probable the convention
would nominate him now. He said that
his impression was that on the first ballot
Mr.. Meredith, of Piince William, would
probably be in the lead, but that Gen. Lee
would gain strength on each succeeding
ballot, and finally be declared the nominee.
With regard to the recent wheat harvest,
he said it was the best in all his section tor
MANY years, and that the rains that fell
during it had not injured it in the slightest
degree.
< full sized and excellent portrait of SEN
ator Hampton is on exhibition to-day IN the
room of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate;
1t was painted by an artist of this city, ana
was paid for by the Senator's democratic
colleagues, who will present it to him.
Mr.. Riddleberger produced another rip
nile In the Senate to-day by introducing
resolution to reduce the salaries of the cab
met officers, and of the Senators and Repre-.
sentatives in Congress, to the extent OF
TWENTY-FIVE per cent. He moved it be re.
ferred to the finance committee, and saln
he would not press for report at this, put
would demand one at the next session. Ii
was the unanimous expression both on Inc
floor and in the galleries of the Senate that
if the Senator had the faintest idea such
resolution would be adopted he would have
been the last man in that body to otler it,
There is great complaint about the alleg-
ed impure air of the Capitol, to which is i'm
puted much of the sickness, more probably
attributable to other causes, that prevails
among the members of Congress, and this
morning Mr.. Hale introduced resolution
| in the Senate to investigate the matter, ana
| if the evil be found to apply the remedy.
Senator Sherman is among the many who
| are backing up Major Dye in his refusal to
resign his position as chief of police of this
district, at the request of the commissioners.
The latter say, however that they and the
chief of police must be in entire accord,
which cannot be the case if Major Dye be
that officer, after what has passed The
Major has made an excellent officer, Is q
democrat, and refused to contribute to the
last republican campaign fund.
Messrs. Harlow and Price, the treasurer
and auditor of Alexandria, we're here to-day
to make their city's annual settlement with
the heirs of the late DR.. Gunston of this city
| who hold large amount of Alexandra cor.
poration bonds. While the Doctor was
alive he positively refused to make any get.
( Element with the city except upon the pound
of flesh idea, but his heirs were more accom-.
modating, and agreed to the terms that had
been accepted by all the other creditors,
which were an extension of the time Tor the
payment of tho principal and three per cent
Interest. In his case the city agreed to re-
deem Que fifth of the principal every year
and it was to pay that fifth and the interest
on the whole sum that the gentlemen re-
ferred to were here to DIZZY.
conduct Of the i97efH sha resolution ,S ,5 na 5ol
until the regular appropriation bills can be
passed, coming up. Mr.. Edmunds, who
opposed it yesterday, though he knew that
thereby he would cause trouble rs the ap-
preparations expired that day, awaited him.
| self OF the occasion Tor speech, III Wh!ch nc
attempted to mako political capital by at
tributing the necessity for such resolution
to the negligence or incompetency Of the
democratic House. Unfortunately for the
latter there was Il great deal of truth in
what he said.
| The prcvsiiing impression aboat the adjourn
| ment of Congress now is that il will NOT take
| place before the both inst. So inuch behind liatid
| is Congress in its work that it IS not 1T Ill GER
| tain it will take holiday Monday noXt.
| In consequence Of the exhaustion Of tho arpro-
priations yesterday, the work Of all the laborcrs
about the grounds of the public buildings here
was stopped to DAY.
There was another executive session of the Sen.
alto yesterday evening but no reports were pre-
sented in any of tho Virginia cases. was any
action, taken in any of the cases in which reports
had previously been mado
The House Ways and Means Committee will
mako critical statement of what tho practical
effect Of the Randall tariff bill would be, and pro-
sent it along with the adverse report upon that
bill
In the Senate to day Mr.. Teller, from tho Agri
cultural Committee, reported the o!comargarinc
bill Just az it camo from the House.