Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Ale1a. GAZETTE

Among the Oils luGTouuCcu III VIC hou@o
Yesterday were the following: BY Dir.
O'Ferrall: for the relief of the trustees OF
the Centenary Reformed Church of Wiz
chester, which was used and abused by the
federal troops during the war; for making
an appropriation for the construction and
establishment of a lght.ship and fog signal
at Winter Quarter shoal, Virginia, and for
a light. house at Pages Rock, York river,
Virginia. BY Mr.. Brady: for the relief OF
John B. Eye, of Petersburg. By Mr.. Crox-
ton: for buoy depot at Chincoteague lnlet,
Virginia; for the protection of Cape Charles
lighthouse for lighthouse at Cob Polut
Bar, Wicomico river, Virginia. By Mr..
Barbour: for the relief of the representa-
tives of Mathew Smith. By Mr.. Cabell !:
granting pensions to certain soldiers and
Sailors of the Mexican war, and to repeal
the law imposing internal revenue taxes
upon tobacco and for other purposes. By
Mr.. Tucker: to relieve the political disabll-
tiles of Thomas L. Rosser. MIR. Barbour
also introduced the petitions of Burr w.
Garrett, Ann NJ. Ramey, ]. L. Mcintosh,
Irael Warner, Mary J. White, Elise Mars
teller, Elizabeth lien, George W. Bowen,
Atwell Butler, George Cooper of j., W. D.
Cooper, Joseph Lowe, and Thomas Sher-
man.
Among the Virginians whose nominations
will it is said here by republicans from
their State be opposed by the republicans
in the Senate are Mr. Elicit, the collector
Of internal revenue of the Richmond dis
trict. The charge against him it is under
stood is that in the letter he wrote to the
stamp clerk at Norfolk, Mr.. Nichols, re-
moving him, he said he did not remove him
because he was inefficient, nor because he
was republican, but because he, Elicit,
believed that to the victors belonged the
spoiIs. The charge that has been brought
against Mr.. Sheppcrd, the internal revenue
collector of the Alexandria district, is that
be wrote the democratic circular about the
DanviIle riot, which it is said secured the
election of the dem ocratic ticket in Virginia
that year.
1t was stated in this correspondence last
Saturday that Mr.. Williamson, of Leesburg,
had been reappointed clerk of Mr.. Barbour's
committee That statement was made up.
on misinterpreted information. Mr.. Will
hanson has been appointed to a position in
the internal revenue service of the Alexan-
dria district, and Mr.. W. W. Scott, Of Orange
county, has been appointed clerk OF MIR.
Barbour's committee.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
agreed to report fayorably upon many
nominations this morning, but the reason
was that they laid aside and did not con-
slider any to the confirmation of which the
slightest objection was made Those to
which objection has been made will be con-
sidered when all the others shall have been
disposed Of
Congressman Trigg, of Virginia, has been
promised that Mr.. Peter Gallagher, of Wythe
county, in his district, shall have au Indian
agency in Idaho.
A well-known gentleman who resides
here remarked to the GAzETTE's CORE.
spondent this morning that the Virginia
democratic association of this city is uusta.
BILE in it5 views, inasmuch as it had ap-
plauded him when he praised the adnis.ra-
ton in an address he delivered to it some
time ago, but on last Friday night had APP
plauded Congressman Gibson for a speech
in which there was everything else than
praises for the Administration.
This was silver day in Congress, Mr..
Pugh concluding his written speech in favor
of it, and Mr.. Vance reading speech on
the same side in the Senate, aud Mr.. Rea-
gan reading long speech also in favor
of it in the House. In the olden time q
written speech was rare thing in either
house of Congress, but it is the rule now.
In the Senate but few Senators listened to
Messrs. Pugh and Vance, but in the House
the members, particularly the republicans,
crowded around Mr.. Reagan, who is "blub-
Der mouthed," in order to hear and under
stand what he might say. Mr.. Morrison
tried to prevent Mr.. Reagan from making
the speech, but the House, by vote of
ninety, mostly republicans, TO forty, mostly
democrats, allowed him to proceed.
The House to-day passed a bill providing
that hereafter no criminal case shall be
transferred from State to federal court
until either an indictment. or information
has been presented, that is, until record
has been made in the case.
Mr.. Barbor, when asked this morning
what there was to the story that he had re-
fused to exert himself to have some dis.
charged Alexandria employees in the Navy
Yard re- employ responded that on the day
be was asked to do so he replied that as it
was matter of appropriations, he would
examine into it and do what was possible
to be done the next day, and that the next
day it was found that there was an appro-
priation that could be used for that pur-
pose. He said that he had never refused,
that on the contrary he had done all it was
possible for him to do not only for the work
ing men in the Navy Yard, but all other
and that from what he heard
1T the Navy Yard it was through him that
the Alexandrians at work there were EN-
ployed.
Among the recent government removals |
here are those of two colored Virginians
who for year or two past have acted with |
The democrats, T. B. Pinn, of Alexandria
county, and a man named Fisher, from Al
oemarle.
Commencing on the 20th inst. inner re-
yistered mail sacks will be substituted for
through registered pouches between this
,ity aud Alexandria.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Beck introduced
esolntion directing the Secretary of the Treas
lry to psy out in future, as interest on govern
nent bonds, gold and silver in the same proper
ion In which such coin has been received during
ha nAriad ri nca the nrenadinp nayment