Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-10

which privilege tho Canadians think was
,ai;,nrished bY the Americans when they
repealed the. Canadian treaty. The New
Enrlanders are very wroth about this seiZ-
ure. demand apology and reparatior, and
threaten war with all its dire consequences,
unless such be rendered forthwith.
In the House to-day Mr.. Barbour, OF the
House District of Columbia committee, call
ed I'D the bill for a free bridge across the
Potomac The bill provides for the PUT PUT
chase of the aqueduct bridge Tor Sl23,ooo'
and for the condemnation of the lana upon
which stands the north abutment OF tna'
bridge No provision is made Tor ine man,
tenance Of the aqueduct of the Alexandra
canal which. of course, will be destroyed
if the new bridge be built. If q good title
r. tho bridge cannot be obtained within SIX
months, tho Secretary of War is authorized
TO build a bridge at the Three Sisters. The
Hill was passed at three o. clock this evening,
amended so as to make the District OF Co.
lumbia pay one half, instead of ono fourth
the cost of the purchase of the old ana the
construction Of the new bridge. -,
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle says the House VIII
be ready to adjourn by the 25th Proxlmo.
It is doubtful, however, if it will do So
The prevailing impression among the pro-
tectionists in the House now is that the
tariff bill will not come up for serious con-
sideration at this session.. To facilitate
such contamination they will want to ad
| iourn earlv, and the same end will be fur
thered by the democrats, whose fences are
| in q much worse condition. The imprt sslon
seems to be that the best thing the Qemo'
Gratis can do to secure the next presidency
| will be to lose the next House, as their leg,
islatiye deluquencies in the present ana
last Congress, supplemented by what may
only naturally be expected in the next, Will
If ia thought, he sufficient, with the existing
disaflecton among the party at the course
of the national administration, to make tne
election of q republican President IN 1888,
matter Of little or no difficulty.
Gentlemen who arrived here to-day Dy
the Midland train say the country from
Gordonsyile to this city never looked better
and that the hearts OF the farmers Id an Ins
Piedmont section OF the State are gladdeneu
by the present prospect OF large grass "hea'
and corn crops.
Catholic Church, in Baltimore yesterday
| Archbishop Gibbons, with that plain, practl'
cal common sense Christianity that charac
terizes all his utterances, exhorted his near
ers to beware of dangerous and forbidden
secret societies, to beware of demagogues
and to be always ready to grant to others
the same liberty and tolerance they e1ac'
| for themselves But the knights OF LABOR
who NAV have heard him will pay no more
regard to what he said than they do to the
advice of their chief, Mr.. Powderly, to be-
ware Of strikes and boycotts.
The Mormon bill that will be reported by
the House judiciary Committee, will con
tain provisions for the suppression o
polygamy, and will exclude polygamists
| from the privilege Of suffrage, but it viii
not attempt to interfere with the affairs O
| the Mormon church.
! Mr.. Bland introduced bill in the House
to-day for expanding all the surplus in th'
Treasury in reducing the public debt
and for issuing coin certificates for money
or bullion deposited at the Treasury.
The good weather, the races, the circus
and the strike, all together, made Pennsyl'
yania avenue quite lively to-day. Respect
| ing the strike the builders say it is for the
strikers not for them, to say when it vii
end, and that they think the strikers have
made mistake which they, more than any
other people, will regret.
In tho Senate to-day Mr.. Brown presented thu
petition of certain colored people in his STATE
asking Congress for an appropriation of ono hun
drcQ QOllarS apiece W pay Guelt e>Peh9eo Y" -'i'
| Co. tho native land of thoir ancestors.
There arc rumors atloat to-day that the Pres
dent will veto both the river and harbor and TIT
post Office appropriation bills.
The interstate commerce bill is the order il
tho Senate to-day. The order in the House il
the consideration Of bills reported by the Dis
trict of Columbia committee.
Among the petitions presented i'll tho Senate
to-day was one by Mr.. voorhees, FROM certain
| soldiers of tho Mexican now living in Arizona
against the passage OF the Mexican pension bill
now before Congress, for the reason that tho pom
sions allowed arc not largo enough.