Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZE

Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 2S, 1856.
The President to-day signed the bill re.
lieying General w. II. F. Lee Of the politi.
cal 1isa bilities be incurred by resigning his
lieutenancy in the U. S. army and accepting
a commission in the army of the Confederate
States.
It is understood that OK. Mayor Jacobs, o.
Louisville, has resigned his position as U. S
Minister to the United States of Colombia
Minister Jacobs, it will be remembered, re-
Gently had 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 a fire. Great regret ls ex
pressed at the destruction of number o.
barrels of whisky sixteen years old.
twas announced 10 the Senate today 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 aud elect
are extracted.
It was stated in this correspondence some
lime 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
we're confirmed at Mondays executive ses
sion of the Senate. No Virginia cases were
either acted on or reported at yesterday Z
executive session. a meeting of the Senate
postofice committee was held this morning
but as Gen. Malone was not present nc
Virginia nominations were considered. The
friends of postmaster Glennan at Norfolk
and Burke at Staunton, supposed the com
mittse would have acted on their nomina
tions 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 so shallow
that it is covered with grass, goes far to sus
tain the correctness of the views Of thost
who opposed the plan that was adopted fol
the reclamation of the flats.
The bill for charging the site Of the pub
lie building TO be erected at Abingdon
which has passed the House and been re
ported favorably in the Senate, has been re
committed to the committee on public
buildings and grounds of the Senate OF
motion of Gen. Malone.
A new postof6ce has been established q
Orlando, Prince William county, Va, be
tween Brentsvilfe and Lansdown, will
Mary e Barbee as postmaster. Robert {
Weir has been commissioned a. postmaste
at Manassas.
The House yesterday evening instructed
its members of the conference committee OF
the river anG harbor bill to insist upol
striking out the Senate's amendments t
that bill. To the Senate to-day Mr.. Ed
munds moved to instruct it's members of tn
committee to recede from the Senate
amendments, but his motion was defeated
aud the Senate's conferees were instructed
to insist upon lis amendments, including
the appropriation for the improvement
of the harbor of Washington. Mr.. Congo
made speech in favor of this action, sayin
that Senator Edmunds, in the remarks b
had made, misstated the case. and also lug
ging in the sectional question, by stain!
| that the Southern members had opposed
appropriations for improvements in tb
North, though Northern members wor
liberal in regard to Southern improvements
Mr.. ONeil, of Pennsylvania, in the House to
day animadverted in very decided name
| upon the course If Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, il
agreeing to postpone the consideration of tho in
terstate commerce bill until next session, aud ST
forwards, when tho opponents of that bill wcr
absent, calling it up and defeating tho motion t
substitute for it the Cullum BILL TO facilitate
its passage.
The House to. day reccded from it's action in re
fusiug to provide in tho legislative bill for tn
payment of the private secretaries of the Senators