Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-13
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weather. ;,
AT two O'Clock to-day reports from all
along the Potomac river, from this city up,
wore to the effect that it was rising, though
all the ice had passed Harper's Ferry. Inc
rise at Georgetown and along the Wharves
of this city is appreciable, but as YET no
damage has been done. The Ice Is running
through the Long Bridge on both sioes OF
the draw, but not through the draw, where
there is pack, and where 1t 10 piling up
Two tug boats attempted to enect an open
inp there this morning from the east slde,
but failed. The railroad people nave gone
to Georgetown to see If they can't get Jug
to make the same attempt from Inc "ee'
side Quite number of idlers have con-
gregated on the bridge to watch what may
occur there.
itician, of Virginia, here to-day, says the
democrats are by no means SO sure OF carry
ing that State at the next election as they
would like to be, and that their chief dan
ger lies in the fact that the labor and tenn
nerate men will at that election unite with
the Mahoneites.
The House Committee on Expenditures
in the Judiciary Department., to whom was
referred the resolution inquiring into the
expenditures Of that department in the tel
ephoue matter, have prepared their report
stating that the expenditures amounted to
little or nothing, and will ask to be discharg-
ed from its further consideration. The com.
mittee, when the matter was first referred
to it, gave out that it would upturn
the whole Pan Electric Company, but II
soon changed its mind, and declared that il
| was no smelling committee. Ex-senator
Thurman. who is counsel in the case, is here
in consultation with the Judiciary Depart
ment about it, and as to the place in which
it shall be tried. 1t is currently reported
that the republican Senators have deter
mined to report adversely upon the noml
nation Of MIR. Goode as Solicitor General
because he ordered this suit to be brought
without submitting the question to the Pat
emit Office.
AS the proposed new tariff bill will reduce
the duty Oh sugar, it is reported to day
! thet the Louisiana Congressman will lor
with the democratic protectionists from
Pennsylvania and Ohio in opposing that bill
and that probably they will have the sup
port of a few other democrats from theil
own section. They will have the entire
support of the republicans.
In the House day proposition to N
crease the number of employees in the doc
ument room of that body, reported by re
| publicsn member, was defeated. Mr. Rea
gan and other southern democrats insisting
that the people Of the country expected thu
democrats TO give them retrenchment ant
reform according to promise, and that there
was no better time to fulfill that promis'
than the present, and no better occasion
than when Congress itself was affected.
In the House to-day, Mr.. Trieg, from thu
committee on claims, reported the bill to re
imburse Virginia for the money she advanc
ed the Government with which to build The
Capitol and in the war of1S12.
Mr.. Cuthbert Jones, who lately paid BIZ
respects to Representative King, of Louisi
ana, has, it is understood, written Senator
Randall Gibson, of the same State, lette
in which he intimates pretty plainly that h'
contemplates giving him dose of the same
sort of medicine.
Jlat before the Presidents reception com
mencod last night every gas light in and abou
the White House went out, but as the gas peopl
soon discovered the cause of the accident it wa
rcmedied before any of tho callers had arrived.
Mr.. Barbour is still confined to his house. ant
can receive visitors except hi most intmat
personal friends.