Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-10
FROM WARRINGTON.
rsneeial Correspondence of the Alezs. GAZETTE
: .-z>xe.ra,r u q Eah 10 1893

rcnooo, Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10, 1886.
As soon as the House commenced its ses-
sion TO day Mr.. Blanchard, Of Louisiana,
moved that the House adjourn as token OF
respect to the memory of Gen. Hancock.
His motion was adopted unanimously. Inc
motion came from most appropriate source,
inasmuch as Gen. Hancock rendered sucn
valuable services to Louisiana during recon
structicn times. In the Senate, at later Pc
Rod, Mr.. Hear introduced resolution re-
ouestipg the Library Committee to consider
the advisability of erecting suitable mon
ument to Gen. Hancock at the National
Capital In doing SO, he said that when the
death of General Hancock was announced
in the Senate yesterday evening, the senate
continued its session, as it should have done,
and. doubtless, as the General would have
wished it to do. The General will be buried
at Norrstown, and, in accordance with the
desire of his wife with as little public cere-
mony as possible In this connection it
NAV be stated that ex-Mayor Smith, of AL
cxandria, has cane presented to him by
the General, and that in a conversation the
ex-Mayor had with the General subsequent
to Gen. Grants funeral, the General tod
him that was the last military funeral he
| would ever attend
Young Mr.. Laferty, of Richmond, has
| passed a most satisfactory examination for
the place of committee stenographer OF the
House, and will probably be appointed. Ii
that he so. the place he now holds-stenog-
rapher for the Governor of Firginia-will
be vacant.
Congressman Cabell, of Virginia, succeed.
ed to-day in having new post offices created
at Progress, Franklin county, and Mount
Lee. Prince Edward county. M. }. Nc
Dowell has been appointed postmaster at
the former.
The House Committee on Appropriations
is busily at work, aud the House will not be
DELAYED by it. 1t will probably have the
District of Columbia bill ready TO be report
ed on Monday next.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
to-day was one by Mr.. Van Wyck, to make
ten hours the working day of all the EN-
| ployees Of the street railroads in the Dis.
trict of Columbia.
| A delegation of Knights of Labor were
before the House Coinage Committee to-
day, and argued In favor of the abolition OF
gold and silver coinage, and the substl-
tuition therefor Of paper money of as low
denomination as ten cents. at meeting
of the federation Of labor unions held here
list night one of The speakers said: when
we see man with million of dollars and
million of men without proper, the natural
conclusion is that he has stolen mis- money
The Senate to-day, after the usual rou.
tine business, resumed the consideration oil
l Oh fhn psal nj
the sub treasurer at New Orleans to receive
silver dollars and issue silver certificates
therefor. Mr.. Call, democrat of Florida,
supported the administration, and said the
Treasury officials knew their own business
best. Mr.. Plumb, republican of Kansas,
opposed the administration, and said some
means should be adopted by which the
Treasury officials should be prevented from
obstructing the laws. Mr.. Coke, democrat
of Texas, also censured the officials referred
to for refusing TO issue silver certificates for
silver dollars.
Congressman George Wise has obtained q
position in the Interior Department for w.
II. Wyatt, Of Richmond.
A member of the cabinet said this morn.
| ing there was no foundation for the contln-
ued reports about the resignation of Attor-
ney General Garland.
| Quite a number of people from this city
have been invited to attend the marriage of
the daughter of Col. Edward Daniels to Mr..
Ayres, of Wisconsin, to night, at the resi-
dence of the brides father, Gunston, short
distance below Alexandria.
Messrs. Edward Quinn and John Lynch,
of Alexandria, called upon Mr.. Peter Fegan,
proprietor of the Alexandria distillery, near
that city, who lives here, and found his con.
dilion much better than had been reported.
One of his physicians did tell him that be
would never get well, but he seemed to-day
in fair way toward recovery.
| Congressman Trigg, from the 9th Virginia dis
tlct has at last obtained from the Treasury De-
pa.tmert the Information he wanted respecting
virgiuia's claim for the money she advanced the
General Government during the war OF 1872.
He will present his report tho bill to return
that money at the meeting OF the Committee OH
Claims to- morrow. and hopes to be able to report
| it to the House before the close of the week.