Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-06

iiht lpb hlibtSitN "Hcu WIS paragraph WAS
written. After prayer by The chaplain
resolution was adopted authorizing the pres.
iGcEt pro TEN. 10 appoint a committee 10
Hv:t upon the President and inform him
thai the Senate Was in session ana was
ready 10 receive any communication he
might have 10 make TO it. Tho usual bus
mess of the morning hour, The presentation
Of rct:slous, WAS then commenced, and had
proceeded fui some time, when Mr.. Ed
munds rose and said that the regular course
Of proceeding would be to inform the House
that the Senate was in session, and that he
hoped that COllrso would be observed. He
made o motion to that effect, which being
adopted, he also moved that the Senate take
recess until the committee to wait upon
the President should make their report, and
that motion being also adopted, the Senate
recessed until the committee referred to re-
turned and reported that tho President
would seld to them Il message
in writing. The Presidents secretary
soon appeared with the Presidents mssage,
which the Secretary of the Senate proceed
ed to read. The Senate was draped in
mourning for the death of Mr.. Pike, the
late Senator from New Hampshire All
the galleries were filed, some of the mem
beTs of Secretary Manning's family occupy
ing the Presidents bench. In the House
not only were all the galleries crowded but
also the corridors leading TO them. Indeed
the crowd all over the House was so great
that people having hurried business there
experienced no little difficulty IN moving
about. There was also full attendance of
members, and the congratulations Of those
who had been reelected were as
demonstrative as the regrets of those
oh nod hoc lnfuotcI
Upon tho desks Of several of the members,
among them Messrs Daniel and OFerrall,
of Virginia, lay handsome and costly bou,
quets. Mr.. Carlisle, the speaker, presided,
and the session was opened by short pray
er, in which appropriate allusion was made
to the members who had died during the
recess, and the blessing of wisdom invoked
upon the living members. Among the new
members sworn in were MIR. S. S. Cox, of
New York, and Mr.. Rusk, of Baltimore, the
former receiving quite an ovation. After
| The prayer there WAS the roll call, aud then
! the appointment OF committee to inform
the President that the House was ready TO
receive any communication he might have
to make, and then recess until that COM
mittee should report. A little after
two o'clock the committee reported, and
shortly thereafter the Presidents message
was received and read.
Mr.. Henderson, chairman Of the execu-
| tive committee Of the Indiana democrats, is
here to-day. be says the democrats of his
State have the legislature there and intend
| to hold it, and to send democrat to the u,
S. Senate il place of Mr.. Harrison
In the volume of the Rebellion Records
just issued is correspondence between
Secretary Stanton and the late Commodore
| Vanderbilt, in which the former offers the
| latter contract on his own terms to de-
stroy the Confederate ram Merrimack, and
the latter tells him he can't fix the figures
but will bo on the next day to see him. Mr.
Stanton acknowledged that the Government
could not destroy the ram, and for the first
time Ill history offered to put cut such work
at contract. Hos the commodore expected
10 accomplish the work is not stated.
Ex.Audi;0g B-owa Allen, of Virginia, now
hero, says there is no objection among lh.
republicans Of his State to the present man
sgem@nt OF the party thorc, that the execu.
tive committee has tho power Of removing
the cjairMan Of tue county committees, but
only exercises taat power when the CHAIR
ricn arc Inefficient, and would be foolish tc
10 50 It an&n action were not IN accordance
WITH the wishes OF the party in the county
Respecting tins Talk Of holding State con-
Vent'on next Spiing 20 re-organ!Ze the party
that il 10 GUST Malone, hesays by the action
OF the party the executive committee is the
only power that can call such convention,
and that Gen. NAhone's management is per-
4 ttCt!; satisfactory to that committee.
Che Seci c.ary Of the Treasury has request
ed The Attorney genera! TO move in the u. S
Supremo Court for ia early trial Of the case
of Robertson against Solomon in order tC
| oDtalG decision us to whether beans are
free OF duty as agricultural SEEDS Or are sub
ject to duty Of 10 per cent ad vaorcm rs
vegetables.
The president has appointed George A.
Allen to be United States Attorney for the
Western District ofPennsy lvnnia, vice VIM
A. Stone, suspended for offensive partisan
ship. TIE President signed Mr.. Aliens
commission saturday evening.
a new division has been formed ia the
General Land Olllce, the chief of which will
get 81 500. No appointment has yet been
been made 10 that position.
1t is said that the colorcd clerks in the
Interior Department are subscribing literally
to pay counsel for West, who assaulted Mrs
Page.
The conference committee the interest
|
| of that bill except one. 1noy are SIS yet un.
decided whether the suits tia! may arise under il
shall be tried in State or federal courts. They
expect to agree upon thaG a'So on Monday next to
which day they have adjourned.
| Pubic Printer Benedict has appeared before the
| House appropriations Committee and asked for an
immediate appropriation, but rs no estimate has
come through the regular channel the Treasury
| Department, the committee csnnot act.
The sund1y civil bill, SIS agreed upon by the sub
| commit &C of tho House Appropriations Committee
calls for nnctecn million dollars, twelve million
less than tho estimates, and nearly four million
| less than the bill for the current year.
The flags at the Capitol were ut half mast to-
day i'll respect 10 the memory of Representative
| Price, of Wisconsin, who died yesterday. Mr..
Price had tried all other remedies and subm tilted
| himself To the faith treatment but his case must
| have been desperate as even that cure failed.
| 1t is slid here that not only Hopkins Of the
Lynchburg, but Brown of tho Danvillc district
who defeated the regular democratic candidates
for Congress in those Virs ina districts at the last
election, will vote with the democrats in the next
| Congress.
Mr. Croxton Slys the reason he was defeated
was that three thousand democrats stayed away
| from the polls, but ouly five hundred republicans