Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-30
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Especial Correspondence Of the Alexa. GAzETTE.]
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. so. 1855.
In the House to-day among other papers
introduced by Virginia members were the o
following: By MIR. Gaines, bill for the relief
of Reuben Ragland, of Petersburg, Va, for
tobacco seized and sold by the .. s. govern
meut in 1865, and petitions of D. Allan & Co,
8. J. Hurt and w. D. Berkeley and others,
of Petersburg, Va. asking that salt be put
on the free list, and of G. W. Wing6eld, AL
bert D. Hogwood and others, Of Sussex
county, Va, for increased pay to Sd and 4th
GLASS postmasters. Mr.. Brown, of the Dan
willie district, petitions of citizens of Floyd
and Carroll counties, Virginia, for increase
of nav to 3rd and 4th class postmasters,
also petitions for an additional appropris-
tlon for the improvement Ct New river from
Ivanhoe Furnace to the mouth or wilson
creek in Carroll county.
In the course of short debate in the Sen.
ate to day on the bill to reduce postage, Mr.
Salisbury, of Delaware, democrat, said that
such O. bill and all similar ones were only ad-
yocsted as means to take money out OF the
Treasury in order to continue the necessity
for continuing the existing high tariff. The
people. be said, could we'll afford to pay the
present low rate of postage, if the tax on
raw material and the ne cessaries of life were
removed.
The mammoth memorial, said by Mr..
Thoebe, the late contestant for Mr.. Carlisle's
seat. to be on its way here, asking Congress
to reopen that case, has at length arrived.
But it bears only eighteen hundred names,
and many of them are written by the same
person.
There was great fuss about crookedness
in the coast survey some time ago, change
In some of the offices thereof in consequence,
and threatened investigation, but up to
this time no suoh investigation has been
held, or if go, the report has never been
printed Mr.. Colona of tho Eastern Shore
of Virginia, called there Culony, ID at the
head of the survey now.
The recent District of Columbia appoint
ments have not tended to bring the demo-
crats of this city into more accord with the
President than they have been, and some OF
them who have heretofore been reticent,
now openly express their hope for the NOM
natloo of HUI or any other democrat than
Mr.. Cievelaud for the next Presidency.
The House Judiciary Committee tenor
row Will consider the Senate bill to refund
the money collected uuder the direct land
tax law. Two of the South Carolina repre-
senta,ives will make arguments before the
committee in opposition TO the BILL
1t Is said of Senator Dolph of Oregon that
he never votes for an appropriation for this
side of the Rocky Mountains, and never
against one for the other side.
Representative Wise, OF the Richmond
district, says that the representatives of the
@ u
gressionaI delegation who went to Rich.
mond last week 10 look at the Trigg loco.
motive works in that city agree that with
little enlargement OF the plant which the
proprietors are willing to make, those works
will be prepared to do any of the iron work
fol. the new U. 9. man of war Texas, to be
constructed at the Norfolk navy yard, and
that 1t is highly probable large part Of
such work will be ordered there.
Among the decisions rendered by the o..
g. Supreme Court to-day was one to the
effect that the law of Alabama subjecting
certain employees of railroads to ply
sical examination is constitutional, and
one to the effect that delay In the
transmission of business telegram es
not subject the telegraph company to dam
ageS unless the directions In the dispatch
be direct and specific.
The work of the Canadian Commission la
drawing to close. II is expected that the
result will be an agreement to submit the
matters In dispute to arbitration. as the
English commissioners have become con-
WINGED that the American Congress will not
agree either to reciprocity treaty or to the
admission of Canadian fish free of duty.
General Malone Ia In the city. He is
stopping at the Arlington, to which place he
has summoned those Virginia republican
Congressman who acknowledge him as the
leader of the party in their State to meet
him.
Among the nominations sent to the SEN
ate to day by the President were the follow
ing: Commodore Gherardi to be rear admi.
raj, and Capt. W. E. Fitzhugh to be COM
modore.
The House Committee on the election of
President and Vice President agreed to-day
to report favorably bill changing the day
for the meeting of Congress from the first
Monday in December to the LIST Monday in
January, and for the adjournment thereof
on the 3lst Of December instead of the 4th
of March.
In the House to-day bill to remove the
tax on oleomargarine, introduced By Mr..
LAWYER, of Chicago, and by him asked to be
referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means. was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, which shows that it will eth.
er be reported adversely or never be heard
of again.
PocAHoNTAs's PICTURE.-R. n. Brooke,
of Warrenton, Va, whose pictures adorn the
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