Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-29

who takes great interest in the bill appro-
priating 1000 for the completion OF the
statue of Mary the mother of WASHINGTON
ct Fredericksburg, has interviewed all tne
members of the joint COMMITTEES on the La
brar7, to whom that bill has been referreu,
and Gays all will support it.
The State Of New York has claim against
the government of over twenty seven tnou'
eand dollars for the war of 1872, when IL IL
reported she ia willing to transfer to the s, ne.
Varnon Association provided the bill for
transferring a Virginia claim to the same
association, now before the Virginia Legs
lature, shall pass that body.
Ex.Congressman Brady of Virginia is the
president of a newly organized granite COM
panv in Petersburg Virginia, and hopes TO
Get the contract for the stone OF which the
nronosed Catholic University here ID TO De
built. d.
splyania ring to personal explanation
denied the report published in Boston
newspaper that the republicans in the House
Intended to fiibuster against the terih Dill.
He said all he knew about that bill was
report that one was being prepared.
The House to day at an early hour went
into Committee of the Whole on the bill au-
thorizinp the Secretary of the Treasury to
nprchase bonds at his discretion with the
surplus money in the Treasury. ln the
Senate after the routine business MIR. vest
made speech on Indian schools on Indian
reservations. He said that such schools
as now conducted were WORSE than no
schools at all; that the Indians who attend
cd them were ridiculed by their tribe, VINO
thouobt work degrading, and war and the
chase the only occupations OF men that In
dinns could stand anything better than fldi-
cnle and that the Indian boy after return.
lao from school to his tribe not only reverted
10 the blanket, but In order to reinslate
himself with bs tribe, excelled the rest .oi
them il bafbsrity. He said the only
-uccr ss!ul Tndian schools were those con
,ucted py the Jesuits, who bad dual
,choola. who's male and female graduates
married and supported each other, and
rsis.d civilized families. He knew, he said,
of Iodian schools whose rolls contained tOo
names, bnt that the only days on which
more than ten or fifteen attended were those
on which ratons were Issued.
Elk Congressman Brady, OF Petersburg,
was here Yesterday. he says that General
Malone has not only lost the power of con-
trolling the republicans OF the whole State
of Virginia, but even those of his own dis
trict. Another we'll informed republican
from that district says that Gaines, the pres.
emf representative, will have the support OF
the republican organizations OF the district,
that Langston cannot get the colored repup'
licsn vote. Is il has been found ont that he
has never voted the republican ticket since
ha came to the State, aud he is not General
Mahone's candidate, and that Harris, anoth-
ar colored man, spoken OF for the place Can
not be elected on account OF certain charges
of crook eduess in relation to the colored
normal school. He says it would not eur
price the man in the moon II Gen. Manone,
who is now out OF a job. would get Inc pom
| ina;ion.
To show the utter ignorance OF some people
who know how to read and write not only OF the
| institutions of their own country but OF human
| n ,tnre q republican member Of the House told
he GAyETTEs correspondent to-day that ne
had recently received letter from one CT els
orstituents telling him that he yet owed SLOW
Gu a farm he had recently purchased, and that ne
sould be obliged if no would have bi' passed
| nv Congress giving him that much money, and
that if that could not be done 10 ask any eght OF
the republican millionaires in the Senate 10 SUD-
scribe 5000 each, and raise him the money IN that
way. H.
money lent the general government with which
to erect the first public buildings in the city say
they believe the action of the Virginia Leglsla-
ure In transferring that claim to the Mount YER
non Avenue Association will secure It's payment
| Capt j. G.. Meem OF Shenandoah county, Va,
has resigned his position as statistcian OF Vlr-
| gipis for the Agricultural Department, and &C.
cepted cerkshp ia the Office of the supervising
architect Of the Treasury Department, not subject
| to the civil service rules. Col Feathorstone, OF
Virginia, friend Of Senator Dsnie, has been sp-
| pointed to fill the vacancy created by Captain
Meems resignation.
| 1t is reported here that Mr.. Hay, of Madison
county, Virginia, who has been talked about as 8
possible rival of Representative O'Ferral for the
| democratic nomination in the latter's district,
will not allow the use of his name in that conuec-
| ton.
A New York Congressman, personal friend of
ex Senator Conkling, says that if Justice Miller
be the republican nominee for President, the ex-
Senator will pull of his coat aud 20 to work for him.
| 1t is reported that tho Virginia member of the
! republican Congressional committee will be either
Bowden or Bowen, both of whom belong TO the
Malone wing of the republican party.
This city is flooded with counterfeit silver GER.
tifcates of the denomination of five dollars.
| They can be detected by the bad paper and the
| worse likeness of General Grant.
Mrs c. NJ Ware, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, q
| clerk in the life saving bureau, has been trans
ferred to the office of the supervising architect Of
the Treasury.
Jonas s. Kelley has been appointed stoTekeeper
| ard gauger at Saltville, Va.