Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-10
From Washington,
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexa. GAzErT

WARRINGTON. u. o., Jan. III, 1883.
On the 4th instant, in the House, Mr.
Dingley, of Maine, introduced the following
bill, which is now before the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries:
Be ii enacted, DC That the local inspec.
tors mentioned in section forty.four hun
dred and forty-two of the Revised Statutes
may, upon application, examine the master
or mate of any sailing vessel of the United
States employed in the coast wise trade,
and if satisfied, from personal examination
of the applicant and proof which he offers.
that he possesses the requisite knowledge,
experience and skill, they shall grant such
master or mate license for the term of two
years 10 pilot such vessel or any other sail
} ing vessel belonging to the same owners, in
such ports, harbors, or waters within the
limits of such inspection district as may be
prescribed in his license, with the same lia-
bility to suspension or revocation ae licenses
given to pilots of any steam vessel under
the laws OF the United States; and no such
sailing vessel piloted into or out of any port
of the United States by any such master or
mate go licensed shall be holden or obliged
to take any other pilot in any such port, or
be compelled to pay any charges or fees to
any pilots for pilotage services offered and
declined under the pilotage laws or regula-
LlOub Oh any StSlS.
Sec. 2. That no sailing vessel of the
United States employed in the coasting
trade taking and having the aid or towage
OF steam vessel into or out of any port of
the United States, when such steam vessel
is in command of licensed pilot for such
port under the laws of the United States,
shall be obliged to take any other pilot in
any such port, or, declining the offer or ten
der of pilotage services in such port of any
pilot appointed under the laws or regula.
tions of any State, be compelled to pay any
fee or charges to such State pilot.
Sec 8. That so much of the last clause
of section forty-four hundred and forty four
of the Revised Statutes as is inconsistent
with this act is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect six
months after Its passage
The sub committee TO which this bill has
been referred is composed of Hatch, Dingley
and Clark, all of whom are in favor of it.
mttee last year, and was so bothered by its
all the time, and would even eat and sleep
with him, that he swore he would serve on
it no longer. A delegation from Norfolk,
with Mr.. Marshall at their head, are here
to-day for the purpose of opposing the pass
age of the bill.
The Senate Judiciary Committee by for
NAL vote tc day decided to report adverse.
ly upon the nomination of Mr.. Lamar to be
Associate Justice of the U. 8. Supreme
Court. Tho vote was as follows: Against
confirming; Messrs. Edmunds, Ingalls,
Hoar, Wilson and Egarts, the FIVE repubi.
can members. For confirming; Messrs.
Pugh, Coke, Vest and George, tho four
democratic members. Il is the general i'm.
preston, even among republicans, that the
report will be rejected by the Senate, and
Mr.. Lamar be confirmed.
Among the strangers on the floor of the
House to-day, before it was cleared, was
Dennis Kesrney, the famous sand lot
orstor" from San Francisco. He says he
will etay East till summer. 1t is understood
that he is q labor agent, sent here to infu-
encs Congressional legislation. He was
made great deal of by the republican rep.
resentatives from his State, who took him
around and introduced him to those mem.
bers of the House who pose as great friends
of the workingmen.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
yesterday was one by Senator Gull
om of Illinois, to pension all the survivors
of the Black Hawk and Seminole war ex.
cept Jefferson Davis.
In the House to-day the call Of States for
bills, not completed yesterday, was resumed,
and o deluge of bills was the result, few of
which will ever be heard of agaiu.
A delegation from Dumfres, Va, headed
by Mr.. Ratclif, called upon Gen. Lee at the
House to-day, and urged him to have an ap
preparation made for the improvement of
navigation at Dumfres.
The House Banking and Currency Com.
mittee to-day agreed to report bill fixing
the circulation of the national banks at The
par value of their bonds deposited in the
Treasury.
Senator Riddleberger having read in last
evenings GAZETTE the letter ex-Auditor
Brown Allen, of Virginia, sent to Secretary
McCook, resigning his position as clerk in
his Office, was at the Secretary's Office early
to-day, and demanded Mr.. Aliens immedi-
ate removal, though, as stated in this cor
respondence yesterday, his removal would
not otherwise have taken place until the
10Th. The Senator's demand was complied
with at once, and Mr.. Allen pay as an en-
ployee of the Senate closed to day
The nomination of Mr.. Villas to be Score
tary of the Interior will be reported favora.
bly, and unanimously, and that OF Mr.. Dick.
inson to be Postmaster General will proba.
bly, be reported by Senator Sawyer, of the
Post Office Committee, at the first executive
| session.
Judge T. J. Mackay of South Carolina,
whose name is mentioned in the sensational
divorce suit brought by A. Scott Witherbee,
well known in the financial and social cir.
cles Of Chicago, was o confederate scout
with Mr.. Abner Minor. of Fairfax, and
operated near Alexandria during the early
part of the civil war.
LEGISLATIVE.
In the State Senate yesterday bill was
introduced to allow compensation to ply.