Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-18
From Washington.
Especial Correspondence of the Ale1a- GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. -. Jan. Is. 1855

Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and
south Carolina, have solid native delegations
in Congress. Virginia would have, were it
not that Mr.. Hopkins was born in Mary
land. The majority CT the Mississippi dele
CATION were born in other States, and only
one of the Texas congressman, Mr.. Grain,
is a native of that State. Of the Virginia
in the House, Mr.. BoWden
is the handsomest. Mr.. Yost the youngest.
Mr.. Brown. of the Danvile district, hns nine
living children. AIr Gaines, SO the direc
tory says, was for three years the leader OF
his side in the Virginia State Senate. Mr..
Bowen ia member of committee that
never meets.
In the Senate On Monday Mr.. Daniel In
troduced bill for the relief of Arthur Con.
nell. In the House Mr.. Wise introduced
bills for the right Of way from Old Point
Comfort to Mill Creek Bridge, to provide for
the classification of clerks in first class post
Offices, for granting leave of absence to
clerks 10 first class postofices, for fixing the
hours OF labor clerks in first class postoIhcee.
Mr.. O'Ferrall presented petitions of Eakle
& Jones and other business men of Staunton
for placing salt On the free list, for the ref
erence of the claim of ]. R. Keagg of Rock
ingham county to the Court of Claims, and
for the relief of George R. Mayhem. Dir. J.
R Brown presented the petition of S. T.
Hickman and others of franklin and other
counties. of citizens of Copper Hill, and of
citizens of Virginia for increasing the pay It
3rd and 9th class postmasters. MIR. O'ter.
rail- offered similar petitions of citizens OF
White Hall, Frederick county. Dir. Wise
presented similar petitions of citizens Of
Curles Wharf and Erin Shades, Henrico
county, and of Irwin, Goochland county.
MIR. Lee introduced bills to charter the
Independent Automatic Portable Gas Works
Of Washington, and for the relief of Louisa
Kearney. Mr. Bowden introduced bills for
pensions to Martin Ballard, VIM. Randall,
B7ice Martin, and Anthony Baughman.
All the members of the Virginia Congress
sional delegation received this morning off
cial notification that they had been
either instructed or requested by the Virgin.
ia legislature to work for permanent quar-
anline at Cape Charles. Mr.. Yost says the
reception of such notifications has become
so frequent that he looks for them By every
mail and is disappointed when they fail to
come. Mr.. Browne says if the members of
he legislature were informed of the pro-
ceedings of Congress they would know that
ne bad sometime ago introduced bill for
the proposed object, which provides for the
purchase of Fisherman's Island, the quaran-
tine station at Cape Charles, now leased by
the government, for making that station a
permanent one, for permitting infected sub
jects from Baltimore, Norfolk, Richmond
and Washington to be treated there at the
expense of those cities, and for putting that
place in connection with the coast line ca
BILE telegraph.
There was no crowd nor anything to at.
tract one at The installation of Associate
JustceL. @. C.. Lamar of the q. 8. Supreme
Court this morning. He entered the court
room with the other Justices, but upgowned.
He stopped at the,cerk's desk, and, taking
the required oath, stepped back Of the JUS
tices and being gowned, took his seat to the
extreme left ofthe Chief Justice, bowed to the
bar, and the whole affair was over. In this
connection it is mentioned that report is
in circulation to the effect that if the repub.
lican Senators had not made Mr.. Lamar's
confirmation a sectional question, several
democratic Senators would have voted
against it, on the ground of his lack of the
requisite qualifications.
Col. W. E. Simms, formerly Of Danville,
Virginia, has leased the Syracuse Hotel in
this city, and is now the proprietor thereof.
Senator Blackburn, who started to Los
Angeles to see his sick son-in-law, Mr.. Stu
art, being informed on his way of the lat
ter's death, thought be would return, but in
consequence of kilograms from his grief
stricken daughter, has telegraphed here that
he will proceed on his way to California.
The majority of the Senate Committee on
the District of Columbia want the 9th street
depot removed. and will probably report a
bill for that object, providing for the pay
ment of fair price for the property, and the
establishment of union depot. Should that
fail they will probably repors ore allowing
the B. & o. R. r. to locate its depot on the
lot Immediately opposite that of the B. & P.
R. r.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Lee presented
petition from II citizens of the Ssh Con-
gressonal district of Virginia, for prohibit
ton in the District of Columbia also petit.
lions of citizens of Loudoun county, Va, and
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, for an in.
crease in the pay of Sc and 4th class post
masters; also billie for the relief OF John
Henry narrower and John A. Fairfax, and
for pension to Emma F. Read.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Sherman stated that
the finance committee of that body is considering
q bill prohibiting the aduturation of all kinds of
food and drink.
The Senate to-day passed bill making the fee
for passports 81 instead Of So.
Mr., Mills, chairman of the House Ways and
Means committee, says he is not only in favor of
removing the tax raw tobacco but also from
fruit liquor.
Representative Browne of the Acconac, Virgin.
ia, district. did not attend the Malone meeting
that was held in Richmond last night to organize
a State republican league.
People from Philadelphia here to day say that
in the primaries in Pennsylvania yesterday for the
coming district democratic conventions to appoint
delegates to the next national democratic conven-
tion there was square issue between the Randall
men and the Cleveland men, and that while the
latter were in the majority tho former showed
strong minority.
Letter from Richmond.
Especial Cor. of the Alexandria GAzErrEI
RICHMOND, Jan. 1.-THE special legisla-
tive committee appointed in 1886 to examine
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