Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-16
From Washington
rspecIal Correspondence of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WASHING TON. D. c., Aug. 16, 1855

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WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. IT, 1883.
From New York private intelligence to-
dsv is to the effect that Gov. Hill Will pe
renominated for Governor by the STATE
democratic convention, and be elected, put
that at the election an effort will be mace
by those democrats who are dissatlsheo Win
the national administration to make the
difference in his vote and that OF the fresl-
dent go great that the extent OF their dlssaI'
isfaction may be rendered apparent py
glance at the returns.
The Senate to-day defeated Mr. morgan
motion to postpone the further consldelh'
ton of the Canadian fisheries treaty oy
vote of 81 to "a. all the republicans Young
with the majority and all the democra
with the minority, except Mr. Mcfnelson'
of New jersey, who was absent anu uh'
paired. -,u.
Representative Brown, of the Danvllle,
VIRGINIA. district. saws be is induced to be.
leye from the private intelligence he re-
oeives from his district, that he will be re-
nominated by the republican convention
there.
People here from the 9th Virginia district
ssv that MIR. ]. A. Buchanan, who was
nominated for Congress by the democrats OF
that district yesterday, is an able and popu.
lar man and an effective speaker, and that If
it be possible for the democrats of that dis
trict to beat Mr.. Bowen, the present repuo'
lican representative, they can do 30 under
his lead.
Representative Crisp. acting chairman OF
The House Commerce Committee, by reason
of the absence Of the chairman, told the GA
ZETTEs correspondent this morning that
he and Mr.. Browne had had conference
upon the subject of an ice boat on the Poto-
mac. and had come TO the conclusion that
the most advisable course to pursue 10 the
premises would be to refer the bill to the
Committee on the District of Columbia, as
it related to local matter, and as the Com
merce Committee had never, to his knowl-
edge. made provision for clearing rivers and
harbors OF ice.
Representative Mills, the author of the
Mills bill, will GO to West Virginia in day
or two and make some campaign speeches
there. Mr. Mills is greatly eated at the po'
sition the democracy hes taken upon the
tariff question, and says they must win, but
that it will be better 10 fail in good cause
! than to retreat, and that in that bill they
made all the concessions possible with due
regard to the interests of the people OF the
country.
General Field, who commanded division
| in the Confederate army, was doorkeeper
of the House some years ago, and 10 now su-
perintendent of the government reservation
at the Hot Springs in Arkansas, was on the
floor of the House to-day. The General
looks almost as young as he did when he
wore his Confederate uniform twenty odd
years ago.
Ia the Senate to day Mr.. Edmund's reso.
luton of inquiry concerning the number CT
| white deposltors in the broken Freedmen 8
Bank came up. The bill as passed the sen
ate provides that its beDe6ciaries shall he
confined entirely to colored people. MIR.
| Beck contended that both bill and resolution
were wrong, and that the government had no
more right to make good the losses ofdepos.
itors 10 the Freedmea's Bank than those 10
any other banking institution chartered bv
| the government, and that though in this case
| the republicans treated the negroes as wards,
| when it suited their partys interests to do 30,
| thew treated them as the superiors in intel
ligepce of the white people of Southern COM
munities, aud wanted them put in charge OF
ell the interests of entire Southern
States.
There is movement 90 foot among the
democrats of the House to pass all the re.
naming regular appropriation bills as soon
as possible and get them oyer to the Senate,
80 as to be able to say to the country ::
"We have done all We came here to do,
and are now waiting upon the convenience of our
friend, the republicans Whenever it shall please
them to report tariff bill. it will please US to
consider it and act upon it as soon as possible"
General Malone arrived here to-day from Pc
tersburg and went straight 20 his rooms at Cham
berlain's.
The republic ms in the Hou:e to-day consumed
much time in effort to fix day'for tho consd-
GRAFTON of pension bills.
The conference committee to whom was refer
red the bill to allow the Richmond aud Danville
Railroad to lay track from near tho north end
of the Long Bridge to its property on the south
side of Maryland avenue near by, agreed to-day
upon report.
Mr.. Reagan, ex. Postmaster General Of the Con.
federate States, has his desk in the Senate piled
up with books and documents, and, If he shall
have an opportunity, will made long speech to-.
day on the subject of the Presidents last annual
message.
Judge Bacon, of New York. clerk in the PEN
sion Office, dropped dead at his desk in that office
this morning, it is supposed of the excessive heat