Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-26
From Washington
Especial Correspondence Of the Ale1s. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 26, 1855.

The House to-day passed bill when nao
previously passed the Senate, by which the
customs district Of Newport News IN VIZ
pinia shall hereafter comprise all the waters
and shores from the point forming the eouth
shore Of the mouth Of the RappahannocS
river, along the coast of the Chesapeake Dey
to Back river lighthouse; thence TO point
south of Old Point Comfort midway In the
channel of Hampton Roads thence 10
eouthwesterly direction to rig foine Hgnt'
bouse thence along the south shore OF the
Iames river 10 point on the peninsula
formed by the James and York rivers oppo.
site Williamsburg, and thence across said
nenipsua to the south bank of the York rlv'
or 80 as to embrace in said district, 10 addl-
tion TO the ports heretofore inc uded, Hamp'
ton and Newport News; in which Newport
News shall be the port of entry and 1orK'
town port Of delivery end the Norfolk
and Portsmouth district comprise oil the
waters and shores within the State OF VIZ
piuia southwark of the district of Newport
News. as above described, and not included
in the districts Of Petersburg and Richmond;
in which Norfolk and Portsmouth shall be
the sole ports of entry and Suffolk and
Smithfeld the ports of delivery.
L. is reported that Marshal Wilson end
Commissioner Wheatly, of the District OF
Columbia, have each made contribution OF
one thousand dollars to the national demo-
cratic campaign fund, and that most, if not
all. the subscriptions to that fund 20 far made
in this city have been those Of office holders
surely the ones who should make them,
the civil service laws to the contrary not
withstanding.
Representative J. r. Brown, Of the Dan
vile, Virginia, district, republican who
was not renominated, says he thinks that
while the democrats in his district are max
| ing a loud canvass, the republicans are making
| q still one, and that from what he saw ana
heard when at home recently, he is induced
TO believe that the latter. up to this time at
, least, has been the more effective.
I General Echols of Stauntop, and his
family, who have just returned from trip
| TO Europe, passed through here to-day Oh
{ their way home.
The House 10 day passed the Senate rest
luton approprating 100000 to the yellow
! fever sufferers, so amended as TO MAKE lie
expenditures subject to the authorities OF
the infected States, and thereby overcoming
Mr.. Kigore's objections. But the amend
ment necessitates senatorial concurrence.
In the Senate to day MIR. George made q
long speech on Mr. Chambers resolution
| browning
mars ironesls in cases of homicide commit
ted at national elections. In it he refuted
MANY of the charges brought by northern
republicans against the South giving his
tory Of the origin of tho sectional differences,
and showing that all the troubles between
The North and South have been caused by
eucroachments by the former upon the
rights guaranteed the latter by the Consitu.
on Of the country.
The tariff bill prepared by the republican
members of the Senate hnance committee,
though reported TO the full committee yes.
terday strange 10 say, to all except the re-
publican members of the committee referred
TO, seems to be as much of secret to. day a.
il was before it was reported. The full com
mittee met to-day and probably had the bill
before them, but from no member thereof,
neither democrat or republican, could any
| of its provisions be- ascertained. 1t is said
| that it makes o reduction Of so per cent in
the tariff on sugar and rice, southern pro-
duets, and that it puts iute, manila and
| other Southern products on the free list, re-
moves all The tax on tobacco (but this not
definitely deiermined) and increases the tax
on wooleus From the beet attainable au
thoIity, however, the bill is crude, not half
perfected, and nuthiug n it so fixed as to be
interchangeable at the next meeting of the
| COMMITTEES.
A, Westmoreland c. II. on Monday las5
speeches were made by Repre-. entative
Browne, of that district, his democratic RI
val Mr.. Kendall and Mr.. John Goode. Mr..
Browne was at the Capitol to-day. He says
he thinks the vote in his district will be
about az it was two years ago.
A democratic mem Der of the House from
Illinois says the grievance committee of the
brotherhood of locomotive engineers, fire.
men and switchmen, ard both branches OF
the labor party in his State, have declared
for the democrats there, and have requested
the cooperation OF all the subordinate
lodges.
Representative Fuller, OF Iowa, who with
Representative Kerr, both republicans,
made speech at Woo dbridge laat Saturday,
when republican flag pole was raised
there, Gays the audience was rather small
and was composed in no little part of demo.
Gratis, but that he never had a more respect
fu hearing. He says the people told him
that the pole was the first republican one erected
in that neighborhood since the one at Occcqaau,
close by, was cut down by the late James Jackson
in 1860 Mr. Fuller is SO much pleased with the
Woodbridge neghborhood that he is thinking
about purchasing tract of land there
In The House to-day the conference report on
the sundry civil bill WAS reported, but its consd
Grafton postponed until tomorrow. By it Mr..
Smithmeyer, tho architect of the new library
building, is ceisated out of his position, and the
erection of the building entrusted to an army on
gineer.
Col. Cody-Buff4lo Bill--with delegation from
his Wild West show, called at the White House
to-day and invited the President and his wife to
see that show now on exhibition near Alexandra.
In the Senate yesterday evening the report of
the conference committee on the bill providing
for new light houses wss adopted. 1t hid prtvi-
ously been adopted by the House. Among the ad-
ditions to the bill made by the conference CON-
IN ttee is on appropriation for new light house
at or near Lynhsven Inlet, Virginia.
! The Senate yesterday passed 144 pension bills
in As minutes. But for ali this haste the republi-
cans complain when the President occasionally
votoes one whose fraudulent character is too plain
! to be overlooked.
! Renresentatiyes ] e Washington OF Tennnssee