Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-07
a,rnm Washington
[ 5pecsl Correspondence OF tho Aloxs dAzETrlJ
WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec Z 1855


There was no session of the Senate TO day
that bCdy having adjourned yesterday untli
Monday The remainder OF yesterGay 8
session OF the House was consumed 10 tAe
consideration of the Girec; tax blli. 10 d'l
the House went on tbs caioudar ara too&
I'D the b.l Tor \ cnraauan canal, whlcn
was opposed by General Spinoa Of Nvw
| York, who to;m.d the bill! probable seek
iobbing couc4rn, end which was supporief
by Messrs Cox and Fatquhar OF New York.
When the House shall adjourn 10 nay IL
will be mt MoDdny
The pension bill wss completed thia morn
inr and Will he re;cii.d 70 :be House mex
week The amount II npprorrIates Is 81
Isl, OG0 In view 81 the fact that 1t Is now
twont> { ,ur years ai'ce tie rat gun in the
civil war wai ii 8 i,t;i5 eli 'tm ,us appTopria-
ton utterly rcli.ies il.e idra that republicans
are upgTatetdl,
A conference of al the Southern republi-
can members Ct the House WAS held ycster
day 70, the purpose CT devis!ng some way By
which uGi;y aud community OF action OH
he snbecl Of Southern patronage under tho
incoming republican administration might
be scared /. WAC or iha 90 as sou please
style. ard resGited III no detiOite action, nor
from h,' seucrai tenor Of what TOOK Place is
it probQne that any action at sli Will be
taken. as some oi The vi seat Of those 1ho
were present pfemei TO be opposed TO the
object, and evidently thought that no mat
ter What the others nigh! do, each OF them
selves could gec along better On his own
hook
Representative Bowden, of Virginia, hav
ing been spoken of in SONS OF The Virginia
newspapers, ami by SONS Virginia repubi-
cans recently in this city, In connection with
the republican nomination for Governor OF
his State, that gentleman WAS asked by the
GAZErTE's correspondent this morning what
foundation there was for auch talk. DIR.
BoWdeu replied that while having his name
prominently mentioned for such a distin
guished position Us that OF Governor OF Viz
ginia could not be but highly gratifying,
he would not accept the nomination if it
were rendered him on a silver plate.
The funeral of the late G IN. Ayres, L. S.
A whose death at Fort Hamilton, n. Y,
has been previously announced In the GA
zETTE, took place here this morning. The
coffin, wrapped with the American flag,
was borne on gun carrisge, and was es
corted to the grave by the battalion of U. s.
artillery stationed here, preceded By the
Marine band playing funeral marches. The
line Of The procession wa frcm the
Baltimore end Ohio depot up Pennsylvania
avenue The U 5. flags borne by the sol
diers were inscribed with the names of all
the battles of the war between the States in
which The regiment TO which they belonged
were engaged. Aud this, too, though this
is the national capital Of a reunited people,
and during national administration, and
though all wise nations hasten to obliterate
every possible reminder Of civil war. His
remsins were inferred at Arlington.
The faded hopes of the last ditchers
among the democratic officers OF the House
were revived to-day by report to the eff.
feet that the Governor of New York would
give certificate Of election to Mr.. Bacon,
democratic Congressional candidate whose
defeat the democrats have up to this time
conceded, and that consequently. now that
the West Virginia delegation is solid, the
democrats will organize the next House. II
Is needless to say that nobody else antiCi
pates any such contingency.
The executive committee OF the national re-
publican committee recently in session here adj
iourned Yesterday. Among the conclusions it
reached wss one to the fleet that tweuty-sevon
contests for seats in the House should he msde
aud supported among them fifteen from the nth.
Some of the members OF the committee, inclnd-
lug Chairman Quay. and other prominent reiub- I
licans among them Senator AiliSon. lef; hefe /
This morning TO visit General Nshone st his home !
ia Peter sbuig.