Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-28
From Washington

From Washington
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexs. GAZETTE.
WASHING ION. d. c., June IS, 1883
The Senate to day after the morning hour
resumed the consideration of the River and
Herbor bill. During the morning hour MIR.
Faulkner moved as amendments TO the bill
providing for the awards of the court OF
claims, So, 1872 for Rob-. w. Renick, and
50. OO6 for James w. Johnston, administra-
TOR of Samuel McClung, Of GreeDbrier coun-
ty. West Virginia. The House at an early
hour resumed the consideration of the Mills
bill. When vote on this bill will be
reached is as much in doubt now as ever.
MIR. Kelley told the GAzETrEs correspond
emit this morning that his party had deter.
mined to debate every line otit, that the
sections that would produce the most de-
bate, those on sugar and the internal reve-
nue., had not yet been reached, and that he
did not think vote could be reached be
fore the 18th of October. From Mr.. Speak
er Carlisle's room the GAzETTE's CORES
pondent learned that the debate will be
concluded ABOUT the 10Th or 20th of July !,
and that arrangements to that effect have
bsen practically determined upon; and
Senator Morrill,, chairman of the Senate FL
nance Committee, told him this afternoon
| that he thought the session would end be
| tween the 1st and the 10Th of August. You
| pay your money aud take your choice. In
| the meanwhile the debate drags its slow
length YEARLY along. About one hundred
and eighty lines of it have been completed,
and about sixteen hundred lines remain I'M
| touched.
People who have talked with the Presi-
dent to-day, say ne expressed himself as
greatly pleased with his trip TO the Univer
| sity Of Virginia yesterday and with the hos
| pitable treatment and unobtrusive courtesy
ne received during tine entire day.
la the Criminal Court here to day Miss Nc.
Bride, charged with setting fire to the house
she occupied for the purpose of obtaining
Insurance moaey, WAS convicted. The pen
atty is imprisonment from one to twenty
years. II was developed during the trial
chat she had been an inmate of Il prison in
| the South.
Among those who have returned to the
city from Chicago is Senator Rddleberger.
| He says that in most things the newspapers
exaggerate, but that they dldn't do soin their
| accounts OF the row between the c0ntesting
| Virginia delegates ia the room of The com nit.
tee on credentials at the Chicago conven-
| ton, aud that of that row the half has not
been told. He also says that Gen. Malone
| is chairman OF the State committee of the
republican party OF Virginia, and that Mr..
John Wise will compromise his differences
with the General long time before lie, Rid
dleberger, viii.
Gen. Lee was not in the House to- day. 1t
was reported at the Capitol to day that he
had gone on a short business trip to Boston.
Gen. Malone has arrived here, on his way
L.. H..
spirits is looked upon here as the head of
bis party in his Sta.e, ard, it is said by
other returned delegates, has again made
upi with Senator Rlddleberger.
Up to noon to day General Sheridan had
not been removed from his house. 1t was
published in the papers of this city that he
would be put on vessel here early this
morning for transportation 10 Northern
seaside resort.
The democrats Of the Senate held a eau
Gus this morning but the only thing III, t
was determined thereat was that the usual re-
publican motion TO adjourn from Thursday
to Monday should be opposed, and the con-
sheraton of the regular appropriation bills
be proceeded with as rapidly as possible
Yesterday was the day for the meeting Of
| the House education committee, which has
the Blair bill before it, but only two mem
bers were present.
1t is understood that Mr.. Randall is by no
means confident of Mr. Cleveland's re- cleo.
ton, aud that while he will vote his party's
ticket and and tell other people to do 30,
his intimate friends know be will not be
disappointed at it's defeat, and will not look
upon such defeat as his funeral.
The receipts from customs aloao at the
Treasury to day amounted to over million
dollars, nearly all of which was exacted
from raw materials aad the necsssaries of
life, things which the poor man has to con.
sumo in order to live.
In the Senate to day the vote by which
the appropriation for Yadkin river was
struck out of the River and Harbor bill yes
terday by Senator Edmuuds, who said he
had CROSSED that river four times within
the last six months, and that he had crossed
it with much less trepidation than many
Senators cross the Rubicop, which stream
gets very few appropriations from Congress-"
was, reconsidered and the appropriation
was reinstated.
The Ipdian Chssks, and his bride, who
was Miss Fellows, of this city, are now
here. The bride is about forty and is not
pretty.
As many of the regular appropriation
bills can not be com pleted by the 30th inst,
the end of the fiscal year, Mr.. Randall.wil
to day offer resolution in the House to
continue the operation of the existing
bills for thirty days.