Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-12

for a draw therein, and to have
fneoon way so feet wide and passenger foot
waS on each side feet wide, the whole
work to be done under tie control of the
Secretary of War
A gentleman itom the Sh congressional
district of Virginia here to-day says ne has
seen an article in one OF the Newspapers OF
that district 10 the fleet that Genera! Lee
either has,ened 10 publish the fact that ne
had been to G, orgetown to get Mr.. Meredith
u ace az street Car conductor, or had baseG
an excuse for q late arrival at the House
nnon that ground Certainly neither ID
correct. The GAZETTE's correspondent
did, upon one occssioh. ask the Generai
what had delsyed him, and his answer was
lust as stated Bat the General never wouid
have said go II he had not been asked, Dor
did he offsr il as az excuse for his late arri-
vaI .as there was 10 necessity for an excuse,
nor was any evsr thought of; nor CD ne
s,v that Mr.. Meredith wss brother 81 the
,5-S.ate Senator until mixed by the CORES
nopdeut TIE gentleman referred 10 says
he also read that General Lee had nc fnBH :
I'd his Virginia bonds in Riodieoer
par's but it has ated in this corres-
ooudencs tia, G-nerat Lse saif thu only
Viteioia oo, ds IN "nicn he is at al inte'-
ed are K I'D eoeig-7 bopds.
II. n. Simpson of Stoneviile, N. {, VINO
has baeu app1intet 70 Il position In "ne OF
the goverpm~nt depsr ments here, psesum
ablv through the iuhueDce and at toe H.
apce of Cci G., seman Brewer OF NORTH
Caroline, sope tune ago attempted "a OUT
rage upon one of the most es'inaoie, Gultut-
ed and vif,ulu5 young ladies in the SAFE o.
North Caroline, or any other Stale, 1oi
which he il 1oS h-ld 20 answer hefnse the
court aud YVES un1sr bord 10 thus suswe'
when b. assumed 81: p0sition In Washing
;op. which f4cj mast na7s befn kIe@n DJ
Mr.. BrOG,r, Gho represents The district II
wcich Simpson ives.
II is sse,ei here by Virginia republican
from the Alexandria congressional! district
that the ne2coss OF shat district have formed
secret poilica! organization for the put
pose of running enc of their own race tol
Congress in that district next November
and hat they say that though Mr. Agnew wSl
defeated at the last election. be was allowed
name all the federal office holders in th'
district AID that he named white men for al
those places and that though negro can
d,dsts would also be defeated, he would b.
SLOWED by the administration to remove Thu
Agneg appointees and fill their places will
people of his own color.
Respecting the Langston-V enable case
there are two reports to-day. One tina
emanates from the House elections commit
tee room Is to the effect that Langston vii
be seated within two weeks. The other
that cones from republican members on th
foor,;s that he resolution for seating Langs
ton will be recon- mtted to the committed
and will not be acted on at this session. l
ia said in confederation of the latter thai
Representative Che adle of Indiana will op
pose the assaee OF the resolution vigorous
Iiy, and that he will be supported
by several other republican members
among them nearly all from Minnesota
Should this be So it will be the result of Genera
Mshone's work amcng his republican friends
Bowden's support of Langston was the cause o
the rupture between him and General Malone
who acc ,Idi 10 current rumors, told him If h
voted for angs on he, Mahone would come to hi
district and stump it against him.
| The Sc c mmiitee on i9leges and eec
tions has reported favoraby on the resolution Il
pay the heis of tho late Senator Johnston, {
Virginia, the balance OF salary due on his frs
term-that is from the 4.h of March 1869, in
cad Of from the 9th of January 1870.
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