Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-15

r,,.b vhst they we're incapable of doing by
intellect. was rdiculously absurd, and re-
minded him of the old cruel custom OF e1-
acting votes and oaths by the squeezing
process. and was not half as effectual as the
rules he had adopted. Tee opinion
Ia general all over the Capitol &C.
dsy, on the House IS we'll az on Tue
Senate eide, that though MIR. doaf may
fnme and fret and spit out his venom az tne
South. and Mr.. Spooner may show MIS- squire
and crow ike spripgai, the Force DILL 10
now mn better than John Randolph's spolit
The Sepate to-day during lis consideration
., the river and harbor bill concurred In the
action of the House in reference to the fol-
Loving appropriations for the Improvement
Of water ways 10 Virginia: $l5. O0O for APP
nomatox river, 5000. 900 for James, SO .OOO Tor
Mattaponi, $50 900 for ChiDcotesgue nay.
50 SEQ for the channel at Mt Vernon, Soooo
for Nomni creek, So 600 for Pamunkey
river. SIS 600 for Rappahanock, % OUO .oo
Staunton, So 0C0 for UrbaDa creek, S!o ooo
for Occo guam creek, and S1O.OCo Tor Aq9is
creek. IL changed the approptlation toi
York river from $40 600 to S3O, UOO, thai n oof
Nensemond river from $40 600 to 81 800.
and that for Hampton creek from Sl0 UoO 20
* ono and that for improving the Potomac
| river at Washington from S24OCuO 10 sooo''
0O0
As anticipa' ed In this correspondence
after all the Efforts that were made to nave
the marshslship of Oklahoma, made vacant
nv the resignation OF Captain Lusty, OF VIZ
eipia, filed by another Vlrginisn, falled'
and that place was given yesterday 10
men from the Territory.
Among the strangers In the city to-day ID
Mr.. B. G. White, formerly OF Aiexsnoria'
but for years past a resident OF Shreveport,
Ia. He was a census supervisor for one OF
the Louisiana districts, and is here on oos'-
meas with the census bureau. He says that
notwithstanding last springs floods the co..
ton crop of Louisiana will be large, and that
with such crop the people there are 81
hsppy as those n the Potomac used to DC
after good fishing season.
II ia stated here by people from airing
ton district, Alexandria county, that the
democratic meeting there which refused &c
sproint delegate to the democratic con
oressioual convention for that district, and
which declared against General Lee, wa;
composed of eight persons, and that the
resolutions were carried by vote OF hVe u
three.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Frye proposed
TO amend the River and HaiDor Dill py pro
pidipg that the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road be allowed to avoid the sharp curve
the north end of the Long Bridge By running
on tie wagon way OF that bridge, and tina
it build new briige FIR wagon way Yves
of the present bridge, but TO connect wi:o
this eide of the draw. Mr.. Eimunds raised
The point of order against the amencmen
Lard Mr. Frye wi hdre it for the present.
preventative C4s@eil, Of Wisconsin,, to
isy pr, sen,ed in the House resolution
rrov,ding hat on Tuesday, the 10 instant
b house shall proceed to the conslderh
ton of the Senate direct tax bill, and tba
four o'clock of that day the previou;
Quest stau ne considered as ordered OF
% biz. and pending amendments it ang
Tbs resolution was referred TO the rue'
commi'iea
Intelligence from the 9th virginia district mere
| to-day is to the eff CT that Mr. Hale has with
| drawn from the cont Sc for the democratic con
gres ,ional nomination in that diatrict in favor
| the pres IL. efficient representative Mr. Lester
| that Henry Patrick and Grayson counties have
| already declared for Lester, and that Lester Will
| probably be renomiuated without opposition -,
Tho following is the only change In the forrtf
class post ffices of Virginia that was made to.dsy
Surry C. ii Surry county. j. Cooper appointed
postmaster, vice p. A. Cooke, removed