Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Ale1s. 9AzhTTsJ
WASHING TON. D. O.. April 4. 1880.

WASHING TON, D. c.. April 4, 1880.
Amonp the strangers in the city to- day ia
Col Larry Boyce, OF Clarke county, Va. lt
u understood that the Colonel has ne
ootiatad the sale Of million and
half contiguous acres of land In south
west Virginia, West Virginia and Ken
tncky. TO ex-senator Sabln and q synql'
cate. Most of the land ia mountainous. lts
ownership is claimed by the heirs OF Col:
Wolcott. whose brother was member OF
General Washipgton's cabinet. The settlers
on the land, Of whom there are quite q
number. ere to be given good titles for their
holdings. and only the unsettled portions oil
the tract are to be taken possession OF by
the purchasers. In one direction the tract
is sixty.three miles long, and it is said to con.
tain more coal than has yet been discovered
Ia all the rest of the world.
The House committee on the election OF
President and Vice President will present a
favorable report, on the bill to MAKE nun
and void the recent gerrymander IN onlo
and Maryland to morrow, ana ask tne
committee on rules to set an early DAY ior
its consideration. 1t is understood that
though some of the republicans are opposed
TO it, they will all vote for 1t when the vote
shall be taken. ;,
Among the strangers in the city to-day Is
Mr.. ]. B. nj. Wright, of Lynchburg, va.
Mr.. Wright was president OF tne nrs,
Cleveland and Hendricks Club organized
in Virginia in 1884 He says be doesn't
think New York contains all the democratic
Presidential material in the country, but
that he will work for anybody the conven-
ton may nominate.
General Lac says the bill granting the
right of way across the Aqueduct Bridge to
the Georgetown and Arlington Railroad
Company will be 30 amended, when 1t shall
come up in the House, that it Will grant
equal privileges to all the other railroads
that NAV want to cross that bridge. DE
ssvs the committee thought they had made
such provision in the bill, but If 1t be not
there, it will be put there, that is II 1t De
possible that anything he can do will effect
that object.
Messrs. D. R. Windsor, M. B. Harlow aud
Frank Hume, of Alexandria. escorted by
Gen. Lee. called upon the Quartermaster
General and the Secretary of War to-day
and explained to them the plans aud pur.
poses of the proposed Mt. Vernon Avenue.
They subsequently, came to the Capitol
where they had interviews with Senators
Allison. Dawes and German of the Senate
appropriations committee, and with Repre-
sentatives Williams, Kinsey and Robertson
of the House Military Committee. to which
committees that bill hes been referred
They we're rpPfflsed to find that none
of the. Gentlemen referred to ba0 the
E f5ttest idea of what was intended by the
| bill until they explained it TO them. Their
| talk With the Senators and Representatives
was altogether informal, but both commit
tees said they would hear them explain the
bill at length next week. MIR. Cutcheon
chairman of the House military committee,
] told the GAZETTE's correspondent he would
| lock up the report of the Secretary OF war
on the bill, but he thought two hundred feet
would bs a wider road than would be
required g wide road, he said, might be
necessary between Washington and Alex
audria, but below the latter city, q narrower
one, he thought, you'd suffice.
| The following changes in the Al class
| postoffices in Virginia were made to-day
Munford. Botetourt county. w. G. Early
appointsd postmaster, vice r. l.. Brown,
resigned Nettle Ridge. Patrick county, J.
| IT. Critz. vice Flora A. Brown, removed.
| MIR. Wise's term in this Congress is draw
ing to a close. The House to-day fixed
| Thursday next as the time for oustng him.
Mr.. Wise called at the Navy Department
this morning to see If the Marine Band could
not obtain permission to go to Richmond on
the 29sh of MAY, when the Lee monument
will be unveiled, but was unsuccessful 10
| his application.
To-day being Good Friday, cut of respect
for the day neither the Senate nor the U. 3.
Supreme Court was in session, though some
of the committees of the former were.
People from Petersburg here to-day cay
the report that Capt. Asa Rogers, who has
gone to Paris, has received government
appointment, is not credited there, but that
it is said there he has gone on some Of Gen.
| Mahone's private business.
The House committee on posotlices to.
day agreed to report bill making ali pub
LEGATIONS issued periodically, but which are
merely books or reprints of books, issued
complete or in parts, subject to thrd-class
postage.
The Senate committee on the worlds fair
was in session to-day. The bill. as it passed
the House, was read, together with Senator
Daniels amendment proposing that suitable
ceremonies he held at Washington October
II, 1892, in connection with this unyeiliDg OF
statue of Christopher Columbus, the open.
ing of the fair at Chicago 10 follow. Sub
committees were appointed TO consider Dill
ferent parts Of the bill.
The House committee Oh naval affairs to-day
directed favorable report on the McAdoo bill to
prevent the enlistment of aliens in the navy.
A republican Senator told tho GAzETTE's cor
respondent this morning there was no more doubt
of the two republican Senators from Montana
being seated than there was that MIR. HARRISON
would not be renominated.
The House committee on elections to day heard
arguments upon the contested election case of
McGinnis VS. Anderson. from the third district Of
West Virginia General Gof and Mr.. Fuller
| represented tho contestant and Messrs. Lemly
aud Sinclair appeared for the sitting member
Mr. McGinnis thought he had such poor Gasp
tina. he once partially abandoned it. But the par
tisan action of the committee stimulated him to
perseverance,.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Cant 2 n Hndnaman q native of Stat.