Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
Isnsctsl Correspondence OF the AlsIs, aAzErTrJ
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 6. 1851.

WASHINGTON, u. u, Jan b. lcSo.
The room of the U. S. Supreme Court was
crowded to-day to witness the installation Oh
Mr.. Brewer, of Kansas, the new Associate
Justice of that court. He entered the room
with the other Justices and wearing a gown
like theirs, but took q ssat along SIDE toe
CLERK. He read the oath of office IN a hrm
and distinct voice, and having kissed the oil
bile. walked up on the bench and took MS
seat on the extreme left of the Chief JUSTICE,
Justice Lamar having vacated that seat ana
taken the one on the extreme right OF the
chief Justice. When Justice Brewer reach
ed bis seat, but before taking IL,
the other Justices, still standing, turned
and made obeisance to him. He made
a responsive bow and took his seat, and the
court proceeded with it's bnsineFs. justice
Brewer ia a nephew of Justice Field, whom
he somewhat resembles in PERSONAL appear
ance end in manner and voice.
Il was currently reported at the Capitol
this morning that Mr.. Speaker Reed has
prepared a get of rules for the government
of the House, probably after consultation
with the other two republican members OF
the committee on rules, which he will report
to a meeting of that committee to be held
tomorrow, the chief provisions OF which
are The restoration of the old morning
hour, the cutting of of dilstory motions.
allowing legislative amendments to appro-
~priation bills when approved by the apprcT
priations committee, and reducing the mum
Der required for a quorum of the
of the whole to one hundred In other words,
to allow the small republican majority to DO
all they please, irrespective OF the opposition
of the large democratic minority.
It was intimated at the census bureau
some time ago that of the five supervisors
of census To be appointed in Virginia, Two
we're to be democrats. But since then a
change has come over, or more probably
been forced upon, the spirit OF the creams
of Superintendent Porter on that %sub]ec',
and the talk at the bureau to-day ID to tho
effect that all of them will be republicans.
Among the applicants for the places referred
70, the pay of which Ia only i've hundred
dollars, are Mr.. Siemp, late Malone candi'
date for Lieutenant Governor oil Virginia,
and Mr.. Gaines, the Malone ex-oongressman
from the Petersburg district.
Capt. J. NJ. Rudgin, of Caroline county,
Va, has been spending the holidays In this
city. the guest of Senator Daniel. Capt. b..
represents Caroline in the legislature, and is
an ayowed candidate for Congress from the
first district, as are Robert J. Washington,
of Westmoreland; w. A. Jones, OF Rich
mond oounty; Senators Blackstone, of &C.
oomack; and Little, Of Spotsylvanis; and
Nj. 8. Rowe, who was elected to the House
of Delegates without opposition from Fred
er~icksburg. Bailey Browne will, it isundeT-
stood, be q candidate for denomination, but
will, 1t is said, undoubtedly be opposed
warmly by the friends of Senator Mcdonald
and Col. r. W. Mayo, of Westmoreland
The friends of Judge Bristow, assistant U.
s. attorney, are also hopeful of his making
the race. 1t is said that Speaker r. b..
Caldwell, of the Virginia House of Delegates,
hopes to succeed George D. Wise, from the
Richmond district. 1t ia reported that when
Mr.. Jacob Yost was here recently, he de-
clared that he Was permanently out OF
politics.
Representative OFsrrall of Virginia, who
has Just returned from Richmond, says he
heard while there some talk about a propo-
sition to settle the Virginia debt coming up
in the Virginia legislature during the pres
ent session of that body, but that he did not
hear the character of the proposition nor
how or when 1t was to be introduced. Rep
resentative Lee, vino has also just returned
from Richmond, says the Information he OBJ.
tanned there on the sub 7ct referred to was
to the same effsct ss Mr.. O'FerralEs, and
that some of his informants expressed them
selves as hopeful of a settlement 10 the near
future.
Three members of the present House have new
or yet taken their seats in that body, by reason of
sickness. They are Messrs. Randall and Whit
thorn, democrats, and Mr.. WILDER, republican. In
the House to day, on motion of Mr.. Carlisle, they
were allowed to have tho oath of office admins.
tered to them at their resp, ctive resiuenc'3.
The House elections committee will meet to-
morrow and hear arguments in the contested
election case Of Smith, republican, VS.. Jackson,
democrat, from West Virginia. From the compo-
sition of the committee it is generally expected
that the report of the republican majority thereof
will DO in favor of the contestant, and the ques
tion of its adoption by the House will be likely to
provoke a long and exciting debate.
A Virgins Congressm an, in order to test an
unsettled question among some of his colleagues,
cal ed at the q. s. Treasury to-day and asked for
his pay as a member Of the House for the month
OF December, having drawn that for November
from the ex sergesnt-at-srms at the end OF that
month. He WIS paid on the instant.
The following is tho only change that was
made in the 4th class postofhces of Virginia to-
day: Sturgeon Point, Charles City county, q. NJ.
sherron appointed postmaster, vice Mrs. ]. $.
Truax, resigned.
LKGIsLATIvE.-In the Senate Saturday q