Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
,psoisl Correspondence OF the Alexs. aAzErT,

FROM WASHINGTON.
,pseisl Correspondence OF the Alexa. GAzETT,]
WASHINGTON. D. c.. July 81. 1880.
A statement showing the cost that the
government reservation known as the AZ
lington estate, in Alexandria county, has
been to the Taxpayers of that county and
S ate of Virginia has been sent to Senator
d aniel, member Of the .. S. Senate COM
m,ttee on pubic buildings and grounds, oy
Mr.. J. E Clements, Commemorative Attor-
uey for Alexandria county, and will proba-
Div pe considered at the next meeting OF
that committed The statement shows that
the Uuited States government in 1861, '62
and '63, placed many thousand colored pee
p,e upon this estate, and cared for the destl-
tute Tor few yeare; then, just about the
close of the war, abandoned them that the
clunty OF Alexandria thinking this estate
pirt OF the domain of the county, when
1ese poor helpless creatures called for help.
f,od, raiment, fuel and medicines were
| sued them by toe county as to other pau
psrs; that for over twenty years this was
Kept up at cost of 81 600 per year, making
over $50 600; also schooling for twenty years
al 81, 900 per year. 10000; cost of repair
ing roads for twenty years at 500 per year,
$40 1000; cost of keeping peace and gooo
order for twenty years at $500 per year,
$4,000, making total illegal expenditures
of 500, 600 by the taxpayers OF AlexanGf'n
CO. for government wards On government
reservation. Besides, to this amount should
be added the loss to the county by reason OF
the United States Withdrawing this vaiua.
BILE estate OF 1100 acres from taxation, valued
at 5000 per acre, S220,000. The tax being
81 SO on the 500 the loss was So 800 psr
wear for Is years, equaling loss of S92 .4OU.
an amount that would have been paid into
the county had private individuals owned
the estate Instead of the U. S. government.
The statement shows that by reason OF Inc
United States owning the Arlington estate.
the county of Alexandria has been put to
loss of 1912 400 Mr.. Clements asks Con-
gress to reimburse the county OF Alexandria,
or to make some improvement to this e.
tate by erecting bridge across the Potomac
and improving the grounds, which said Ia :
provement msy in part. indirectly, rein-
ourse the people of Alexandria county for
their great loss and expenditure.
The Lanestor Venabe contested election
case Ia a source Of no little trouble to tbs
three Virginia republicans In Congress. IL
| is we'll known that at heart none Of them
wan I.argston seated, for various reasons
among them the fear that to seat him Will
stimulate tie negroes in the other districts
| to nominate candidates next fell. Then,
too, they think that if they vote for him
they will lose the 1st district, where the
whites preGominate. in the text House, and
that il they don't vote for him they will lose
| the 2ld distcitt, where IT. negro.s have The
majority. Gen. Malone. too. has threaten
ed oil OF them with his displeasure If they
shall vote for Laugston, and has announce
| his determination of going Into BowdeD's
district and sumping 1t against him If be
shall vpte hat way. To them, therefore,
| Largs.on is black bear. and they wish they
had rever heard Of him. Iodeed, be has
nut them TO De trouble of reading through
| the Testimony and argument of the whole
case so as to be aole to fOrtify themselves
for whatever action they may be compelled
to take. |! the case shall reach vote none
of them will probably be bold enough to
vote againt L7ngstop, but it is risking moth
inp to say that pos'pouement of the case
until next session would afford them great
relief. |, is thought to-1sy that the csss
cannot possibly be called up before next
week.
Representative Waddill of the Richmond
district, he's g. finiteIy determined not to be
cauddate for re election under any cir
cumstances He says there is excellent
material for republican candidate for Cor
gress u that district, and that though the
meu selected nay not be prominent, ne Will
poll the full party strength, and, if elected,
will make aG efficient representative.
Mr. II bar presented TO the Senate today
the testimony taken bs the Senate commit
tee on comme1ciai relations with Canada, of
which be ia Chairman. The testimony OF
Gen. Nelson A Miles, one of the witnesses
examined, is 20 the effect that 10 case ofWer
With Cana1a, the whole Pacific coast and
the entire railroad system thereof could he
knocked into amthefeens by the British sl-
most before the Uoited States government
could say Jack Robinson.
The reports about Me-. Edmund Bnrke's
health that have lately appeared in the
newspapers are altogether Incorrect. Mr..
Burke is suffering from an attack OF tonsii-
Iitis, commor sore throat, bat is recovering
ftom that, and il on on the streets attend
ing to bis legal business. Sore throat is The
ex ent of his iElspoaition.
Representative Walker, of Dexter, Missouri,
whose death WAS nncunccd In the House to-day,
was q native of Tennessee, but moved to Missouri
in 1867. He WAS member OF tho last, as well as
of the present Congress
The deficiency bill that passed the Senate last
Saturday evening provides for the payment Of
Col. Mosby's claim OF $l2,' 90. The Go onel, it is
understood, is expected here shortly.
1t is reported here hist the friends of exon
gresham Harry Lib5sy of the Norfolk district
will press him for tho republican nomination for
Congress in that district next fall against Mr..
Bowden the present republican representative.
Mr.. LIB when in Congress was known as
working" member and made msny friends on
the democratic we'll as on the republican side
of the House. He believes persuasiveness is more
effective than force.
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