Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Z e1s. eAzEErSJ
Washington, D. c., Jan. q. 1880

WARRINGTON, u. ", Jan. Il, Ao'o
General Malone has returned to THIS CITY
and is in his old quarters at Chamher'in.s.
Representative Flower, of New 4oFE,
saws the legislature of bis State Will, PROP
ablv this week, authorize the city OF New
York to issue bonds to the amount OF hiteen
million dollars to defray the expenses OF the
Worlds Fair, and he thinks that Will
at once settle the question OF tbs site OF the
proposed fair. II ia supposed, however,
that a grand celebration of the quadri-cen
tennial discovery Of the country Will De neiu
in this city.
The galleries OF the Senate weye we'll
filed today 10 consequence OF 8 report that
Senator Ingalls,, In reply to the speeches oil
Senators Morgan and Butler on the depor-
lation of the negroes, would open his hogs
head Of inyective upon the South, but ne
will not do 30 until Thursday.
The Senate committee On public build
inps and grounds would have considered the
subject OF q memoria! bridge across the 10
tcmac from Observatory Hill to Arlington
last Saturday he'd not the meeting appoiut-
ed for that day been postponed oy this
funera, of the late Walker Blaine. Ii l.
probable the matter will be considered at
the next meeting Of the committee. aud Il
favorable report is expected, as e majority.
# not all the members of the committee,
seem to think the bridge should be built.
Il Is reported that Mr.. Lurty, General
Mahoua's candidate for Attorney General
of Virginia at the late election in that State,
is an applicant for the clerkship liz TIE iand
Office made vacant by the death OF the late
Judge Goodwin, OF Virginia. Il is elso re-
ported that Mr.. Martin, of Norfolk, 10 an
applicant for the same place.
The House military committee, OF which
Congressman Wise OF Virginia is s member
agreed TO day 10 report favoraoly a bill to
create the office of Assistant Secretary OF
War, the salary of which shall be 81 5Oo.
Mr.. Clements, CommonweGlth's q torney
for the county Of Alexandria, called upon
Secretary Eusk OF the Department of Asrl
culture yesterday. and Urged him to avail
himself Of some Of the Arlington TeseFgetion
outside the limits Of the cemetery fer an ex.
detrimental garden, and incidentally to rec
ommend ths removal OF the large nrmoef
of negro squatterS now on that reservation
and whose presence there Is an eye sore.
H. told the Secretary; snic1g other tnings,
that an executive order haG 0nce been is
sued for the removal # n~esrosa, anc money
appropriated for thht purpose, out that 1t
bad been suspended ny the last aGm,niatra-
tor, and remained so that many Ct The ne
g-ces, however, having been paid faT the
shauties the2 occupied and for the trees
they said they had planted, had moved oH,
but that, nevertheless, every shanty on the
place was crowded every night by neGtoes
from WASHINGTON, who came over there to
sleep, and to whom the numerous hen-roost
roth .riee, and many other o~ffenses, we're at.
k.;bnpohin T,a s.crataru iutinc aleH INSt
he would ask the Secretary of Wa for per
east of the cemetery for the purpose refer
red to.
MIR. Carlisle says his side OF the House Is
not going to AXE any undue haste in de
handing a set OF rules for the government
OF the House, but that until d set % report.
81 it will oppose any arbitrary action Of the
Speaker that may infringe npon the rights
Of the minority. Mr.. Speaker Reed says
the rules will not be reported until the re
turn OF Mr.. Mckinley, who Is now absent,
and that if the democrats refuse TO adopt
them when reported, there will ha no rules
At all, and the House vii go along as it has
done for the last seven weeks. and 60 along
very well, under tho rule OF the republican
% ority.
The following changes ia the 4th class
postofioes in Virginia were made to-day ::
Ruls. Goochland county, S. j.. Mills
appointed pos)mas or vice Mrs. NJ. S.
Loving, removed Gen Al en-, Hen
rico county. p. A. F.ayeon vice J. Hop
kins, resigned Granite, Chesterfield
county, A. E Holdt vice M. B. Ryan, re.
signed Hadensville, GJochland county, a.
S. Duke vice Il. H. Trice. removed Letoh-
or, Bath county, Maggie s. Greaver vice j.
D. Bradley, removed Msidens, Goocbisnd
county, T. J. Hopkins vico ". l.. Tucker,
removed Mountain GROVE, Bath county,
s.. Miller vice r J. DickeS, removed PaIo
Alto, Highland county. J. l. Miller vice A
Rexrode, resigned Parksley, Accomack
county, s. T. Jones vice T ] Kent, removed;
Rio Vista, Henrico county, K. W. Browning
vice ] Lenox, removed.
The Virginia coupon cases we're argued In
the s. Supreme Court to-day, Mr.. Royal,
leading of for the creditors, and followed 10
succession by ex Attorney General Ayers
and Mr.. ]. R. Tucker for the State, and ex.
Gov. Cbamherlin, also for the creditors.
The House select committee on the
Worlds Fair met this morning and appoint.
ed q sub committee to consider Mr.. Spring
sr's resolution that the House proceed next
Thursday by ballot 20 sslect the site for the
Worlds Fair, and to report to q subsequent
meeting to be held next Thursday morning.
1t is currently reported that one at least of the
Southern republicans in the House will
not vote with his party on the anti-southern
measures that are proposed
Representatives Tucker, Vensble and Lee were
all kept from the House to-day by lad position.
DIPPED THEIR BROTHER IN cALDING WATER.
Near Abbeville, Henry county, Ala, on Frid ay,
there was a hog killing on the plantation of Mr..
Charles Martin. His three little boys, from a to
years of oge, were interested spectators OF the
killing and scslding of the hogs. After the work
Was finished a large tub of hot water WAS left at
he slaughter pen. While the men were all in
he house the three boys we're playing about the
ub. The two elder ones decided it would be a
rood joke to dip their four-year.old brother in
he water, es they had seen the hogs dipped. They
lid not know how hot it was, and plunged the
,ov IN NV y n his panE paf,~a thev c0ul6 unt him