Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-23
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Especial Correspondence of the Alexandra Gasete u
WASHINGTON. .. O.. Dec. % 1881

specsal Correspondence of the Ate1d"drtn 1oso'seJ
WASHING TON. D. O.. Dec. % 1881
Ia the committee assignments IN the
Honse to-day the Virginia members were
niaced ss follows: O'Ferrsll, chairman OF
tbs EIeotions Committee and on the Library
Oommittee Edmnnds. chairman OF the
Oomn;ttee on Expenditures Ia the Depart
mani of Agriculture. end on the committee
On the Revision OF the Laws; Buchenan on
tbe committees on the Judiciary, sno
Merchsnt Marine Epes on Coinage,
Weehts and Measures. and immigration
and Naturalization Wise on Interstate and
and Foreign Commerce, and Expenditures,
in the Department of Justice /; Jones ON
River and Hasbor, and Pensions; Lawson
on Naya! Affairs, and the 1lth Censua i;
Tucker on Public Land, and the Election
of President aud Vice President; Lester on
Railroads and Canals. and Alcoholic Liquor
Traffic; Meredith on District OF Columbia,
and on Civil Service Reform.
The u. 8. Treasurer to-day received let
ter from Rev. Robert Richie. OF Fails OF
schuylkill, Pnila., enclosing $S5 co. which
he seys certain psrishioners OF his desired TO
refund to the Treasury, being duties on im-
porte enormously withheld.
After q prolonged but entirely unnece5'
sary delay, Mr.. Meredith, of the A'exsn-
dria district, was sworn In as member CT
tbe House to-day. His first official act was
to announce the death OF his predecessor,
Gen. W. Il. F. Lee, which he did gracefully
and appropriately.
An inquiry into the records of the mem
bers of the House committee on coinage,
weights and measures shows chat by pas,
utterances or votes, In or out OF Congress,
nine out of thirteen members OF the commit
tee have declared In favor OF free coinsge,
among them Epes of Virginia.
II is stated to-day that Smith, the negro
librarian of the House, will De removed sot
a white democrat be put In bis place, Il
for nothing else, to disaouse the minds OF q
great many democratic members of the
House of he impression that Congress would
have to suspend II Smith we're to die or be
discharged
ORing 10 the weather there has been d
great fall iD The price OF turkeys here.
& gentleman from WarrentoD, Virginia,
here to-day Jays it s feared that the 1000
deposited in the broken bank there will De
almost total loss, and that the deposltors
can iii afford to lose 1t.
Both houses OF Congress adjourned to-day
for tho holiday recess, which will last uatil
the 5.h proximo.
OF the ten democratic members of the
ways and means committee, all except .Mr.
s evens, of Massachusetts, and Mr. BrYons
of Nebraska, who are in their first term 10
Congress, were members OF the 81 Con-
gress, and of the eight membere Gil except
Mr.. Whiting, OF Michigan are recorded as
voting for the Mills Dill.
The first twelve-lnch gun ever made atthe
Washington naval ordnance foundry was
teeted at the proving grounds at Indian
Head, Md, yesterday. Successful resuts
were obtained both from the rifis and the
pneumatic carriage upon which 1t is
mounted.
There is good deal of dissatisfaction amor G
the members of the House at the committee as
sIeumenfs, and it must be confessed there is some
ground for it, for it seems that the Speaker In
taking care of those who supported his election
hiss given too little consideration to those who
supported Mr.. Mills, among whom were moet of
the recognized leaders OF the last House.
report is current here to-day that MIR. Elk.
ms now chief OF the depar ment which refused
to fy its nag a. hafmast for the death OF the
abesr ard most distinguished man ever at Its
head. because he subsequently became President
of the Confederate States, was once member OF
Ousptrell's famous band OF rebel guelllas," from
which he deserted when things began to look blue
in tho South
The President to-day issutd an order for the
rem wal Of Samuel D. Warmc-sg lie, Collector OF
Internsl Revenue for the Odd distr ct of Penn
sylvsnis Pitts burg, ard design atns Deputy Col
lector Mitchell to perform the duties of Collector
until the vacancy can DO filled. Warmcastle was
charged with neglect OF duty. The office will not
be filed until the reassembing Of Congress sena'
TOT @ aay tried to have Warmcaitle retained.
The President to-day sent to the senate the
following nomination, being recess appointment
Mark Il. Harrington to be Chief Of tho Weather
Bureau.
John A. ]. Cresvell, ex-Postmaster General,
died this morning at Elkton, Md.
Speaker CIisp's son has resigned a 81 OO0
clerkship in the Interior Department to accept an
easier and more lucrative place at his fathers Ia
bic in the House.