Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-12
FROM WAsHIEGyog.
Especial Correspondence Of ass Alexandria 0ass'ss.l
WAsHIHsFoR. .. O.. Feb. - 1872.

Especial Gssrespeaaexse Of tAs Alexandria 0assssl
WAsHIzsroa. D. O.. Feb. - 1872
A North Caro'iaiao here to-day says that
President Polk OF The Alliance ssys, In inst
State that he Ia not in favor Of t alrd psrty.
O:her people who have heard Mr.. Poik taik
tere. say he is. The Moth Carolinian re-
fe1red t. esys be doesn't think 1t poasio!e
nat enough white men 10 Ii, STATE can oe
trduoed to in third party to endanger
ia encce.s of thu dc nocratlc party
Congressman Lawson OF the Norfolk dis'
,,i(t though not entirely recovered from Inc
oners on lately performed upon blm is In
hia eest eysry day, but Ia 90 " IL 20 li-
tie main and E some rick. I1deed he is 30
uncomfortable that 2 sometimes talks about
,esienipg and going home, and would doubt
Iess do but f1r the fact, OF the lars o negro
mi {, In his district aud the uneettai lty
resp,t t bg tie way that V t, would be cas-.
ST q special elect on. The Judiciary commit
ies OF the House is now considering two ci
DR.. LsWson's billie, or @ for the relief Of J I'm
W. Brockenborough and one ioE the reli-
of Asa B ggs OF Norfolk.
The CaLadisn reciprocity commissioners
had another conference with Secretary
Bate and General Foster at the St De-
pa. nent to d,y. These Dreiim nary nego-
tiatlons are being pushed with vlgor aud
will probably conclude in few ~. slr
Jui.n Paunctfjse, the Butsl Minister, st.
tended to-dsy's conference.
The impression among democrats st the
Capitol to-day on the subject OF tbs anti ELL
meeting In New York last night is that
while 1t will amount to nothing 10 Nee
York, it will be just the reverse outside cf
that State, where the real meaning OF l: IL
not understood. The New York democTa :
say Hill will be the almost unanimous choice
of he New York convention. and that In.
delegation fsom their STATE TO the nstiooa'
democratic convention Will be u1it FIR
him. They also say that If the mugwumps
shall persi 10 their efforts to disrupt TIE
pslty BIZ osistIDg upon the nomination OF 3
uau who cannot carry the s,e, the Hiii
man will assure the national conVentlon
st at New York's thirty-.!x electoral votes
will be cssr f,r BIN. and 10 mako that sssnr.
snce dolb ell Pa special session cftte leg
slatu,e OF tDet Susie Will be called for Tie
| purpose Of elec:ing Presidential eec:cEs...
The Senate agrionl ural committee to-day
agreed to report resolution on Monday an
,horizlne self 10 make q thorough invesii.
CATION OF the csuses OF the pre.ent depres
| sion 10 ,ston asd o b ST 10 ming interest
| AID to Try TO devise rem .dy therefor.
The Bahripg Sea Joint Commission has
| a6j ,urned uatil tomorrow when II 10 e1
oec;ed that the reports prepared by the
representatives. Of Great Bri;aia end the
| United States will be submitted for ocnsid
| GRAFTON. Il ls expected that Lord Salisbury
| sill eos on the Arbitration Treaty ne2l
| week apd that the matter will t1en be sub
mi ID t, the Senate W tlont delay. l. IL
ehoughs that the M odus v!veudi OF lsss yeal
will be renewed in time to anticipate The
departure Of the sealing feet. Tue Grblira
tors yill not be appointed uuti the trea 5
shsli have been .s.fied. 81 %. E JPhep'
ex.Mluister to England, hes been eel scted
as leading counsel for the U allied ststee, be
fore the proposed tribunal, and Will have
two or three assistants. -
Ssnstor Barbour says the resolution 70,
the governments surrender of thu security
it holds for part OF the debt dee II by tint
territory noV composed OF the two Virgin
,ss. sV refoDdiug to Wes, Virginia hsr share
Of the di.e-t lard tax. will coma ap sgall
next week, and he thinks Till De defeated
as both the Attorney GaDsra! fnd tHe q
tsry of the Treasury are eec..'as ". Air
| B ,rbuur also Gays be has neither seen ..'c'
| heard ef anything yet tlat IN bis opinion
essens the PROBABILITY Of Ssnstor HIP;
nomination aud eeotioa. He says the men
who oppose him Hill have always doEe 30
bat TIT he defeats them every time by IT,
creased N, ,rities, and Will. ne thinks, d. so
again.
Congressman Enlos of Tennessee says he
thinks the investigation OF the charges OF
c,ookedness against Oommissioner R4um of
the pensions bureau will commence next
weeS, and that be Is sure those charges will
be sustained.
The democratic members OF the House
ways and means committee are united Oh
he subject of free raw WOO, but divided on
that OF manufactured wool, the Mills men
f,vorlpg reduction to thirty per cent. Viii e
the Spiioger men soy forty will be sufiic ienS.
The prevailing impression on the free silver
bill now is that the committee on rules will az
point an early day, PROBABLY some time next
week, for its c,nsideIa ton in the House. That it
will pass, and by large majority, is generally
conceded, though sl the eastern democrats and
nearly all the republicans will Oppose it.
People from Richmond here io-dsy say tho bill
to break up Monte Carlo in Alexandria county
will be passed, so amend ID as to al oI bosing on
horss races at yric Iliural fairs.
The House wsyj and means committee to-day
practically agreed upon bill to reduc, the tariff
tax on barley and hops, as relief 10 the American
Drew .lleB auU 20 Ii oaSuIo buO Va USOi
drinkers
At the meeting OF the Senate District of Coium-
bia committee to-day the sutj ect OF tie PROPOSE
tion to allow the Washington and Arlington rsi!'
rosd to lay temporary t. ack OWE the Aqneduct
bridge was NORMALLY discussed, I'd The express
ed opinion OF majority OF the committee Gosm'a
to BIZ sciiedly sdve's to gr4ntin the railroad
company any such privilege.
At Secretary Nobie's dinner yesterday the Pres-
ident FAT sc the head Of the table tia. point
having u zen rfeviousiy determined, first by iJfo--
maion supplied By reGu sst from Eng gland, ard tnen
by deoisi1n of tbs State Departments, both OF
which were in accordance with the idea OF tho
secret 'ry's wifi. Elsewhere ia this country the
mis- 8, OF the house prss!das ct the able thtroof
bur, according to republican ideas, tho Pas.deut
is king.
NJ E. Burr was app iated postmaster 8. Spot
syivania G. H., spotsyivania county, today, vice
". May, r,sigued.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
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