Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-22
rCouespondence Of the Alexandra Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. %.

bullion purchased under the ect oflS9O.
On the 14th instant the government
owned, of silver purchased under the
act of 1890, 1873, 16l ,315 ounces, costing
sl2l ,2l7,677.
Representative johnson of Ohio in
trodueed in the House to-day his bond
currency exchange bill, which was re.
ferred to the committee on banking and
currency, with leave to report at any
time after the present order on the sill
yer question has expired. The bill
provides THAT any holder of bonds OF
the United States may, after the pas
sage of this act, deposit such bonds at
the Treasury of the United States, or at
the Office of any assistant treasurer OF
the United States, and receive therefor
their face value in treasury notes of the
United States, as described in the act OF
July IA, 1880. Such bonds may be held
as special deposit to the credit of the
party depositing them, and during the
time they are so held shall draw no in
terest and shall be returned on the or
der of the party depositing them on the
payment Of their face value in United
States currency" The other sections
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury
to make such regulations as are neces-
sary to carry the foregoing into effect,
and repeal all laws inconsistent with
the provisions of the first section.
The President to-day issued his proc
lamatiou opening the Cherokee Strip
10 settlement at the hour Of twelve
o'clock noon, central standard time,
Saturday, the 10th Of September.
Mr.. Breckenridge again drew a crowd
in the galleries to-day. He had been
assigned by Speaker Crisp to begin to-
DAYS proceedings with a speech on the
silver question, but he left the city Sat
urday for Staunton, Va, where his wife
and daughters are spending the sum-
mer, and this evening the Speaker re-
ceived letter Informing him that Mr..
Breckenridge would not be in the city
today. There was no intimation in
the letter of the writer's intention i'll
regard to the date of his return to
Washington.
Silver took a jump upward to-day
the London quotation as sent to the
Treasury Department being $0.7634 per
ounce. This is cents higher than
Yesterdays purchases by the depart
ment which amounted to l65, 900 ounces
at S0.7425.
Mr.. Blount of Geogria, minister to
Hawaii, arrived in Washington to-day
and took up his quarters at the Shore
ham. He went to the State Depart
ment and, by previous appointment,
entered upon protracted personal ex-
PLANTATION with Secretary Gresham. he
refuses to be interviewed.
Samuel 4. Masters, formerly of AL
exandria, and Thos. ]. Wadsop, dele
gates of the House of Assembly of Ber-
muda, who are in the United States on
mission to have the duty on garden
truck imported from Bermuda lower
ed, had an interview with Secretary
Carlisle this morning.
Secretary Carlisle says: "It has been
the uniform custom for many years to
regard the lighthouse establishment
as non-partisan service. 1t is my in
tention to continue that custom. No
lightkeeper will be disturbed by me in
his official position merely because of
his political opinions. 1t is stated by
the lighthouse board, however, that old
collectors of customs upon whose re-
commentator keepers are usually ap-
pointed, select republicans ond the
board never asks their politics"
Representative Shell of South Caro-
lima who was struck and badly bruised
by cable car last night, is doing very
well today.
Representative Oats of Alabama who
was injured by a cable car ten days ago,
continues to improve.
There is hardly doubt expressed
to-day of the repeal Of the Sherman act,
but many of those who intend to vote
for it say they have no idea that it will
improve the existing business depreS-
sion.
1t is rumored at the Capitol to-day
that the deposition of Representatives
Springer and Holman from the chair
manships ofthe ways and means and the
appropriations committees was in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Voorhees, speech in the Senate
was the feature of the day. at the Capt.
tol. The galleries of the Senate were
crowded and the Senator was in good
voice. The floor, too, was full, and
strict attention was paid to every word
he uttered, by republicans as we'll as by
his democratic colleagues. He took
decided ground in favor of silver, which,
he said, had been money long before
the time when Abraham paid four hun
dred shekels of it for a burial place for
Sara, and would continue to be I'M
til long after those now wishing to
destroy it's money character shall be
forgotten, but that, nevertheless, he
would vote to repeal the Sherman act,
and would do so as he would take. fly
out of a bottle of sweet oil.
A large delegation from Roanoke,
Virginia, called on Senator Hunton to-
day to see if he wouldn't do something
to Offset Representative Edmnnds's re-
commentator for the postmastership
at their city, which they say should not
be adopted as the man recommended
is not the choice Of the people served
with mail there. They were informed
that nothing could be done for them.
The positions of the Virginia mem
beers of the House on the committees of
that body are as follows: Mr.. O'Ferrall
is chairman of the elections committee,
1F. &c Tho