Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
WKEE-
espondence OF the Alexandris Gazetto.l


Though century has elapsed since
the old Colonial money was issued,
hardly week passes but some OF 1t Is
sent to the Treasury for redemption:
Whether it is that hard times have led
to a general rausacking of old trunks
and desks and the shaking out OF old
stockings, or not, the fact is that re-
Gently more than usual of this old pa
DER money has been sent to the Treas
ury for redemption. 1t is, of course,
worthless, and the senders are SO ad-
vised.
Mr.. Bynum offered in the House to-
day bill providing that the salaries OF
postmasters of the first, second and
third class, shall be re-adjusted-the
first adjustment to take effect stimuli
taneously with the reduction of the
rates of postage, and thereafter at the
beginning of each fiscal year. The sal
ary of the postmaster at Washington is
fixed at $4,000, and in no case is the
salary OF any postmaster to exceed
sc, 900, except at New York, where the
salary is fixed at $4,000.
Congressman Marshall of Virginia
called at the Postoffice Department to-
day to see about the Marion postoffice.
Mr.. Bissell informed him that his rec
ommendation of Mr.. Wright, together
with other papers in the case which
Mr.. Marshall has not been allowed to
see, had been sent to the White House,
and that he supposed the President
ID l.t..ao;,a n a M q Z or inn m p0l ale
ly upon his return:
Among the arrivals here to-day is
Colonel Cab Maddox of Marshall, for
merly Salem, Virginia. That village
WAS once known as the capital of the
"Free State" but the sale of liquor is
prohibited there now by the operation
of the local option law. The Colonel,
however, says the people there have not
lost their taste for the" crittur, land that
he brought orders with him from all de,
nominations there for about hundred
gallons of liquor, and that egg nog and
apple toddy will flow there during the
holidays.
Capt. Alexander, one of "Mosby's
men," says the banquet to be given Col.
Mosby by his old command on his e1,
pected visit to Alexandria, will take
place there on the 18th proximo.
Mr.. Delbruck, Principal of the Brew
ers' School of Berlin, who was sent by
the German government to the Chicago
Exhibition to study beer and brewing,
and who visited most Of the great brew
cries in this country, his travels in
Guiding the Pacific coast, bestows high
praises upon American methods in his
reports, which have reached the State
Department through consular agents
Il appears that he had an opportunity
of drinking beer made exclusively OF
corn, which he found excellent in taste,
although, in his opinion, by no means
equal to that made from barley. His
interest in this beverage was so great
that after his return to Berlin he insti-
tuted a series of experiments in the
brewing of corn beer, which seem to
deserve attention.
Congressman Patterson says he be-
lieyes the railroad pooling bill that re-
Gently passed the House will 90
through the Senate also. Other parties.
however, say it will not be called up in
the Senate till late in January, and that
Senator Sherman will propose some
amendments that may delay it so long
that the end of the session may come
before its passage.
AS result of several conferences with
Secretary Carlisle number of amend
ments to the new banking bill will be
formulated and offered as a substitute
to the bill. They will not change its
general plan. They will make it per-
missible for the banks to come in under
the new system or remain out. The
principal liability will be SO modified
that no assessment will be made upon
the banks to pay any deficit that might
remain after the available assets OF the
bank, the guarantee and safety fund,
have been exhausted, if this should
ever occur, which Mr.. Springer says, is
extremely improbable. But the deficit
would be first lien upon the safety
fund when replenished by taxation as
provided by the bill. In the meantime
any notes that cannot be paid would
draw interest at 6 per cent. until paid.
Congressman John Dewitt Warner of
New York predicted this morning that
the bill as finally modified will pass the
House. The opposition has been stead
lily decreasing during the past few days
"a fact of which the friends of the
measure have satisfied themselves by a
quiet canvass. conducted during the
past 4S hours. 1t will receive, he says,
the practically unanimous support of
the democrats. 1t is, he adds, a great
improvement on the present law, and
by the time it has run the gauntlet of
the Senate it will be fairly satisfactory
even to the most captious critic
Comptroller Eckels to-day issued a
call for the condition of national banks
at the close of business on Wednesday,
December 18th.
The U. S. Supreme Court adjourned
to-day for the holidays, and both houses
of Congress will do so tomorrow.
Congressman Swanson, of Virginia,
returned from his bridal trip to Florida
this morning, and was in his seat in the
House as usual. He is the only con-
gressmen from Virginia who has yet
received an official notice of contest
for his seat.
Congressman Turner, Meredith and
Tyler made the rounds of the govern
ment offices here to-day, seeking places
for their constituents, but finding none.
A report of the engineer corps was
received at the House to-day stating
that Chapel Point harbor, Md, has been
examined and found to be unworthy of
improvement: