Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF tho Alexandria Gazotte.l
WASHINGTON. May rs, 1894.

soldiers and sailors who fell in defense
of the Union during the war or the re.
bellion. (Sisned) Grover Cleveland.
And vet MIR. Cleveland knows as we'll
as he does that he had no right to press
two government vessels into his per-
sonal service during his late pleasure
trip. that the war between tue States
was not rebellion, and that the gov
crnment did not bring President Davis
to trial because it knew it could not
prove that he was rebel
Col. w. C. p. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, by his attorneys, Major Shelby
and Hon. Benz Butterworth, this after
noon before Judge Bradley in the Dis
trict Circuit Court, presented his bill OF
exceptions to the recent decision against
him in the celebrated Pollard Breckin-
ridge breach OF promise suit. The mat
ter was discussed briefly by Messrs.
Shelby and Butterworth for Col. Brock
inridge, and Mr. Calderon Carlisle for
Miss Pollard. Judge Bradley's APPROX
al of the bill will carry the case to the
District Court OF Appeals, but it will
not come up in that tribunal before
next fall.
The entire War Department will be
reorganized on July LIST. Widespread
excitement and CONSERVATION prevails
throughout all its bureaus as every one
on its pay rolls fears he will be affected
1t is reported that therepublican Sen
ators are to hold caucus TO determine
what action they shall take on the SUI
gar schedule of the tariff bill and that
some of them believe they can succeed
in having sugar put on the free list. 1t
is also reported that many of the repub-
lican Senators are tired of the fight and
opposed to keeping it up any longer in
face of the majority against them and
Of its determination TO push the bill
through il it takes all the summer to do
so. Senator Mills told the GAZETTEs
correspondent to-day that he did not
know in what shape the bill would pass,
when it would pass, or wherherit would
pass at all.
Representative Tyler Of the Norfolk
district saw Secretary Carlisle to-day in
reference to the steamboat inspector
ship OF the Ord district, which includes
his State. From what the Secretary
told him he is induced to believe the
place will fall to Virginia. If so, it vii!
certainly go to his nominee, Capt. Muir
daugh.
First Lieutenant Randolph Dickens,
U. s. Marine Corps, was promoted to a
captaincy to-day.
The following changes in the fourth
class postoffices OF Virginia were made
to-day: Monaskon, Lancaster county,
Mrs. May F. Jones was appointed post
master, vice r. H. Bland, resigned ;
Tarpon, Dickinson county, L. NJ. G.
Wright, vice David Pickett, dead.
The Senate committee investigating
the charges of corruption against GER
tain Senators in relation to the sugar
schedule of the tariff tax, having been
unable to compel the newspaper CORE
spondents who aired these charges SO
enthusiastically to give up their au-
thority, will so report to the Senate,
which body, it is thought, will order
their arrest and punishment for con-
tempt.
The House committee on expendi-
lures in the Treasury Department met
this morning to consider the bill to
abolish the Customs houses in the dis
trcts in which the receipts do not equal
the expenditures, among which are
those at Alexandria, Tappahannock,
Chincoteaeue, Onancock and Cherry
stone. in Virginia. Representative Mer-
edith was present to look after AlcXan
drias interests, and Representative
Jones in behalf of those of the other
towns referred to. Postmaster Carlin
and Deputy Collector Vincent Of Alex
andria were also present. The COM
mittee seems to favor the bill, but there
are so many interests against it that
the impression on the subject is that it
will not pass.
At the request of Mr.. w. H. Mosbv,
postmaster at Bedford City, Virginia,
the Posloiice Department will order q
thorough investigation of the charges
that have been preferred against him
by Mr.. Wingo. Mr. Mosby is a brother
of Col. John 5. Mosby, and his term as
postmaster will not expire for two
years.
A bill v pa;se in the House to-day
for the relief of .ouis Pelham of Mount
Vernon, appropriating $500 to pay
him for the wrongful conversion OF the
proceeds OF note seized during the war
by the marshal of the District.
In his speech in the Senate to-day Mr..
Walsh said "'The object of republican
tariff taxation should deceive no one.
Ostensibly for the laborer, it inures
mainly TO the benefit Of the capitalist
-, 1o%-io.
tribute on the many for the benefit of
the few 1t reminds me of the alien
governments set up in the South in the
days of reconstruction, or, more prop
erly, of destruction, the effect of which
was to rob the people under forms Of
law by excessive taxation, and the in
tent of which was to keep the republic
can party in power.
In his speech in the Senate to-day
Mr.. Frye said that Canada was one of
the worst enemies the United States
had She was too small for us to fight,
and had therefore instituted and kept
up system of ''nagging," like that of
tearing down the American flag the
other day and distributing its pieces
through the street Mr.. FRYE said
he had no sympathy with the men who
had been arrested for violating the laws that
had been passed to protect the fish for sports
men, and he hoped Canada would inflict upon
them the highest punishment it could under
the law. But notwithstanding the fact that
Canadian interests were opposed to those of
this country, Mr.. Frye said the United States
was constantly doing her favors, and the lat
est attempt in that line was the putting OF
| lumber on the free list.
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