Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, April Is.

There are about liz, 600 acres OF pine
lands and about 225, 800, 900 feet Of
pine to be sold at s. per thousand
feet for the pine. The land will not be
sold for less than $1.25 per acre. The
agricultural lands of the reservation
will opened May 18th.
Vice President Stevenson, who was
invited to attend the unwilling OF the
Grant statue in Brooklyn to-day, has
sent his regrets that public business
prevents his attendance. The U. S.
Senate is holding a Saturday session
under the pressure to bring about an
early adjournment and Dir. Stevenson
is in the chair.
TIE regular monthly meeting Of the
Virginia democratic association OF tnls
CITY was held last night, at which, under
the operation of previously passed
resolution, many of the members PAID
their oyerdues. AS the continued fail
ure to pay such dues is cause OF ex-
pulsion, and as q majority of the mem
hers of the association are delinquent,
an attempt was made to reconsider and
repeal the resolution referred to, but 1t
was defeated after some acrimonious
debate. =,
J. B. Scott, the proprietor of the old
National Hotel, made an assignment
TO-DAY to Horatio Browning, who will
carry on the business Of the hotel, tenn
porarily at least. The liabilities are es-
timated at one hundred thousand dol
lars, and the assets not near that much.
People from Loudoun county here
to-day say the democrats of that coun-
ty are not in as good trim as they
might be, and that at the primary they
are to hold next Saturday to elect del.
egstes to their district Congressional
convention, the vote will be exceeding
ly small. The dissatisfaction, they say,
is due to the recent action of their
county committee, by which the old
plan of electing delegates was reversed
Virginians who have recently talked
with the President say he speaks in
the highest terms of the hospitality ol
Major Waller, with whom he has duck
ed and the Messrs Harrison, with whom
he has fished, recently. He spoke Of
Captain Fowle's nomination for the
place made vacant by General Fitz
Lees promotion, and said he hoped il
would not be rejected, and did not
think it would be, as the Captain, who
is familiar with its duties, would prob
ably fill it for only eleven months
longer, and as it would take an entirely
new man almost that long to learn
them.
The democrats of the 7th Virginia
district have fixed upon Winchester a:
the place and August the 26th as the
time for holding their Congressiona
convention, by which time the republi
can campaign in that district will be
half done.
The following cablegram was receiv.
ed to-day from Miss Clara Barton, who is
now at Constantinople in charge of the
distribution of relief for the suffering
Armenians: "Our corps of physicians
are now in control at Marasch, and
start to-day to Zeitoun to establish
temporary hospitals. Both of the Other
expeditions are distributing grain
and farming TOOLS"
At quite large meeting here last
night, the Southern History Society
was organized, the object of which is
to collect, publish and preserve the
history of the South, from the settle
ment of the country to the present, and
especially that portion of it relating to
reconstruction times, much of which has
already been forgotten. Postmaster
General Wilson was elected president
of the society. Among those present
from Alexandria were Major r. W.
Hunter and Mr.. Lawrence Washington
Delegates to the late Virginia State
republican convention at Staunton who
stopped here on their way home say
that Colonel Lamb on his way out o.
the hall in which the convention was
held met General Allen and grasping
his hand shook it warmly. They also
say the Colonel is to write letter to
the General withdrawing his remark
that the latter had used democratic
money, and apologizing for having
made it.
In the House to-day Mr.. Meredith
introduced bills to pay Powhatan
Perkins, of Louisa county, $3.50 wal
damages, and to allow Madison Grimes,
of Loudoun county, to have his claim
for similar damages tried by the Court
of Claims.
In the Senate late yesterday evening
Mr.. Martin succeeded in having called
up and passed, the bill giving Richmond
College $25, 900 for military occupation
after the close of the war. On motion
of Mr.. German, the bill granting pen.
sion to Mrs. Jane Christian Marye Of
Alexandria, only child of W. S. Jett, q
soldier of the Revolutionary war,at the
rate of SIP month, was also taken up
and passed.
Unless the President signs the agri.
cultural appropriation bill or veto il
to-day it will become law without his
signature. 1t is beloved that the Presi-
dent will allow it to 60 on the statute
books without signature to show his
disapproval of the action of Congress in
re.establishing the seed distribution sys,
tenn against the protest of Secretary
Morton. Complaints are made by the
officials of the Washington city postof-
fee that the double handling of the
seed packages-once In transmitted
from the contractor in Philadelphia
and again when addressed to
their ultimate destination is OBJ.
structing the transmission of the regu-
lar mails. The statement is made that
Postmaster General Wilson yesterday
sent message to the Secretary of Agri
culture asking him if he could not do
,or,oth;po, IN re1ieVe tha nreseure n