Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-22
amy ANlEi}IA GAZETTE ANT VIRGINIA. : !
rTTER FReM RICHMOND.

| Gorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gazette,
RICHMOND, Feb. 2l.-The House of Dele
gates to-day dismissed TIE report OF the COM
m;ttee, in reference to the election Of U. =
Senator, without action.
A bill to incorporate the ""Virsinla 3lalble
COMPANY of Loudoun county. and grantlng 10
Tho (iompapy the right to build such railroads
40 arc necessary, was considered. but no actlon
taken, an attempt having been made to put III
rho charter restrictions, which lis 1rleuuS
deemcd unjust and calculated to dctrart from
it's real merits.
The bill amending the charter OF the A., l..
& b. Railroad, was taken up, but passed oy
for the day.
The Senate passed the bill dstrlctins The
State for County Judges, which goes TO the
House tor concurrence.
The House bill for the appointment o!
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction was con
s;dered in the Senate as to the compensation,
i beipg contended that for the first year, and
until some feasible plan was suggested s2,3oo
nor annum was too much--Wlthout action the
bill was laid over.
Roth branches OF the Legislature passed
resolution declaring the seat of RI. Is. Burr,
ham. on the Court OF Appeals vacant, MT &
in tine opinion Of large majority OF DOLE
Houses being disqualified by reason OF his hold
ing military commission:
In the House, to day, the bill to INCORPORATE
tho Richmond and AegaDy Railroad Com
many was called up on its second reading. 1t pro-
vidss for subscri ption to its capital stock oi
SIS 900, 900, for the purpose OF constructing i
railroad from Richmond to Clifton forgc or
some other suitable point OF connection WIFE
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad IN the
county of Allegany or Rockbrdge
| A Joint resolution to observe the ANNIVERSARY .
| of the birth of Washington passed the Senate
but was defeated in the House. This, IL SAID
bu those who know, to be the first instance i'll
| which the Legislature OF Virginia refused 10
honor the natal day O! the Father OF MS
country, but it is oil piece with the progress
of the age" One Of the Radical Senators VINO
| onposed the passage of the resolution remarked
that 1.-THE dead past must bury Its dead. nc
living certainly pay but little respect 10 Their
) memories and so we 90. ...
| A special committee on immigration has been
appointed in the House. r,
Bills have been reported III the House ~
incorporate the Potomac and Piedmont anu
Potomac and Manassas Railroad Companies
A petition to the t. s. House Of RepreSen-
tativcs, praying that Mr.. Joseph Segar rep
resentative ut large from Virginia be aulnitleu
to his seat, has been signed BY nearly every
member of the Legislature, Irrespective Oh
party.
at the Penitentiary and MIR. Strother, the new.
~ elected Superintendent, entered upon thc
discharge OF his duties. 1t is to be hoped Tor
the credit of the institution that there Will be
| a radical change in the management not only
of the convicts but Of the aiflirs OF the fenl'
Tertiary. :, =,
Ice was formed here last night Of considerable
thickness, and the lettuce and other early Vcge-
tables which have appeared were "nipped IN
the bud"
Buttz. the contestant Of the seat oil Norton,
the colored delegate from Williamsburg was ar
rested here to-day, charged with collecting TIC
bounty money of c0lorcd soldier ADD appro-
n,iatino il TO his own use. Butts claims that
this charge has been trumped up to divert his
attention from the contested case aid to take
him to Norfolk.
Attorney General Taylor made his first APP
pearancc to day, in behalf of the common
wealth, in the Hastings Court OF this city 10 =
habeas corpus case!
Those VIII O have been anxiousIy awaiting the
removal of their political disabilities, in order
to run for Office" before the Legislature, are
considerably depressed, and fears are now eS-
pressed that nothing will be done by Congress
unliI all the Judges are elected. :.
Gov Walker has been compelled TO decline
seeing visitors for j day or two: until he can
finish the message upon which he Is engaged
in reference 10 the finances OF The State, which
it is thought will be sent in on thursday II
possible. rAlRFAA'
BLACK SpEcKs IN THE FACE. The specka,
usually supposed to BE- small worms, may he
squeezed out by gentle pressure, but will como
again in few days a permanent cure can be
effected by the use OF The following prcpara-
ton: White brandy, , O., cologne, OF. j;
liquor potass, +! o. Wash the fac; with warm
water, use rough towel, then app ~ little OF
the preparation. This receipt has been sold as
hiuh as hundred dollars and is certainly worth
trying Petersburg Courier.
A man was taken out Of jail last week ia
Richmond county, Ky. by a band Of masked and
armed men, and hung on tree in the Court
House yard. The following vas pinned on his
back Gibbs man was Rebel soldier. lie
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