Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-22
GAZETTE AMI Y
Letters from Richmond.

1Corresrondent of tie Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND June 20.-lhe Senate was not
in session to-day. ln the House OF D ne
the following bills were reported 10 estae-
lish and maintain uniform system OF puDhc
free schools amending the act incorporating
the trustees of Randolph Macon College, pass
ed February Sd, 1880. and ratifylng tho re-
roya of said college from Boydton to Ash
land incorporating tho Potomac and Man.
assas railroad company. with recommends,
tion that the House agree to the hrst and
third amendments and disagree TO the second
amendment proposed by the Senate incor'
noralipp the Harrisonburg and CoVlngton
railroad company amending the act to pres
cribc end define the jurisdiction OF the ooun-
t. and corporation courts OF inc Coumon
wealth, and the times and places OF holding
the same !; prohibiting the taking OF tsh Tor
the purpose Of manufacturing oil or manure,
amending section !, chapter lol, OF the code
| of 1860, in relation to fish.
| bin to authorize the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg railroad company to merge
and consolidate with or to lease, Or to lease
to, connecting lines. was referred.
Bills for raising the pay Of the Attorney
General OF Virginia to $4,000 per year in
creasng the pay OF the Secretary OF the
| Commonwealth to $1,000 per year; incor-
norating the Potomac aid Manassas railroad
company were passed.
! House bill to protect the Virginia oyster
beds, being special order, was taken up
1t provides that no citizen of the State shall
be interested with any nonresident IN the
oyster fishery; that no non resident shall en-
gage in the fishery and that oysters shall
not be taken but with ordinary tongs, except
in the waters Of the sounds OF Tangier and
Dab r,ot-n nd u
the counties Of Accomac and Southampton:
The bill was slightly amended and ordered
to third reading.
Senate bill 10 authorize the sherittS and their
deputies to collect airearages OF taxes tor the
wears lSGG-'G7, was taken up The committee
Of financc proposed to amend by adding the
years lS59-'60, and the years ShS-'69, and
the amendment VAS passed.
Senate bill to amend the Code it relation to
marriages within certain degrees OF relation
ship, was rejected
Senate bill to regulate the settlement OF
fiducary accounts and for the appointment Of
commissioners in Chancery was ordered to It's
third reading.
Senate bill amending the Code with regard
, to the levy Of executions tor recovery OF debts
due the State was ordered to its third reading
Correspondence of the Aleranelriu Ga:ette !
RICHMOND, June 2l.--To.day, was, by re,
solution, the day for the reassembling of the
Senate, but rs only few of the members as
, scmbled and the majority did not, after lew
: House bills had been reported by the clerk and
referred, motion to adjourn prevailed, and
the state mucted for $3.50 besides the pay OF
clerks &c.
La the House Of Delegates bills we're reported
to incorporate the Martinsburg and Potomac
) Railroad Company, and for the payment Of
the salary OF Richard j. Parker, late judge Of
the thirteenth judicial circuit.
The House bill providing for reassessment
of the lands Of the Commonwealth was ordered
to be cngrosscd and the following passed -
, House bill to protect the oyster beds OF the
Commonwealth.
5 Senate bill to amend the Code 10 regard to
, the settlement OF iduciary accounts and for the
, appoiGtment Of commissioners in chancery.
Senate bill for the relief of the late Sherltts
, OF the Commonwealth.
Senate bill to regulate judicial sales and
sf S; anenne certain sections of the
Code in relation to the working, ETC., Of roads,
! was taken up ard discussed.
During its consideration, Owen, colored, OF
J Halifax asked II thnro was any motion by
which the bill could be poked under the table
ri moved that such be the disposition made
OF the bill. This was lost
Pending the further consideration OF the
bill the House adjourned.
A large number OF invitations have been
issued for the reception at the Governor s
Mansion t0morrow night, and it is expected
that the affair will be on grand scale. Prep
arai0ns for the occasion are in progress
especially among the ladies who will vie with
each other in their elegance Of costume &c.
Richmond has become, even more than before
the war, political centre" and NANNY of the
manners and customs of other capitals further
north, have been introduced here.
II some Of those who once directed affairs Of
State in the old Commonwealth, and madeVir.
GINA what she was, could he recalled, with
what astonsEment would they look upon the
present aspect Of affalIs.
Mayor Ellysous salary as mayor, Tor the
present quarter, will not pay half his city taxes
The contested election case was before Judge
Guigon this morning when there was some
preliminary skirn,shing on the part OF COUNSEL
| those representing the conservative side argu.
Ing that the Judge must decide the case upon
its merits and not merely upon the conduct OF
| the commissioners. They claimed to be able
| to prove that upwards of one thousand
| fraudulent Radical votes were pollcd and only
asked u full and fair investigation in order to
| establish the claims Of the conservative candl
| dates to tho Offices.
The Counsel on the Radical side were dig
posed to confne the trial to the question OF the
legality OF tho conduct of the commissioners.