Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-03

QUARRELING OVER DEAD MANS BOOTS
LAST SCENE OF WHITTEMoRE.-Th Wash
ihgton correspondent of the New York Tribune
says:
immediately after tho vote WAS announced MIR.
VIII ittcmore loft his seats and retired to the
cOak-roon, Wharo he spent nearly an hour IN
conversation with numerous members, who
went 10 him to express their sympathy at his
misfortune a painful and disgusting scene
occurred on the floor during the calling OF the
yeas snd nays on tho resolution OF censure.-
While, with q few exceptions. mem bers sat
quietly in their seats. evidently deeply impress
ed with the solcmnity OF the proceedings, and
filed with feeling of regret that tclrcumstances
had placed them in such position, MT. Whlt-
impudent boys who act rs pages on tic moor,
calnorug for his autograph from the sale OF
which they hoped to derive good. profit. But
this was not all; at the same tIne Messrs Bou-
ten and Fsrnsworth stood in the midst OF these
BOYS, each begging Of Mr.. Wnttcmore the
right to occupy his scat as soon as he was
compelled to vacate it. Tho seat being an
available one, there was demand Tor It, If.
Bouten hcing the first to ask, MIR. Whlttemoro
of course gave him tho priilege, but Farms
worth claimed that botore tho days session De-
Gan he had asked tho doorkeeper that the seat
30 assigned him, and this quarrel about a dead
mans boots the two honorable gentlemen
Kept up'untl Mr.. Whittcmore lott.
OYSTER TAX IN VIRGINIA. Mr.. W. II. G.
Levitt, Chief Inspector of Oysters Of Virginia,
has lust issued his annual report. lie opposes
the military order OF September 10Th, 1867,
and says that in consequence, only l93 State
vessels worked under licenses, leaving SUI uh-
licensed vessels, which protessed to actas feeding
vessels to those Shipping oysters cut OF theState,
hut which, when loaded, had frequent oppor
runiticS especially ip the outer districts, IN the
absence of the inspectors. to run large quaint
ties Of oysters to Baltimore Crisfaid, and to YES
>cls loading in Maryland near the line, without
,aying any tax, and estimates that not less
than 1000, 900 bushels of oysters escaped the
tax in this way.
The receipts for the year ending September
1T, 1850, were ST. ,GO0.97, against s6o' l52'o 81
Tor the corresponding period CT the previous
year. c
The rcport says, ''But for the notifications
Jrt,cncral Schotield, the gross amount OF COZ
lotions would have been doubled. While t''
cxrensc CT collecting would not have been IN J.
creased and the State would have realized 1u'
500 900 net for the tax for 1869.
ltPrECT or Cold ON Gas. 1t may surprise
soma Of our readers, who have given no at at
,cntion to such subjects, to learn that the l.
eliminating power Of ordinary gas ucpcnus, ~ II.
verc marked ratio, upon the temperature VI
The mir in which it is burned. lhuS; II ia
hnon found. taking the amount OF hight emit.
i.I ot G5 degrees Of Fahrenheit as StanuaI'
If 100 narts. that at % degrees, or the lreeZ'Dt
no;nt the percentage of light Is only 10, anu
,b,t .t 4 degrees above zero it is only 3D. OF
,bnut oncthird of what it Is at to degrees. .
On T. other hand, increased heat IS nct ae
romnsnicd by corresponding amount OF l!En'
.;rcn ,hc tcmpcrature OF boiling water cauIcs
an incrrasc Of only four per cent. over :l'
yiandard. that of 320 degrees, or or OF "'l''"i
n,yaiI;nc only eighteen per cent. Inc loss :"
Illuminating power upon the application @
r,J is sunnoscd TO depend directly upon 'ht
condrnsation Of the hydrocarbon varoiS' shc'
- a trmperaturc of degrees, soma mass IVA wa
T,unI copccalcd upon the sides OF inc 'upe
r,,.la;niur. among other substances Oc"l'''
ammonia and nitric acid.
PEN AND INK SvETCH. The eoltot u p;sh eh
rIarksyilIe Roanoke Valley writing rom t''t th
monI riycs the following CONCLUSIONS aS " u"
,crsonpcl of the Legislature -. po,be,
Thn member fran AlexandrIa, MT. fs"i nou'1 q
,inhns,nn is The oldest man. Mr.. MeN r., y
tnanntr is the Youngest MIR. Speakes
,er' is iI,o talicst msmber Mr.; LoyenSSseli'' y
Richmond, is tho shortest. Mr Wslhw' u
Madison is tho biggest. MI. fopnss,
l;,lh,is the smallest Mr.. McCracken o' uo NJ
Is the uqliest. Mr.. Thomas, otaHenTy, hiast sa,t .
Ncl.auphlin Of RockbriHge, are lEo lEotH.n ap.J =
,ir. Wood, of Halifax, and MIR. S3u'hs,,, p Hn,on y
Ahcmarle are the best looking MF' 0"0