Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-04
I-ETTERFROM RICHMOND.


ators were granted leaves of absence for week
and ten days.
Bills to aid the Virginia immigration Society
and TO organize board of Immigration tor
Virginia, with fund to aid in defraying the
EXPENSES of the same, were reported with
recommendation that-sbey do not pass
The House bill to%e&blish the Central Lu-
natic Asylum for coIored persons, was made the
order of the day for tomorrow.
The bill to authorize the Virginia Military
Institute to borrow money, was referred.
The following bills were introduced and re-
forred
70 amend and re-enact section Is, of chap
ter IA, of the code, relative to binding persons
jointly by judgment, bond, motto, or otherwise;
to amend and re enact section 25 of chapter
100, of code, in relation 10 the order 10 when
debts against decedents shall be paid, and to
authorize the Fredericksburg and GordonSVllle
railroad company to borrow money ,.u
In the House of Delegates, the Senate phi to
Incorporate the West Point and Hanover juno
ton railroad company; and the House OH 10
amend the code 10 relation TO The salary OF the
aI;~tn.. G.-..-l uf cL. Dtate, were reported.
The bill to provide artificial limbs for citizens
of the State who lost limbs in the late wal, was
referred to special committee.
The House bill to Incorporate the PIEDMONT
and Potomac Railroad company, was passed;
AS was tho bill authorizing the Richmond ana
YORK River railroad company to extend Its
| main line, or build branches to the Chesapeake
! or lis tributaries.
The Senate bill to amend the charter of the
Alexandria & Fredcrcksburgrailread company,
| was taken up out OF its order, and after dis
crssion passed as it came from the Senate.
The bill appropriating money to pay tor re-
pairs to the capitol, 70: chairs aoi desks Tor
the House OF Delegates and Tor alterations anu
fitting up Sycamore Church, was passed.
The following resolutions returning thanks to
the Governor and Legislature OF MISSISSIPPI,
for resolutions expressing coincidence IN the
Canitol disaster, were passed in both Houses ::
Res07rel, That the heartfelt thinks OF the
General Assembly and OF the people OF VIZ
einia be returned to the Governor Legislature
and people of Mississippi, who, though dis
tant. have in manner worthy o: our sister
State, manifested their sympathy md tender
| cd their coincidence 10 our general sorrow ana
bereavement.
ResoZcel, Thst the Governor ba requested
to transmit o copy Of these resolutions TO the
Governor, the President of the Senate and
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates It the State
| OF Mississippi.
The Treasurer OF the Commonwealth gives
notice that according TO law the trarstcr books
of the State registered stock will be closed alter
the oh inst until July lst.
The ''R.ief Convention composed oil about
eight or ten gentlemen from dlffrrett parts OF
tho State met at the Ballard House to-day,
4 ppointcd committee 10 prepare business, and
q diournel over until tonight. Col. l.. W..
| Alien, of Caroline, was chosen Chairman, and
| Mai. }. Horace Lacey, OF Spotsylvania, made
| chairman Of tho committee on business
| Remarks we're made by three or four vi the
dccsates, one speaker iavorlng the formation
of q court OF Cancellation in each county, CON-
posed OF three members the county Jrdgc'
| farmer and merchant acquainted win colh
mcrcial usages--o adjust old Indebtedness, anu
on what terms it should DC acttleu: AoEtnt.
e eGl net It was farce &c. and favored court
to adjust old Indebtedness.
| Mr. Jas. Barbour favored tho Georgia bill,
which he considered had worked we'll. Another
speaker said that the whole people felt deep
interest in this movement to afford relief to
| Debtors but they failed to come here, because
| they feared if the TACT was known the law
| wouId be enforced against them as at present
existing.
There seems to be no doubt now that the
Radical candidates for municipal offices will
contest the election, and thus the "Vexed 1ue5'
ton" be brought before the courts for adjudlca-
ton. How many courts it will 60 through
&c Nsnert saith not.
TOMATOES. tomatoes should be staked at
the time they are planted out, and the plants
tied loosely to the stakes. Any stakes will an-
swer that arc we'll branthed they should be
an inch and halt or two inches through at the
large end. Trim the branches back 10 four or
six inches. Doe such stake to each plant will
answer. As the plants advance, tie them once
in six or eight inches, until they reach the top
Of the stakes, when tho lateral or side branches
will bend down and be supported BY the forks
or branches on the stakes. Ii the stakes should
stand three feet out OF the ground, iolr or i've
tyings will be required, or IN place OF tying,
many Of the plants can have their tops SO bent
am0ag the forks on the stakes as to receive
sufficient support.
Whenever the ground becomes baked, as it
is sure to do when the vines lie on the ground,
then the tomatoes arc small, and at stemper
aurc of S. degrees and upward they SIN scald;
this they seldom do in fresh stirred ground. A
~ picked, probably in half the time they could
be if they were allowed to spread out over the
ground. Tomatoes supported on shkes are
always clean, and few rot. When not ltaked it
sometimes occurs especially il the vines are
wet, that half or more Of the crop will rot
and the remainder will be so covered with earth
By dashing rains that the labor OF cleaning the
fruit alone would be equivalent to providing
the plants with some suitable support: From
the time tomatoes are set they should be pow-
cd or cultivated and hoed at least once each
month, and always as soon after shower as
the ground can he finely pulverized. Level
cultivation is the BEST Repeated stirring of
the soil hastcns growth and increase.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.-Pompey Bwcus,
coored man, was ia the mill owned by Dr.
Gunton, il Spaldings District of this county,
on Wednesday OF last week. A gentleman d.
rectiog 4 piece OF timber to be moved, h' jump
cd forward 10 obey The saw driven by a
powerful turbine wheel was near the ufortun-
ate man, ard he cam, 10 contact with as he
stumbled, the gIittering steel, revolving with
the velocity OF lightning almost, struck one Of