Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-25
THE PoToMAC AND RAPPAHaNNooK FISHER
les The General Assembly has passed bill
looking to the legitimate exercise of fishing

HE POTOMAC AND RAPPAH AHHoCk fishEh-
les The General Assembly has passed bill
looking to the legitimate exercise OF fishing
rights in both the Potomac and Rsppahannock
rivers and for tho enforcement Of existing laws
upon the subject. To this end the Auditor OF
Public Accounts is directed to order one OF the
steamers belonging to the State to cruise upon
these rivers. and enforce all existing laws as
long as the fishing season continues. The fish
ing season for shad and behring's in the wsters
of tho Potomac begins the first day March. and
ends the first day Of June.
The law as it stands prohibits any one other
than citizen of Virginia from fishing in the
Ksppahannock or its tributaries in any other
way than by q line held in the hand. or attach
ed to pole or rod held in the hand, under a
penalty Of not less than $40 nor more than $500
Complaints have been made by captains Of
vessels and others that navigation has not only
been impeded, but that vessels have been run
through in their bottoms and greatly injured
by reason Of stakes-used in what is known as
stake fshing-having been placed too far out
Assembly for redress OF the grievances, but
the Senate committee reported that existing
laws afforded sufficient remedy. -Fredericks-
burg Herald.
POPULATION AND VICE IN LoNDoN-Lord
Shaftasbury, speaking on behalf of the London
City Mission, said that he believed that the
next census would show population in Lon.
don of nearly 4000, 0G0, 8 serious proportion of
whom were in state Of social and moral deg
radiation 80 great that, in his opinion, unless
something we're done to improve them. the
| British constitution would not be worth quar-
| ter Of century's purchase. His lordship
| thought that much of the evil WAS attributable
to the fact that all who could afford it lived out
! of town, away from their poorer ne!ghbors
| The ignorance and poverty of large masses OF
| the people in the metropolis exceeded anything
that could be described. When times of trouble
| came-and they would come-these laWles6
ands, and they might depend upon it that un'
| less this mass of people were brought under the
| influence of the gospel, the great city OF L on
don would some day pres ent spectacle or con,
| asgraton, plU nder and bloodshed that won ID
| astonish the civilized world.
TaE COURAGE TO L1vE.-Wade Hampton,
at public meeting in South Carolina, assembled
to pay tribute to General Lee, made there
this statement:
Now that he ia fallen may mention what
have never spoken CT before, to show you not
ONLY what were the feelings that actuated him
in the duty to which his beloved countrymen
| called him, but what noble sentiments inspired
him, when he saw the cause for which he had
been fighting so long about to perish. Just be-
fore the surrender after night devoted to the
so see him in the morning, he found him worn
and weary and disheartened, and the Genera
sid to him, How easily | could get rid OF this
and be at rest have only to ride aioLg the
line, and all will be over" But, said he-and
there spoke the Christian patriot'-"t is our
duty to live, Tor what will become Of the women
auc children of the South if we are not here 10
protect them"
FAST TRAvELLING-Probably the tsstes'
railway travelling on record occurred few
days ago on the Pennsylvania railroad, between
Rolls and York. A heavy CIR of lumber go
away with two men in charge on the doWI
grade of eighty feet to the mile. With each
Succeeding mile the speed of the dying car be
came more terrific, and as it passed the TAM
five miles west of the starting point the velocity
was mo, @ than hundred miles an hour. For
tunately, an up grade arrested the car about sli
miles west of Roila. and the car WAS switchee
off at Y ork just in time to prevent crash Will
the freight train east-which being behind time
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