Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-15
T-rTvER FROM RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, March IT. lie OCTAVE " u'''
apree6 to the report OF the Conference Com
m;,tee, On the oath bill, which excludes the
anti dueling oath tit being a requirement. OF
tbc Constitution and retains the 18th amend
meut oath for twelve months, it being expect
od that bv that time Congress will remove the
disabilities Ct all who are laborlug under them
now.
The ''Railroad war has begun IN earnest.
T. is now consolidation" and "anti- consolida-
lion" and the first gun was fired Today. when
tho following resolutions were introduced and
adopted by the Senate:
Resolvel, That the Committee on Roads To-
auire and report: -,
w. Whether the Virginia and Tennessee rail
road company, as now managed, Is violating
Tho provisions of its amended charter, passed
March 6. ls49, by unlawful discrimination
against other works of internal improvement
connecting at Lypchburg, as to freight or iares,
mr. as TO facilities of transportation anu inter-
change of tonnage and travel.
., Whether the said company is not vlolat'
ing the provisions of the act, passed April 20,
1867, chapter lO4, by unlawful Determinations
| AGAINST tonnage to points within the State, and
in favor Of tonnage to points beyond the limits
Of the State, and by other unlawful dlscrlmlna;;
tions prohibited by the said act; and hat SAID
| committee have authority to scEd Tor persons
and papers. o.,:uLu
the incorporation of the Virginia marble com
pany, OF Loudoun county, were agreed TO. ,
The bill to provide for q registration or
votors in tbo State, was considered but not
finally acted upon. .
In the House OF Delegates Il resolution
petitioning Congress to grant a general amnesty
70 all citizens of Virginia now laborlng under
! n~olitical disabilities, was referred; also,
A resolution requesting the Senators ana
REPRESENTATIVE Ia Congress TO procure such
an amendment to the bankrupt act as Will OK
tnnd ia provisions for q discharge OF bankrupts
r. univ list, 1871, and will ratity the homestead
exemption of 81, 1000 which is provided for BY
tho nTescnt constitution Of Virginia, that In
strument having been approved as Just, !leera'
and republican.
Among the resolutions OF enquiry introduced,
was one into the expedlcncy OF imposing o TAX
Der capiu on all laborcra Induced ny lapor
agents to leave the State; the tax to De appro
priatea TO the support Of the aged and lnu!gent
negroes l.ts On the State: the tax TO De pslu oy
the agent Or agents.
Grafton for Virginia" to establish local board:
in connection herewith, and provide q 1uau &c
mid in detraying the necessary EXPENSES OF Tue
Stot, Roard. was read and referred to the prop
er COMMITTEES.
The bill to incorporate the Potomac anc
Manassas railroad company was amenued anC
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
The bill authorizing the Board OF Public
Works 70 examine all claims against the Gov
ington and Ohio Railroad Company, Tor WORE
&C., and 10 report to tho General Assembly,
was c0ncurred ID:
inc one from General r. +. Lee. on tie sub
;nct of the Southern boundary Of the State,
,,r,s laid before the House, and ordered to be
Several bills Of Incorporation were consider
ed and advanced on the calendar.
Tho Radical leaders, alter agreeing to have
q "conierencc'' on the eth Of April, have ad
iourncd. Mr.. John F. Lewis announced a.
the meeting that lie was no longer IN accorc
with Gov. Walkcr-a patent TACT. The rea
object Of the little gathering seems to have
been to concentrate, IN order that the leader:
may have the distribution Of the Federal patro'
mage in the districts represented by RldgWay'
Mines, and Gibson. who have refused to unite
It was stated by Mr.. Lewis that he had come
to Richmond at the earnest request Of Gen.
Grant, but as there was not the slightest ne
cessity for a political move ut this time, anu
as the offices in the gift Of the Federal authorl
ties are to be distributed, it is thought by
many, as probable, that the parceling out oil
these Offices was ut the bottom OF the move
ment.
The Attorney General Of the State, to day,
sent to the House of Delegates his opinion in
reference to the l4th amendment oath as ap.
| plicablc to State officers, in which he decides
| that the Office Of State officer held prior to
tue passage OF the said 18th amendmcn, is not
vacated by the failure of the incumbent to sub
| scribe to the oath prescribed by that amendment;
further, that the official acts of magistrates
now in Office are valid until their SUCCESSORS are
appointed or elected and qualified.
The opinion is d long and able one.
The opinion was rendered In the case OF j.
E, Budd, member Of the House from Loudoun,
who held the Office OF Justice Of the Peace by
appointment of Gen. Stoneman, and not wishing
to hold longer failed to qualify as required by
act of Congress admitting the State to repre-
sentation. BY the decision OF the Attorney
General Mr.. b. is still a magistrate and can
only 'get out by resignation.
4 shocking accident happened OF Williams.
burg on Friday last, the news of which has just
reached here. 1t appears that two young gen.
tlemen, J. NJ. Maupin and Thos. Howe, while
on 4 iroIic, mounted a horse, which threw
them, their heads striking a post and fracturing
their skulls. One died in three hours and
the other the next day. Neither was consci-
Gus after being thrown. They were both well.
known, and members of highly respected fami'
lies.
Foreign News.
In tha British House Of Lords. Yesterday