Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-16
LETTERS FROM RICHMOND.

u tLa oot;on of tbe House on the important
VIZ ",oos~ras now occupying the attention OF that
hoJv or portion of it, to day determined oy |
. vot, If % to l2, to adjourn on Friday TO
tuesday. The following is the resolution
"Whareas, in view of the advanced state OF
tbc business before tho Senate, no detrlmens
can accrue to the public interest oy recess oi
Resolved, That when theSenate ad5Journs on y,
Friday next it will adjou untliluesaay next:
Should any measure OF importance DC reaoy
BY Friday it is likely tho ABOVE RESOLUTION VIII
be rcscindcd. 49,, Do,,;I,
and Salem railroad company, with the ameou-
wants nronosad by the House, was passed.
The following bills were reported to amend
| an act entitled "an act to prescribe and delino
the Jurisdiction OF the county and eorp9ratlon
courts, and the times and places OF holding the
somo'. TO amend and re enact section - OF
chant,r $50 of the Code, in relation to the or
dor in which debts against decedents shall be
maid: to amend and re-enact section Is OF
chapter III, relative to binding persons jointly
Lv Judgment, bond, note or otherwise to
amend and re-enact section lS5 OF chapter %,
concerning harbor masters and dock masters
and to amend and re enact the 3th section OF
au act in relation to county and corporation
courts.
\ bill was introduced to amend the act IN
cooperating the Potomac ralroad company au'
thorizng the company to make connection
with the Fredericksburg road at some point
between Fredericksburg and Aqua creek.
The following bills were passed TO lnc0rpo-
rate the Hanover junction and West FONT
railroad company. with theHouss amendments.
The bill authorizes tho construction or ran
road from Hanover junction TO West Point at
the head of York River, thus continuing the
Chesapeake and Ohio road to navigable water;
TO provide iorthc removal OF causes, Judgments
and paper, from tic court OF hastings OF fiar-
risonburp to the county court OF Rockingham !;
continuing the payment OF interest anu uiVi
dend4 TO the Incorporated colleges, and othcr
scmina.ics OF learning in this State; prescr'
ing how and in what cases the estates OF per
sons Ct uasouul mind shall BE- c0mmittcu 10
the public curator; to charter the rfcuefcSS
burg loan anil land company; amending Ger
tain provSiors OF the j9th section OF the gen
era! election law; to Incorporate the to|n OF
Gorlons7iic; 10 relation to the fllfl'S anu
Gcorrctowu turnpike company.
The Senat.. bill! vesting the po%cr OF hing
ra.arccs in township ana county otces,l III
the Judges OF county or corporation courts, was
ras,aI with al amendment proIli!ng that
wits ul election TO fill vacancies shall DC issued
by the Judges of the county or corporation
courts Of the counties or corporations In when
such vacancies occur, "a that tho same may pc
filled at !ha lex, election alter such VFc.ic}
! may occur
! In the House OF y Delegates, tn. bill concern
ing the pay ct the Attorney General, was dis
cu>snd aud -, coo per annum rs agreed upon
b. the Senate fixed as the salary, but tor rant
Of Il constitutions! iuui0riiy the bill failed to
pass.
Major I,Iiyson has been summoned by tec
rronh to Washington, with stVera! witnesses
10 testify in The Woods case.
The bill! TO Incorporate the Farmers anu
Mccbanir.' Saving Bank Of Alexandria has
n4ssca beth brarches Of the Legislature.
4 bgamy case is reported ltcrc-lachmond
is progressing.
The report that The friends Of Major Suth
erin had IN view thn cxaltug oil that gentle
man to tl!a gub,rnatorlal chair IS incorrect;
the Maj9r is spoken Of for the u. 5: Senate,
successor to Judge oh3st9n h an ,ss n9t 'St
,he next session Of the General Assembly, can
didates ere already being taxed Of
RICHMOND, June lj.-In the Senate, today,
atuoag the bills passed was one TO incorporate
the Potomac and Manassas railroad company.
| 1t IS proposcd by The bill. (Which having been
work within two and lis completion within SIX
years, goes BACK to the House, to CONSTRUCT q
railroad from Manassas junction by way OF
Duci!rics to some point Oh the projected Alex
aniria and Fredericksburg road. This road Is
| in time, Is is sad, to be connected with road
10 D.. col 2:ruc:ed from Manassas to Berlin,
and it is TO b. united with Il Pennsylvania road
thar Is to supply Virginia with anthracite
coal, &c.
'i'hc Governor having signiGed his otj ections
to the bill amending the code IN reference to
granting iniunctions, th, bill has been request
cd to be returned in order that the objections
| may De removed.
The House of Delegates has also boen re-
qaeStcel to return to the Senate the JOINT reso-
iou providing for a recess of the General
Assembly, 10 view OF a bill which will proba,
by pass Congress rcapportionlng representation
aud which will make it necessary Tor the Leg
isature to be in session on lst October.
| The following bills we're advanced to third
reading: in relation to binding persons jointly
by bond and otherwise; amending the act pre-
! scribiny and defining the jurisdiction OF county
and corporation courts, &C., authorizing Judges
| OF corporation courts in cases when they can
| not sit, to exchange with other corporation
Judges, but not with county judges authoriz
| log the auditor toIsell tho States land scrip;
for the relief Of the MERCHANTS bank OF Lynch.
burg in relation to the paymept OF money and
delivery Of properly in the haadS,ef iduclaries.
Among the bills passed were the following
Senate bill amending certain sections Of the
general election law; Senate bill authorizing
| councils Of cities to appoint harbor and dock
masters; Senate bill providing for an elections
! in towns OF less than 5000 Inhabitants. 1
The Court Of Appeals bill! as amended by
the House was referred.
y report declaring it ineSrrdie nt to lcsioato
upon resolution requiring sherffs when their
terms 81 office expire to settle all iduciary ac-
counts was cOncurrcd in.
House hi | extending the time Tor repair orthel
rebuilding OF mills destroyed during the late
war, With the disagreement Of the House to
the amendment OF the Senate was taken up
and tha Senate rccaGel lrou, its amendment
and the bill passed.
The llit ~ nrfn),li .h l,,r,