Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-08
Letter from Richmond

lance was done in either branch OF the Legls'
lature to-day, and the Senate adjourned until
Monday. A number of bills and resolutions
we're Introduce! and referred in both Houses,
and various leaves of absence granted
The leave granting" has become nuisance,
and unless some steps are taken to put a stop
to it. LEGISLATION will be seriously impeded. Mem
bers having so much important private business
should resign, and not draw pay from the State
for services not rendered. 10 olden times such o
state Of things would have been discounte
ranoed. But, alas all things have changed
'homines as well as mores.
In the Senate, to day, coored member,
iucensed at the inhiction OF corporal punish
ment on some colored violators OF The law re-.
| garding petit larceny, introduced a resolution
| looking to the adjustment OF the lnt1ction Of
stripes as punishment for that offence, which
| went to committee.
A bill amending the provisions of the act in
regard to writs OF error and superSedeas, fix
ing the time for filing notice OF appeal, &c,
at two years, was passed.
A bill was introduced for the appointment OF
| Trustees of the town of Canborough in Prince
William county.
The House passed the bill making it penal
offence to carry concealed weapons, also pass
| ed the Joint resolution repudatiGg reputation
Of private or public debts, and passed the bill
dispensing with juries in certain cases, when
not demanded by one Of the parties.
| A resolution instructlng the Committee 90
| Finance to inquire into the expediency OF
| amending the act imposing taxes for the sup
| port of the government, so as to mako the tax
| on suits uniform and equitable, was referred
A Joint resolution giving the consent OF the
| State for the erection of bridge over the 20
tomac, opposite point in Loudoun county, was
ordered to engroSsment.
The Governor sent to the Legislature com
mupication announcing the tender OF materla
aid from different portions of the country tol
the relief OF the sufferers by the recent flood
which was at once referred to a special com
mittee of each House, with whom the Cover,
cor will co operate in the distribution of funds
&c., to the destitute. The committee on the
port of the Senate are Messrs. Smith, o.
Clarke, Owen, of LyDchburg, and Campbell, o
Richmond, and on the part of the House
Messrs. Kelley, Of Richmond, Turner, Of War
rcD Daniel, of Lynchburg, } ones, of Albemarle
and Bradley.
A circular has been issued requesting meet
ing of the physicians of the State, in Conven
ton, in this city on the I'd OF November, fol
the purpose ct forming State Medical 30
ciety, and committee OF the Richmond Acad
envy of Medicine has been appointed to make
arrangements Tor the reception OF members.
The District Conservative Convention Of tho
Third Confessional District meets here to
morrow TO nominate candidate for Congress-
| The most prominent names mentioned are
Judge Meredith, Col. Ordway, Gen. Milford
and Judge Cox.
Politics arc at q low ebb here, and there i:
certainly peace and quiet for the present.
Active preparations arc being made Tor the
| Fair to take place next month and so far the
indications arc that it will be success.
The Ioor quality of the oysters brought tc
| Richmond is subject of general remark. Stu
ated within easy access Of the finest beds in the
| world, yet those one gets here are generally
most interior, while the price asked is very high
forty and fifty cents dozen for raD
| SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. III
this Convention, yesterday, MIR. Bowman, o.
| Kentucky, offered resolution, which was ad
opted, providing for the appointment of G
committee on education to report at the next
| meeting. MIR. Bryson, OF Missouri, chairman
| of the Committee on Permanent Lsvees on the
Mississippi, presented report including 6
| resolution asking aid from the General Gov
ernment. Mr. Reimclin opposed the resolu'
ton He said the Convention was filled with
wishes Tor aid. If States and municipalities
could do nothing for themselves, what was the
use OF talking about State Rights. When
Uncle Sam sends a Brgader to reconstruct
the people object but when be sends an engi.
neer with an appropriation behind him, the
| people receive him with opan arms The re-
port was adopted.
Mr. Burwell, OF Louisiana, offered resolu-
ton declaring New Orleans entitled to the
same or similar subversions for postal steam
service to foreign ports as has been extended
to the Atlantic ports; referred 10 a commit
| tee. The committee 90 continuous water
line communication between Mississippi and
Atlantic scaboard presented report in favor
! of untaXed water communication from the
| Ohio river to the seaboard, and requesting a
committee 10 memorabilia Congress in regard
to the completion Of James River and Kama
| wha Canal Survey, with view to furnishing a
canal ono hundred feet wide and eight feet
deep, carrying boats of 500 tons; adopted. Mr..
Cole, of Tennessee, offered report from the
| Special Committee on Railroads, recommend
ing an uniformity of guage and the removal Of
all distractions to the free passage over all
roads, asking of the General Government the
most liberal legislation; expressing the sympa
thy of the Convention with the Northern
Pacific Road, declaring that expediency and
justice alike demand the same aid to the South
ern Pacific Road as has been accorded to the
Northern Pacific, urging on Congress the re
moval of grants to railroads that have lapsed
by the late war, and declaring 10 favor Of the
prevention OF unnecessary obstruction OF rail
roads across the rivers. Adopted. A special
order Was taken up which was to change the
name to the National Commercial Convention.
| MIR. Brien, of Tennessee, recited the history of
the Convention from its origin at Bristol to
| the present, and declared the eminent propri-
ETY. of changing the name. The vote was taken
rising, and was unanimous IN favor OF a change
of name. Applause. MIR. Fouscby, of Texas,
reported in favor of aid to the translatudinal
road from Buffalo to Charleston and Saginaw,
via Cincinnati to Savannah, AID Chicago, via