Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-23
IETTER FROM RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, June Z2.-lDe CITY IL f''J HNe'
and business dull. - Tho
The Legislature is poddng away at the
work before it, with bare quorum 10 each
House and leaves OF absence granted ior tne
asking. - o,.o hill -
ornend the charter of the Richmond and Lynch
hnrp railroad company, with amendments pro-
nosed bv the House, was passed Dy; I'm
The House amendments to the senate Diis
amending the charter of the SHENANDOAH val
law railroad company fixing the pay Oh the at.
tnrney general; in relation to the appointment
IT notaries public; and amendatory OF section
IS, of chapter 1876 of code. were agreed to.
Among the bills referred were the following
from The House: amending an act OF lncorpo-
ration Of company to construct turnpike
road from SydnOr's springs, IN the county OF
Frederick, to bseet road leading from " ln-
chester TO Front Royal amending the charter
Of the town Of Harrisonburg; 10 regulate the
settlement Of fiduclary accounts; ana e., TO pro-
tcct the oyster beds of the Commonwealth.
The bill to provide Tor the assessment OF
taxes with the House amendments was passed.
| BY the bill nearly everything Is included IN lhe
Tax list, farming im plements, mechanics toOis,
nriyate libraries, farm products on hand, NC,
&c.
The House bill to incorporate the tairlax
county narrow euarc elevated railroad COM
pany, was passed.
Senate Joint resolution instructing the pub
lie printer to have published Tor general dis
tributon, 10000 copies OF Manry 5 secohu
volume of Physical Survey OF Virginia, was
passed. u;u;o,.,
burg was ordered to be engrossed
The Committee on Immigration rcportea1 aa-
al IL
man 70 the General Assembly, praying Tor an
appropriation Of $4,000 to deiray the eHpsn-
ses OF foreign and domestic immigration ageh-
cies q
Among tho petitions presented was one OF
yoal estate owners Of Alexandria praying that
jurisdiction in unlawful dctniner casts be cor
terrcd upon justices OF the peace.
Joint resolution was offered instfuctihg
the auditor to order one oil the steamers De
longing to the State TO cruise upon the foto-
mac river and enforce the existing wSrespect
inc the fisheries on said river, IN relation &c
fishing for shad &C., ut this late period,
Among the Senate bills passed were the to
lowing: For the relief or the Merchants Bank
IS Ivnchburp to incorporate the Richmond
Educational Association; to amend and re'enac!
| section 25 of chapter $50 OF code; to amend
and re enact section l3 of chapter l44 OF code
and in relation to payment OF money anu oe
livery OF property
4 bin to amend IN act to prescribe and de
. fine the Jurisdiction OF the county ard corpo
f ration courts. providing that Il any Judge OF
CORPORATION court be unable or TAIL TO attend
, regular term of his court, or be prevented IRON
sitting during the @holc term, or be so situated
. in respect to any case pending in said court a
!, ia his opinion 10 make it improper Tor him t
, try it, any other Judge OF a corporation cour
! NAV hold said court either for the whole tern
. or any part thereof, was passed.
In the House Of Delegates, motion to taS
, No the bill relating to the scaling OF the Sat
, vote in internal improvement companies giving
:, one vote for each share OF stock held, tsle'
: for want OF the requisite two thirds vote.
=, Among the bills reported were the following.
A substitute for the House bill providing aEtl
= fetal limbs for those WAC lost them IN the lat
+ war; making anapproprlatlon to the W lihalns
E burg asylum; authorizing the ALEXANDRA ant
Frederick burg railroad to consoll9ato VIZ 49,
other ns lG 2. thf bridso Poin
81 Hooks amending code in regard to pay o
. clerks Of Court OF Appeals and Circuit Cour
e OF CRY 0! Richmond amending code in reEart
- 10 c!nrks of Cont at Appeals; ond providing
. for funding ant! rcdecming State debt.
Among the bills passed were the following
Re. assessing lands of the Commonwealth tol
the payment of 81 900 toJames Lyons for pro
, fcssIonal services in the case OF Caesar Grimm
regarding the superintendent of public print
, ing; repeating certain provisions OF the code
relative TO subscriptions by counties to works
| of Internal improvements: to protect INN grants
and TO encourage immigration for the reiie
of ". Dcarmont, late sheriff Of Clarke county
and amending the code in relation to the levy
Of executions for debt due the State.
Bills were introduced to authorize the cOun.
ties OF hIbemarle, lfuvanna and Greene to loan
money TO the RiVaIna navigation company :;
and TO incorporate the town OF Onancock, Ac-
c0RHs S Si n5sc.rD0v n;,o,.re the Potomac
and the bill in relation to the appointment Of
lIarbOr and Daek masters, the latter providing
for the appointment OF a Harbor master by
the counc; 81 Richmond, were passed.
Judge Gaigon this morning rendered dc.
cisinn in the contested election case to the Ell
feet that the right OF each one OF the city Off
GERS must BE- tried, and that the decision Of the
question 10 one case will not vacatc all the city
Offices. This virtually comedies What the con.
scrvatives asked, viz: That the question of
fraud may be opened as they expect to show
that there we're hundreds of coIored voters who
were in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi On
election day, whose names were voted here.
Company & Of the 9TH u. S. artillery, the
last of the troops used in the reconstruction of
Virginia, loIt here to day for Fort McI1rnry.
| This leaves no II. s. troops in Virginia save
the regular garrison at Fortress Monroe. The
| troops and their baggage we're put aboard the
steamer this morning at L O'clock at which
hour ended lie military occupation" Of Vir-
glnIa.
| VIRGINIA NEWS.
John Waikabout alias Hance Parramore, has