Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

RICHMOND, req. 0.-lu luc Dcua'c lo'ooy
bills were reported to establish bureau Of In
surance, and to authorize counties cities, towns
and townships to endorse the bonds of the
Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad
company.
Bills were introduced to protect butter and
cheese manufacturers; to amend the code IN
relation to the removal Of causes and to revive
certain sections of the code Of 1860, and autho-
rizng the Governor to appoint State assayer
and chemist.
A resolution was introduced and referred
memorializng Congress to refund to the clti-
Gems of Virginia the direct taxes paid BY them
under acts Of Congress passed IN the year
lS6l-'G2.
A resolution to recall from the House Of
Delegates the assessment bill, upon the ground
that it was passed upconstltutlonal'y, was re-
jected, ayes | |, noes ID. =,
ri the House of Delegates the following bills
with Senate amendments were placed upon the
calendar: to authorize the Washington City,
Alexandria, Lyuchburg and North Carolina
railroad company, (Orange, Alexandria and
Manassas r. R.;) toacqure and sell lands; to au-
thorize same company to extend It's railway
from Alexandria to a polut on the Potomac
river opposite or near to or above the cities OF
Washington or Georgetown, and to authorize
the same company, to issue bonds to provide tor
the payment of the bonds and debts OF the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas K. K. Go.
AID OF the Lynchburg aud Danville Il. Il. 20.
and iur other purposes; also bills to Incorporate
the Mangorike wharf company, on the Kappa,
hammock river with Senate amendments, and
to repeal chapter 256 of the acts OF lS1O-I
and to amend the code concerning warrants
for small claims also joint resolution memo
rializing Congress to donate public lands for
public free schools in Virginia
A report frcm the committee on Schools aud
Colleges declaring it incxpedient to apply to
Congress ITO set apart certain public lands TOR
the education Of the colored portion of our pop
ulatiou residing III the southern States, while
they would gladly receive donations tor the
benefit of the whole people, was adopted,
A resolution was adopted ln>tructng the SUI
perntcndcnt of public instruction to report the
whole cost of public instruction for the year
ending August 81 1872; the aggregate amount
of State funds, county and district, and the ag-
ercgate amount of all funds received from
other sources, to be applied to public education
for that year. and the amount OF unpaid bal
apces for the year ending August 81, 1871.
Bills to amend the code so as more cftcctual-
ly to require millers TO grind for toll, &c, and
to authorize the trustees to sell Rappahannock
academy. Caroline county, were passed.
The Interest nil was made the continuing
order Of the day for to morrow.
The bill defining the jurisdiction OF county
and circuit Judges was further considered, but
no action taken.
DEATH OF COMMODORE MAURY.
The following preamble and resolution we're
adopted to-day by both Houses Of the Lcgisla-
| tule
The intelligence Of the death of Commodore
Maury has been received by the General AS
scmbly with heartfelt sorrow and profound re-
greet The learning, laborS, and genius, which,
through busy lifetime he consecrated to the
highest uses of his country and mankind, and
bis clf-,acrifcing devotion to the State, rem
der it proper that Virginia should recognize,
at the grave, the virtues Of her illustrious SOD.
In the general grief which pervades thousands
of hearts in both hemispheres, we but give en-
preston to the sentiment OF all who knew him,
when we point to his noble, earnest, and un-
selfish life is a beautiful Illustration OF what
the most ardent volary Of science, animated by
lofty Christian principles, may accom- llsh Tor
humanity. Out WlHe HRtu'd auuhoo tiS
virtues and genius Of her lamented sou, there
is no need that she should show them to the
world The world knows him lady. His
fame like his usefulness, has been limited only
by the confines Of commerce and of civilization;
aud history will perpetuate the RECOLLECTION OF
his character AMI his achievements. Virginia
rnourns his loss, and with his official associates
and the loved ones of his household, gricves
owe: the sad event which has ended his labors
on earth, and rcjoices 10 the assurance that he
has been borne from scenes of suffering here to
the tessedn;ss and peace Of happier and
brighter world:
Resolved the House Of Delegates concur
ring), That the foregoing paper be adopted by
the General Assembly, be spread on the jour
mails of the Senate and House Of Delegates
and that copy be communicated to the fam,
lily of Commodore Maury and the faculty OF
the Virginia Military Institute.
Appropriate sulogies were delivered upon
the life and character Of the deceased in both
the Senate aud House.
CONGRESS YESTERDAY. communication
from the Legislature Of Louisiana was refused