Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-21
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

RICHMOND, March 2O-At the nlsht Session
of the House of Delegates last night, the bill
in relation to the leasing Of the PenltenIiary
was discussed and finally ordered to be en-
crossed ayes 81. noes II.
In the Senate, to-day, bills were reported to
incorporate the New York, Not,lk and
Charleston railroad company; and TO provide
the manner in which certain stock may bc-vo-
ted at the meetings of the internal Improve
ment companies OF the State
Bills in relation to the removal Of the records
of the court at Alexandria to the new Court,
House: for the removal Of certain criminal
Causes from the county court to cl'cnit; anu TO
amend the act districting the Stale ior un'y
Judges We're passed.
4 protest against proceeding to the cleo ion
of county Judges by this Legislature, signed y
some of the Radical members Of the Scra;c,
was presented but not considered
In tn. House Of Del, gates, the CVmmiilee
on Roads was discharged from the farther con-
sileraion of iuquirng into whether all the
railroad and canal companies within the Safe
have complied with all the requirements oi ~
act passed March >. 1867, to provide iur The
regulation OF railroads aud canals.
4 bill was introduced by Mr.. Sangster aud
nut upon the calendar to amend al act 10 p!O-
vide for a rcdivisyn of FairflX cnuuty into
townships.
The Senate bill to extend the time for the
c mpletiou OF the Fredericksburg, Orange and
Charlottesville Railroad aud to provide Tor the
construction Of branch and eXtcntinn Of SAID
road, &C., &c, was passed; as was the bill Tor
the preserva,inn of oysters and to obtain rev
euue Tor taking them. (The bill allows persons
to take oysters from their natural beds during
the summer months for their own Use.
Mr.. Brooke Introduced tlll IN relation to
the terms Of circuit courts
The Senate bill to amend the act dl>trlctlng
the State fur county judges, was amended an'
passed. 1t reduces the number OF county
judges from 50 tn 70, by few changes III dis
tricting the smaller counties.
The Senate blI in relation to the lease CT th':
Peutcntiary was lost for waut ot' const!tn-
tioual majority, the vote being eyes iii y-clSh',
noe, inr'y-nlne.
The following county judges were to-day
elected: f. Il. Farrar for Amelia; john H..
Cochran, for Alhemarlc; Au'!rcw Dalnron, 10:
Allegheny and Craig; II. I. Parrish: FIR Arro-
mattox; John ~ llrndren, for Augusta; John
4. Wharton, for Bcut;,ri; r. NJ Mallory. for
Brunswick; Samuel l. Graham. for i,uyhan III
and Wise: Johu Hill, Tor BUCKINGHAM; an,l
John g. Haythe. for Campbell. The election
will be continued at T. w., tomorrow.
CLARKE County ITEMS. From The Clarke
Courier John NJ. Lupton, we'll known aud
highly respected citizen Of this county, and
late assessor of Battletown township. died at
the residence of his brothcr-iD-Iaw, Mr. v. L.
Milton, on last Saturday evening, Of pncumc-
MIA. Mr.. Lupton, some years ago. was cnglg-
ed in the mercantile business in Bvrryvile, and
his dcath-almust sudden f,r he had been i'll
but few days-iS regretted by L large circle vi
acquaintances.
The SHOWS and rains of the past winter have
supplied the sources of wells aud Springs with
an abundance of water. All Of the streams are
unusually full. \ farmer informed Us that his
we'll contains more water than he has known 1t
to hold for number Of years. Should the
weather prove as favorable the coming sum.
mer as that Of last year. We may expect album
dant crops
H. H. Crumlish, contractor on the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad who had to suspend
operations owing to the very severe winter
through which I've have just passed is again at
work, finishing up the ten miles Of graduation
for which he contracted. But little work re-
mains to be done on the line from the Shcnan-
doah river near Front Royal, to Shepherds
town, a distance OF 4 miles.
\ large fire was raging on the crest Of the
| Blue Ridge mountain, on Sunday hight. From
this point it could DC distinctly seen. and we
heated il north Of the Wickifc ncigbborhool.
| The fire is still in progress, and has extended
over a considerable space
Pat. Breslin, better known in this communi-
ty as Pat. Rafferty,, died Of pneumonia, at the
residence of Champ. Shepherd, on the 18th
inst He was an lriShulau by birth, and while
in this country followed the life Of u gardener
Some Of our citizens are already at wnrk III
their gardens, preparing the ground for sowing
seeds. The dry windy weather, of the past
eight or ten days, has enabled them to work
the ground where it is fully exposed to the
heat Of the sun.
On Saturday last, Marshall Mccormick esq,
substituted trustee, sold the Splllman tarn,
containing 20S acres at $l9.57 per acre. Chas
r. Hardesty purchaser.
LUNATIc AsYLUMs The State Seuate has
passed the bill to establish ''the Southern Lun.
attic Asylum and to establish on permanent
basis 'fThe Central Lunatic Asylum.
The bill provides that the Secretary of the
| Commonwealth, Treasurer, and the Supern-
cudent of the present LunatIc Asylums of the
State shall constitute commission who shall
after advertising, select site fora new lunatic
asylum, to be located at some point convenient
to the southsidc and southwest sections Of the
State, and also site for the permanent loca-
ton Of the Central (colored) Luna!ic Asylum,
which shall be convenient to the mass Of the
colored people of the State. As soon as the
site for new asylum is selected the Governor
is to appoint board of eleven persons, who are
to have complete corporate privileges undr
the name of the Southern Luua;ic Asylum
Alter the nermancnt site Of the Central Linn