The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-07
evening State Saataat.


and not called for and the charges thereon
paid within one year, the same shall be
delivered to the treasurer Of his city, town
or county, with a list thereof and the
amount due thereon, and the name Of
the owner of each article, who shall, after
suitably advertising. sell the same at public
auction. Out Of the proceeds of such sale
the charges for repairs to such articles
shall be paid, and the balance, if not
claimed by the owners Of such articles,
shall be turned into the general fund of
the county, city or town. The bill appears
right. When a party wants his time piece
repaired he should be prepared to shell out
or lose his tempus indicator. =
Bills are constantly being introduced in
the Legislature to authorize some one
horse corporation or another to increase
its capital stock by various dubious and
uncertain ways, often impracticable Of ex-
~ecution, and still more seldom ever carried
out. If the Legislature would only extend
its graciousness to the point of authorizing
~impecunious private parties to increase their
capital stock, and then kindly show them
how to do it, they will have conferred q
benefit which many a li%ght-pursed son OF
the sacred soil will hold in grateful remem-
brance till he is called on to pass in his
chips. That sort of thing would be prac-
tical b~enevolence indeed.
The message Of the Governor to the
Senate, enclosing a communication from q
joint committee Of the two houses of the
Maryland Legislature in reference to the
Potomac fisheries and the boundary line
between the states OF Maryland aud Vir-
ginia, shows that these Maryland gentle
men are of the opinion that the successful
and peaceful enjoyment of these fisheries by
the citizens of both states is prevented by
the failure of the Virginia Legislature to
pass cooperative act similar
to- the one on the Maryland
statute book. The committee very reason
ably ask the return of a Maryland oyster
schooner. recently captured by the author
tiles while dredging for bivalves in disputed
water-waters however claimed by Mary
land. The Marylanders are willing 20
submit this question of disputed boundary
to arbitration. They are tired of disputa-
ton and so should we be. Let the nom
sense be stopped.
1t is understood that the urbane and
oa,,rkoo,s Jaloo,fa cr,u Wostmoralon On
his recent hasty visit to his native county,
was the recipient Of a choral ovation, of
which any man might be proud. The
mo:king birds, these glorious songsters of
the sweet, sunny South, seemed to seen
his coming in the breeze, and their silvery
voices were heard in the trees and every
cross road in ~roundelays and peans OF
praise in his behalfas their guide, philoso-
pher and friend" His bill to protect these
ieathered songsters either has already
passed or soon will receive the legislative
i~mprimatur, and then woe to the pot-hunt.
ing son Of a gun who dares draw a bead
on the national bird of the South, the
pride and glory Of that land in which he
is alone found.
Oh, listen to the mocking bird
Singing in that tree. (Chorus)
The Alexandria Sentinel sees but one
advantage in restoring the old county court
system, viz: that the free citizens Of the
commonwealth may have the privilege Of
going to the courthouse seven times 9
year instead Of three, to witness his neigh
bors' quarrels, and get bloody drunk him
self on p~ine-top whisky.
The enormous sums said to have beer
disbursed to certain lawyers of this city
for their immense @ exertions in gathering
up the debris of the old debt due the stat
by Selden, Withers and Co. is provoking
throughout the state comment of no favor
able sort. One paper says: "For a stat
which is unable to meet its honest obliga
tons, in view of the little goo d accomplish
ed by these legal gentlemen, it does seen
as if such expenditures were criminal,
extrayagani, and so the people will cor
clude, unless some satisfactory reasons ca
be shown by the old offic ers for the cours
pursued"
A bill to amend the charter of Lynch
burg was called up by Senator Kirkpatric
yesterday. Patching up of deficient Gil
Oh arters has much engaged the ~attentic
of the present General, Assembly, who's
members seem to have a penchant t,
that sort of thing. The bill had gon
through several stages without having bet
printed, and but for the vigilance of Sen
tor Edgar Allan, would probably ha'
passed without opposition. Enactmen
like this always come in for a share of th
observant and vigilaht senator's elimin
ting power, for he has learned to gro
suspicious of special bills the object
which could not be obtained by genel
laws /; besides he had not ceased to remel
Der his own vigorous but vain endeav
to estop a piece Of political legerdema
in the case of the Petersburg charter.
this Lynchburg bill, the mouse being nic'
extracted from the meal-tuh by Allal
pinchers, the main feature was found to
a proposition to abolish the board of n
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