Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-12
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

i
iuiut resolution was presented authorizing
the Board Of Directors of the Central Lunatic
Asylum TO purchase the ground upon which 1t
is located also IL minority report adverse to
the same.
Bills were Introduced to allow married wo-
men to insure the lives of their husbands: and
for the protection Of sheep iu Clarke aud Fred
erck counties.
Resolutions were introduced enquiring into
I'll. cxpedency of amending the State CuDstl-
| lution 50 as to provide that the capitatiun tax
and the annual tax upon property, collected ID
each county of the State for public school pur.
poses, shall be expended III said county fur said
purpose; aud OF 50 amending the present me-
chauics lien law as TO give more ctfrclual protcc
ton to sub contractors
The bill In reference To suits against the Com
monwealth was, after discussion, land on the
table.
A communication was received from the
| Governor transmitting COMMUNICATION from
the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund iD re-
lation 10 the recent deIalcation Of w. D. Cole
man, late Secretary Of the Board, aud rec Dm-
mcndiug au investigation by the General As
scmbIy.
lu the House of Delegates j number Of bills
were reported from committees aud placed On
the calendar
The bill to provide artificial limbs for sol
dicrS manned 10 the war, and Tor other purpo5
es, was passed.
The bill in relation to the capital stock Of
chartered COMPANIES was referred to the Com
mttee for Courts.
\ number of bills were debated and amend
,,l a., al Ion,
MISCELLANEOUS.
lu the Senatorial CONTESTED election case of
; John G.. Robertson vs. Samuel +. Maddox,
from Chesterfield county, the committee rep rt
in favor OF Maddox, the sitting member
\ committee Of the House Of Delegates has
been Instructed to inquire into the cxpedlency
of a joint movement Oh the part Of the State
and c.;y Of Richmond in building Court House
that shall he used by both State aud city
Cuurs.
The members of the Legislature who went
peasuring to Baltimore have returned and
were highly pleased with their trip.
The l. gSlafure has now been in session
forty-ivc days. but as vet no measure OF gener-
al Interest has been acted upon, or have any
Of the ''vexcd questions even been mOoted. 1t
is now hardly doubted that there will be an
extension Of the session, probably for sixty
days.
lu the Court of Appeals, to-day, in the case
Of Chapman vs. Sheppard, an appeal from the
Circuit Court OF Orange county, Judge Staples
delivered The opinion Of the Court, i'll part re-
versing the decision of the Circuit Court
1t is stated that the improvement OF james
river has cost the people Of Richmond about
$4OO, 900 since the war.
The coudition of Mr.. w. D, Coleman is SO
favorable that il is probable that be will APP
pear Tor examination at the police court to-
! morrow.
No action has yet been taken 10 reference to
the re registration for Alexandria.
FISH CULTURE. The proposition now be-
fore our Legislature for the establishment of a
Fish Commission" is, we appreheDd, second
to none in importance that claims attention.
The feasibility of attracting our larger fish, es-
prcially shad and salmon, into our inland wat
crs is well determined; aud the economic ques-
ton underlying it is OF such large proportions
and of such personal interest as to call for the
most liberal provision, 10 order that full advant-
age may be taken Of it.
We have, coutcs<cdy, the finest bay for fish
in the country, and its trlbutaries-the Poto-
mac and Su-quehanna rivers tn Maryland,
with the numerous streams in Virginia, present
as large and as favorable conditions for breed
ing as eau be required. But one thing is waut-
ed ; an energetic move toward providing the
mcans by which it is we'll known the fish can
ascend our streams. Nothing is required, we
appreheud on The Eastern Shore. But to Sc
cure the utmost advantage, indeed, perhaps,
any benefit, the construction on the Potomac
and Su>quehanna Of proper IFS hways, or
"ladders, is necessary. And this is matter
in which, as they are all directly interested,
there should be prompt, concerted action upon
the part of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and the Territorial Government
of the District OF Columbia. Such appro-
priations ought at once to be made as
would ensure, under j)iut supervision or
otherwise, the preparations OF the streams
for their return, ard the liberal planting OF
the creeks tributary to these rivers with
proper ova. Already some $4,000 salmon ova
have been pIac in the Conucocheague, at or
near Chamber>burg, Pa. their course to the
sea being through the Potomac. -Buh Am.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMS : From the Lou
doun Mirror. The Board Of Supervisors have
granted TO the Corporation Of Leesburg the
privilege Of erecting brick building on the
site of the old Market House. The building
is to be three storics 80 feet by Is, with ten
foot alley between that and the Reamer Hotel
The contract for grazing and macadamizIng