Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-14
FROM RICHMOND.
THE CAPITOL.

TIE CAPITOL
RICHMOND, Fet. -. The Senate Vas not
in session to-day, having adjourned over Yes
terlay until Monday, 10 order to have the
Library, Which is over the chamber moved,
the members fearing another "Capltol dlsas'
ter" on account Of the falling of some of the
ceiling
In the House of Delegates a number of bills
were presented aud referred; among them
bill to authorize the purchase OF a site Tor the
ueni,eniary; also b,ll 10 relation to fences be-
tween the lands of coterminouS owners.
4 bill was introduced in reference to lnstrut-
ing suits for the sale Of real estate, held IN cuu-
mon by cities aud toWns OF this state.
A bill was reported for repairs to the East
crn Lunatic Asylum.
An adverse report was made upon the Dill Id
reference to coun crtelt cpunons.
Resolutions we're adopted for the appoint
mcnt OF a committee to visit the buildings OF
Randolph Macon Collegr to sec if they would
answer for Il luuaric asylum and that the same
committee visit Bclloua arsenal 10 see If 1t
would answer for site for the peniteniary.
The Interest bill was postponed till Tuesday.
Mr. Montague offered resolution express
ing the qualification of the General Assembly
at the recent course of the President of the
United States in reference to Texas.
The bIl TO prevent the sale OF liquors on
Sunday was taken up and further discussed,
Mr.. @ Neal OF Alexandria, delivering an unos
tentatiuus, but forcible speech in favor OF It's
passage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In The Court of Appeals, to day, i'll the case
of Thornton vs. Fairfax ct ais, an appeal was
allowed to decree of the Circuit Court OF the
city Of Alexandria.
Gov, k-mpcr has returned from his VISIT to
| Washington.
The proposed new game law limits the sea
son in which deer may be killed from Septcm-
Der to January
4 match factory has been established in this
CITY.
it is said that the Federal government owes
the State as her quota OF public arms guam
tity of muskets, etc., Of the assessed value OF
$4,000 1t is suggested TO draw these, sell
the greater portion and apply the proceeds TO
the use OF the various volunteer companies OF
the State.
The Court Of Appeals have deuied the writ
of hubcas corpus Ia Blar's case, but the Judges
did not intimate any opinion whatever, as to
the effect of Gov. kcmper's pardon before the
sentenc. Of the Court. They simply decided
that as the case then stood the writ Of error to
the Judgment, and not the writ of habeas cor
pus was the proper remedy TO test the ques-
ton. 1t is probable that on Monday, alter
sentence is passed, pardon will be asked from
Gov. kemper, which will cover the case.
S. S. Coxs LAST CoNrNDRCM-M Cox )
speech on "the moth last Friday Was almost
as great hit, 10 lis way, as was Proctor Knott )
immortal eulogy OF Duluth. The House ap
pears to have surrendered itself to the enjoy
ment of the good naturcd wit Of the rcprcseu-
tatvc, as he traced the analOglcs between the
moths that have been SO destructive to army
clothing and the politicians OF our time. The
climax Of ab>urdity was reached when he pro-
pounded the following long-wlndcd conun-
| drum
Suppose that in the event of the success of
the bill of the honorable gentleman from Penn.
sylvania Mr. k"llcy there was at once cstab-
lishcd an iGtercouvcrIblity between the three.
sixty-6ves which he proposes aud the national
bank and grcenback currency great laughter
and ia the process OF contraction the fve-tWen-
ties would fall 10 par and the grcenbackS retire
for the national bank notes, in consequence OF
the extraordinary resumption of our lrrcdecm-
able deb; last September BY the Treasury al
five dollars apiece in silver quarters; and the
imports should at once fall Oft several millions,
while thus reciTrDcalIy affecting the exports OF
peanuts FROM North Carolina, the hog trade OF
Iudiaua, the hoop-polc trade Of Ohio, aud, in
directly, the clam trade Of Cape Cod; and to
such an appreciate extent that the German
bankers, being in correspondence with the bulls
of New York, should, by sudden panic,
create demand for the Saganaw copper dollar
notes of Ishpeming, Michigan, quoted the 9TH
er day by the gentleman from Penusy vanla,
and thence would eusue rush Of bears who
had possessed themselves of their own curren
cy and invested it in tie threc-Sixty- wives, and
the currency would then swell, and then shrink
and thus produce an elasticity that would move
crops, and induce such speculation that in one
of the swclls we should burst, and 10 one Of its
shrinks we should collapse, would it so affect
the Ashantee war and the expenses Of Great
! Britain as to demorazc the Sagauaw Miuing
| Company, destroy the destructive Influence of
the Lcpidoptera moth, and thus stop an ap
preparation Tor the Centennial Of American In
dependence Great Laughter. y
n. p. TRIsT. an American diplomatic officer
of great experience, and Commissioner of the
United States 10 August, 1917, for the nego.
tatlou OF treaty of peace with Mexico, died
at Alexandria, Va, at the age Of seventy four
years He resided formerly in Philade phia
and served as Chief Clerk in the Office OF the
Secretary of State at Washington, under the
late Secretary William L. Marcy. The treaty
with Mexico, which was approved by President
Polk and Congress, is known as the Treaty Of
Guadalupe Hldago. On the "a b Of August
1917, the Ministerial Council Of Mexico con
sistug of Seniors Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
J. R Pachcco, V. Romero, AIcosta and Rou-
dcro drafted plan OF instructions for the guild
apce of the Mexican Commissioners, embracing
the point on which they should negotiate with
the United States. Mr.. first, dating at Ia
cubaya next day, replied and entered toto
correspondence with Senior Pacheco, Minister
of Foreign Relations Of Mexico, from which re.
SUI ted the maturing aud signing of the treaty
honorable to the talent of Mr.. Trist and use