Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-10
FROM RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, April 9.-The Legislature, to-
day, elected Hon. T. NJ. L. Hunter State
Treasurer in place Of Col. Mayo, and better
selection could not have been made, for besides
his purity of character he possesses great tiuan-
cia ability, and his advice in the councils OF
the State will be of importance. The vote on
ioiut ballot stood: Hunter, III; 2. u. Thorn
as, II.
In executive session, to-day, the Senate con-
frmed the nominations by the Governor OF
Harvey Black, of Montgomery; D. Z: Dejar-
nctte, of Caroline; and Alexander Cochran, OF
Augusta, as visitors TO the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Blacksburg.
In the Senate, to-day, the bill imposing a
tax on contracts, checks, &C., failed Tor want
OF the requisite majority, Whereupon the vote
was recousidered and the bill laid on the table.
A bill to establish a Corporation Court IL
Winchester was reported from committee.
Messrs Terry and Lawson were appointed
on the committee to select Il site tor the Cen
trail Lunatic Asylum.
The bill! for the re-asSessment OF the lands IN
the State was ordered TO be engrossed.
In the House OF Delegates among the bills
reported was one for the preservation OF oys
tiers.
}. B. Syphax, of Alexandria county, intro
duced bill for the abolition of chain gangs
A committee to select site for the Contra
Lunatic Asylum was appointed.
4 resolution was Introduced instructing the
committee on constitutional amendments to CO.
quire into the eXpedieucy Of amending Section
Is, Of Article ), Ut the State constitution The
resolution looks to a change 10 the organic law
on the question of lotteries, and 10 the estab
lishment Of lottery for the purpose OF assist.
ing in paying off the State debt.
The Senate bill submitting to the people Ger.
tain proposed amendments to the State coustl-
tuition was ordered to be read third time
A bill uakng an appropriation for repairs to
the Capitol was ordered to be engrossed.
The tax bill being under consideration, the
House rejected the proposition of Mr.. Round,
that all taxes provided tor 10y the bill should be
paid either ia gold, silver, batiouol bauk uotes
or United States treasury notes The House
also rejected proposition of Mr.. Stuart fixing
licenses on a graduated scale The bill was
further considered until the hour Of adjourn
meUt.
After the tax bill has been passed by the
House it is not at all certain that the Senate
will concur, and it is very questionable whether
an extra session of the Legislature will not have
to be called.
There is some talk OF forming new county
out of part of Dinwiddie.
The decision of the Circuit Court of Rich
mond in the case Of the town of DaDville vs.
Pace, involving large amount, has been at
6rmed by the Court of Appeals.
In the U. S. Circuit Court, to-day, T: t.
Brooks late president of the Merchants Ma
tioDal Bank, Petersburg, indicted for embcz-
Element Of funds of the bank, was required to
give bail 10 the sum of $4,000 for his appear
ance for trial, the day for which has not been
fixed.
Yesterday the sheriff Of King George county
arrived and lodged in the peuitentiary Levi
Rogers and five other negroes, of whom Rog-
ers was the chief an account of whose depre-
dations has been published. Their names and
terms of confinement are as follows: Levi Rog-
ers, eight years; Washington Pulley, Charles
Brooks, Edwin Scotcher, William Johnson,
William Henry, FIVE years each; Henry Scott,
two years.
Among those voted for in the Conservative
caucus, last night, for Treasurer, was Gen. NJ.
D. Corse, of Alexandria