Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-29
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE

RICHMOND, Jan. Ac.-lu lhe oouatoa 'o-uay'
bills were reported from committees in relation
TO embezzenent in relation to the negotia-
ton of loans aud the issuance Of bonds by GER
tain couotics, for the purpose of establishing a
| steamboat line between the landings On the
Ranpahanunck river and the city B Baltimore,
! MARYLAND, or Norfolk, or both. and tOf the re-
lief nfthe late SherIffs of the Commonwealth.
A bill in reference to the inspection of jalls
was introduced.
Resolutions we're adopted eDquiring ioto the
expedeucy OF providing that all costs and dam
ages for the location aud attention of roads be
paid by the county, instead of by the road dis
trcts as now provided; OF providing that Fl. ia.
shall not be continuing lien 90 the debtor
property, as against a subsequent Fl. ia, unless
the former be kept alive in the sheriff's hands;
and that in order to as early an adjournment OF
the General Assembly as possible. the Commit
tee on Finance be instructed TO report the tax
! aud assessment bills on or before the 18th ot
February. if practicable.
Bills we're passed requiring claims for jury
services to be presented for payment within
TWO years; aud in regard to extra allowance to
assistant store keepers of the peDltentlary
The bill providing for Il new charter for the
city Of Petersburg was further considered.
The President appointed The following, COM
.milees on the part of the Senate :-MeSsrS.
Lawson, Duficld and Fiuney, on tn. Maury
,ucn rial; and Mcssrs Thomas, kukpafr!ek,
Qucs" nberry, Motif aud Rag land on CUnstlIu-
| tlunal amendments. =
The Senate had an executive session and
upou the doors briug opened. adjourned
/ La the House of Delegates the claim Of Gen.
| Toctmau, for disbursement in behalf OF lmml-
| Nir,i,,Io
| A>rcsolutOn Was adopted declaring Z. K.
! JONES', mcmbur trom GreeDsVle, not entitled
to his seat. :
The bill in r.fercnce to fences 10 the several
countics, was dismissed.
| The Auditor was requested to inform the
| House the amount paIi luto the treasury Tor
! oyster tax for 1872; also the number OF bushels
of oysters transported to market, whether
home or foreign, from Virginia waters annually.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The financial question is soon to receive the
consideration OF the Legislature, aud much In
teres, is manifested 10 the subject. As there
are In the Legislature, especially the House,
many gentlemen Of experience and financial
ability, the muddlc into which their predeces-
sors got, it is hoped, will be avoided, and the
issue be met squa!ey. -.s.
The Governor has approved the. joint rcsolu-
ton extending the time for the collection of
taxes and county aud township leVlcs for the
wear 1878, which is therefore law.
The Legislative committees have under con-
sderatioD what disposition to make of the peni-
Tertiary, and the subject has been referred to
sub committee, with Instructions to report as
soon as practicable. It. is most probable that
the committee will report 10 favor of leasing.
but it is doubtful whether the suggestion will
be adopted
Messrs w. P. Palmer and Sherwin McRae
are employed 10 the State Library synopsziDg
the State papers with view to publication.
}. p. OFcrrale, of Harrisouburg, has been
appointed notary public for Rockingham
county
The contested election case in, the House of
Delegates from GreensVlIe county, of VIM. A.
Reese VS.. F.. K JONES' sitting member, has
been terminated by the uuseating Of jones, col
orcd, aud the ordering Of new election
OF the city ordinance In not paying T sifn PdmsSse
In the Court of Appeals to-day, in the case
OF hoblusoo vs.. Rogers, Second Auditor; be-
ctlon Tor mandamus 10 require the Auditor to
fund certificates of stock, &C., the mandamnS
was awarded as prayed for
The Special Court of Appeals met n dow
AID adjourned till Friday. The JUDGES w seeiy
conference, and will decide some cases on Fri.
day and others on Monday, when the, Conrt
Will expire by operation of law.
: The bill to oblish the Office of Superintpndent
OF Public Buildings has been defeated in the
oenate, receiving but 20 votes while % were
requisite. Ills probable a new bill will be in
truduced 10 the House, and that it will inallv
pass
The SUPREME COURT Now that the Presi-
7ent OF the Uulted States has named as Chief
Justice gentleman who has the merit Of. not
oeine Objectionable personally or professionally
lnu 1ne senate has confirmed the nomination.
may not De amIss to look at the past and the
present OF this august tribunal" as it is now.
onplete. La Its present Condition two things
&c uo'iceaDl1 mat positive politics are the
oGderaDce Of those of the dOrmiuant .na r.
nd that no ole Judge is pative or resident ri
ne vat region Soulh Of Mason and Djxnn's =
me- We are 10 the habit of hearing Of the =
ndue afiniIies to the South of the Democrats !;
residents Certainty it has not shown itself !.
the choice Of Judges Washington was M J.
emocrat, yet Of the original FIVE Judges Of r
e Court banned by him, three of them were )
'uthern men, aud of the teu Of his appoint- .
ents but four were from the North. *
1"nn Aaams anpuiuted four Julges-sl
'n the South. II we remember rightly, Mr.. .,
herson appointed but one judge William y.
hnsoD, OF South Carolina, President Madi. &C
appointed 40 less than six Judges, of whom :
IT we're Northern men. Mr.. Monroe named 49,
one.Smth TompsoD, Of New York. John ~ ~
'Incy Adams Oh y nomince was Mr., TrimbIe e.
IN Kentucky. General jackson made e, I,,' CD
ZEE appointments, two, McLoan and BALDWIN s1t
III he Mort tn. and one, Judge WayDe. from -. ~
South President Van Buren, had q ner- q. .n
sheat' of judicial appointments, no less s sn
u I'VE vacancies occurring during his single 'a'
u; and he, Northern man and a Free
Ter appointed all Southern men Barbour CIR
Danlel' of Vireiuia; Catroo of Tennessee. an,
Smith and Mckinley, Alabama : r. wei
% iyIer, Of Virginia, we owed Samuel NeI- ero
OF New York, and to the slave-ovu,ns an
sldent-,James K. Polk Levi Woodbury., wa.
'ew Hampshire, aud Robert G. Grier. Of stal
nsylvanla. Even Mr.. PoIk' s rejected uomi. mo,
J, OF whom there were several were North- Pac
men zen Judge Curtis, OF Massachusetts was and
tilmore's solitary appointment, Judpe en-
pbell Mr. Pierce 5, and judge CIiff,rd NJ elec