The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-18
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Fpa CAPITOL NOTES.

mOndS cumberland Zap resolution, an
the substitute therefor reported, in accor
dance with the order of the House.
The House seems resolved on night ses
sions hereafter till the close of the session
Should attention be paid to the business o
legislation good many bills not of a gene
raj nature may be disposed Of The desir
evinced not to prolong the session if posi-
BILE is u commendable one.
The Petersburg News, in noticing the APP
pointment Of Colonel M. Dulany Ball as
clerk Of the new legislative committee
chosen to investigate the defalcatlon Of
the sinking fund commissioners clerk
says 1--WE hope Ball will not grow bald
before he reaches the bottom of that case.
We have always noticed that sinking funds
never rise again"
A bill has been introduced into the Sem
ate "ro prescribe how hypothecations of
products and commodities shall be made,
and to prohibit the hypothecation Of con-
signments except on conditions" The
bill, whose main object is to attract capt.
tai, forbids the spouting of consignments
by agents save with the owners consent.
Yesterdays House tax-bill rhetoric. gets
twO-column airing in one of the morn.
ing papers. The members are raising
steam on the bill, and at the rate it is be.
ing done we may expect an explosion at
any time. The contest over the bill so ne
what reminds one of arecent' game of
draw played in Western mining town:
"Mr. Graves had king full, and Mr..
Walker rejoicad in three aces, and raised
1t to four aces, claiming the stakes, where
upon Graves drew six-shooter and reck.
oned his hand was the best. Walker sup
plemented the four aces with bowie
knife. There was enough in the pot to
purchase two handsome coffins."
A House bin now pending authorizes the
public surveyors of two counties, named
therein, to measure and draw such lines
of boundary as shall be sufficient to include
in the limits Of one of them the lands of a
citizen who wants to change his residence
from one county to another. The bill
provides that the party thus desiring to
alter his status shall pay the expense in
CURED. Those parties residing on or con-
tiguous to county lines have better show
in such legislation than one whose tent is
pitched in the middle,of county. When
man can be annexed to the place he de-
sires to 60 TO without the actual trouble of
bundling up and moving, a great point has
been gained. Mahomet, however, finding
the mountain would not come to him,
went to the mountain. .al
The Senate has rescinded its resolution
not to permit the introduction of new bills
during the remainder of the session. This
is held to be an indication that the Senators
would not object to worry through life in
Richmond for another thirty days after the
present session is ended. ts9
To-day Hons. Isaac ID. Jones, James W.
Dennis, and John w. Davis, commission
ers appointed by the state of Maryland to
communicate to the General Assembly
certain resolutions of the Maryland Legis-
lature touching the controversy in regard
to the boundary of the two states, were
introduced to the respective bodies to
which they were accredited, and the
object Of their visit was duly discussed.
The proposition they bring is to take the
Lovett and Davis line as permanent line
between the two states. Should this not
be acceeded to by our Legislature, the
eommi ssioners are empowered to refer the
matter to arbitration, and Hon. Jeremiah
s. Black, of Pennsylvania, is designated
by the resolutions as referee on the part
of Maryland. and one is proposed to be
named by Virginia. 200
Certain residents of the penitentiary
named Charles Washington, Richard Law.
renee and John Smith, alias McGbbony,
have demonstrated that there are other
places quite as enticing as it for local hat-
itations, and have asked the Governor to
extend their area Of freedom. He held
their point not to be well taken.
The secretary OF the commonwealth has
received for record charter of incorpora-
ton, granted on the Goth day Of February,
by Hon. James Keith, judge of the circuit
court for the city of Alexandra, to Antho-
ny s. Perpener and other colored men, for
the formation of the benevolent association
known as l"The Grand United Order of
Galilean Fishermen of Virginia" The
society proposes to provide for the poor,
minister to the sick, and bury the dead of
its organization. To do this they may
have such means and appliances as their
circumstances will justify or their means
A magnificent portrait of Ex-Governor
Walker was hung in the rotunda of the
House to-day--a most expressive fac-sim-
lie of the distinguished original. 1t was
hung directly over one of the hot
est heaters of the House-a procedure
well calculated to test the endurance of
colors. -
General William Malone was in the city |
to-day. The General Assembly commit
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