Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-02
FIsOM RICHMOND.
IEGISL.i TiEE +.

FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.
RICHMOND April l.-Another attempt vas
made to-day to induce an attendance OF the
members Of the Senate by call of the roll
daily, but it faiIcd-l7 to Is.
The bill to provide for the removal OF the
Pepitentiary frou, its present site was passed
90 to ,.
The same old proposition, brought up an
nually to pay an alleged balance due members
of the last State Convention, was to-day re-
Introduced. Some means ought to be takeo
to efcctually Kill tHls uiqulty.
\ bill was introduced to amend the law 10
reference to gifts, dcviscs, &c.
\ bill Imposing tax on stamps upon con-
tracts was considered and amended.
Tn. House Of Delegates have resofrett upon
night sessions.
The bill to lease the peuiteutiary was post
poned ill next Monday.
j. B. Sypi1ax, OF Alexandria, offered reso-
luton relative to the treatment OF convlcts,
which was referred
Il was resolved 10 refer to committee the
question raised on the report OF the nvestlgat'
ing committee as to the liability OF the SINK
iug fund commissioners for the deialcatlou OF
the clerk Of that board.
The bills in relation to granting license TO
practice law; in relation to county organlza'
tons; and amending the charter OF Lynchburg,
were reported.
The tax bill was further considered
MICGLLANEOUs
Ia the Hastings Court, this evening, after
the conclusion OF the argument, Judge Gulgon
ovcrru!rd the motion to set aside the Judgment
sentencing Coleman to the pcultenllary Tor tor
gerry in connection with the sluk!ug iund, made
5 on the ground of the Insanity OF Col. Mayo, a
witness for the prosecution in the Coleman
trial The case will now 20 TO the Court Of
| Appeals.
: The Patrons of Husbaudry, forming the State
Grange, met ia this city last light, but their
proceedings are conducted iu secret.
The case of the Farmers Bank VS.. Gunne' $
adm X before the Court Of Appeals, has been
| continued till Wednesday next.
, 1t is thought that the bill permitting the
, James River and kauawha Canal Company to
borrow two millions of dollars to complete the
work to Clifton Forge, will pass the LcglsIa-
ture.
The list Of apportionmcnt Of the school funds
is now in the hands Of the printer, but many
e counties will not be permitted to draw the
amount apportioned to their counties because
they have not complied with the law BY filing
their official bonds with the Auditor of Public
Accounts.
) For the quarter ending March 81 there was
inspected 10 this city Of flour, Of all grades,
ST $50 barrels.
The Senate refuses to tax dogs.
TAX ON LIQUOR. While the Tax bill was
under consideration in the State Senate on
Tuesday last,
5 P K. Jones (colored) expressed the opinion
that when yyu touch whi>key you touch every
: man 10 the State. 1t was like troubling man )
dog. No member who iuterteres lndlScreetly
with either would ever be returned.
t Mr. Cuckcrie gave his JUDICIAL experience
as to substituting may" for shall as was
, proposed. 1t had been the source of much
trouble 10 the courts He admonished the
members that they were sitting not as moral
: lists, but as legislators.
Mr.. DooIey was in favor Of putting such a
tax upon the sale OF liquor as it would bear.
Mr. Williams was inclined 10 thlUk that the
: Finance Committee had made mistake in not
t proposing stamp taxa tax on every drink
/ taken. a tax Of two cents on each drink would
D not be felt and would yield large revenue. A
, tax on wholesale dealers would drive the trade
away to other States
, Mr.. Gilman said that Richmond and other
= Virginia cities sell not only to Virginia mer-
chants, but to those Of North Carolina, West
] Virginia, and Tennessee. IT, therefore, you
, drive the wholesale whiskcy trade from Viz
l giuia to Baltimore by onerUus taxation, the
to buy their dry goods groceries, aud notions.
Mr. Stuart said: I'VE are obliged to have
revenue, and it is question between land and
whiSkey."
Mr.. Nash, of Lunenburg, deprecated the i'm
position of such a tax as would drive the
wholesale liquor trade from Virginia to cities
: north Of u.s.
Mr.. Clark, of Campbell, declared that nearly
all of the wholesale dealers Of Lynchburg would
retire from business if the General Assembly
persisted in imposing heavy and unreasonable
: burdens upon the wholesale liquor trade.
) Mr.. Stuart admopished the House that if a
proper tax bill was not passed an extra ses.
sion would have to be called and that its effect
would be a complete political revolution 10 the
State The people would hold their represeu-
tatlves to strict account.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMS = From the Lou.
doun Mirror. AS the freight traiu on the w.
4 q. Railroad was approaching Lcesburg, Oh
Saturday last, on the rear car which was load
cd with flooring plank for the Messrs. Norris
T. Sons when few miles below town. brok.
en- standard caused the plank to be thrown
forward, making kindIing wood Of the lumber,
STAYING 10 the end of the front car, and break
ing the leg Off Mr.. Griffith, brakeman, who
, was sitting on the lumber at the time Of the
accident. The marvel is that it hadn't been
his neck instead his leg.
The township board ofBroad Run Township,
> has appropriated $500 toward the construction
of the proposed bridge over Goose Creek, on
the Lecsburg and Alexandria Turnpike This,
added to the $500 subscribed by Leesburg
township and 81 600 given by the county, will
leave small amount comparatively, to be
raised by private subscriptions. The bridge
will cost about $4,000.
Bishop Johns, of the Diocese of Virginia,
occupied the pulpit of St. james Church.