Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-15
FROM RICHMOND.

met at ll:30 il. IN. to-day
In the Senate, Mr.. Thomas presided.
resolution authorizing the printing and
distributing of 900 copies ,fjolnt resolution re-
latInc to the extension OF tlme tor collecting
faxes for 1873, was passed undcr SUSPENSION
Of the rul's.
4 b:il incorporating the Marion Female Col
lrye. was passed; also bill extending the time
Of qualifying of P Whalin, elected Superlnteu-
dent Of Poor, for Rappahaunock county.
Several bills Of % public Importance we're
presented, ana others ordered TO be eOgros5ch
4 Joint resolution continuing the SpecIa'
Court of Appeals, was referred.
The Sruatc resolved to meet hereafter at IL
0 clock aud then Adjourned.
The House of Delegates met at ll:30i'
when the Commute on Enrolled Bills reported
| that the ioiut resolution III reference TO- the
rule of forfeited aud delinquent lands hau oeeo
Nj, Round introduced bill to amend section
! IS c,iautcr 81 II the code, which was referred.
| The io,nt resolution with reference to submit
| ting proposed amendments to the constitution,
| TO a vote of the people, was referred.
4 resolution with reference to the lncreasen
nav TO Jurors in certain cases, was referreu, as
| we're also bills in reference to hiring cut con
victs: and in reference to the debt ot virginia
and West Virginia.
Slr stuart submitted resolution lnqulring
into the expedicucy Of restoring the Jurlsdlc-
ton of County Courts, &c.
n uumucr of other bills of no special interest
were presented aud REFERRED or ordered to De
engrosscd.
The citizens of Wythe county desire that the
constitution should be amended.
THE sENAToRsHIP
ALP O'Clock the Legislature met ID joint
session. The Journal of both Houses was read
and the election Of COL Robert f. Wlthers as
United States Senator, was announced.
The following is the last vote III caucus
which decided the question between Vol. WITH
ers and Mr.. Huuter
SEsArE-For Withers-Clark, Connally,
Grecvcr, H"rndon, kirkp"tTick' Meem' Dion ~
Ncwbarry, Nowln, Penn, Pridemore ka@1and'
Smith Of Nelson Taylor, Terry, Thomas-l6
| For Hunter-Be.zlcy, Bland, Critcher, Duff
field, Eastman Euhank, Kinney, Grimsjey, Hol-
la,lay, Hundey, Lawson, Patterson Quesen-
House. OF DELKGArEs-For Wi!hers--Allen
Armentrout, Armstrong, B.alr, B1ykin Bfow41
Campbell j. A. Carter, }. Carter, Cecil; j.
Clark, Crilz, F,nncy, F: zpatrick Flood, Frank
lin, Gaines, T. S. Gibson, Graves, Grayst n,
Griffith, Hs en- hale, Harrison: ;ner "
Living, Lybrook, Magruder. Massey. Nc Mul-
Ian, Moor, Morris, Panmll, Powell Richmo i'd
Ridd charger, ScTugss, Sellers Sprst; Wallace
For Hurter-J. r. Anderson, BtgWell Bsnks,
| p atom, B ,hannon Brooks, Cockerle, Crgnlll,
Crank Davis, Doyley, Foster, Fulkerson, Gard
ner, Gibson Gilman Honninger, Hu.'gln, Hun
ler JoId;.4, }. Il Lacy, Lewis, Lishtner, Low
ens:ein, M,ntague' Mas Nicely ren sm"un
TahaIrrro, Taylor. Wake, Williams Nlnn AID
Speaker Ii nser-39.
Senate. House Total.
Withers............. IL % ~
Hu ltCr................ ID % of
Total number of Conservatives, 1873. Neces-
saIy for choice, 81.
MISCELLANEOUS
The citizens of Richmond arc almost unani-
mou>y in ia, or Ut noulluatng Governor Walker
for Congress next fall to succeed MIR j. Am
tier Smith
Gu. JubaI A. Euy is in this city; he called
on g. vrruor Kcmper to-day aud is very much
pra,f,i at the election of COL Wlthers
An enieayor is being made tn obtain char
ter FIR the Richmoud aud Trans-Aileg CLANCY
luot At!anric) Narrow Gauge Rallroad, 1t is
t. rup from this city TO the Tennessee and
Kentucky lines, aud will be Il very useful ad-
| juncr TO Richmond.
The Su:crin edcnt OF Public Buildings,
! Gcu Ncwrcr.y, has reported that tie Capitol
building is no, IN sale c,nditlon aud that re-
pairs are very much needed. He makes mauy
u:e1ul SUGGESTIONS
Tn. Committee on Contested Elections met
! this evening at p III. to consider the case OF
| Mr. Rcrse VS.. Peter K Jones (col0red) from
| GreetSvie.
The Balance ia the State Treasury today is
! $654 O24 81.
Mr. r. L. Hitck"rson, Of Stafford county,
has been appointed 4 notary public by the
! Governor.
An investigation into certain charges pre-
| ferrcd by O. +. Beard against Rush Burgess,
Collector of this port, has resulted in his exon
Grafton. OCCASIONAL
CONGRESS- In the Senate yesterday, MIR.
Coukling presented memorial from the New
York Chamber Of Commerce, praying for the
establishment Of schools for the training OF sea
men Il bill was pas passed, removing the pc.
htica disabilities from William Steele, of
| Texas. The animal Post Route bill was con-
siderrd; an amendment was offered by Mr.
Morrill,, of Vermont, providing for the discon-
| tiuuance OF mail service upon any route that
does not pay one-haIf the expenses. The
amendment was opposed by Mr.. CLAYTON Of
Arkansas The morning hour expired before
vote was taken. Mr.. Schurz being entitled
to the floor, made an elaborate speech on the
finance question.
To the House Of Representatives, memorials
relating to various matters of no generalimpor-
tauce were presented. Mr.. O. Brien presented
the memorial of sundry citizens of Baltimore to
have a persion granted to Theresa keibIer
mother of Henry 6. KeibIer, Of the Second
Maryland Infantry who was killed in action at
the White House, Virginia, December 1862
Il was agreed that the report of the Commits
sion to codiiy and revise the Acts Of Congress,