Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-05
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

the continuing order tor tomorrow.
The report declaring Maddox eutltled to his
seat, contested by Robertson, was adopted
unanimously.
The Committee on Courts OF Justice were
instructed to report bill providing for the
ratification by vote of the people at the NJ
vcmber election, 1874 OF the proposed amend
meut to the STATE Constitution.
Several bills. generally of local character
were reported, some of which We're paessed;
and the bill to provide for the establishment OF
the Southern Lunatic Asylum further discuss
ed until adjournment.
10 the House of Delegates the bill for the
tor the privilege of taking them IN Virginia
waters was reported on iavoraby, while the
bill for the destruction of the Canada thistle
was reported upon adversely.
The Finance Committee was relieved from
the consideration of petitions from cltlzcns OF
Fau9uier and other counties, asking 40 increase
of Sheriff fees .
A resolution forbiddiug the introduction of
pew business on aud after the 18th instant was
referred.
1t was resolved to instruct the defalcation
investigating committee to report what amount
OF the funding bonds have been exchanged for
each other and the disposition made thereof,
and whether said bonds and coupons have been
cancelled, so as to protect the State against
fraud in any event.
a resolution was agreed to that all bills, re-
solutions, ETC., pending at the time OF adjourn
ment of the present General Assembly Shall re-
tain at the succeeding session the places held
by them on the calendar, at the end OF this
The bill in relation to the jurisdiction OF
county courts was ordered to be engrossed.
The further consideration Of the bill III rela-
ton to interest Oh muDey Was postponed until
tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The eighteenth commencement of the Medl
cal College, of Virginia, took place last night.
The annual address Was delivered by Rev. D..
l.. NJ. Curry.
MIR. James Neeson is to furnish the Board
of Public Works with copy OF his contract as
counsel for the State 10 the collection OF the
claims against Selden, Withers i Co., and un.
der which, it is alleged, he has drawn 50, O0O
per annum.
4 contest is going gu before joint commit
tee of the Legislature over bill giving to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company permis-
sion to build a road from Salem to some point
west of Bristol, to compete with the A. NJ. &
0. r. r., of which Gen. Malone is President.
A proposition is now before the Legislature
for re assessment Of the lands 10 the State,
or an equalization of values, similar to that
provided for in the bill Of March 1888.
Gov. Kemper has selected his staff, con-
sistiug of seven, with the rank OF Colonies OF
cavalry, to which, however, 40 pay Is attached.
THE Iowa LIQUOR CAsE.-A long pending
case from Iowa, with respect to the liquor leg
islation Of that State, was yesterday disposed OF
by the Supreme Court. The case was raised
under the clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,
any law which shall abridge the privileges or
im:Dunities of citizens of the United States; cor
shall any State deprive any person OF life, liber-
The Court decided the right to sell utoxicat-
ing liquors not to be one of the privileges aud
iulmuulties coming under the XIVth Amend
ment, but that ''if case was presented of any
person owning liquors or other property at the
time the law was passed by the State absolute
~ prohibiting the sale of it., it would be very
grave question whether such a law would not
be inconsistent with the provisions OF that
amendment, which torbids a State to deprive
any person life, liberty or property without
due process OF law" The court, however, de-
cided that this question was not before 1t, aud
did not therefore decide upon it.
TURNED UP---The following dispatch, dated
Philadelphia, will probably prove interesting
reading matter to certain Lynchburg bankers
that is if we rccoect the name:
"Shortly after the American steamer lii
nois left Liverpool mau was discovered who
had concealed himself for the purpose of steal.
ing a passage When questioned he handed
the officer card bearing the name Of w. FL.
Stanton, correspondent Of New York daily
paper. He stated that be had money, but re-
fused to pay for his passage. He was, there
fore, coufncd in stae-room during the pass
age and kept on prison diet"
Is not this the same man who last summer
swudlcd a bank in Lynchburg out Of 81 ,220
by cunning confidence trick? 1t sounds very
like it, and he has probably spent the money
in European tour. He claimed at the time
to be correspondent of the Herald, aud
splurged pretty extensively around the Virgin
ia springs. Rich. Wing.
DOMESTIC HEATHEN Two well growu white
boys, natives Of Stafford county, Va, were call
ed to testify before u. S. Commissioner Rogers
yesterday, 10 the case wherein Columbus NJ.
UOluSuu Is IlDelIdDl duu tUC SCIOUucl w lllle
and George NJ. Carpenter the respondents.
They were about seventeen or eighteen years
of aye, and were not devoid Of natural intei-
gence. When the elder Of the TWO was asked
what be worked at, he responded that he
"ketched fur and followed the water" Suisse
quentIy explaining that by following the water
he meant that he was sailor, aud that for a
part of every year, usually beginning about
Christmas, be devoted himself to trapping such
animals as miuks, raccoons, otter aud opossums
Neither of these young Americans could read
or write. Neither Of them knew what year
this was, or whether it was before or after
Christ Indeed, it seemed to be very doubt
full if they had ever heard Of that Divine name
except 10 the way of profanity. An
PRIZE PACKAGE SwINDLERs. The mode
of operation of the prize package swindlcrs in
New York is thus described from an account
of the recent arrest of one of the rogues: He
had a satchel with him containing twenty small
square boxes, in each Of which was piece Of