The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-24
Grtttii.a State SntlrnaI.
CAPITOL NOTES.

IHe ooferHOr VIII approve the Dill
which, thanks to the strenuous cxertion
of the gifted and indomtable Lovenstein
has passed both houses of the General As
sembly. incorporating the Germania Men
nerchor Of the city of Richmond AM
now we shall hear unobstructed the "swee
German accent carolled forth to thu
early morn and dewy eve. Putting thes,
amateur musical associations on q gooc
footing is a step in the right direction fol
Richmond. We hope that if our Irish
fellow-citizens are ever impeled in holy
memory of The Harp that once through
Tara's Hall the soul of music she'd" Ia
apply for charter for 9 Shelalah Quar-
. tette,o the boon may be granted with
pleasant aacrity. ~ ~ ~
,.9 In the year 1878 the commonwealth OF
Virginia employed the services of three
steamboats, and about fifty men in collect.
ing the oyster tax, the net revenue from
that source being $5,sS3.42. To the col
: lectng agencies was discussed $3l 800. 92.
1t is at this point that the complaints of
the oyster men appear to be just and rea-
sonable. They avoueh their willingness to
pay any proper tax to sustain the state to
aid in paying its debt, but they eyince
decided repugnance to drain themselves of
all their small change simply for the bene-
Mt OF parcel of grasping, tax-gathering
officials. IL is hoped that the new oyster
bill, said to be ponderous document,
will right all existing wrongs.
Country papers profess to be looking
forward with eyes glistening with anxious
expectation to the promised financial mes
sage of Cover nor Kemper. They hope that
the Executive will give them such good adj
vice in the matter that they will per force be
obliged TO follow it. In speaking of the
funding bill the Gloucester Herald says:
"lt may be that Governor Walkers
funding plan was not the best in the world.
but after being mutlated by one legislature
and annuled, as far as an act of the legisla-
ture could annul it, by another, it would |
be foolish to expect that the scheme would
work any good. The trouble at the bot
tom of the whole mater, lies 10 the fact,
that it is easier for a legislator to tell his |
constituents that he voted against all in |
crease Of taxes, than it is to explain, to |
the satisfaction of the taxpayers, the |
necessity for such increase"
The commissioners of election of |
Greensville county have undertaken to VII !
tate the recent action Of the people of that
county in choosing Peter X. Jones as their
representative by declaring Jones not a
resident of the county. The state board |
ofcanyass-backs D decline to interfere, and
the duck of a matter is referred to the
House of Delegates by them. Mr.. Reese,
Jones' opponent, appears on the picture IN
thecharacter of a residuary legatee.A 1t is
just possible that the Honae may seek q So
luton Of The difficulty by masterly mac
tiyity during the remainder of the session.
~ DR.. William II. Taylor, coroner Of the
city of Richmond, has confirmed the
opinion expressed in this column several
weeks ago, viz that an inspector of guano
is humbug, and that when buying the
loudly-smelling substance the best thing
farmer can do is to purchase from reliable
parties. This opinion was given yester-
day by request to the House committee on
agriculture and mining by the Doctor, and,
as an able confirmatory addenda to the
opinion previously expressed by US, is
entitled to the respectful consideration Of
an enlightened farming community.
Our Legislature must 60 to work again
upon the dog and sheep question. We fear
that dogs have more friends in that body
than the sheep. 1t is sad to think how
much of material wealth is lost to our
state many portions Of which are so well |
adapted to sheep-grazing the failure 10
encourage the raising of this tlmid, but
most useful animal 1t is said that ma.
jority of the members have dogs but no
sheep. Cannot the rising statesmen OF the
day rise superior to mere personal consid-
erations? qla iJFu.
1t is understood that the joint committee
on finance will report a separate bill IL
censing faro banks, and the duty has been
specially devolved on an intelligent MEM
Der, supposed to be fully conversant with
the mysteries of free banking, of drawing
up the bill.
M. B. Coffey was commissioned notary
public to-day by the Governor for Amherst
G. Fl. and courts adjacent. +