Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-21
Letter from Richmond.

Letter from Richmond.
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
RICHMOND. VA, Dee. 20, lS16.-The Su.
pcrintondcnt Of Public %lnstiuation has made
an apportioumant ai school funds, equal to
twenty-five cents per head OF school population.
By this Alexandria city gets Sl,lll.Tj; Alex
andria county, $$22G9. 80; Fairfax county, ST.
22223. 90; Loudoun, $l,s13.00, and Prince VIII
liam, $685.
Fechter is playing to good houses here not
withstarding tie Rrctched weather. Tho streets
are one cold mass Of slect, which Gakcs walk
log difficult. and when Richmond people 70 to
the theatre in this kind Of weather it is a good
indication that they either enjoy Fcvhttr'5 act
ing or because it, in the iashion to 90 to see
him.
The newspaper reporters here have very
wisely determined not TO report any oil the IN.
tense "retrenchneut and reform speeches OF
the members Of the legislature. All this talk
about This people must not be taxed any
more" or "tte expenses Of this government
must be reduced" &c., amounts 10 very little
when spouted forth on 8l1gs OF honcysucklo
aud melted rainbow eloquence, and then they
expect their speeches rcported-o: course they
do. When they show that they arc really re-
trenching the people will know At aa soon as
the newspaper reporters.
The ii0u:e Of Delegates 10 day practically
determined to abolish the office OF Adiutant
General.
The committee reported in favor Of making
The pay Of that official :l00.
Mcssrs. Gordon and Cecil ~eloqueni!y advo-
Gated the continuance Of the Office aud its be-
stowal upon Gen. Joseph f.. johnson.
But the House Of Delegates OF Virginia for
got that the Old Dominion had a noble son who
bears that name; the House forgot that he had
defended his darling mother State until super
human bravery and endurance aVallcd uoi; the
House forgot that he u0W lives IN q distant
State-this grand old soldier whose every lcart
throb but increases his love for his native State,
and the House oil Delegates oil Virginia,
which last year threw away So 600 on Useless
immigration tracts now piled in the basemen
of the Capitol, refused to acknowledge the
States devotion to her sou, oil whom all her
people are proud, the last Of Lee Lieutenants,
and will any member o! the House say he rep
resented the wishes Of the people 10 this ac-
ton ? Were it submitted TO the people would
they act as the House of Delegates has done
But | hope the Seaa!e @i!l see the matter 10
its right light.
The Office OF Superintendent Of Public Print
ing will not be abolished, and | think it doubIfal
whether that Of Second Auditor will be entirely
done away with, although the ~clerica! force may
be reduced.
Major Samuel II. Boykiu, Register Of The
Land Office, is very Ill at his residence here.
The House Committee on Roads have re-.
ported the bill confering certain privileges On
the Royal Land Company now constructing a
narrow gauge from fredericksburg toward the
Valley, and tue Committee on Counties and
Cities, a bill to prohibit and prevent the officers
and agents Of corporations from becoming con-
tractors with said corporation.
The bill authorizing the Governor 10 hire out
as macy as 100 %convicts to W. L. Sutherlln, 10
be employed on public works and in such other
manner IS may seem to him judicious and eZ-
pedient, was opposed on the ground that said
%convicts would be employed 10 tobacco factories,
and Was recommltted.
The resolutions Of sympathy for South Caro-
lima. presented by Gen. Johnson, beiDgt the special
order, were taken up in the Senate to-day,
when Mr.. Bland moved that the resolutions
be referred to the Committee on Federal Rela-
tons, and stated that he did this, not for the
want of sympathy for the people Of that State,
but because he did not think that the adoption
OF them would result in any good at this time,
but may be construed by the honest republicans
Of the North as evidence that We were rushing
in hot haste rcminformatioD derived from news.
papers to pass censurc 90 the Administration.
lie was 10 favor OF waiting the result Of the III
vestigatIon now g0lDg on by the committees ap-
pointed by Congress.
Gen. johnson, in support OF the resolutions.
stated that the Senator from Middlesex had
fairly unmasEed his intention to defeat the re-
solutions by moving to refer them to the Com
Oh Federal Relations, as that committee
is disorganiZod BY the chairman being absent,
aud who would not return until the middle OF
January. The great aGd monentous question
will be decided within the next two weeks, and
while it is being douo the resolutions will be
.yipg 10 the pigeon hole Of the desk of the
clerk Of the committee, and the time will have
passed before the committee could act upon
MIR. Eubank offered an amendment, TO be
after tho third resolution, calling Oh
he people Of South Carolina to continue 10
their iorbearancc, &C., which was agreed to.
Mr.. Stevens (colored rRdica) opposed them
% O rambling speech.
They we're adopted-ayes, 81; noes, 1.
The State of this evening contains the follow
ng Interesting items: Miss Minnie Epps, a
7ery good looking and intelligent female, who,
wing to adverse circumstances, has found her.
ielf in the city Jail, will be discharged from that
Institution next Saturday, having served a term
VI six months, because her boarders and visit
rs gave her house a bad reputation. There
5 romance connected with her incarceration, as
learu reliably this morning that an employee
n one Of our leading railroads has agreed TO
marry her as soon as she leaves her prison
Judge Guigon hearing of this, and being
onvinced that the couple intend to be made
ne, has consented to remit all costs and fines