Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-15

Letter from Richmond.

RICHMOND. Va, Jan Is. lS77.-The peo
pie Of the North-)r. at lea.t, good many o
them-havc an idea that cx Confederate sol
dicrs who serve b fore the war in the u. s
army lave 10 desire 10 mix with their former
comrades at arms, tut they are mistaken. 4
we'll known Conf d2rate general and cx.Wcs
Pointer now living here, am told, has de
oared to his ileuls that lie will never te salts
fed unil he gets back ia the u. S. army. nt
has many iricnds IL that army | know, and
some of his class mates arr now high up ln
rank. This shows how complete is the recon
Citation between North and South.
The committee to examine into the eondi.
ton Of MIR. SrUlher, Superintendent OF the
Penitentiary, will have to perform h'r duties
in a few days unless Mr.. Strothcr resigns, and
think he will.
OWiog to tho cold weather, Richmond has
been for some days entirely without oysters.
They cannot be had for love or money.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the White Sulphur Springs Company will be
held in this city next week. believe the
springs will DC kept under the present mag
agement. 1t is to be Hoped that the cunning
spring season il Virginia will be better than
the last, which the centennial and other mat
ters contrivcd 10 make one ct the worst
known.
Henry Ward Beechcr will lecture here Oh
the 23d.
Janauschek closed her engagement here to-
day. She did we'll indeed, better than any
company that has been here this season
The Senate was not 10 session to-day.
Here the advantage of being Senator; you
do not have TO work on Saturday.
The report Of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts is the largest and most voluminous ever
made by that officer.
10 the House, to day, resolution was Of.
fered and appropriately referred requesting the
Committee for Revision of Criminal Laws to
inquire into the cxpediency of making barn
burning capital offence.
The bill to relieve the disabilities Of all per.
soos disfranchised under the dueling clause OF
the Constitution was to day ordered to its en-
grossmcDt-ayes, IS; noes, 40. Tho bill will
require two.tbirds vote to pass, and there
fore this indicates that it will rot get through.
There is some hope expressed that the
Grand Duke Alexis will run up to RicEmond
from Norfolk. HIS appearance here would
cause futter.
Iu the House the following bills were re-
ported: To amend aud re-enact the Code fixing
the pay of the Adiutant General, with the re-
commentator that the House agree to the
Senate amendments; to amend the Code 10 re-
laton 10 the University Of Virginia; 10 author
ize an increase of the salary of the county Judge
of Westmoreland and Richmond, with the re.
that it do not pass; to ameud
the Code in relation to parties TO suits testify
ing in certain cases.
The Committee on Propositions aud Gricv-
ances reported that it was mex pedient to legs-
late on The subject Of requiring owners of build
ings of public cntcrtai Dmcnt and amusement 10
provide better means OF cgrcss in case OF fire,
and the report was adopted.
The vote on the duellDg law was as follows
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Arthur, Aylor, Bar
ham, Barnes, Belts, Bohannon, Brooks, Car.
penter, 2. j. Carter, Cecil, George L. Clarke.
Clay, Coehill, Coleman, Crockett Curlctt,
Dalton, Edmunds, Eske. Flood, Gaines, Gil
nan, Gordon, Gray. James Hale, Johnston,
Jones, Kellam. Lacy, Lovcnsteo, McCau|l
Nalle, Nicely, Page, Parsons, William Powell,
Rains, Ronald. Henry II. Smith, Sidney SMITH,
Swami, VIM. B. Taliafcrro, W. T. Taialerro,
ralcy, Wall. Wallace, Walker, Watts, White,
Charles U. Williams, 2. 3. Williams, Witcher,
Mr.. Speaker-55.
Nocs-Messrs. Armstrong, Berry, BrarcD
Broadus, John n. Carter, ~, |. Clarke ,CoaIc
Jomadorc, Conner, Cox, Henry, Craig, Da.
7idson, Dyer. Giddings, Greer, Hamilton,
HocDniger, Howard, Jordan, kcrrck Lam
Kin, Lcech, Lecher, Lewis, Lipscomb, Mas.
icy. McDannald, McMullen. Moncurc, }. ..
Morris, VIM. S. Morris, Paul, Piersoo, Pon-
dexter, Purcell, Robinett. Scott. Scruggs
Shannon. Siber,, James ". Smith, Robcr;
NJ. Smith, Wm. Smith, Strayer, Stuart, Ter
rell, Whitaker, Wooldridge-+9.