Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-11
Letter from Richmond.

Letter from Richmond.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 10, lS77.-It is said
that all the professors at the University of Fir-
GINA except Professor Minor are in favor Of
the proposition now before the Legislature to
confer upon the Board Of Visitors the authori-
ty to fix the salaries ofthc professors.
Mr.. Wickfeld Griffin was elected Judge of
Roanoke county to day.
In the Senate to-day the Committee on Pub
lie Institutions was requested to inquire and re-
port to the Senate when the lease Of the State
upon the premises now occupied by the Central
LuDatic Asylum would expire, and at what
price the property can be purchased or leased;
also, whether or not it is cxpcdicnt to locate
the asylum permanently Gu its present site or
elsewhere.
The Clifton Forge Railroad bill was discussed.
Mr.. Bland contended that canal was preiera-
the canal by Colonel Charles Darlington.
In the House the bill to relieve the disabli-
ties OF all persons implicated in duels 10 the
State 10 date was discussed. hlessrs. Arrn-
strong, Stuart and Branch opposed the bill,
and Mcssrs. Gordon, Bohannon, Popham and
Coghll advocated it.
y resolution was adopted requesting the Au.
ditor of Public Accounts 10 furnish a list Of all
defaulting collectors OF State revenue from 1870
TO 1876 inclusive with the amount due by each
aud what steps have been taken to SECURE pay.
ment Of the same.
Resolution was also adopted requesting the
Governor, stand Second Auditors to furnish
statements showing the work OF each clerk in
their departments the hour OF labor, and sala-
ries. Aud also whether the work can be done
or not by less clerical force without detrlmeot
to the public service; resolution that the First
Auditor furnish the amount OF bonds Of every
description listed in the various couaties, cities
and towns Of the State 10 the year 1876, Whcth-
er due or not from debtors residing in or out Of
this State.
The following were presented and referred
il bill to amend the Code so as to exempt
poultry from distress; resolution as to the ex-
pcdeDcy of prohibiting prosecutions found
cd on Information; and resolution as to ezpcdl
ency of providing for the selection Of jurors to
try feoGies, nlislemcauors and civil cases with
out distinction.
The bill to appropriate 5000 for the removal
ton oil The Clay statue on Capitol Square,
placed there by the ladies Of Virginia, was
passed.
The special committee Of the General AS.
sembly for the revision OF the criminal laws
have divided their work and appointed the FOL.
lowing subcommittee :-Crlmcs and Punish
mcnts: Messrs. Hubbard, Bland, Strothcr.
Gray and Gayle. Criminal Proceedings:
Mcssrs Daniel, Critcher, Taliaferro, Lacy and
Ronald. Criminal Charges: Messrs. III. G.
Allen, johnson, Brooks, Edgar Allan and Ball.
Judges, attorneys and members Of the bar gen.
orally will be invited by the committee to give
them the benefit Of their suggestions.
Gen. johnson has Introduced bill providing
for the election Of three commissioners, TO
serve six ycars,at salary of So 500 each; and a
clerk, to be paid Sc, 000-the expenses aud sal
aries to be paid by the railroads, who shall have
general supervision over all the railroads in the
State, and sec that they obey the laws and do
not violate their charters.
\ riot has occurred at Newport, Mathews
county, in consequence OF an attack made by
soEie negroes upon one of their own color Tor
voting the democratic ticket
The case OF the Bank of the Old Dominion
W. McEeigh will be tried OF this term OF the
Court OF Appeals.
NEW BooKs.-We have received from the
publishers, Harper & Brothers, through Dir.
George L. French, IS King street: Madcap
Violet, new novel, by VIM. Black, author Of
1.-THE Strange Adventures of a Pbaton," "a
Princess of Thule, 'rhe Monarch Of Nine
ing Lane, and other popular books, and his
new work is said by the critics to equal in 10.
terest any that have preceded it:
Joshua Haggard's Daughter, handsomely
by the we'll known and fertile au-
thoress, Miss Braddon, whose works, like
grace, increase in interest as she grows
older:
And Shadows in the Snow, also illustrated,
a beautiful Christmas Story, by B. l.. FarjeoD,
author of "Blade O'-Grass' and several other
books of fiction.
From H. Il. Dickinson, Of Richmond. editor
and proprietor OF the Southern Planter and
Farmer, We have received the January number
of that valuable monthly, 1t contains hand
some likeness Of Georges Vile, the dstn-
guished French agricuturist.
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