Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-19
Letter from Richmond.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. |
RInHM0ND EahruarQ Is. 1878.

RICHMOND. February Is. 1878.
The House bill whioh makes an apporlon-
ment of Senators and members Of the House
of Delegates was to night ordered to tsepgress'
ment. Tho bill gives Alexandria city and
county, ono delegate; Amherst, oae delegate;
Culpcr, ono delegate; Fairfax. one delegate;
Fauquier, ono delegate; L,udouu, one delo'
| gate; Loudoun aud Fauquier, one delegate;
Prince William, one delegate; Stafford and
King George. one delegate; Orange, one dele
gate; and Rappahannock. ono delegate. The
senators to be elected for he term Of four years.
Ghe senators first elected under this act 10 dis.
triots beariog odd numbers shall vacate their ct
| fees at the end of two years, and those elected
| 10 districts bearing even numbers at the end or
! four years; and vacancies occurring by cXplra-
ton of term shall be filled by the election Of
the senator's for the full term. Russell, Buoh-
anau and Tazewell, 3rd district, one senator;
| Clarke, Frederick aud Warren. lib distrist,
one senator; Fauquicr aud Loudouo, l2th dis
trict, ono senator; Alexandra city and county,
Fairfax, and Prince William, 18th district, one
| senator; and Culpeper. RappahaDnock, Nladi-
| son and Orange, 18th district, one senator.
| The usual monotony Of the House pro coed
| iugs Was varied little 10 night by the appear
ance of bill of which MIR. Hunter, Of AIexan
dria, was tho cause. The bill, which is a Gu
| riosity 10 its way reads as follows 'Bo 1t
| enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Virginia that no water terrapn or land turtle
shall be caught or killed or molestcd from the
first day of November until tue first day Of
June. This act shall be 10 force from its pas
h0
MIR. Frayser, of ockbrdge, i0slgated and
urged on by Hunter, Of Alexandria. who slip.
| uated that Frayser should refer the bill to the
Committee on Game. of which committee
Hunter is chairman. The bill went to the
COMMITTEE on Game. aod they reported it
back to the House. Tonight it came up. When
| it was read there was shout or laughter. The
members were many of them disposed to have
some fun and they had it. Unfortunately Hun
ter was absent. Graves the pending question
man, moved to amend the bill by insertiog
after water terrapin." the words. "or dry
| land terrapin." This was adopted unanimous
IL. A member then asked that the bill be
explained. Mr.. Frayser got up and said that
his partner, Mr.. Hunter, who had gotten
up the bill, was absent. Hc asked that the bill
be passed by. Butthe House would not agree 10
this. There was determination to pass the bill.
Action upon it had been delayed long enough.
The motion to pass by was defeated by close
vote amid great excitement. Then it was that
representative from Alexandria VINO was
present rose to the dignity OF the occasion and
determined that his city shall have vote upon
the great question. Mr.. Mushbach said 10 q
clear voice and with the air of man determ-
ined to carry his point, MIR. Speaker move
! to amend by inserting after the words land
| turtle" the words ''or any mock turtle"
Great sensation and excitement on the right
of the chair, but the left stood determined and
united
MIR. Finney, of Accomac. who had been list
ening with the air Of man who had stood this
thing long enough rose and said. MIR. Speaker:
| have heard of mock turtle soup. but never
before 10 my life of a mock turtle.
Mr.. Frayser said that as far as he was con,
cerped he was prepared to explain to the House
what land terrapin was, but that he would
rather wait for his friend Mr. Huoter, who vas
prepared to explain what land turtle was.
Mr.. MeCanll, OF Pulaski. seeing ll'foeliDg
eminent, moved to DISMISS the bill. which was
voted down. A motion to lay on the table was
likewise lost. The ayes and noes we're called
by him of the ruddy cheeks and long flowing
hair, Walker of Westmoreland. Rejected with
emphasis The members were not willing to
trust their names on the record on 80 import.
ant proposition until its oonstitutiona|ity had
been explained by either Mr.. Barbour or Mr.
Coghiil, and both gentlemen were absent on
sick leave Uoder these circumstances the
House finally passed the bill by,and ad journed.
The committee appointed to investigate the
abstraction of bonds from the Second Auditors
Office submitted their report 10 the Senate TO-
night. The report was not read. 1t is very
voIuminous, and puts the amount funded twice
at $50, 500, but the impression is that thiocs
are so muddled In the Office so far as the bonds
are concerned, as to preclude the possibility OF
any one telling who got the bonds. Your cor
man, who has had to suffer for everybody else's
shortcomings is not the guilty man. From the
report of tho committee there is no telling how
many bonds have been stolen, or who got them.
1t is thing past finding out.