Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06
e5TEElate legislature.


= the scostc. yesterday, Mes:rs. Koiner,
h1coks' Baud, Dsaic aod FuIkerson were ap.
I~ated As the committee to ascertain toe status
OF stc rrceenf session Of the Legislature.
EieSsr5' k9lcet Ard Brooke asked 10 Be ex-
cu5ed tom seE7!rg rpoa the committee.
Nh Brooke thought that come senator VINO
"as committed 10 the idea that some exnres.
elCn should be made SIS to the status Of this
session should be placed upon that committed,
hut ;he Senate declined TO excuse,
i5lS were !otrGduced and referred, to provide
tor Tie ietiemcl5 If the public debt npd tho
payment Il sd ucifcrru tate { interest thereof,
a3d iTposlcg tax aud prescribing regulations
tor the collection It The ssruo.
Dr.. Brooke ttlercd the foiiaxiag joiat reso
luton. Which was adopted:
Resolved, That the joint committee. as to tho
status ot tho Gsnernl Assembly, DO empowered
al q ln:I:Ec;ed to il quire and report
Ill: Whethor some legislative policy may not
require inst this General Assembly refrain from
sAy; aeclarhilon to It's status and procs>d with
it hQsinass in the usu-l end regular form.
- whether any, end If any, wha. legislation
csu GO n &C. tbs elect Of which will be, in INV
event, ID Tender the action Of this body consli-
!utonal ald legal under any judioisI view which
nsy be taken Is 10 l!s proper constitutional
stHtas.
Tbs HOusa joiot resolution proviiiag for the
citcnon .! circuit iulgts OF Thursday, the l2lh,
wss Hineuttd hg ils:rliog Friday, the 1871 fer
lhGT,ttuY, thc 1910, cId thcb pissed.
A rCs1:utr;ii ;:GS adopted 10 iayrs;iGstc Ger
t:i1 charges against W. Hinton, meuber
ct TIC Senats from Petersburg, in Obtaining
tic passage 81 c bill! tc extend acgedt CT twelve
afls. twenty n2or,fs from The ratification CT tho
sale OF :hc States interest in the Upper Appo
netiGX C3arauy 70 The Board Of Supc,ioteud~
"uls Ct aid company.
Ia ia Hou3o Ct Delegates among the bills
std resolutions Introduced sag bill TO provide
fJr The settlement OF the public debt, and Pc
iii ~ f"n? c!i!zeEs 2f Frederick ia relations to
lubi1 free schools.
The 5n"akgr announced that he standing
cQmmii!ssa CT tta Hiuse sill remain the ssus
IS thcg i7crG at Inc last session.
: communication l!9ui JaGles i. GooGc,
Nrca:rng charges a2&inst T. +. Fray9er,
!!e Superintendent. Of PGblc f,iotug, YES re-.
LIED % the Committee on Pfioipg. The
Gt:rG!S sc iac3mru;Gaey and utter disregard
U: truth 20 tsk;aS the Clause Of the oath relative
30 his pTactlca! knowledge ct ihc printing bust
ngs3, Gld fais.iyiGl the records, by esroEg
3D.. otherwise. SO IS to present q more favorable
chewing ior ii:1sslt il BIZ rspCTs TO the Gene
fai As:rElbly.
4 ;AInt resolution lxirg utZ: Thursday as
b: ivia to cleo! circuit judges ws5 agreed to.
4 resolution was offered to allow members TO
ct copies Of the CoGe and Acts Of he Assem-
!, fGnm the Secretary Of the COMMONWEALTH
Southern Commercial Convention.
Il The C0mne.c {! CoGyentou. 10 session
- NV Orleans " Wednesday, Genera! FIX Ii
he: CT Eirgiail, tho permanent President, vas
escorted 10 the c:5a!r II Jcha J.. Eabank, OF
ViFRin:a aud Jobn Hogan, OF Missouri, and 10
rcdrc ID to The Convention hy the temporary
Chairman.
General L:c ad;51s;ed the Convention. The
ii!i3rcGc; i:atw&cu The tine Of the present &Gd
var. NV. toe 50 aier said, thaok God, be
Wa il New Orica,s, iAiug win representa-
I've nlea from all the States Of tue Ualop, who
had ls:em lled together in peaG, and joy and
1--we i4r Tie advancement OF the commerce OF tins
great country. Then h. arrived in New Or,
ie&,s ic:'h b937 Of hoops, when this laad
VAS divided bg civil var. The p,!l Ct that
dark cord had b2cn renewed. and the great
bears ii tha DatonN orth, Soutn, l. as5 aud
y csi--heais Tesponsivsly 10 the best interes!s
oil TIC who.c people Of the Uo!ted States.
4 series cire5elui0ins were adopted recon-.
ncndog Government cid to the Texas Pacific
Z ailsoad, ADD ;ba5 the Ulion aud Caatrsl Psci
lie railways should b, held to a strict acc.uGt.
ability to the requirements OF their Charters
aod the LAYS regulating them. The resolutions
also i. recommend that the aid already granted 10
The N,r:teT1 Pacific Should not be wlihGr.wn
lie he c,uyeDtion yesterday t1r.J Jefferson Davis
spoke on resolution re!aii1 g TO the inprnve'
m sut Of I'll" uavisa;i,a Of The Mississippi lig<r,
and sai ! net only DID he represent the State OF
II 'ss!S>irpi upon this impo-;aat Q1estior, but
every Safe bord ring % that graf river.
There arc ITO important obstacles to the in
ptov2Den Of tie Mississippi liver to DO over
comc---;he c.piag il or is banks AID the over
Il q Of the sane. The reso!uiocs accompany
i0g The report Ware fl and complete and that
!ld! h. lad the darftlng Of them he would 30.
NV. added word to their tffecs or purpose
cor would nc take Que word tbereirom. They
we're complete 10 expressing the oti:c. to b.
4. slrrd for The mprovement CT navigation CT that
great fi7ar. R.iIr jads might cone and rail
'nada hi ghiso. tu: the Mississippi river would
4 81 o. 10 The eud Of time, aGd the city OF Naw
Orlcsrs would ultimately bccon7 Que CT the
z ixt:@:t cmpoIiums Of the wGrid-a city Of
Washington Notes.
hepGrtcd for the Alexandra Gaz,!te.I