Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-22
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Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette.]
RICHMOND, Dee. 22.-Ths General Assem-.
bly, adjourned fog Tho holiday recess on Satur
day, til January CHI. The length CT the ho!i.
day reo.:s docs not effect tho treasury Gs the
members are paid by the year.
Tho newly clec,cl State officers will cnter
upon the discharge OF their duties on tie lst of
January, provided they are sble to give tie
rIGa!s!ic bonds.
Tie new clerks will not be Installed until tho
rcaseeubling OF tho Legislature, as tho caucus
comDilttoo on appOrlioDmeDt OF patronage hos
to report before the heads Of departments are
authorized to act. A few positions controlled
by tho GGVtrncr, and few old clerks and
others not Objectionable to tho dominant party
may DO retained, but with these exceptions
there will be clean sweep in tho basement.
The following bills have become laws so far
thiS session: Fixing the limo for holding tho
Circuit Courts in the Sixteenth judicial district;
to Incorporate tho Lovettsvil!e Uaion Cemetery
EomranIi to legelizo tho Organization of tho
Bristol Coal ard Iron Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company to authoIiz, the GordOusvie Grays,
OF Orange couoty, ard tho Culpepcr Minute
hlen, Of Culpcpcr county, aud the Norfolk City
Guards to uniform Themselves in such manner
al they may prescribe; IL relation to the COM
| mlSs!oaCr OF rcvcuus OF the county Of Lludoun.
MONUMENT TO THE LATE GEN. Il. Il. LEE.
A nonumenl is to DO crco!al in New Or
leans verify the fame and same of tho great
est s2l'lsc and NEST accomplished, America hes
ytt produced. Tho Knoxville Tribune ssys
"Mr. John Roy, of New Orleans, the a,chi.
tcct and contractor fer building in that city the
proposed monument to tho memory of General
Is. E: Lee, Is in our city on that business. MIR.
10y Is practical stone cutter and qusrrym9n,
has thorough kno wedge Of everything per-
tanning to his business, and his opinions in such
mstteTs are consequently entitled to great weight
Ho Is dellEEted with tho specimens of naive
marble he has seen In and around our city. and
pronouncos them unsurpassed for beauty and
durability and mcst admire bly, adapted to the
is to b. ertc.nd in TiVoli Circle, city of New Or.
| leans. It wall consist of mound Ct earth one
| hundred and eighty. eight feet in diameter at the
| base. and twelve feot high. The cenlro portion,
| seVenty'two feet squsre of the mound, will DO
| level st the elevation Of twelve feet. The slope
on each Side OF this centre tqusre will have
base OF ffty.e:ght feet. and rise Of twelve foot
In the centre of this mound the mon
ument proper will be placed upon piles, capped
with timber. spiked and bolted to tho pilos and
covered with concrete. Upon this tho brick and
prenita foundation. which is to support the mar
bio column, will stand. The die on which the
column will stand is to besevcn feet eight inches,
aod the column will be ten feet in diameter at
tho base and sixty feet nigh. The granite bsse
will consist Of four steps, each three feet. The
statue Of Robert 4. Leo, surmouulng the whole,
will b. lif!oen feet in height The totsl height
Of tho monument. when completed. will be one
hundred and six fec. eight inches above the level
Of tho surrounding streets. The column, did,
and statue are required to DO of American mar
bic, Of q quality equal TO New York Ksst Ches-
!@r MAJ be.