Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-20

III lSsGC wiz 49, 80
OF compromise, &c.
The bill fer the settlement 81 tllo d;b;--ihg
samo submitted by Mcs;rs. McCuiloch, Icy,
and others, and already published; 10 !uii---:Taa
then takt1 up and the discussion bc2uR.
In the House f Delegates Mr !ltb;cr. d
AlexanGria, introduced bill to amend tic
game law with reference to killing ard ccpt2e
ing deer.
Bills were reported from committees 10 ?ro'
vida for the election OF iour commissioners OF
| the revenue for FauqC;er couriT; 10 apeci Tho
| 40. repeating the te1co law 10 G.a2sbo!c' dis
lrict, Frederick oauDty; to amcnd TIC Cod: with
reference % The compcn:atlco OF assessor iGl
| the relief Ct 4. Z. C0l7ln, CT taGQucr.
The jant resolution providing iDr ca'cbri.iGG
the one hundredth ennivaTsSTyol the sIr!cui:ar
CT CORVALLIS st Yolkto4n, %aS ac0oTs2!? -
ported up0o.
The House adopted resolution tas ii its
judgment the State ct Tireiaia IS not liable TO
tho holders Of tue certificates issaad by the
Stnte under The provisions Ct section 3 d 81
oct approved Mareh Bob. 1871, md tho act
| amcnda:ory thereof. approved hl2:ch S.b, 1872,
| ior the one third Ct tie public debt thera3y
aDporticncd and assigned to the State CT Nfca.
Virginia. except "a expressed ca .hciI FACE, ~
provide for the payment CT s;;cl: proportion G.
| the amount thereof IS my &c derived iiom {.
settlement With tho State CT West firgiaia il
| regard TO the public debt Of me C0EmonWea!h
rs il existed at the timo Of lis G5mem5eTmcDt.
Tho Superintendent ofPnbl,c ics!ructi?n, ia
response to . resolution oil the H3rsC ealing
upon him for information il regard to tho
amount of a!l claims ou6taaGiag against the
public Echool fund, states that ot the beginning
OF the school ycar (Ausust lsti The outaand.
Ing claims amounted to = little oyer $3.50 O00,
all but some $40, 900 of which WIS due TO teach
ers. He thinks that vtry large proportion Ct
this hes been paid partly cut Of az appoIti0r-
ment CT $l20 925.25. made trom his Office IL
December, and partly cut ct local funds collect
cd si1ce August lss In consequence ct past
cmbayrassments school cticar5 hsVe been very
cautious during 'hc curccht year 10 locc7.inE
| new liabilitie?. The number OF schools opened
has been greatly 1aduc,d, aGl il sJmo couGllgs
no schools have as get b2cu opened Every
effort is now making TO eZilrguisi all l0dcba'
edness ard to avoid similar difficulties IN tic
future. Tho report was ordered TO be printed.
A resolution providing t0r tho r!intiDg ct
5000 copies of the finance Cor! r'itteG's post
was taken UP.
the report OF the committee vas errcn4ou:, aud
does cot give q true Statement. O. the amount
Of the deficit il tho annual expenses BY $751;.
600.
Gen. Anderson sid Tho. the Rca!!c!nan ffoa
Amherst, and the gentleman iron Alexandria,
had each clearly demonstrated that there ere
errors 10 the report, sld that consequently it
should not be endorsed By tho House.
Pending tho consideration OF this qiestion
the hour for the consideration Of tho soecial CT
der regulating tao compensation Ct county
trcaaurers came up, when, on motion, the bill
was dismissed, and tho House resumed tho
consideration Of tho proposed amendments to
the Constitution, the pending question beicg
to strike out the 18Th section in the report ct
the committee 10 relation to county judges.
CLERGYMEN's SALARIEs.-The average COM
pcnsation Of clergymen OF a!l denominations,
city aad country, is aaid to be less taan $500.
There are two extremes in ministerial salaries
which would seem to chow something wrong
somewhere, and which might be avoided by
proper management. The rule aeeas 70 DO poor
preacher, poor pay end fee preacher, big sal
sry. Beecher probably stands at the head Of
we'll paid preachers, and in Brooklyn and Now
York ten and fifteen thousand dollar salaries ere
by no means rare. Between the n1iria.erial
Dives, who is clothed in purple and Eco linen
and fares sumptuously, every ds5, and Tho wretch
ed Lazarus OF q preacher who supports largo
family on bare pittanee, thero Is gFtas gull
fixed, in this world a. least some oE La9 kaId-
eat working pres cners are the worst paid, whiio
sensation. N gera, like TalmGge draw big sslG-
ries rs we'll IS big houses, It would seem that
como syaten might be devised by which Unequal.
lilies Of this sort might be remedIed