Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-04
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tGorrospondence OF tie Alexandria Gazette
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA, February i, 1885,
10 day, in the House, Shed. Dungee. q negro
member, pvoscotcd til! to amend the crminal
c;d> so rs 10 abolish the penalty for miaoogena
tioo. The resolution simply Instructed the
Committee for Courts Of JUSTICE to bring bill
in making ina change in the law, and very few
were aware Of The change proposed. The
mode, was as tho resolution merely specified, tho
runbcr OF the section to bo repealed. The
resolution went to the Committee for Courts Of
Justice.
This shows that the statement made 10 this
cirrcspold!tca sometime ago, aud which was
clutTadlctcd "a certain quarter, was true.
Every Holt was made to keep this thing back,
but the courtd brother wss Determined to try
bis Rrat lister silly.
q veiy important bill Was introduced 10 the
House TO- day by Mr.. FlckIin, OF Buckipgh au.
1t prov.d:s 10 substance that any person paying
tho pole tex OF oao or moro voters, conditioned
upon tho votor's voting fer certain candidate,
sha! b. punished as NIL demeanor. Should
the ii pass it will have tho tifcot Of gili lg the
people lair ctctiobs
The refusal t tho Governor to commute the
sinietca eli PolndsXter leaves that unfortunate
ycuag mao 90 alternative Tut to 90 to the peni.
tentloty. llo will be taken there this week it
is understood. He hes been c)Ltiaed in tho
city Jail o!nven months, tho murder for which
he is punished haViog been committed last
Mach. 80 cnds tragedy that has tx,tcd The
greatest interest in Richmond, and which has
oil ,Itn al b., A
gentleman recently returned from Earope saw
an scoouut OF the tragedy in Paris paper,
| under Tho head of LA Romatc, dun iolit
! CottrelI, the young lady whose namo was con.
ntc.ed with the dcp!orabe affair. has lived 10
great retirement since tho tragedy.
Mr.. MuShbGch's bill, with long title, to in.
Corporate tho Grand Lodge Of the United Order
OF the Soma and Daughters, Brothers and Sis
tcrs OF Moses In tho Uoitcd States and the
Wrrld at large came back to-day from the
! Senate wilh gu amendment striking out the
United States and tho world at large" and
| Inserting the Skato Of Virginia.
Whenever great man 8 name is prominently
before the 'uutry VIC always like TO get every
| Incident 10 connection with him. What would
have been trivial before becomes of interest
| when he is prominent. Now thtro is General
Gary, OF South Carolina, who is now 80 COZ
srlcuous before the county on account Ct biz
qusrrcI With OK Governor Hampton, and owing
tn tho reoant letter Of Colonel Haskell. General
Gary was wei, kaown to tho Virginia bellies who
visited tho White Sulphur Springs during the
sunmcT. His martial figure was nightly seer
in The bail room by the side of his old friend
| General hlcCsusland. of West Virginia. These
two Tir0 iuscptrablo and we're spoken Of By
some irrepereot young lady as "thc twin
shOHdts.' Both were blondes, and very popu
lar md attentive to the ladics.
Tao scienc Ct tho leaders OF the 30 called re
adjustment pariy JUST DOW seems to he to get
npa s!.l,! in tho Republican party. Everything
ponta that way. That last published schema
| OF hlahono has, h6waver. disguised members
| Il both paT;i2S, aud tho indie atoms ara that
maby WHY have followed him thus far will
pause. fhve is somoIhibg abhorout to every
| |rRlhlan Ia his Stute btug dragged before tho
whole natlon 81 y creature who having not tho
| Drsv;Iy 10 decide as 10 which side sho will Join,
IS IN he market Tor sala. That is the meaning OF
tho schcrlr. Mahonc, as tho leader, would
| havD thc essIing Of tho electoral vote of Vir.
elLii were his plan to nuccocd, and in cise OF a
ciazc Contest tho Presidential candidate would
promise any oiiic) in his gift to Tho man thus
| controlling those votes.
The Baltimore and Cincinnati Railroad bill
came ny IN the Sanato to day and was made the
So, cial order for Thursday.
Tho last German of tho season before Lent
takes place Monday. the Mosaic Cub Friday
night and the Mistletoc Club" to morrow
uight, nad the "V. 4. H." friday. 10 morrow
hight there will ais, DO brilliant party at tho
residence Of We'll Known citizen.
STRON0R0W