Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-31
E.Ea,iS sSt;:cI:;IEss.

il So1atimss difficult 70 ri in Tho members in
their places especially vixen bot personally 10
torested.
Tic House Ct Delegates yesterday passed q
buDbcr OF bills, among ih2Je; to sxte1G the
power 81 the Eoyal Land CanraGY SO es 10
secure q connection ieE lis rail!old with tie Gig
of Richmond and otherwise enlarge It's powers;
ia relation TO copies of records and papcrs In
public Offices as evidence; to amend The act in
relation 10 tho ttxss collected by tho clerks,
notarios public. and The secretary Ct tho Com
mopTeaItb; and 10 amend the acs to incorporate
the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway Com.
psny, and to enable the James River and Kan
swha Company to subscribe to the capital stock
thereof.
A resolution has been introduced in tho
House instruoiirg tho Committee or the Chcs.
apcake ard its Tributaries to Inquire iato the
eXpodiency of fixing fish ways in the upper
waters of tho Commonwealth.
Mr.. Mushbaoh has introduced 10 tho House
bill TO amend tho !aW IN regard to tho delivery
| Of lists Of Delinquent lands 10 trsasurc1s.
A bill to establish work houses IN the several
| c9untiea of tho Commonwealth has been re-
| ferrcd in tho House.
Bills wero yesterday introduced 10 the Senate
| to prevent the killing OF rabbits or harss be.
| tween the 18th OF April 81 tho 18th of August
| OF each year; and in relation to the e7Yiog of q
special school tax. and oue aboshing the tapi
talion tax.
The Senate rejected bill TO leluco The
salary OF the Judge OF the Houslioss Court Of
Manchester from $500 to $500 The nGnsurc
was favored almost unanimously by the people,
ADD its REJECTION will tc coasidc.cd m act OF
| Injustice by ttoU.
A bill to repea! absolutely The c,piiatioa [; Y
and orc to provide for special school tsx
levied On males to supply the deficiency for
schools created 10 the rcvclu, has baen intro
du, Jed 10 ihs Senate.
| A bill has been introduced in tho !lGus, Of
Delegates TO compel the city Of Richmond TO
repay t) tiennoj county a part OF tic .m0uey
paid by that county before the extension of tho
corporate Limits OF Rlohmnnd, Tor sst Furnished
dallng the war 10 llenrico county aud which
money he County Jailed 10 pay ua!i after ha
war. when SuiIt, buchanan Il 90, institute /
suit and forced payment.
List yttr there woa shipped from this rort
taf foreign or's sraiu TO tho value Sl7H 900.
! THO HnrtfDnr HIS refused to pardon levi
| keller, ssut ~ lie p"biteniaiy itom Shnnau.
| t!OaIl cAuGty.
drE. il0llldlq !ias ISSUED The c:lnmissilna 81
tho ccuGty Judges elected since lc first oil ,!aa
nary, miiioA; specifying when their iCim Of
| Cihdt bce.hH This, Ii Is Shd is done ia yirW
OF tho aci that II Is oontantod thai ;hts, off :
Gals have ~ tight 10 enter upon tho Il s,.i.arEc
| If their duties uati January, lSSI.
| Inc otaatG haa passed !h0 following / iusG
bills: To Incorporate the tlu;tccs ct New Ic-
ruSalen Lutheran church st L1vettsrie, Lou.
| GOua oIuntN; 10 Incorporate lfraodna Lode 81
hIas5ns, Nc. 1919, Of Llvet;s wills, i.antorn
oaun:J; TO incorporate The Grand GGunc,I ct the
Grand ORDER & SnHs and Daughters Broth.
cr8 aid Sittt!s OF NlnscH, Of tho Steto CT Viz
GiLla; ard 10 amend the &c; l.r 5fkiae .hc
roads IN Lonioun c0uoty.
Coi. IoWnc5 who failed 10 secure the read
IustcIs' nrriaatioa Tor county Judge OF Meek
lonturg, has been converted to rtpubliclnisr,
| Au'.itCr Massey and Second Auditor Dyson
| Fay They do rot DIOpnGo to submit to tho rssolr-
tion passed by tho resdiustsrs' caucus 2 few
nights ago, masking il mandatory upon tho &C !sis
| OF Tho State departments 10 appoint cn!y such
clerks and suhnrdinatos in their Offices ne :aaT
DO recommended by tho caucus.
MLraLLC FACrs.-A London correspondent!
sends tho following interesting facts and views
in Respect TO Americas Iuprc Iron age
An attTao!iVo suhjcc. is Americas iu!uro
ircn age. At this moment on my return to
EngIaad lind aDsuiGrly sensational feeling
| uppermost 10 tho loss, moro or less, oi The
American iron market Of the future 10 British
manufacturers. One OF tho greatest difficulties
one cxporicCcra in a conversation with most
larglIshmcn is Ills blindness to the fac; ihst tho
weird outside this kingdom moves. The next
most difficulty sutj0ot is to conVinco Kim that
sometimes he docs not himself movo at all,
Thirty years ESQ tho wcrld's annual production
| OF pig iron Was thrco millions Of tons. What
is 1t noT? What will it be Thirty years hcnct?
Thirty years ogo England produced Of this
quantity 81 .O00, 800 tons. Tho Uaitcd Statcs
or America then produced 2S5 900 tons. Now
c,ncs the question Of the quota OF supply Of
Zach Of these rivals 10 day. Gradually sen ty
step the ULitcd States have obtained possession
OF its own market, which before England almost
exclusively ctiayed. am informed that this
sutitci, in c>uiunction with tho main ono Of
agriculture, will be touched upon 10 the report
CT Mcssre. Read aud PelI, who arc now cagas cd
10 preparing it for the government. 1t may
sound big and bouncing to cay so, but strong
argument can be deduoed which would shoY
that tho iu;uro iron supplies for tho world arc
to como from the United States. When We look
at tho mineral wealth of iron and cJel com
bined, tho facilities Of transportation. aud the
great crntrcs of Pennsylvania, New York. Ia,
diana, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, 3d., this as
ar,lon nay'not appear so big or 50 bouncing.
The only problem of vexatious char: Ger
is tho trade organization tho niai!isls
of capital and tho communists Of work.
Amaiics can supply the world with iron, and
her iron age'' is in the immediate future. This
| every Intelligent Englshman admits. Ard
hand in hand must arise tho coal sg," l ain
induced to point to this subject for tho reason
that somo OF my travelling companions coming
| hilher from Franco lately informed mo of theft
| intention Of forming an Anglo-Americsn eyndi.
cato 10 purchase iron and coal lands in America,
learn that these gentlemen represent capital
| OF some $lO.lO0,C0O or 40J0 CO.., and that they
have well disested project bslcre thom. With
some pleasure pointed QUITO them the uni bound
ed IMMORAL wealth Of Tennessno and Alabama.
where iron orc, coal and limestone seem to be by
nature placed providentially close ono TO the
other: dwelt on the fact that Virginis's coal
wealth. combined with that of Kentucky, WIS
greater than that Of England, Scotland and
Wales put together. while their iron ores are OK
trotneiy rich and generously Sbundsni 7 A,