Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-28
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY Gl
EDGAR SNOwDEN.
WEDNESDAY EvEN'G.. JANUARY IS

The republic IN State Committee VII. ca will
meet 10 lsohmond to morrow has been called
for the purpoaA Of rcorgan'Z .!ion and for con-
Sultati1n ~ to The lc9t means to adVapno tho
iotereat of that party in thia State For soan
timo past the ways Of tn members Of this con-
tnittea have not heon those Of rlaassptnefs nor
their paths thhsa Of praoo. Soon after The
CIVIL str7inG order Of thu President won't into
eli ct, itrbildng 1tfochDllerl from actively en-
gazing 10 political { # .ira, Hearty all tie ,ucfn
beEs, WhUsc love OF office nutrsu thai OF Ua.iy,
resigned thlt membership. ike rats dcsclliay :,
sinking ship. scd III republican organization
10 The stale b;c!ne. pro ttmrorr, pcac: ijac
dsbsDdCd. This approach Of the presidential
election II III! sigma Ter the rathtrlng ci lie
c'aas. and the republicans. 10 lusklug about for
their organization, discovered ;h.t they w.rc
without head; so they called this meet.
mg 10 re1reaniZ, and fill tbs s;c.noics caused
by tho icsignaions Of gLv>rnuc5t ofisch0ldcrs
from TITO committee. But e.. I. RamqiclI, II
:. Marshal over this islii.5, ihu president, and
Col. Brady. coli, cor for the Petersburg dis.
irIct, The 81 cfetary, ard (tht;s roluqo TO satd
by their designations, VIII en- they assert were
not accepted, and that they are, therefore, still
cotttlrd TO run the machine" The outcome
ct the Rchmard uobicrenoa vii dryGlnro
whether 10 tia Stale. ~ everywhere els, tho
owl service order is Fall! to be se; at orpn
dctIa' c'or whether the orders Ct the Cabinet
arc to ba respected by tflc al suhoflaaIes.
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a hi has been inIrodEG d 10 the EirriLis
House f Delegates hy Mr.. Daft Grcca, rc
stnethg all sorts ti fishing, txoapl by hook and
linc, 10 The Potomac river to the interval h,-
tween the 18Th Of March anl the lj;h OF NIsr,
aud tVon during lha. period compelling the
fishermen to suspend operations from s2n Town
Friday t. two!Vo O'Clock Sunday night. This.
probably, IL li:ilo TOO sweeping. in.smrch rs
i. would altogether sop what il kuown rs the
winter fishery, by which large quantities. Of good
food fish, such rs rock. p,rch. winter shad.
mn'lets, catfish aud the like arc caught, ap-
partnily without dim nishing the supply. 1t
WolI also Iut stop 10 Tie sturgeon Fl ,haiy,
which supp'lea an Xcc!rnt aud cheap article ni'
food without diminishing the succeeding yeal )
supply, aLd ALEC the summer Fl hcry for taors,
trout AID such other fish as arc brought hero
from tho lower waters Of tho liver packed in
Ice. But there is 30 doubt tlat something
ought 10 be done in regard to tho shad and
helrlog fishery, for unless that something DO
done, and be done too at cEct. that lis 'le1y will
soon lie among the lhings that were. If Mr..
Green's bill we're so hmeLdyl az 10 conGoo its
application solely to tho shaI aud herring fishery
sll lis otlrcl ,uab features so fYr at least as its
burdens upon fishermen aIc cJ1o. reed, would
be removed. and tho accomplishment OF lis rur.
pose be unhiadcrcd. We hope, therefore, that
Mr.. Or. CO will S. amcbd his Il |, and push it
through CT oooe. 50 that it may b. effective this
spring. and, as he is on the strong side Of thu
House. we doa't see why his /, if1rts 10 seouriGy
the passage Of his bill should met with much
difficulty.