Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-09
BY Yesterday Evening" Mats.

the Circuit Court Of Orange County common
c"d on Friday last. A considerable number
OF persons were present On the first CAV,
vino had beeu suamoood as granGjurym q,
Jurors H., aud many others anxlous t. viz
e's be trial of Locker, charged With unlaw.
July aud maliciou,iy staoriug Carpenter. at
this piac-, last Spring. The grandjury hav-
ing qualified, returned 10 short time,
makipg out ono presentment. "a the
u day tn, Venire 10 Lockers case was
called, aid III short time it Vas dis
covered that jury could not he en-.
paDDe.ed who haG not formed an opinion a.
to the guilt or Innocence OF the prisoner. The
Sheriff vas consequently dispatched to SUE
mon Nsoire from the adjoining Counties OF
Cupeper aud SpotsylvaUla. GA tuesday IA
jury was em pauneed, aud the trial has been
progressing Slice that tue. Sucrg counsel
are employed on both sides, and the speeches
thus lar haze been quite able and iuterestir &
Messrs. r JDertsJu, Voolfolk. Simms and Coz
don appear Tor the de!eoce, aud Messrs vii
liams and Eiry Tor the pcoaecut Oh. But III.
tic business On the l. w and Chancery docket
Was DISPOSED ot.- Orange Chronicle.
a HORSE TuIEr.-A msn afterwards as
csrtsiued to be one Samuel Good, Of Augusta
county, arrived at Gully eper c. h., few days
since, aud stopped u, the Piedmont Ii ousr,
/ bsvicg two horses il his Possession. One Of
them ne soon sold to Mr.. Saml, Shadrach, of
this county, for 500. Seeing that the eye
of our vig,lsnt Town Sergeant Capt. Henry,
was upon him, and fearing detection, the SUD
! denly decamped, leaving the other horse be-
! hind A dav or two afterwards Mr..
: Bushon, of Augusta courty, came on aud
I claimed the horses, established his identity
| ard character 10y one Of the most respectful e
! citizens Of this county. Good has sold u
third /, r.e before getting here. lie had not
vet been heard Of Mr.. BushOn claims all
three of the horses, stating. also, that v 'od
/ is his neghbor, and man In very COM
Portable circumstanceS.-B Blue Ridge Rep.
MURDER "A gentleman who came up from
! Murtreesboro' ty ,ckson, Informed CORES
pondent of the Petersburg Express that a
must b, utal murder was committed near the
former place on Saturday last. A man
whose nams was WiIkerson Rovel, who was
! 10 a drunken trclic, became ekasperased with
| his wife TO such an extent that he took o
loqded shot gun and ru! 40 end TO the exls-
tence Of the rGor Geienceiess woman, by
.huotipg her through the body. Several
pentlemen from MurireesborO' started to the
sceue o, this dreadful tragedy, as coroner's
| INQUEST was to be held over the dead body OF
! the deceased woman. The murderer has
been lodged III III to await trial
! Stock CATTLE-About two thousand or
more stock cattle from Kentucky aud Ten
nes4ee have been brought into cur County
during the last few weeks. The sellers we're
hoidit & their cattle At higher prices t"an tor
/ severa! years previous. We learn thai some
" our farmers have made purchases ut prl-
ces ranging from 2 . TO 3 cents. Owing
| o. the ulcliDe OF beef Igr s0me time past aUd
the scarcity OF pruvendPr, not 20 many were
sold ~ usual Tne rem naDt OF the cattle viii
be tax Ell to Culpeper IA, quicr AID Loudoun
to DC disposed Of orange Chr0n'cte.
Corn This article bids fair to command
very high 6gure--augagem"nt have been
made for new crops in The field at o21 cts.
cash. aud some has sold at e. cents, TO ne ia
ken away by the rnrcnascr. We predict tha'
! il will be NJ least - cents per oushei IN less
| than n month This is attributable To the gen.
eral failure of this crop throughout the conn
trv. token ir connection with the wheat tasl-
ure.-- Valley Dem.
CONDITION Of Mr.. CLEMENs.--The Peters.
burg Press says, "we are sorry to learn from
a private source that Mr.. CIemeos was not
90 well, or his condition quite so promisl' g
Yesterday. Oar informant states that he IL
suffering nue.! pain"
On Monday last, Court day, the democracy
Of Il ,ckbrid:e held a meeting, in Lexington,
at which delegates were appointed to represent
the County in the eek, Democratic GGberrs-
| torial Convention, aud resolutions were pas
sed endorsing toe course and warmly adv"ra-
ting the claims # the Hop J'hn L"cher, and
insiruc,irg the delegates t. vs." f'r bis nom.
ration "a the choice OF the Democracy OF
! r ckbriige for Governor.
The Culpcr"r Observer sayN:-On recent
visit TO R,pvahanncck County, We were
pleasei b Learn that more than an average
crop of corn would be made. La Tact ohe ar
mer tgld Us - had the best crop ut cora THIS
wear that be has ever before raised. they
have suffered very little tur the want OF ram
The Blue Ridge Republican Says. ,
Bradford, esq, OF Culpeper county, has just
returned from the State of Vermont, where
be purchased. for his farm here, bc;weeo three
aud four hundred sheep ct the best 'reeas. -
They are expected to arrive in few days.
Tie new Methodist Episcopal Church at
Mt. Meridian, Augusta unity, will be d"dl
Gated on Sabbath, October 10 h. Il, ii &c ock
A. NJ. Tie Rev. B. \ Brown, OF Alexan'
dr,a, ormer +. f. OF Rockingham District
a ID other ministers will BE- p.. sent.
The Rockingham Register is in favor Of
Alexandria AZ the place for holding the Dem
ocratic State Convention.
We regret to iearo, by telegraph, that DE-
Edward M,Guire, IF fredericksburg, died
yesterday. in that place, of an attack of par
slyss.
" A CARD-D. f. RLACKLocK will be