Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-29
aY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.

BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.
ORANGE CouRr.-Monday las; was Court
dav. 4 large crowd was in attendance. y
considerable amount OF business was trans
acted.
Smith Stubblefled, esq, keeper of the
Court House. in this County. and Superin-
tendcnt of public buildings resigned his Of
fee. and William Parker WAS appointed in
his stead.
The Court ordered that Joseph lIiden,
john Nj. Chapman, Thomas X. Towles, JAS.
IL. Smith, Philip ii. Fry, John 5. Payne,
Richard Chapman William X. Taliaierr",
Alfred Thompson, VIM. A. Huff, George Cul-
len. ir., A. +. Stoier Lewis B. Williams, jr..
p,yton Grimes, ir. and Isaac I. Graham,
lnl' whom the said Iliden should he Captain
lc appointed Il patrol to patrol, aud visit with
in the town at Orange and vicinity, for three
months. all negro quarters and other places
suspected of having therein unlawful assem-
hlies, and such slaves may stroll from one
plantation to another.
Anthony Sedwich, the unfortunate young
man wh. is charged with stealing from J"-
srph H. llmlscwurth, i'll this place, the sum
at ~l!5. was broug ht before the Court. Sun
dry witnesses were. sworn and examined, and
il appearing to the Court that the >;ud Srl-
wi,iI did commit Il felony, lac was relnanlcd
L. ia,l To appear before the Judge at our next
Circuit Court. Joseph III lluu>ew"rth john
Il. Smith, and John VI. Chapman were or
dereI Ia appear ia wltnesses.- orange Ch'.
TmE CoKN CKor-Fr"m our own observa-
ton, Us well as from information obtained
from reliable sources, we are inclined To be-
i.ve that the crop If corn i'll this county
will fall considerably below AL average one.
II is true Il large portion al the river lands
promises IA fair weld, hut that constitutes hut
rom,arativeiy n small proportion al the area
ur Land plantcd-nnt more than onet"urth 90
whilst probably about one-thrd oi the up
land crop will be almost Il total failure, ANA
the other two-thirds about half Il crop
There is large quantity oflateeorn, -pIan-
ted late and backward in it's growth, that
might make Il fair crop, with II favorable sea
son aud late fall. but the chances arc against
il. In some sections al the county, where It
has been more ScaSolahlc, there will lr Il
tnlrrabIy fair yield. But whilst ii is true
that this crop will he II partial failure, there
will he an abundance Tor local consumption,
and Il surplus for sale Of some tx" or three
hundred Thousand bushels. II""ISi0rL ItmM
Lcytua.
SrIcIpE.-Mr. Benz. F. Williamson, of
Petersburg, committed suicide on Wednes-
lnv morning, about , o'clock, by leaping
from his room. in the 18th story of the Dol
linghrook Hotel He fell on Il shed, lin
rear of the hotel, Il distance at 60 iret. and
rolled from thence into an alley. Deceased
was about t. Years of age. Il native al Muir
lrcesborough. Hartford County \. e.. ani
is said t. have hern Al amahlc gcntlrmaii;
but the victim of an unfortunate habit. 1t
is supposed that at the time al the mclan-
choly occurrence he WAS suffering from men
tai alteration, caused 10y the excessive use
Of ardent spirits lie leaves family "i
four interesting children.
CnlLD PoIsnNED.A child Of MIR. }. J.
Bryant, aged about three years, was dangc;
ously poisoned hy eating piece Of food pre-
pared to kill dogs Mr.. T.. owned tw" yirl-
Gus dogs. ami to get rid Of them some one
threw aquantity al poisoned i"'l IN ms yard
l.y night The dogs ate enough oI the bnit
tn produce death; aud the day thereafter
Mr.. B.s little child. while at play in the yard,
found piece of tie bread and ate 1t. In
short time thereafter the little creature wa>
thrown into commissions. a physician WAS
at once sent for. and SuSperting the cau-r 81
the sudden illness. gave the child the proper
antido;e, and saved lis life H'chm"nd DiS.
KILLED BY AZ Engine On Tuesday even
ing last, three brothers, 10y the name OF l.u-
cas-. who had been imbihing liquors. left
Liberty. in Bedford county, to walk home on
the railroad They found it necessary to
lock arms tn enable them to walk at ALL and
while Jogging on. UNCONSCIOUS Of danger,
they we're over,akrn by the evening down
train, all Knocked down. and one killed
The night having been dark. II" blame can
be attached to the engineer itierSJnIy In
M|iWHccr.
HEAVY FGrIcuT.-Thc railroads running
into this city are doing II heavy business in
the freight line. On Tuesday night last II
train Of thirty-scven ears heavily loaded,
came down the Central road. Among the
freight were four or five thousand bushels
of wheat; and We learned from one of the
agents that at least thirty more ears were
needed at once to hrin. down the produce
new ready for market between this city and
Gorl"nsyile--H DiSpairh
The Warrcnton Flag says:-"By ii recent
letter from King George, we learn that that
county was visited, on the morning of the
18th inst, between o'clock and daylight
with Il most terrific storm of wind, rain, huil
vivid flashes Of lightning and crushing peals
Of thunder Mules and sheep were killed.
and III few instances wheat burnt up i'll the
fields Trees were riddrI l'y III" lightning,
aud one man struck, who Wa" still SICK from
It's effects ut last accounts"
RELlGIols.-The new Methodist Church,
at Mt Zion. will br dedicated on the third
Sabbath in August. The dedicut"ry sermon
will he preached 10y the Rev. DR.. Smith.
The next session of the Hebron A>s"cia-
ton will be held at Sharon Church. III Orange
County, commencing "n Tuesday l"i"rr the
18th Lords day III August. orange Ch'o"'c.