Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-30
ALEXANDRIA GAZE1TE AND VIRGINIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 80 1862
BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRr.-ye Yesterday morning,
about | or 2 O'Clock the Tredegar Iron Works
Of Messrs. Anderson, Morris & Co., were dis
covered to be ON fire, and a large amount Of
damage was done before the flames could be-
subdued. The fire was the result of acct
dent, and the loss is estimated at between
S25, 900 and $50, 200. about half of which is
covered by insurance. Much valuable ma
terial was rendered worthless, and a number
Of patterns, which it will be difficult to re-
place, were destroyed. The loss Of time ne
cessary for retiring and starting, will prove
q serious injury to the proprietors ~ we'll as
to the operatives there employed R'chmond
Examiner.
INFORMANT SURGICAL OPERATIoN.-Drs. W.
W. Williams, and j. n. Gordon. Of this place,
a few weeks since performed, successfully,
one of the most difficult surgical operations
known to the Medical Faculty. 1t was the
removal of tibrOus tumor from the womb
The tumor weighed several pounds, and is
now to be seen at their office in this place
The operation alluded to is, we believe. one
of not very long discovery, and has never be-
fore been performed in this section Of coun-
try. The lady has been suffering for several
years, but il now entirely restored.
The same gentleman, Il few weeks since,
also removed n large cancer from the breast
of u lady living near this place. She is now
well.-Rockinyham Hsyist~r.
RosESvIcK SoLD.-The farm called CHOSEN
wick" containing about tii,y-Six acres, be-
longing to I. S. Alc"cke and Il. ID. tray.
was purchased ON Wednesday by Mrs. I. r.
Wrenn, for the sum of Three Thousand Dol.
lars, cash-about $3.50 per acre. This land
was purchased by them about eighteen
months since at about So per acre. and ut
the price for which it was sold on Wednesday.
we consider il one oi 1.-THE cheapest little farms
in our County. There is upon II one OF the
finest Peach Orchards in this section ot C"un-
try. We understand Mr.. W renn proposes L"
establish o Dairy upon it.-fntrrP@r O"Se'.
A CLOSE CoLLECrIoN.-Of all the Taxes as
sessed for the benefit Of the Corporation Ut
Harrisonburg for the year 1851, but $50 was
returned delinquent by the Town Sergeant.
Included in this very small "delinquent list,
there was about Sc tax RENTED by the Coun-
ell, and about $40 against persons who had
removed from the Corporation after the as
and before the taAas were handed
over to the Sergeant for collection.
The PRosrEcT.-The wheat fields look
fresh and luxuriant, and give promise, II not
withered by the fly or chinch-hug, of al album
dant crop. The late heavy rains have satu-
rated the earth so thoroughly that plcushmS
has been greatly interrupted. The fields and
forests now present Il truly cheering aspect.
- Winchester Rpuhiica".
The Valley Democrat say>:-'The negro
man charged with burning the barn OF Is.
+. Kemper, esq. near Port Republic. some
time since, WAS tried by the County Court al
the April term, and sentenced 70 he trans
ported beyond the limits of the State. Ills
value was fixed at 5000.
THE JUDICIAL Observation-Disclosures conn-
ty gives Robertson IS majority over Baldwin,
and Fluvanna county gives him "a MAORI
~. This makes Mr.. Rs. majority :" far
30 ,,;,b s;x .,unties n hear from.