Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-03
By YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.

ftlkEAN IOl MY u iio
been elected Magistrate in district No. l, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the removal IF
w. b. Mccormick, esq, and in district No.
s Mr.. Dennis Johnston has been elected to
fill n vacancy occasioned by the removal of
Capt. John K. Dale.
We regret to hear that the Joint Worm
has made its appearance in some OF the
Wheat fields IF this county, but owing To the
forwarIncs. of the grain we opine that no
serious damage will be effected by it.
The June term of the Circuit Court for
this county will its session on
Monday next, the 9th instant.
Com. French Forrest, late of the United
States Squadron on the Brazil station, having
returned to the United States, is ut home i'll
Fairfax county Na.-fauJar Ners.
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG y PoToNAc
RAILROAD C~oxPANY.--The stockholders Of
this COMPANY held an annual meeting, in the
. Presidents Office in Richmond, on Wednes-
day. and transacted the business before them
in II very short time.
From the Report Of the President we CLEAN
the following facts:
Gross receipts >2Si,op' -.
Eyncnses Transportation, including extra
ordinary expenses for the year, Sl%9,62j O6.
Interest and dividend on guaranteed stock,
S37,l7497. Nett profits, SloS, lGI u.
In the list Of extraordinary expenses" is
included the building Of an elegant locomo-
tive. freight cars, etc. =,
This company have been stea Oily at work
| taking the strap iron from their track and
rclaying it with heavy rails. When that
work is entirely completed, and the road is
continued 10 Washington, as it will eventu-
ally be. the great through travel will pass
over it, rs in years gone by. The economy
of its management, and the unceasing efforts
10 guard against accidents, have long since
given il a name for safety which the travel
ling public appreciate, and which will be
greatly enhanced, when heavy rails only are
used.
Before the stockholders adjourned, the fol-
lowing officers were reelected:
President-Edwin Robinson.
pirectors-Ro. ". ~llaXa,l, q. W. Mum
ford. &. A. Myers and Chas. ). Mills
richmond Di<pafch.
The Warrcnton Flag says:-"Rev. DIR.
Bacon, Principal of the Fauquier Female
Seminary in this place, has received a call
to the Presidency Of an institution in Tusca-
loosa, Alabama, and we regret to say has
accepted the call. lie will leave this com
munitv, after the close of his present ses-
sion, with the universal regret Of his many
friends"
WHEAT CRoP.-Many complaints have
reached us from different parts of this oun-
ty of ravages in the wheat fields by the
dreadful enemies Of the farmer, the Joint
worm and the fly. AS the crops, in spite OF
these representations, are looking fine, we
trust the injury from this source Will not be
So great as aprrehended.- O'an9e Ch'""'''e'
The Cumberland Civilian says:-A singu-
lar occurrence took place on Wednesday
night of last week, by which the head waters
of Georges Creek were turned into the valley
of jennings Run, in consequence OF the
tumbling of the roof Of the FroStburg Coal
Company's Coal drift, Immediately beneath
the stream. The Company, We are pleased
to learn, suffered no serious damage by the
accident, as the difficulty was soon removed
" turning off the water into a new channel.
ROGER A PRYOR ESQ, has at length re-
turned to Petersburg, to resume the practice
ofLaw. The Press says "while we regret his
withdrawal from the editorial profession in
which he has won SO many %laurcls, we well
come him to his old home, with the assurance
of cordial greeting, and u brilliant future. ,
KrLED.-Prof. llurbert, Music teacher,
was killed at Barbce's Cross Roads, in the
upper end of this county, one day last week,
bv a blow upon the head, received by 4 stone
thrown by one Lewis Dulen. Dulen has
since escaped. We have not learned any
| further particulars WWrr"ton Flay.
EXCURSION FOR THE BENEFIT
| YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION