Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30


The Madison Eagle says:-A man by the
name of Thomas Cubbage, was brought to
the county jail, on Saturday last, where be
awaits an examination upon the charge Of
felony having forcibly entered another
mans house with foul intent. Heis 62 years
of age, a period of life We should think that
ought to bring prudence with it
The Methodist Church of Staunton have
made Augusta county" life member of
the Methodist Missionary Society, as token
of their gratitude to the Court for granting
them the use of the Court house as place
of worship whilst their Church is being
erected. The certificate of membership is
quite handsomely gotten up, and is suspend
ed above the Court bench.
A case of bacon stealing from Mr.. Henry
Harrison near Wildwood, was tried at last
court in Clarke The accused was a slave
of Mr.. Warren c. Smith. Upon the dis
covety of the theft. Mr. George III. Burwell,
in the absence of his son-in-law, offered a
reward of $50 for the apprehension of the
meat and rogue, thereupon Mr.. Jacob Crl-
ser went out to make search; he discovered
four pieces of the meat in woods Of Mr..
Smith, the accused confessed to him that he
put the meat there. Upon this evidence the
court transported the negro, setting price
upon him OF $1,000.
The fire in the Chestnut Ridge, Rocking
ham County, on Tuesday Of last week did
a great deal of damage. 1t started from
some stumps left burning by Mr.. Reuben
Long in one Of his fields. 1t burned over
at least one hundred acres before i was ar
rested, consuming cordwood, rails, &c., and
DESTROYING a large amount Of valuable stand
ing timber. The chief sufferers by the fire
were the heirs Of JOS. Billhimer, decd, and
Abram S. Byrd, whose lands were scathcd
by the devouring element Mr.. VIM. q.
Price lost some % cords Of cat wood.
Mr.. Henry Oft, Of Rockingham County,
has two double eggs, Or eggs within eggs,
the inside eggs being perfect, in all respects,
having yolk, white, and hard-shcll. They
were the production Of Cochin China hen,
with the cross of the common fowl and one
Of them weighed 81 ounces These fowls
are remarkable layers, and their eggs are
all somewhat larger than the common chick
ems; one specimen is Of the size Of a goose
egg
Tomorrow, the Grand Division Of the
Sons of Temperance Of Virginia, will as
semble at Williamsburg to erect monument
to the memory of Luclan Minor, one ot the
leaders Of the Order III this State, and 4
man who was devoted to the Temperance
cause.
At the late term of the County Court Of
Orange, J. A. Porter, Ed. BeaIe, Fl. TinsIey,
Robert Roach, and John Gibson, were APP
pointed Commissioners to examine and re-
port to the Court tie condition p! the Ger
mamma Bridge, in that county.
The Peyton's Coal Companies shipped
last week from Coal River one hundred thou
sand bushels Of Camel Coal to the Cincin-
natl and New Orleans markets. The rise IN
the Ohio river was 50 great as to create back
water fifteen feet deep in Coal River.
The Fredericksburg News says: Daniel
Coakley, Of Stafford, was severely beaten
over the head with stick this morning
near the Episcopal Church by Benjamin
Clark, Jr. Mr.. Clarke said that Coakley
had slandered him"
The County Court Of Orange has granted
Lewis 3. Williams, Sen'r., Attorney for the
Commonwealth, the privilege of repairing
the old Clerks office, and t. have the use Of
the same for ten years.
From a statement in the Shoe and Leath-
er Reporter we observe that 1858 cases Of
boots and shoes were sent to Virginia from,
Boston, during the quarter ending the lst
instant.
1t is said that Ex-Governor Corwin Of
Ohio and Francis z. Blair, jr., are to address
the Virginia Republican Convention which
meets at Wheeling On the q Of May.
1t is said that should no tobacco arrive in
Richmond next month, there would doubt
less be an ample supply on hand for manu-
featuring purposes.
Nathaniel Tyler has been appointed Sec
retary Of the Virginia Delegation at Charles
ton. James Barbour is on the Committee Of
Resolutions.
The rayages Of the fly in tobacco beds has
produced a scarcity Of plants n some Of the
counties Of Virginia and North Carolina al
together unparalleled.