Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-22
Virginia News.

! RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND PoToNAc
RA1LRoAD.-It is accepted as a truth that
the Company will not eventually Tor present
ly. for that matter, lose any thing by the
unfortunate speculations Of it's late President,
| Edwin Robinson, esq. The property con-
veyed by him to the company embracing
all he possessed )-costing much more than
his Indebtedness (ascertained to beSl72,O0O)
by many thousands Of dollars. 1t IS proper
to say that some of the Indebtedness OF the
/ Company, on account of this affair, has al
ready accrued and been paid, and that a
portion will not come due for several years,
thus affording the company time to pay, even
if they were not secured against loss.
At meeting Of the Board of Directors of
the Company, held on Tuesday evening,
Peter V Daniel, jr., esq, was unanimously
elected President in place of the late Pres
ident, who resigned. Mr.. Daniel Is now
President OF the Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad. --FichmOnd Examiner.
In Green County, Virginia, there is q re-
markable natural curiosity known as the
Tidal Spring" The water issues out OF
the ground in Il bold stream sufficiently
strong to turn grist mill, and it continues
to flow for fifteen or twenty minutes, when
the water ceases to run, and IN two minutes
time not single drop of water IS visible
! In the course of an hour or two the water
commences flowing again. and flows twenty
or thirty minutes, when it again ceases. In
wet weather it flows every hour, and In dry
weather it flows seven or eight times every
twenty-four hours.
The Woodstock Tenth Legion says:--Dur-
| ing few days absence from home, we had
the opportunity of observing the extent OF
the in Jury to the wheat crop by the fly, joint
worm etc, in the lower end of this county
and portion of Warren; and we are con-
tirmed in the opinion heretofore expressed,
that the present will scarcely exceed half an
average weld. Occasionally field of good
wheat is to be met with, where the land Is
in high cultivation, but the reverse IS gene
rally the case. The grass crops on the con-
trary are generally good.
The oil and pump-houses, of Gen. karn's
oil works in Writ county, Va, at The Burn
ing Springs, caught fire on Thursday night
last and wero entirely destroyed, with about
two hundred barrels Of oil. Nothing was
saved but the esgine-house and engine
The fire originated from the gas taking fire
| from the lamp or lantern IN the hands OF one
| of the WOrkmen.
The late Judge Edward Turner, whose
decease, at his residence, near Natchez, took
place few weeks SINCE was among the old
est of the adopted sons of Mississippi. Born
in Fairfax county, Virginia, in ITS, he
moved to Natchez in 1902, and met, at once,
with warm and cordial reception. During
| his long career he filled numerous public
positions of great responsibility and trust.
The Orange Chronicle says We noticed
q few days ago that the farmers on the line
of the Orange and Alexandria railroad be-
tween this place and Culpeper c. t., had
commenced harvesting, and from what we
could see we were led to believe that, in most
places the yield would be satisfactory. The
corn, also, looked much better than we ex-
pected to find it.
The Front Royal Gazette says:-"Satur-
day afternoon last water spout was seen Il
mile OF two from here, and soon the rain came
down in torrents, doing much injury to the
gardens in the upper end of town. lt was
accompanied by much hail, and lightning
The storm did not extend further than four
nils around u.s.
Mr. Humphrey keeble, highly rcspecta-
bic citizen of Of Matthews county, Va, who
was formerly an extravagant admrer OF
Sturgeon, exposed, in front of the Court
House, and burnt to cinders at the last Mat
thews Court, six volumes of Surgeons seq
mons. Many citizens Of the highest stand
ing assisted in the operation.
The celebration of the Jefferson Society,
| University of Virginia, is to come Oft Oh the
evening Of the third of July. The exerci-
ses will be of an interesting and instructive
character, aud will doubtless he participated
in by II large number Of the friends oi this
old Society.
The Warrenton Flag says "The weather
in this section is exceedingly dry, and the
Corn, Oats and Grass suffering dreadtully
for rain. Many Of our farmers will coin
mence their wheat harvest next week
George W. Bradled, esq, formerly of
Loudoun, but now Of Knoxville, Tennessee,
was delegate to the Richmond Democratic
Convention, which met on Monday Of last
week.
Captain Geo. W. Sappington, formerly of
Chariestown, has returned to that place to
take up his residence after an absence OF five
years.
The mumpS have been prevailing to some
extent ut Front Royal, recently.