Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-04
FLRE{NIIi EWS.

BOLD L pEEgRr.-A very bold robbery
was committed in BerryvilIe on last Sunday
night. The thief got into Capt. Thomas IL.
Crows store-room through rear window,
he took both money drawers to the back
part OF the lotion which the store-house stands,
where they were found with only three or
four small pieces of silver and some papers.
The amount stolen was between $50 and $40.
Captain C.'s store seems to be particularly
attractive to robbers, as they have made
several depredations upon it within the
last three years. At one time they had Gu
~ access to his liquor cellar by false keys,
and carried quantity off before the manner
of obtaining it was detected (Which was not
done. however until a whole cask of choice
! brandy was stolen at one time Clarke Con-
ScfEatoT.
The Lynchburg Eirginian says that Mr..
Bryan Akers sold on Monday, iu that city,
"a lot of negroes at the following high pri-
/ ces: one negro man, 500; boy Il years old,
! Sl,l30 girl IS years old, Sl,l0O; boy -
years old. 500: boy years old, 5000; girl ii
! years Old. 1l5; woman so years old with
! small child, 500. When it is remembered
| that the terms Of the sale were cash, and the
! right Of dover is retained in the negroes,
the prices obtained may be regarded rs high,
! it certainly does not look like negro property
/ was deprcciating mHch."
+ hELIGIous.-On Sunday evening the Bap-
| fist Church was crowded to overlooking to
witness the interesting ceremonies and SER
! vices, attendant upon the administration Of
! the ordinance Of baptism The number WHO
thus testified their willingness to enter this
| branch Of the church numbered severn
| On Sunday morning some seventeen per-
suns were confirmed, by the laying on of
| hands by Bishop Johns, as members of the
| Protestant Episcopal church of this place.
Fredericksburg Recorhcr.
! Several fodder rcks, valued at about $50,
belonging TO Mr. Ncill Barnett, near Berry
vile, Clarke county, were consumed by fire on
| Friday last. The Conservator says:-"They
were accidentally set on fire by young man
who was shooting birds near them. Hun
ters should ne yer fire their guns near straw
or fodder ricks.'
Oysters are very scarce in Richmond, Va,
and command sometimes 80 cents per quart.
| The scarcity is said to be owing to the fact
! that TIE oyster catches have been suborned
by Northern dealers, who pay for all caught
at the fishing grounds, thus saving the oys-
ter catchers the trouble Of seeking a market
| elsewhere.
An unusual number of ships have lately
cleared at Norfolk, Va, with cotton, corn,
| and products for Europe. On Saturday last,
the bark Brothers, with Il cargo of corn,
cleared Tor Belfast. Ireland, and OF the same
day the ship Julia Lawrence was chartered
to load corn for Liverpool.
DR.. T:iomas c. Atkinson, who was former
| ~ assistant master OF road on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and more recently super
inteudent Of the Homecoming Coal Mines,
has been appointed master Of road on the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, leading
from Lynchhurg TO the Tennessee line.
I. Il. Campbell, President CT the South
Side Railroad Company, publishes Card,
denying that arrangements had been made
with that Company Tor transporting arms
from the Bellon:. Foundry, and says his road
Will not transport any arms for the Admin
istration as things now are.
Among those announced fer the Legisla-
ture in Fauquer, are Charles Bragg, B. F.
R,xey, Capt. Turner Ashby, Robt Randolph,
and r. Ii. Carter. kincheloe aud Childs
|
The April Court of Loudoun County which
sits on Monday next, will be composed of the
following Justices: Asa Rogers, P. J.--Geo
f. Head, Andrew Seirz, Benz. Bridges. ir.,
james ". Nichols, Associates
The residence of Mr.. Alexander Camp
| bell, near Crbanna, together with kitchen
and meas house, were entirely consumed by
ir" on Tnest:av afternoon week. Loss not
less than -, 900, uninsured
The condition of Mr. Hugh L. Gallaher,
who accidentally wounded himself with
pistol ball, iii Richmond, on Sunday, is some
| what improved, and hopes are entertained
that he may recover.
| During the last three months, only S38, 408
worth Of real estate have been sold at Rich
moni. Va, against SD $50 in the same
time last year
The nett earnings of the Seaboard and
| Roanoke Railroad Company for the last year.
was l+3, 3D. -, yielding l33 per cent after
| paying the interest on the entire debt.
The Fredericksburg Volunteer Battalion
contemplate fnlding an encampment on the
| fredericksburg Fair Grounds, about the LIST
Of May.
Fayettr McMu!!en and f. S. Martin are
candidates for Congress in the Abingdon
Congressional! district.
Hon. X. \. Pryor is candidate for re-elec-
ton to Congress from the Petersburg dis
trict
Bear skins have advanced from 81 to s.,
in consequence Of the great demand among
the military Companies of the State.
John Morgan, esq, is candidate FIR
seat in the next House of Delegates from
Clarke county.
| The quantity OF Flour inspected in Lynch
burg during the last quarter, is 4,437 bbls.
F'UREfEN NiSNELLdNT.
Letters !rGm IrdG;l stale that the high
| price Of cotton and the prospect Of it's CONT