Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.

FIeedmen's Bureau, in this county, upon par
ties whose property was libelled for conhscatlon
a year or more ago. to the effect that the bu
rcau has taken possession of the same from the
date Of the. delivery, of notice. Many persons
supposed, that after obtaining the pardon OF
the President; paying the costs attending the
libcls of their property, and getting the cert'h-
cate of the Clerk Of the District Court to that
effect that that was all that was required, but
not so; it is further required that these papers
be laid before the Freedmen S IBurcau-Who
would thereupon give5thc final release, the
property, when libelled, being nolninalIy In the
possession fthe Bureau.
Four strange sailors in Norfolk, Saturday
night. seeing negro man in store asking Tor
change for a ,$l0note, followed him out, and
cot him into dark alley where they attempt
ed to cut bis throat and rob him. He was
badly cut, but his cries brought the police to
his rescue and his life was saved. Two OF the
sailors have been arrested. -
The Piedmont Land Agency has made sew
eral sales. ofsfarms recently, amongst others
'sWood Lawn, % in Albemare county, to Ma
Tor Redmond, of New Jersey, for $4,000; a
| farm in Amherst, Of 264 acres, 10 }. A. Row
land, of Onondaigua, n Y, and farm to W.
D. Barr Of Maryland, for sll,750.
The only crop OF cotton raised below Rleh-
mond in thirty years has been raised by Dr.
Blair Burwell, Jr. It was planted in 2lo
acres of ground, and yielded 225 pounds to the
acre. This is good commencement, and we
hope that cotton raising will be regularly pur-
sued in Virginia .ys y.ss.zEg1 a.}#.:a -.
William S. Underwood, charged with the
murder of Captain James D. Hawkins, was
examined before the Magistrates Court Of Isle
of Wight last week, and the evidence and the
speeches Of counsel being heard the accused
was sent on for trial before the Circuit Court.
David Lewis, IN old colored drayman, one
of the institutions of fredericksburg, was buried
on Tuesday, large crowd Of freedmen follow
| ing him to the grave Davy formerly belonged
to DR.. J. e. Wallace. ,..........
An old colored man aged, it is said, ll5
. years, was married in Danvlc, last week, to a
colored woman aged GO. VI
TIE NJ ETEoRIC SHOWER. -The following
is an account Of the observations made at
the United Statas Naval Observatory in Wash
ington on Monday night and Tuesday mornig
''The regular observations commenced at
eleven p NJ, and continued until halt'past
four this morning. At first the meteors were
small. and very few in number; but as the
night progressed they gradually increased, and
by three clock quite shower had set IN, the
meteors coming at the rate OF about three IN
one minute, and, as the average tail Is but eighty
per hour, it will be seen that this was more than
an ordinary shower. At first, contrary to the
prediction, the meteors radiated from the con-
steation Orion, but as they got more nulner-
Gus by far the greater number radiated from
Leo, which was according to previous calcula-
ton Several large meteors were observed,
and the time of their appearance carefully re-
! corded by Professor Ferguson and Professor
Eastman, who had charge Of The chronOmcter
which was kept In the dome. The division OF
| the heavens was such that there was no chance
of duplication in the meteors observed, and it
| is far more likely that the number is under
estimated than otherwise. The number OF
meteors observed was 407, being at the rate of
eighty per hour which is ten times the num-
Der seen on an ordinary night.
Mr.. SPEAKER CoLFAX, in a recent speech
at Detroit, Michigan, said:
"Whcrcvcr there is people struggling Tor
liberty and nationality, | am in favor OF revolu-
ton, and give to them hearty God speed. ln
Ireland and Mexico, where they want to copy
our institutions and follow in our footsteps,
my heart throbs with sympathy for them
That is the general patriotic formula the
usual rhetorical platitude! Here is the appll
cation: The people OF the South made a
struggle for liberty and nationality, and MIR.
| Colax was among the foremost and loudest OF
those who demanded that they should be
crushed without mercy. And even IN this
yery specch, affecting to think that they may
make another effort for independence and sell
government, he says: ...-.
when we 60 again, with torch in one
hand and sword 10 the other, VIC will compel
them to submit, or we will sweep them with
| the bosom of destruction Rich. Wig.
A Young LADY's ADVENTURE Miss En-
ma Waddle, daughter of the well known host Of
Capon Springs, met with an unpleasant adven-
ture on the coolest night of last week Return
ing on horseback from visit to IA neighbor,
she tried shorter path across the mountain
she had never travelled before, and lost her
way among the laurel. With a spirit and re
source characteristic of our mountain girls, she
arranged bed of leaves, took the saddle for a
pillow and the saddle blanket for a coverlet,
and slept soundly till dawn, disturbed only by
the cold as day approached and by some cries
which she took to be those of a panther. Her
dreams withal, she says were pleasant A par
ty of deer hunters found her the next day and
guided her home, none the worse for a bit of
woodland life, which, to lowland ladies' will
seem rather trying. = Winchester Ne1cs. ...r.
REspITED. The Governor yesterday grant
ed respite to John Robertson, sentenced in
Stafford county to be executed for murder on
the 10th inst, until the 2Sth of December.
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