Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

We hear are pr0lltaDly eDgageu--Snu"luS lnaI
they are appreciated We understand that
Lawrence Marye, Esq, formerly of this place,
has also just gone TO growing Memphis, where
he designs prosecuting the profession Of the
law
The Warrenton Index says: We under
stand that DR.. Amber has sheen furnished with
loco sheep by citizen of New York. If we
have been correctly informed these sheep are
to be grazed on the Doctors farm for term
OF years and then restored to the owner, or the
like number accounted for. The parties IN the
meantime divide equally between themselves
the wool and increase Of the aCc&.
The Norfolk Day Book says that in the re-
cent election there for member OF the hegls-
lature, the people rcbukcd the attempt to ex.
cite division Of interest between "capita'
and 'slabor. MIR. Bcotc whom it was at
tenn pied to run in as specially the working
man. candidate was heavily defeated. "
John Bnford, dissipated man, died near
Lynahburg, last week 1t is stated that he ate
"coon. grapes freely, sucked seven raw eggs,
and then ate oysters to give himself diarrhca i;
next day he freely partook OF buttermIIk and
oysters, by which he finally succeeded in get
ting up a case OF cholera, and died IN col
lapse.
The high price Of 81 - per hundred weight
was paid for Sumac in Fredericksburg last
week. The season for gathering Is past, but
parties in the country have small stocks still Oh
hand The erection OF another mill to grind
Sumac is contemplated by responsible parties.
4. w. r. Tatum, residing near Oak Hall,
in Accomac county. was murdered on the night
of tho 22d instant. \ colored man and the
wife of the murdered man are under arrest.
Kelley, Tackett & Ford's Woolen factory in
| Fredericksburg is now turning out upwards OF
six hundred yards of very superior cloth per
day, and will soon improve on that amount.
The new cars for the proposed passenger
street railroad in Richmond are daily arriving
in that city, having been manufactured in the
North.
The work on the York River Railroad, which
| had been interrupted by the non-arrival Of Il
steamer loaded with rails has been resumed.
Rev. I. S. Dunnaway, OF Lancaster county,
has accepted the call Of the Baptist Church Of
Fredericksburg to become their pastor.
MEXICAN AFFAIRs-It is now asserted
positively that Mr.. Campbell the Minister to
Mexico, has left Washington for Mexico, with
his instructions, and that these arc Ofthc tenor
already reported aud published. The with
drawal Of the French troops from Mexico, it
is expected, will be commenced at once. 1t is
| affirmed that the o. S. army on the Rio
Graudc and fleet in the Gulf Of Mexico will be
ready to assist Juarcz should it be necessary to
to establish republican government in Mexico.
TO insure the proper exercise Of this possible
armed intervention, military officer Of high
rank will accompany Mr. Campbell, with pow
er to act in the emergency referred to. zen.
Sherman is now spoken of in this connection,
and also Gen. ". S. Hancock No troops
will be moved into Mexico except in the con
tngency referred to. Ia consideration Of this
friendly action the Juarcz government agree
to ccde to the y. S. the territory heretofore
stated as agreed upon, and we shall thus gain
! the whole of the peninsula OF Lower California
and the valuable POI lions Of the States Of So
nora and chihuahua, thus securing their mine
raj deposits, the undisturbed navigation of the
Gulf Of California, and shorter route 10 the
Pacific coast.
WARS RAVAGES. One Of the editors OF
the Selma Messenger, writing from Tusca-
loosa, on the 18th ult., says:
"A sad instance Of the rcvcrscs Of fortune
produced by the war was mentioned in the
case of Mr.. PreWitt, of this county, whose cs-
tate was sold out on the first Monday in the
month 1T the breaking ont Of the war he
was the wealthiest citizen Of Tuscaloosa coun-
ty. He owned three hundred and sixty slaves
and large tracts OF land He had large sums
of money out at interest, secured by mortgage
on negro property and land He was home
spun, economical countrymen, who bought
everything at the lowest price for cash. lie
paid his physicians bills before he left the
house When General Croxton came to Tus
caloosa he took from this old man some forty
head Of horses and mules, all his money, pro
visions, etc. which was his first calamity
Next came enamel patton, which swept his
slave property. Next came the breaking up
Of all the men to whom Prewtt mad loaned
money, or tor whom he stood security. tlnaily
an execution was levied on his property for 4
few thousand dollars, and all his real estate
was sold under the sheriff hammer for 5000.
CURIOUS LAW POINT--The Richmond
Times says Last July woman named Mar
tina f. Hughes was brought before the Circuit
Court OF Middlesex county, charged with steal
ing lot Of wearing apparel from Mrs.
In the trial the counsel for the accused de-
manded that the case be dropped on the
ground that married woman's clothing did
not belong to her, but to her husband, and of
course his client could not be tried for stealing
articles from person to whom they did not
belong The Circuit Court, in sentencing the
woman to imprisonment, showed that it was Of
the opinion that wife's clothing did belong
to her, and not to her husband.
The case has been brought before the Su-
prcme Court for it to decide whether the wo-