Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA. NEWS.
An explosion took place, in one Of the rooms
of the Fredericksburg House, last "Wednesday,
in consequence Of carrying lighted candle
into it, daring an escape Of gas from r'pe'-
The proprietor and another person were some
what injured, and a serious conftagatlon nearly
ensued.
Persons having crops on the Rappahannock,
have sustained great loss. Among them IN
the vicinity of Fredericksburg are hlcssrS
Lacy, Bolts, Knox, and others. The Kappa
hammock river has not been so high since 1851
The Manassas Gap R. r. engine has only
been hauled as yet as far as the farm OF b. L.
Smith. 1t will remain there till the weather
settles. 1t will then Le takcr to Salem and
thence on temporary track to Piedmont.
The establishment of the Richmond Wing
is offered for sale by the proprletors-siX gen
tlemcn, several Of whom are the heirs OF the
late Col. Bondurant. The Wing is a flourish
paper, and is considered valuable property.
"Consolidaton received It's quictus at
Lynchburg, in spite Of the support which the
scheme received from the State proxies in the
meeting the stockholders of The Virginia and
Tennessee railroad.
The Warrcnton Index says :-"One hun
drcd head of stock cattle were sold in Warren
ton last Wednesday by Mr. Amos to James L.
Hunton at five and Il half cents per pound
gross"
Many of the farmers Of Loudouu county
have organized Horse Insurance Company,
to protect them against the number OF horse
thieves lurking in that county.
The damages 10 the Richmond and Fred
ericksburg r. r. by the late rains have been
repaired and the trains are now running rcgu
larly.
In Richmond, the jury in the case Of Hewitt
VS. Pollard, could not agree, and subsequently
nol pros. was catered, and the case dis
missed.
PREsBYTERY OF PoToMAC.--Thc stated
meeting Of this Presbytery was held at Danes-
town, Maryland, on the Cd and Sd instant,
seven ministers ana five elders being present.
The committee appointed to cndcavor to
secure the repeal by Congress OF so much Of
the 34th section Of the Declaration of Rights
of the State Of Maryland as iutcricrrcd with
legacics i'll The d. Of G., reported that the
repeal had been granted by Congress during
the last session.
The Presbytcry approved the action Of the
Il IL r.,
mi<sioncrs from the Louisville Prcsbytcry, and
endorse the action OF its own commissioners In
the following resolutions, viz:
l. Resolved, That the action and report OF
the clerical and lay commissioners to the late
General Assembly be, aud hereby are, ap-
proved and that the reasons given by our
clerical commissioner for his action bchcartl]y
sustained.
,. That in the resolutions Offered by him
and adopted by the General Assembly at its
nizc the hand Of Providence guiding to such
measures as should harmonic the views of
those who love best the purity and peace OF
orr beloved Zion.
. That 50 much OF the report OF our clerical
commissioner as pertains to the action Ct the
last General Assembly touching dc papers
offered by him for the paciicatioa Of the church,
and explaining his own action in tic ease, be
pubIlShcd. :. ,.. i.
f,hnrob W. V;r1n;:o, IN hnr;l 1SG7
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SAVING Ills BAcoN-A good story IS told
Of Western farmer; candidate tor Congress,
whose nclghbof was III the haoit OF stealing MS
hogs AMI was finally caught IN inc acF' Ah%-
lous TO secure the man vote ana III" own PORK
III the same "hc' inc FARMER ''c"' % '''"' ""u
S""' 49,
say nothing of the past but when kill in tie
fall I'll put into YOUR cellar five barrels of as
rood pork as make" The fellow reflected