Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

a letter to N1r. hellam, the ueleSale liou
Accomac, dated the goth OF January, livery
late from Accomac,) gives the information that
the winter there has been severe almost beyond
precedent. Chincoteague bay was frozen over,
many beds of oysters have been carried away
by the ice and many cattle have persisted.
Such have been the destructive effects Of the
cold that some Of the Chincoteague islanders
have been ruined.
O'Neal & holland, real estate agents, have
leased for term Of years to Messrs' Gresham
Hough, of Baltimore, and d. M. Mason, of
Fauquier county, Virginia, the farm known as
the ''Tebbs Farm" with the MeadowsCreek"
farm, in Albemarle county, belonging to the es-
tate Of VIM. s. Dabney, and one hundred and
fifty acres of the Dunlora tract, on the opposite
side Of the road.
The hotel firm Of Peyton & OFcrrall, in
Staunton, have been dissolved by mutual con-
sent. The American Hotel will be continued
under the management Of Col. G. i. . Ferral,
and the Virginia will be again opened by
Mr.. Geo. /. Peyton.
The Fredericksburg News says I'm this
county multitudes Of small insects which look
like heas, are observed on the snow, into
which they work themselves, and after it mcltS
are seen washed together in piles oS big as
your fist.
A little girl, niece Of Captain Childs, is re-
ported to have fallen heir to a fortune oil II mil
lion and half OF dollars This little hclress
resides in Portsmouth, Va. and Is thus sud
denly enriched by the death OF a relative IN
England.
The intermediate, celebration Of the Wash
inston Society of the University OF Virginia
will take place on Friday evening, the 22nd
instant; Reader, r. w. Owens, Of Maryland
Orator, A. w. Pcrric, Of Maryland.
The ice in the Rappahannock moved down
on last Tuesday and with the exception Of
what little remains in the turn, just below
Fredericksburg, the river is entirely clear.
More OF ''Flint's operations s. have come to
light in Norfolk. Before he ran off, he must
have gone largely into the fraud business. y
The growing wheat, it is reported, is looking
very WELL throughout the State
EXPRESS TRANSFORMATIONS The bill which
was ordered to be engrosSel in the House yes
terday, in
| Section lst allows all railroad companies 10
| do express business to the extent Of fifteen
| thousand pounds OF freight to be sent with each
| passenger train. If IN amount exceeding this
| is offered it shall be carried in ratable proper
tions--as we read the bill, even if offered by an
express company. They may charge forty per
cent. addition to the usual charge for freight ;
and on packages OF less than five pounds, tween
ty cents for all distances; OF more than five
and under twenty pounds, fifty cents for all
| distances (no charge for hve-pound packages
| Upon money, &c, one-tenth OF one per cent. OF
the value for one hundred miles transportation,
and ratably for longer distances. Express
companies are allowed to charge fifty per cent:
| upon ordinary freight charges, twenty five and
! fifty cents for small packages as above, and the
same price as the railroads Tor carrying money,
nc. No additional charge allowed Tor ''dellver-
ing" or for ''insuIing' goods, 'or for any other
| consideration whatever
Section ID is provision requiring EOn-resi-
| dent express men or companies 10 deposit
$50, 900 of Virginia Estate or individual, SCENE i
by trust-deed upon land) bonds Wlth the State
Treasurer, so that such ron-resdenS may he
sued to some purpose. Ofcour>e the depo@i-
tors will draw the interest
Section Sd declares that railroad companies
''shall not in apy manner be liable as common
carriers in respect to articles or things cntruSt-
cd to an express company for transportation.
Section 18th prohibits any railroad company
from letting its freight trains TO third parties.
These it must run itself, for it>cIt, and on them
carry all descriptions of freight for everybody.
Section 5th undertakes to secure what Is now
termed in most abominable English ''pT0rat-
ing" as to goods sent long and short distances
by express companies.
Section 9th prcscribes fine Of 500, half to
the informer, for each violation Of this law
Rlchmond Dispatch.
CLAIM OF TIE RoTnsCnILDs.-- The commit