Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-07
AIFYANDPIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
D1sTpIcr CouRT AT RICHMOND

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r. s. DISTRICT CoURr AT RICHMOND "A
d;snatch from Richmond, dated yesterday
saws :-"The United States District Court met
here today, with Judge Underwood presiding.
The grand Jury is composed OF John Minor
Bolts, Joseph Segar, Lewis Mckenzie, I'VE
colored men, and others.
the Judge in his charge congra,ulaIeS lhe
Jury, and says it was threatened with des'r"c.
ton by assass;ns yet, thanks TO oonSiI's, /
now meets in security. This PROMISED ce'set
things for Richmond city where the e. press
had reached the lowest depths OF proh,saey'
the pulpit had been prostituted by mInlS'erlhE
14otharios, and RIGHTEOUSNESS had ruled III; uh.n
half the births were iegitimate. Inc Jury
would have good deal of work, much OF II
created by the decentralization OF the people by
disloyal press, which had encouraged perjury
and counterfeiting to cheat the Government.
He called attention to the fact that negroes
were not allowed the freedom Of the street
cars
The Examiner has information that the
session OF the court will be prolonged until the
adjournment OF the Supreme Court, when
Chief Justice Chase may come on and preside
at the trial of Mr.. Davis.
S. H. Chandler. the prosecuting attorney,
is now in New York consulting with MIR.
Evarts, one Of the counsel for Davis, about the
trial. Jefferson Davis vii! probably be brought
here on Saturday, and there held by the civil
authorities until trial Chief Justice Chase IL
expected here next week.
A DANGEROUS JUMP. The Valparaiso cor
respondent Of the n Y Herald says
1T is said thata midshipman cannot be kill
ed. There was an Illustration of this in Val
paraiso short time ago. Two young mldship-
men of the Pensacola procured couple Of
prancing steeds and went out for display OF
horsemanship. They ambled into various
places where the flowing bowl is induIged IN,
and about dusk were careering wildly up and
down the streets as if lost in q gale. In one OF
the streets large ci>tern was being dug. The
excavation was about thirty feet deep and Ill
teen wide An Interior wall OF brick had been
built, twelve feet high, formiuga we'll some
ten feet in diameter in the bottom OF the PIT.
There was no fence around the hole, and the
midshipmen in approaching it were hailed by
the police but the youngsters suspeclng That
it was an attempt to arrest them Tor last nd
Ing, Spurred their horses INTO gallOp, and III
the darkness plunged down the well. The cZ-
element caused by the disappearance OF the
riders III the we'll was intense. 4 large crowd
collected, ladders were brought, and man was
sent down with Il lantern TO cxtricac the re.
mains of the dead but what was the general
astonishment 10 see both midshipmen scramble
ND the ladder unhnr Both horses were
killed By the plunge.
DECISION. The Lynchburg News Learns
through gentleman just from Nelson Court,
that the case Of London'a heirs Vi. Gilmer has
hnen decided. This Case has excited much
interest from the fact that it involved the val,
idity Of sne Ct land made under 4 decree OF
the court The flcla III the case ~ brief as
follows Some tinr before he war j ohm J.
London who owned valuable estate On James
River, died, Leaving his property to hl* vile
and children. Some time after hi> death his
widow married. and suit in chancery was sub
senucnty instituted and decree obtained tor
the sale Of the land. Dir. +. II. Gilmcr, for
merly Of this place, purchased the land and
paid a portion Of the money Ill Confederate
Treasury notes; subsequently IN effort was
made to set aside the sale, which has just been
decided By Judge Shcffey, who DEGREES that
pay rent for the place from the spring OF 1865
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the gold value Of the payment he made in Con
fsde7ate money. We are Informed that this
decision il regarded as equitable and satislac
tory by all the parties to the suit, result not
usually attained by judicial decisions.
APPLICATIONS TO GENERAL SCHoFIELD A
gentleman who had the opportunity Of aacer-
tanning the fact, informs lls that Gen. Scho-
field il III receipt Of a large number Of applca
tions from vuriOns quarters, asking him 10 set
aside this or that law, passed by the Legislature
OF The State, or to supplement lis acts by
General Orders. - Richm0nd Ecdnainer.
4 rumor has been whispering to her thous,
and and one c0nfdants that Gen. SchOGeli
has determined to extend the stay-law for
some time longer, and thus prevent the Sacri
&c: of property which, under the present
circumstances of the country would be certain
to ensue. We Go not endorse the report, but
give it as it has been given to us-~as a credible
rumor -Istersb7uy E:cpre&s.
IMMIGRATION The returns Of immigration
at New York for the last month exhibit the
following remarkable facts. Or $4,000 immi-
grants landed at that port during the month,
only go to Arkansas, 5 to Alabama, to
Florida, 9 to Georgia, IS to Louisiana, | to
Mississippi, to North Carolina, 10 to South
Carolina, 1853 to Texas, and SIS TO Virginia.,
In the aggregate, PIT to these States while
Illinois takes 1928, New England more than
1000, ard even Canada 300 This neglect Of
the genial and productive South in favor OF
the sterile North is entirely due to the political
situation. Richmond Dispatch.
INTERESTING INCIDENT A gentleman who
was on his way on Sunday evening last, to visit
the grave Of younger brother. who died in
the Confederate service, discovered Just us he
reached the gate Of the cemetery three former
servants of the family approaching the grave
with flowers and evcrgrecns in their hands.
Keeping out of their view, he watched them
until they reached the grave, when one OF them
climbed over the iron railing, tool the flowers
and evergreens from his companion and laid
them tendery on the grave of his former
young master -LynchJmg NIglolon.
JUDGE G. D. CAMDEN has been admitted
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