Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-08
mRGINIA MEWS.


son, Of the same State; the hat will be present.
zee. to +. Hampstead, OF Arkansas, BY 5. Nc
Kinney, of Tennessee; The slippers TO George
w. A. Brantley, ofGeorgia, by A. Il. Rich
ards, OF Virginia, and the huge stick OF candy
to j. A. Wilson, of Virginia, by ". G. Hardy,
of the same State. The presentation is always
attended with humorous speeches and diver
sion.
'Dhe hail storm in Essex county, last week,
broke every pane of glass in the windows Of the
Church, near Lorctto. The wheat on the two
farms belonging TO the estate OF Muscoe Rus
sell GameLt, -Elmwood and Mount Pleasant
was cut down to the ground. The same
storm visited Il part Of Caroline county, and
was alike destructive there.
A match game Of base ball was played at the
University on Tie 5th., between thoPotomac, OF
Washington, D. c., and the Monticello, of the
University Of Virginia. The game resulted in
favor OF the latter by score of III to Ia
Five innings were played. The playing Of the
University boys was very fine.
The British steamship Bosphorus, which
recently arrived at Norfolk, to load direct Tor
Liverpool, sailed on the 9th Instant Oh her
return Her cargo consisted of 4G9 bales OF
cotton, 24S hogsheads tobacco, !O5 ticrces
tobacco, GAS barrels rosin, S0packages tobacco,
1905 bags corn, naval stores, &c.
A very material reduction in the force Of
workmcn in the Portsmouth navy yard has
lately been effected. owing to the scarcity of
work and the dearth of war vesses needing
ovcrhauling and repairs. Five hundred men
were discharged few days ago.
The census Of the city Of Lynchburg, fer
1866, as taken by the Assessor and returned to
the Collector Of the city taxes shows the fol-
lowing: white males Of 81 years and over,
1852 blacks, 372 making Il majority in favor
OF the whites Of $780,
Rev. DR.. Leonidas Rosser has sold from 500
to 400 quarts Of Strawberries daily during the
present season, from his farm near Richmond.
He has already sold about 1000 quarts at 20
cents.
The Lexington (Va.) Gazette says that q
lady connected with tie Baptist Sunday School
at the Natural bridge, memorzed aud repeated
/ $50 verses from The bible.
The Richmond Dispatch publishes u tabular
statement, showing there are 1850 business
men in that city, and that they pay L license
tax OF $S5, 739,l7.
The rust has appeared in some ni the wheat
fields in SpotSyIvania and aI accent counties.
u. S. UIRCUm COURT In Judge Under
woods Court, yesterday morning, the COM
claimants 10 the ease Of Meredith and Bidde
administrators of Mrs G. 9. Keppel) es. the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company:
filed bill 10 recover certain dividends, from the
said company. Gen. fl. Fl. Wells, Of Alegan-
dria, appeared for the plaintiffs, aud William
Green, esq. of Richmond, for The defendants
The question at issue In the suit Is really
whether the Confederate was or was not a de
tdcto government
Mrs. Catherine c. Keppel, a resident of
Philadelphia, owned three hundred and four
shures Of the Richmond ana Petersburg Rail
roads Company S stock, the par value Of which
was $50 400 This stock she held during the
late war, and her administrators now claim
dividends amounting to one hundred and nine
per cent, which We're declared from time to
time between 1860 and 1863. Tie defendants
urge that under an order OF the district Court
of the Confederate States, the dividends in
question were paid over to The agent OF the
Confederate Government, and 4 portion Of the
stock which was forfeited as the property OF an
alien enemy was sold. The company further
insist that the earnings of the railroad We're
received in Confederate money, and that the
plaintiffs, il entitled to anything, should be
PAID in the same currency.
General Wells, for the plaintiff delivered
his argument yesterday, and the case was con
tnued - R,chm0nd Dispatch.
FOREIGN ws.-The cable dispatch from
Paris states that the attempted assassination on
Thursday was aimed at the Gar and not al
Napoleon A person in tho crowd fired shot
at the carriage in which the two EInpGrors
were riding. The shot fortunately failed, and
the woul-be-assas$in was cut down hy the
escort and arrested He is said 10 be 4 Pole.
The grand review was the most brilliant ever
witnessed in France. Over 50 600 iulantry,
cavalry and artillery passed in review. Napo
Icon was accompanied by the Gar, tho King
OF Prussia, the Crown Prince oil Prussia, the
Grand Duke Alexander and Waldimcr of
Russia, the sons Of the Gear, together with a
large and brilliant staff composed OF officers
Of all nations, among them several Americans.
At the English Ascot races ,2 Vauban' jasper
and Lecturer won the three great or royal
prizes. The Emperor of Austria will be
crowned as King Of Hungary at Pesth to-day.
\ universal amnesty to all Austrian subjects
for political offences will be proclaimed; The
bullion in The Bank Of England has largely
increased during the week. The London
money market yesterday was quiet and steady.
BAPTIST GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF FIh-
GINIA-L!mcAJmy, lime G.-The Baptist
General Association of Virginia assembled in
its forty fourth annual meeting in the Baptist
church of this city, this afternoon. a large
number of delegates are in attendance from all
parts Of Virginia, and some corresponding del
egates from other States.
The meeting was called to order by Rev: r.
H. Bagby, and opened with the usual religious
services.
The regular committees were appointed, and