Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-26
ALEXANDKIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA AlVERlISE
REPLY OF THE HUsT1NGs COURT OF RICI

REPLY OF THE HUsrINGs COURT OF RTcH-
MoND TO GEN SCHoFTELD. "A dispatch from
Richmond, dated yesterday, Says
The Court iuslifes its decision in the cases
named by him on the ground OF justice, utterly !
denying that the parties being bolnat the N0rth ;
or South had ANYTHING to do with it. With |
reference to the hning Hotzl only Que cant for
assauting the teacher of freedmenS school
who had whipped his brother they. say
s'The time never was that / Virginia court !
would imprison a man for an assault upon
another man, when that other man had beaten
a child, even though the child so beaten was III
kith or kin, much less when that child was
soo daughter, brother or sister or the parry
committing the assault. Such cases have
pre- yiousIy occurred in our courts, but never
vet in the history Of Virginia courts was ma"
imprisoned for such i'll offence. Such 1
sentence would shock the moral sense OF the
whole community. With reference 70 the
court having advised i ''ol1e ?yoseqm in case
where the counsel Of the parties had said that
now courts were "only intended to try Coated
crates" the magistrates dlSelalm responsibility
for what counsel may say and deny that theif
Judgment was ut all influenced by the remark
in Question. The Commonwealth Attorney
OF the City and Hastings Courts also sent
letters sustaining the facts rcutcd by the mag
iStratea.
THE STRAsEuRG CONNER G0N.--At last mat
ters have taken positive turn IN connection
with the railway extension from Winchester to
Strasburg, says the Winchester Times, and the
indications point to speedy construction OF
this link. A portion Of the engineer crops OF
the B. L. O. r. R., TO be under charge OF
Capt Richard Randolph have arrived III
Winchester, and under instructions from Johh
W. Garrett, esq, the President OF that Com
pany will enter at once upon survey OF Inc
route for the location OF the ncheStcr ana
Strasburg extension. The terms upon winch
the B. Il. @. r. r., and Winchester and 70
tomac railroad have agreed I'll Il positive
agreement has baen arrived AZ, J iur til. utarr
conduct of railroad operations in this section,
have not been made public, but that the gen
tlemcn representing the stock holdinG interest
of the ". 4 7. r. T. have succeeded i'll
inducing the cooperation of the Ky u L.. H.,
il evidenced by the decisive Indications noted.
LETTER FROM Louis NAp1LE1%. The L"n-
don Pail Mall Gazette says that the letter OF
coincidence on the death Of the Emperor Mag
imilian, addressed by the Emperor Napoleon
to the Emperor Of Austria, Wa to the follow
ing effect:
ct send You the expression OF nay condoencc
on the dreadful news OF the death Of the l!rn
peror Macmillan My prici is thc more lively
because | feel the responsibility of iIlc palnin!
part have had ia this misfortune. But God,
who penctratea our hearts knows that never
had any other object than 10 extend to hose
distant places the influence. OF our civilization.
In doing this | have found no nobier or more
worthy interce3sor than yOnr Majesty : un!or
tnnatc brother.
FoRGldH News. - Dispatches by lI,c cable
state that an official trial Of the American
fifteen inch Rodman Gun was had yesterday,
and that the result was a decided triumph for
American artillery. The test showed that no
iron or steel armor yet invented is capable Of
resisting the shot from these guns. Omar
Pasha claims that the insurrcci0D III Gambia
has been suppressed, and that the war Is at an
end. The French Corps lIegislatitf ha3 passed
the Governmental Budget and adiournHd.
MoRHINc AND EVENING GrNS. -l'll" fol-
lowing general order has just been i~,""I lt"m
the headquarters oil the army
General orders No 70:
At every military post supplied with ihc
proper ordnance and ammunition morning
and evening gun will, in time OF peace, be fired
daily at repeilIe and retreat. SiX-poundcr
guns, and inferior blank cartridges or powder.
when on hand will be used for this purpose
By command Of General Grant,
T.. ID. TOWNSEND, A. \. General
-.
A MILITARY CoURT.-W learn that on TO-
morrow, the 25th, military court will convene
in Winchester to decide all questions relative
to the Methodist Church property in the val
ley. Who are to compose this august tribunal,
before which intricate questions OF law may
arise, we have not ascertaincd. That profound
legal lore may be shown by the court is more
anxiously looked for than expected ||u,cj'"S-
ter Ttnacs
VIM. Howard Barnum, teller of the pcqua
mack National Bank, of Bridgeport Conn.,,