Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

| an arrangement with McGinnls Brothers.. OF
New York, bankers, and Lancaster s. Co., OF
Richmond, for placing upon the markets of
Europe and this country the first mortgage I
per ct. gold bonds for $l0,0O0000. Samuel
Price, of Greenbrier, was appointed director IL
place of G. R. Mason, resigned. The 'organlza-
! ton of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad hay
ing been COMPLETED, the Board has adjourned
| Mr.. W. A. Kuper has been appointed the
nrincipa Assistant Engineer on the Allegheny,
Greenbrier and New River divisions.
Mr.. Franklin Stearns is about to set an ez-
ample to other extensive planters, which 1t IS
hoped will be generally followed. He is deVotlDg
a portion of the Tree Hill farm to fruitnear Rich
moud culture, and begins this fall with six
acres of strawberries. The soil Of that neigh
| borhood is so we'll adapted also to the. culture
of the grape vine, and indeed any horticultural
product that all the rolling ground OF that VI
| cinity is likely soon to be covered with vine
yards. ...-
! The Norfolk Journal says:-"Thc vast
amount of property in England, belonging to
heirs living in Surry county and in other parts
of Virginia, is, We are informed by the attor-
| ncy who represents the interests of the parties
concerned in a fair way to be recovered:
Unfortunately all these English estates turn out
to be ''Castles in the air. g.. 49,
The Lynchburg Republican says:-"We
learn on good authority that Col. George W.
Carter, formerly Minister in the Methodist
| Church, and at one tine pastor of Court Street
| Church in Lynchburg, designs to make his
home in Lynchburg, at some time soon, to en-
gage in the practice ofLaW. He is now resid-
ing in Houston, Texas. " 40
A new feature in the bituminous coal trade
| of Richmond has been introduced by the pro-
prietor of the Burfoot pits. He offered for
sale, at auction, 10000 bushels average and
| 1000 bushels lump. The prices obtained were
| l3al33 ct. for the average, and 2O4 ct. TOR the
lump, in lots. The sale was announced as the
first semi monthly SALE - -
An application was made TO the Petersburg
council for pccuniary aid, by the little daughter
| of Mr. John Weeks, who has been severely IN
iured by falling through one Of the city bridges
| but the Finance Committee declining to give
| an amount satisfactory, suit has been entered
against the city, laying the damages at 81, 500.
A suit for damages Tor S., 900 has been In
stituted in the Circuit Court of Richmond by
Charles R. Hodges, of Baltimore, against Mes
srs D. G. Mayo and H. P Clinton for using a
| brand, "The Virginia Choice" with Mr..
Hodges name thereon. ..-.
J.. II. Chandler, ex-U. S. district attorney
for Virginia and the opponent of the negro
Bayue as candidate for Congress, is now stump
| ing the Eastern States for the Radicals. He
addressed them al Rockland, Maine, on the
| Goth Of August.
One OF the bellies Of Richmond Miss Hax-
all) and wealthy and popular tobacconist OF
| the city (Mr, Cameron were married Tuesday
| at the country seat Of the brides father, IN
! Orange, and are to make 4 bridal tour in Eu-
rope.
| The Treasurer of the State has cancelled
Sill, 900 of Virginia bonds received from the
| Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company in
payment of debt due the State from that
company, thus reducing the State debt by that
sum. ...s
The Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company,
Zone Of the wealthicst in Richmond) have I'M
der contemplation large and important add.
tions to their present milling business. They
have almost unlimited watcr-poWer.
The Bedford Chronicle, recently purchased
| by Mr.. NJ. Davis, will make its appearance
next week, under the changed name Of the
| Bedford Sentinel, and with Rev. w. W. Ber-
ry as it's editor.
Prot Chas. E. Mccoy has resigned his posi-
ton as Principal of the Natchez Mississippi
| Institute and accepted profcssorship at the
Institution for the Deaf Dumb and Blind, in
Staunton. -. $50 g.. ..a ..........--
! Two colored men, few nights ago, went in
to the cornfeld of neighbor, also, coored
man, named Braxton, near Richmond, and
we're stealing his corn, when Brazton fired and
killed one Of them. Hill. #... .G"t
The annual bush meeting Of the NJ. &.
Church, South, held near Union in Loudoun
county, was begun on Thursday last. The
meetings we're we'll attended. 5 ''
Mcssrs. E. S. Kemper and Capt. II. B.
Hansbcrger, civil engineers, are engaged in
| surveying route for railroad, from Harris
onburg to Port Republic.
The Wilson Farm, miles from Staunton
on the Parkersburg roaG-20O acreswas sold last
week, to John Mullen, of ireland, for $79 per
acre cash. . .. IT, .:.-
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Com
pany paid the State $50, 900 last week On ac-
| count of their debt.
| The high rents paid in Leesburg for bust
ness stands indicate healthy condition Of the
| trade OF the town.
Mosquitoes swarm in all the tide water coun~
try, in greater numbers, this season, then be-
fore for many years.
The Rockbridgo Alum Springs were sold on
Thomas Price, of Missouri, for $4,000.
1t is estimated that Staunton now contains
1000 inhabitants, an increase of $500 since
the war.
Recent sales of real estate in Richmond IN
dictate that landed property is advancing in
value. .' .....