Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.


was sold yesterday at public auction under a
decree of the Dinwiddie Circuit Court 1t
contained lO4 acres, which were laid off in moe
lots, and sold accordingly The aggregate sales
amounted to 1880, being rather less than $50
per acre. The place is beautifully situated,
lust outside Of the corporate limits OF the city,
and would have been cheap at 500 per acre.
The Board OF Directors Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, at a meeting recently held
in Richmond resolved that the Chief Engineer
be authorized at once to make surveys ana es,
Inmates for connecting the chesapeake ana
Ohio Road with the tide water, and the ork
River Railroad by horse power, also, estimates
and plans for the new depots at Richmond.
The trial of Capt j. w. Roche for an al
legged attempted outrage upon the person OF
Louisa II. Russell, was ended in Richmond,
yesterday, by his acquittal, the Commensurate
Attorney himself, acquiescing IN the verdict OF
not guilty. The charges were trumpet up py
the mother of the girl and supported by false
swearing
Last week the Episcopal Convocatlon of the
Valley Of the Rappahannock, met in Port
ROYAL. The members in attendance were
Rev. Messrs. Locke, Fisher. Maury, Greene,
Edward Mcclure, and the Rector or the
Parish, Rev. Mr.. Friend. The religious SER
vices continued from Tuesday night until Fri
day night, and were we'll attended.
The Fredericksburg Herald says, as an evil
dence of Radical zeal and money, that young
/ man from Pennsylvania, on visit to the coun-
ty of Stafford, received last week at the Post
Office q letter containing $25 for the purpose
of paying his expenses, so that he should be
| nresent and vote in Pennsylvania
E There are three colored or African Baptist
churches in Richmond, numbering some eight
or ten thousand members. The First African,
on Broad street, alone numbers over 1--we thou
sand. NeXtinim importance is Ebenezer, on Leigh
street. There are also two large African Me-
thodst churches in Richmond, numbering some
) 1000 communicates.
: The argument in the case Of Jack Wrenn,
indicted in Richmond for murder, was heard
in Judge Burnham's court yesterday. 9. s..
Bundy, employed by the freedmen bureau,
1 opened for the prosecution. After retire
: ment OF twenty-five minutes, the jury render
ed verdict of mot guilty"
The Rockingham Register says; The cars
are running to Mrs. Gochenour's, about nine
miles below Harrisonburg. Track laying goes
forward actively. Christmas, at the outside,
will see the trains in our town.
Thieves at Danville have commenced killing
COWS and hogs, running at large, near that
place, and cutting them up, for food Two
coored men have been detected IN carrying OH
: fine mich COW they had just killed.
: The Native Virginian now published at
Orange Court House, it is said, will soon be
removed to Gordonsvile, where it will be here
} after published
Among the manufacturing firms reported at
S the Augusta Fair, was VIM. H. May, of Alex
= andria.
Hunncutt has hauled down the names Of
Wells and the rest of the Radical State ticket.
Apple trees are blossoming in Richmond gar
dens.
South WESTERN VIRGINIA.-A correspon-
dent ofthc Lynchburg Republican writes to
that paper as follows:
''I'seat myself to give you few items ot'news
gathered from trip through Tazewell, Russell,
Scott and Lee counties, which is, though but
few people seem to know it, the garden OF
Virginia Tazewell County boasts OF It's cattle
on a thousand hills; and of finer quality and IN
, larger numbers than at any time previous; and
: vet they have no money and no purchasers
to carry off the immense surplus of Stock
In Russell County there is also q fine
stock. Of cattle, but few are sold and these
, on credt-tho worst thing that could be done,
and vet they must do this, or feed another
year.
Roanoke has some fine horses and mules to
spare but no money.
g Scott has the largest corn crop 1t has made
for many years; not the usual number OF hogs,
but there is no cholera, and there will be some
hogs for market, She has also some fine cattle,
excellent horses; and dried apples.pass for cur
rency. No grecnbacks
Lee county is grooming under It's heavy corn
, crop, which never was BETTER but she has not
half the usual number OF hogs. One large
farmer told me that he could fatten 500, and
could not get over SO. No cholera has appear
ed as yet. There is q fine crop OF apples and
dried peaches, excellent wheat, and large
surplus of corn and rye; but no money.
The people of Scott and Lee counties are
hoping for the Kentucky railroad, and are
cheerful and adding strength to strength. =
They say but little OF politics, and In this teach
Us al a lesson worthy OF imitation.
AN '"OYsTER" WAR.-A special dispatch to
the Baltimore American from CrisGeld, Nd,
states that fight took place on Thursday in
TYLER Creek, Somerset county, Md, between
the crews OF several oyster vessels owned by
Marylanders and armed revenue vessels of vir-
GINA. The Marylanders were fishing in Tan.
gier Sound, near the lower end OF Smiths Is
land, Nd, in what is known as disputed ter
ritory," both States claiming jurisdiction over
it. The Virginia oyster. police boats attempted
to collect the license charged by that State,
when the Marylanders resisted and started for
Tyler Creek, pursued by the Virginia revenue
officers in their armed vessels. During the
contest one Virginian is said to have been kill
ed, and the Marylandcrs scuttled their boats
and escaped. 1t was reported at Crisfed that
after the oystermen left their vessels they raj
lied on shore and fired several shots at their
pursuers, and that one Of the latter was killed.
The men from the steamers then went back to
their vessels, which were taken back into Tan