Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

TIE correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch says IAN afrey occurred on the 29th
ult,, at Gordonsville, between R. N. Sully,
the Gordonsvie agent Of the Central railroad,
and K. Y. McCracken, an internal revenue
officer of the third district. McCracken, on
information received, attempted to search the
baggage car of the train from Richmond, ex-
pecting to find lot of contraband whiskey.-
This led to a controversy during which Me-
Cracker called SulIy id squirt where
upon Sully knocked him down, and beat him
very badly. The revenue officer called upon
two or three "boys in blue who stood near by
for protection, but they refused to interfere. -
He intends to report it to Washington as an
other outrage upon loyal citizens.
The Staunton Spectator has been shown a
coca invention by an Augusta county man. 1t
refers to Mr.. Philip 0. Palmer's "American
Triple Turbine Waterwheel." The chief ad-
vantage which this has over other turbine
wheels is that this makes every drop OF water
| usclul-no water being lost as in other turbine
wheels.
There were not less than twenty-five or thirty
women with the Goth Regiment, which passed
through Lynchburg on Tuesday. These wo-
men, wives Of the private soldiers, were with
| the regiment at the time OF the railroad accl-
dent, with their sundry babies; but none OF
them sustained any damage.
| The Court Of Appeals meets on the 18th
instant, When, among other cases which will
como before it on writs Of error, will be that OF
| James Jeter Phillips, charged with the muir
der of his wife. The writ OF supersedeas stays
all other proceedings in the matter.
John Perkins, white, and Benjamin Jetfer-
son, colorcd, are to be hung at Portsmouth,
Va, tomorrow. 1t will be remembered that
two or three months since these fiendish men
outraged the person Of Miss Sarah f.. Ford,
in Norfolk county.
A young man named Thomas Allen, brother
Of DR.. Charles Allen, Of Washington, was
dangerously wounded in Norfolk, on Sunday
| last bv a man named Lorenzo Brown, on India
! wharf. Brown was drunk Whsn he committed
the deed.
The Lynchburg Republican says: "WiId
pigeons in great abundance are passing over
the country moving together in immense focks.
| The sp0rtsmcn are armiDg in hot haste, and O
vigorous campaign will be conducted. 20
| The soldiers who have just been ordered to
Tennessee will, it is supposed, be ordered back
! to this State Immediately after the Presiden-
tial election. What a commentary upon recon
sructiOn ~.
The. Richmond News says:-A Richmond
barkceper received, on yesterday, dollar due
for drinks taken by an elated old gentleman on
the day Of the execution of John Brown
Gov. Henry A. Wise addressed the Demo
cratic Hibcrncau Club in Richmond, on Tues,
day night. in an eloquent speech.
The trial Of Herndon, in Orange County,
has been postponed until the October term oil
the Court.
Mr.. r. J. Gcndy, a cattle dealer in Angus:
ia, has sent to market this month 5000 head
Of cattle.
James K Caskie, prominent tobacco mer-
chant, died in Richmond yesterday.
r. II. Gait is the only Virginia Mid ship,
man at the Annapolis Academy.
CHEAP, SIMPLE, AND GOOD CLOCK. The
Kennedy electric clock was exhibited yester,
day at 4SI Broadway to a number Of Journalist:
and scientific men. 1t is an astonishing ma
chine So simple clock was never invented be-
lore. Its mechanism consists solely of pen
dutum, holding two magnets, and enc wheel
moving the hands on the dial face. Springs,
weights and Winding-up arc dispensed with
altogether The pendulum IS kept In move
mcnt by two wires connected with the earth.
| One is furnished with piece Of zinc where it
reaches The ground the other passes through
q piece o! carbon. One OF these wires supplies
a current of positive, the other of negative,
electricity Each is connected with a coil op
poste 10 The magnets fixed on the pendulum
on each side. The electricity Of these magnets
is of the same character as tqat supplied from
the earth and concentrated in the coil On its
side OF the pendulum. Accordingly, when it
swings up to that coil it is repealed, and made
to swing back toward the other side, where 1t
is similarly repealed. An ingenious little ar
rangement cuts off the electricity from each
coil as soon as it has performed its office of re-
pulsion, and let's it on again as soon as the re-
pulsivc force is once more needed.
Che Increment Of the pendulum is regulated
by screws, according to the intensity Of the
electric currents from the earth. The same
pair OF wires may be employed to move a num-
her OF clocks at great distances apart making
them keep time with absolute equality. For
railroad purposes this will be Of immense
| utility. HE CLOCK can also De kept going by q
stationary battery if from any circumstance it
should become difficult to connect the wires
with tie earth.
Altogether it seems to US that Mr.. Kcnne-
dy's invention IS enc Of extraordinary value. -
The chcapness with which his clocks can be
made, and the long time that they will last,
will not be among the least Of their recon-
mcndaions for common use.-Ncly YORK; San.
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WAsuGSGToN IrEMs.-Yesterday morning,
Rev. DR.. PhincaSD. Gurley, the beloved pastor
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