Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.


to assassinate Mr.. Thomas n. Lan2horne, one
of the best known and highly respected eltl-
zans Of Lvnchburg. Mr.. Langhorn, who is
hind was sleeping in his Office with Mr. Thos:
Steptoe, when some miscreant thrust pistol
through the window above them and fired into
the bed below. The bali cut through the lat
tice of the window, and the powder burnt Mr.
Lanrhorn's leg, so close was the muzzle OF the
pistol at the tme of its discharge. The ez-
plosion awoke the two gentlemen, but no trace
was left behind by she wretched Would-be assas-
sin.
McCracken & Bro, Land Agents, sold July
9TH, to R. Sloan, of Washington, D. g., $50
acres of land in Spotsylvania county, belong.
ing to J. r. Brown, for fifteen hundred dol:
lars. One third cash, remainder IN one and
two wears. And also, on the 9Th, farm belong
ing to Mr.. Geo. E. Chancellor, containing over
100 acres living west of Fredericksburg, two
miles from Charlottesville, to Messrs John
and P Mahaney, of Pennsylvania, for eleven
hundred dollars cash. ....
Last week niue negro convicts from the Pen
itentiary, hired to work on the repairs Of the
James River and Kanawha Canal, made their
escape. They were atwork on fiat boat, near
Lvnchburg, and as the boat touched the bank,
one of the negroes seized the guard and pitch
ed him into water ten feet deep. The other
guard was also seized and treated in the same
Wav, and the prisoners then jumped to the
shore crossed the Island and the arm OF the
river to the Amherst side, and cleared out.
Gen. Malone has entered into a contract
with the Rolling Mill Company, near Lynch
burg, for large amount Of railroad iron. The
works are to furnish by the first Of January
next, rails enough to lay twenty miles OF the
Virginia and Tennessee road, and enough to lay
ten miles of the South Side road. This IS to
be supplied at the rate OF live hundred tons
the present month and a thousand tons per
month thereafter until the contract IS ful-
filled. ".. ........ ............ .. ........
Some time since a maj ority Of the trustees
of Randolph Macon College determined to re-
move the college to Ashland. A minority OF
the trustees, opposed to this removal, obtained
an injunction from the court enjoining the trus-
tees against the removal of the college. ten;
Stoncman was applied to by the ma orlty, and
on Saturday he dissolved the injunction.
At the Love Feast at Court Street Methodist
Church, in Lynchburg, last week, Miss Anne
Waller was suddenly taken i'll, and in few
minutes breathed her last Miss Waller was an
adopted daughter of the late Major Daniel L.
Warwick, whose recent death was also extreme
ly sudden and unexpected. g. ........ 49,. In
In Charlottesville, on Monday night, an at
tempt was made to mob John Breckenridge
the colored Conservative speaker, which was
only prevented from being carried into execu-
ton, by the negroes being plainly informed the
whites would protect him.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says: We were
shown few days ago By Mr.. +. T. Andrew,
of the shoe store on Main street, very simple
little instrument lately patented by him, to test
the so!es of shoes and determine whether they
are filed with paper. - ,.ns@ apr.
There is quite reaction in the political SEN
timents of the colored people Of Amherst coun-
ty. A well Informed and obserVant gentleman,
resident in the county, says that many OF them
announce their purpose OF voting against the
Constitution. no 10 a.21-.u.. .. saa
Large quantities Of wheat arc being shippe d
through Lynchburg to Baltimore via the
Orange railroad. In the past two days, eleven
car loads, purchased along the line Of the Ten
nessee road, have passed through.
Captain Henry Irwin, who was connected
with the press of Norfolk, Va, died last week.
He was native of Maryland and for several
years prominent merchant Of Norfolk.
Col. Withers is canvassing the Southwest
vigorously and effectively. Friday he spoke at
Abingdon, Saturday at Marion, and today he
will speak at WytheVllle.
There were 225 visitors at the White Sui
phur, u few days ago, and the cars are running
full every day, making large additions to the
numbers ....