Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

LIE SIauu jury VI lile ~ oooi't' w.,
during the tern, just closed, brought IN bills OF
Indictment against Justices John Nettles and
VIM. Ycatman for unlawfully and fraudulently
conspiring to defraud the county OF Henrco
and 2. Fl. Hoffman, late sheriff OF said county.
The offence is said to have been committed IN
The e-building of the county court, house,
which had been destroyed by fire in April, lS''3
Mr.. S. D. Jones, of SpotsylVania county, had
his house burnt few nights since, supposed to
be the work of an iucendiary. A negro man
has been arrested on suspicion, he having III
his possession :. pocket-book, the property OF
Mrs. Jones, containing 3 small amount OF
money 1t is thought the house was robbed
and then set on lire.
Mr.. r. 3. Baptist died suddenly last week,
while speaking at the bar, in Boydtown: lie
was for many years clerk of the court. lie was
very highly esteemed. He was for many years
one of the board OF trustees Of Randolph Ma
con College. -
Mr. David E. Booker has been removed from
the office of q. S. tobacco, inspector ut Lynch
burg which he has held since short time alter
the war. Ills successor, VINO IS 4 Stranger, III"
arrived. 1r..
No more important discovery has been made
in Southwestern Virginia since the war than
the recent one of coal at Saltvilie Its on land
sold by Mr.. Wyndham Robertson to nlr. f.
Smythe. '----r.a..-..~.-.--- ----~---.
Garroting eases occur in Richmond Several
arrests of garroters have been made, they in all
cases proving to be colorcd men rowing about
without employment.
Rev. Mr.. Pratt, of. Brooklyn, n. Y, has
1 l. 70 no notl n
pastorate of the Presbyterian church OF LEX
ington, Va.
The Charlottesville Chronicle announces the
death of Dr. R. B. Nelson, of that place, and
says: "No man was ever more loved and will
be more missed. ~.
Judge Joynes, Of the Court of Appeals, has
granted writ of error in The case of Jeter
Phillips recently convicted Of murder in Rich.
mond. The matter will be argued next October.
At Upperville the manufacture of oil of sas-
safras has been undertaken BY Mr.. Lunsford.-
He retails this article for the cure of rheuma-
tism.
St. Marks Church, in Richmond, was robbed
OF various articles few nights since by some
sacrileeious thief. ... ... .. H..
The Richmond Dispatch says: "We give the
sad intelligence that we are to have another
base ball visit-this time from Washington.
EARLY IRISH POTATOES. -The early Good
rich potato has for some year or two created
quite a sensation among farmers for its early
maturation but new variety, called the
''Eary Rose" has stepped 10 to throw 1t in
the shade. This early rose natures from ten
days to two weeks earlier than the Goodrich
A committee of farmers investigated the potato
crop of the early rose variety Of Mr.. John 0.
Thompson, Staten Island, this season, and
made favorable report. The yield was one
bushel for every twenty-six hills, or 55S G.l3
bushels per acre. Some of the potatoes weigh
ed three to three and half pounds each. The
report says
MIR. Thompson purchased one peck of these
potatoes last spring, from which he cut 900
sets. The ywere planted in rows three feet apart
and one hundred and eight feet long, the hills
being sixteen inches from each other. -Four
quarts Of ashes were applied to each row three
times during the season. This was the only
kind of compost or manure furnished them. 4
mess of The potatoes was cooked for the COM
mittee, and all the members were delighted
with their mealy and nutritious character
The original seed was accidentally discovered
in Rutland county, VT, in 1861. He ultima
tely made it.so famous that q gentleman in
Utica, N. Y, gave him $4,000 for 12O
bushels !! ~ RI.
TIE llN0rIsH ELECTIONS. MIR. Gladstone
has already commenced his canvass rs edhdl.
date for election to Parliament from Southwest
Lancashire The number of voters in this dis.
trlct IS very large, and the contest will be Sc
we're. Mr.. Gladstone is native Of Lancashire,
where his father accumulated large fortune
The defeat Of the Liberal leader would be .
great triumph for the Tories, who will try every
means in their power to elect their own ,cand-
dates. The personal popularity Of lord Derby,
who resides in the district, is very great, and
Liverpool, the largest town within its. limits,
returns two Tories at present, so that the re-
suit is quite uncertain. Three years ago MIR.
Gladstone was only elected by small majority
for South Lancas shire, district Of which
Southwest Lancashire is 4 newly created sub