Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.


most harmonious and pleasant meeting. There
we're in attendance during its session II or
dained ministers and II ruling elders, repre-
sentatiYes from more than 80 churches, Under
the care Of this body.
Fifteen cars containing about two hundred
and eighty head OF cattle, and one hundred and
sixty sheep, lett Lyuchburg on the Orange anu
Alexandria Railroad "Wednesday afternoon, 1or
Culpepper, Alexandra and washington CITY,
The "Iron Horse" on the Manassas Rail
road, arrived at Broadway depot on Saturday
LAST Broadway is about IL miles below Har-
risonburg. The track is now ready Tor iron
some five miles the other side Of Broadway.
A meeting of the Board OF the Diocesan
Missionary Society of Virginia will be held in
Charlottesville on Wednesday November 4th--
Bishop Whittle, Rev Dr.. Mlnnlgerode and
other clergy will be present.
Col. Farrar delivered his Van Wrinkle lee
turc in Lynchburg on Wednesday last, 1t IS
very amusing and entertaining and was received
with hearty applause By the audience.
The Valley Agricultural Fair at StauntoD,
closed yesterday with q grand tournament, and
address to the knights by General Echols.-
The fair has been very successful.
The Railroad Consolidation subject is again
agitated in Lynchburg. A public meeting to
consider the matter is called there. ~
The Greenbrier Mammoth Ok, which weighs
over 1900 pounds, is on exhibition this week,
at the Augusta County Fair.
Mr.. James Haney, respected citizen OF
Winchester died 4 few daysGRo.
WASHINGTON ITEMS y csterday,in George
town, Trimble, Grafton Harvey, and Garrison
Siege had hearing on the charge OF disorderly
conduct on the canal on Tuesday night. Trim
bic was fined $40. The other parties were dis
charged, This was the difficulty IN which Pat
rick FITZGERALD, who died on Wednesday morn
ing was supposed to have received fatal
wounds.
Ia the Circuit Court, yesterday, the case
of Caroline Brown vs. Washington, Alexandria
and Georgetown Railroad, faction to recover
damages sustained by being elected from car, J
was confined.
The suit Of L. D. Harmon, Of Alexandria
for 81, 500 due him by Moffett 4 House, for
lumber purchased in Alexandria for the Ma
tional race course was decided yesterday in
favor Of Harmon, who RECEIVERS judgment for
the amount OF his claim.
One hundred clerks in the Second Auditor
office were yesterday notified that their services
would rot be required after November let, and
to-day several lady clerks in the Treasurer's
Office received similar notices. Mr.. Jeffries,
who prepared the latter list, ascertained who
were the widows or daughters OF soldiers, IN
order that they might be retained,
On Wednesday evening, as car No. E, on its
way to the Navy Yard, was passing Kousseau' g
stone. yard, on b street, near North Capitol
street, q shot was fired into the car by some
unknown person on the north side OF the street.
The bullet vent through the car windows,
smashing two panes OF glass IN lts passage, but
fortunately injuring no one.
TEA rs A MEDICAL STn1ULANT. The last
plumber Of the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal contains an interesting communication
upon the action Of thein on the human system.
Them IS an integral part Of tea, and gives to
that herb its peculiar force az stlmulant. 1t
is also found in coffee, and in certain South
American plants, whose leaves are used to pre-
pare a table beverage The author of the ar
tice in question made several experiments Of
them upon human cases. 1t was found that
in every instance the pulse was lowered, ner-
vous tremulousncss followed, and special men
tai activity was noticeable. One gentlemen,
under the influence Of this alkaloid, spoke en-
phatically Of his increased brain power, ena-
bling him 10 read certain books, which nc had
before accounted as abstruse, With the greatest
ease, and an extraordinary power ofgrasping the
subject without any effort, as he read rapidly
on =" The testimony Of lone Of the most pow
erlul writer's amongst our New England wo-
men, is also adduccd Her testimony was to
the effect that "some hours after taking large
quantity of tea she felt as If there was nothing
left but her head, which furnished rapidly Ian
guage of ideas OF the best quality, and in goodly
quantity, all night long nits medical form
them is employed as sedatiYe. This, by the
way, appears something like strong allopath-
cures neuralgia headaches, where pills are OBJ
found to have like effect. Pastiles made with
them, when burnt in room, are said to pro
duce an equally soothing effect to irritable
nerves.
DIsBARMENT OF Mr.. BRADLEY.--At the
last term ofthe Supreme Court, Jos. e. Brad
ley, by his counsel, James NJ. Carlisle. FLED an
application for mandamus upon the judges
OF the Supreme Court OF the District OF Column
bia to show cause why his namo should not be
returned to the roll Of attorneys, from which it
was stricken, by order of Judge Fisher, ct the
close Of the Sarratt trial. 10 1867. The court
unanimously granted the application, but no
further action was then taken. On Tuesday
last the proper rule, returnable on the first
Monday in December, was served upon the
judges. This will bring the whole case before
tho Sunrerna Cnurt SHIFTS AGAINST E173go
Fisher for libel, and for damages to the amount
Court. Although damages are necessarily laid,
the main purpose of the suits is to disprove
certain aspersions cast upon Mr. Bradley's per
sonal and professional character, contained in
the order of Judge Fisher directing his name
to be stricken from the roll of Attorneys
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