Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

nr. w m. H.. LangnOfne vi hyllCHo Ado
purchased fine farm in Roanoke county,
known. as the Mechanism place, Tor fifty. two
dollars Der. acre, amounting to some $4,000:
Mr. John D. Langhorne has also purchased OF
Mr. VIM. II. Langhorne his fine residence IN
Lynchburg on Diamond Hill, at $4,000.
! The Lynchburg News says that many of the
farmers in that neighborhood baye finished
seeding oats even. thus early, and are preparing
to plant corn. The wheat continues to improve
greatly under the influence OF the warm and
invigorating sunshine, and is generally looking
we'll.
The Norfolk. Journal says:-'The lne-of-
battle ship Columbus was got afoat again on
Friday. and has been moved over to the East
ern side of the river, where she can rest in the
mud if necessary, and where she will be out
of the way"
The ScottsvilIe Register says, in dark and
mysterious way, that the ''cowardly miscrcant'
who is playing ghost about Mr.. Moon s resi-
dence, undertook to play, Electrically, the role
of assassin on Friday night last,
The Melvin Mines on the Rapidan-edge Of
Orange county, are yielding finely. One OF the
proprietors says they are getting from $40 to
IL per ton from rock which was estimated at
only half that value. III. 80.
James L. Taliaferro and Mckinney i Hop
son, Real Estate Agents, have sold to 7, O.
Westby, of Wisconsin, Mr.. John Silver's farm,
in Spotsylvania, of 200 acres, Tor $4,000. q.
Among the causes of insanity given in DR.:
Stribling's report on the Insane Asylum in
Staunton we fnd, 'The war, II males, l3 te-
males, total 3O.' Love, males, females.
It is stated that Gen. Schofeld has rented q
house on Diamond Hill, in Lynchburg, and will
make that city his headquarters during the
Summer months. .... D.. 1...
COL Lane, Of Matthews, a most estimablo
gentleman died few days ago, at his resden ce
at Matthews Court House.
A calf with two heads was born on the farm
of Col. J. NJ Taliaferro, in Stafford county,
last week. ~ ....-- 81 IL ......,.
Mr.. j ohm S. Blair, an old and valued citizen
Of Lynchburg died yesterday.
QUARREL ABOUT A KISS A ludicrous in
cident occurred at archearsal of certain tableauy
vivants gotten up for the benefit Of Christ
Church, Indianapolis. They we're, says Il let
ter writer, playing some Internal nonsense,
where an exhausted maiden all dressed in
white, is kissed out Of hundred years sleep
by good-looking young man with q silken
moustache The enchanted lady was very
beautiful, and the young man whose agreeable
duty it was to kiss away the long sleep from
her eyclids, is suspected OF what IS called out
there "sneaking fondncss' for her, much TO
the discontinue of a high strung brother, who
has lOftier aims in view for his sister. II the
kiss was not real one it was at least 4 wonder
full imitation, and the jealous brother who was
watching the rehearsal was goadedto madness
lie denounced the young man as an Infamous
satisfaction. There were high words, and
shaking of fists under bold Roman noses. The
young lady, who certainly ought to know, pro-
tested that she was not in The least kissed, and
that it was none Of her brothers. business any
how; but that unique specimen OF the genus
ass refused to be satisfied or comforted, and
sent q challenge TO the offending young man.
He was finally put to bed with two pound
sack OF pounded ice on his conk.
CHEAP WHIsKEY MARKET. 1t is matter
of surprise to great number Of citizens how
low the rates are at which whiskey is sold in
this city 1t is stated, on authority, and with
good ground for the assertion, that the eXhlla
rating fluid is at present sold in this market at
ST. per gallon--a price considerably less than
the tax imposed by act Of Congress. Illicit
manufacture is, of course, the cause assigned,
and this practice is pursued, it is said, even
under the eyes Of government employees, who,
if not themselves engaged in the manufacture
Of the article, connive at its production and
realize rich harvest therefrom. Distillerics,
when seized by the government authorities,
are placed in the hands of keepers untilth
sale Of the property is effected, which is post
poned until such time as those in the ring de-
eide upoo.~ During the interval the manufac-
ture of whiskey takes place. In this manner
it is estimated that between 10000 and 10000
gallons ct whiskey are manufactured daily in
this city Some startling disclosures will
shortly be made to the Treasury Department
in relation to.the matter.--N. T. Herald. =
Z KID GLOVES "A paper on "Kid Gloves
in Harper's Magazine, for March, is interest
ing Wequote from it. = ..t." .
'The skins of the young kid, after being
roughly dried in the sun and air, are sold to
peddlers who 60 about from place to place gath
erng them, in order that the latter may in
turn sell them to dealers in the principal towns
adjacent to the mountain ranges These ped,
oilers commence this work in Italy as carly as
March in each year, and proceed northward as
far almost as the Baltic as the season advances
and the young kids reach their required matur
ity. The most important point for obtaining
skins in Italy is Naples Leipsic in Germany
is also one of the considerable markets. The
extent of the trade may be inferred from the
fact that single manufacturer of gloves in
Paris makes about 600, 900 pairs annually. He
leaves no market in Europe unexplored to OBJ
tain the best material for the manufacture of
gloves. The price Of skins-such is the grow
ing demand has advanced nearly so per cent
in the last five or six years. y
CROPS IN THE SOUTHWEST. We have taken