Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rogers died at the residence OF Mr.. Benjamin
! T. Timberlake, in Jefferson county. The de.
ceased came to the Valley for the purpose o
harvesting. and was taken sick immediately
From the first he was delirious, and could give
but little account Of himself, except that hi
mother had married 4 Mr.. Thurman, anC
lived near keswiek station, Abemarle county
Virginia.
| A large and handsome building has recently
been erected on Seventh street, Richmond, ad
Joining the New Richmond Theatre, for hote
purposes, -inteLdad more especially Tor the &C
commodation and entertainment OF coloret
people, ''but whites will not be excluded" Il
is a very handsome edi6ce, and was built fo
the uses to which it is to devoted.
The complimentary entertainment given a
the Warren Green Hotel, in Warrenton, OIL
last Friday evening, under the auspices OF il
pentlemany proprietors, Messrs. Shafer 4 Co.
surpassed in elegance and brihancy, any u
its predecessors, and realized the most sanguIn'
expectations OF all who were present.
| The Stauntou Spectator Of Tuesday says -
Before the issue of the next paper it will b'
announced authoritatively that the contract to
building the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad t
the Ohio river has been entered into by Hunt
ipgdon and others. We expect TINS l. III
tie "ahead of time.
The following telegram was dictated to ti'
generator at Stanton, to be sent to Governor
Wells, by black man, few days since =
"Tell the Governor the boys has done lalieu
and Henry Norris, that he gin the papers TO-
has done pintedly gone back on INN.
VIM. Mines, IT,, Conservative member ei"e
to Congress, from the Rockingham dis
trict. is an Englishman by birth, coming t.
this country when boy, but lived in Penn
svlyania number Of years before he came tC
reside in the Valley OF Virginia.
Mr.. John Zimmerman, Of EdinbrrF, Shen
andoah county, has in his possession the larg
est hens egg ever "hearn tell on. Th'
egg is a. inches long and = inches in clrcam
ference, and weighed Z. ounces
Rockingham claims 20 have raised I'D, oo'
bushels Of wheat the present season. We hop'
some arrangement will he made to arrive at
reasonable calculation Of the amount Of the
crop in Shenandoah Valley.
We ore pleased to learn that when tn
Capitol officers are elected 1T is probable
General Asa Rogers will be reelected Sc
| w. T. Taylor, First Auditor.
The Wythevillc Dispatch publishes th
names of thirty one colored voters in WITH
county who voted the Conservative Wake
ticket in the late election.
A disturbance took place near Winchester
on Sunday last, between some irish workmel
on the railroad and party OF blacks, IN whlcl
one black man was badly shot.
DR.. Bagby is to publish weekly paper
/ Gordonsville to be called the q brownsville ia
zette, of which he is to be the editor, an
which he will make agreeable and acceptable
At the State Education Convention, at Lex
inpton Yesterday, General Lee was presen
and was nominated for president, but declined
The session will last several days.
William NJ. Barnitz has been apionte
judge Of the Fourteenth Circuit, vica Il. NJ
Hudson, removed from office.
Chloroform was administered to horse a
| Woodstock, the other day, and snag extracte
from his foot, without pain to the animal.
There are numerous candidates Tor the OH
ces of the Legislature, both the Senate an
House of Delegates.
The appointment OF Henry Cady Us sheriff
Caroline county has been revoked
The HARpER's FERRY PROPERTY. 1t
now over eight years since the Armory wa
rendered useless to the government ana nj
| other year has passed sine authority was give
by Congress to sell the pr operty for the oenen
of college in West Viz ginia under the specls
protection of Senator w illey.
| Another summer Is fast passing away: AN
this valuable property is still useless. W ha
. delays the sale of it Is unexplained. Publ
| opinion is coming to the conclusion that IN
authorities have no confidence in the validit
of the title. if the pro perty is to be devoted 7
| any other purpose To an that for which 1t wa
purchased by Presi dent Washington-an Ar
| mory
The deed from tn heirs of old Robert Hsr
per states that the land and appartenances ar
. conveyed to Georr Wsshing ton, for the US
of tho United Stat es, and no other. 1t Is tru
an armory Is not specifically mentioned IN In
| deed and Attorney General Stansbery has de
clsred the title sufficient, but high. legal al
thority on the Other hand is as firm In the con
| viction that the title is not clear. Certain
the delay indicates doubt the part OF tn
government and it is quite probable some
, the heirs will interpose at proper time'
One thing is certain. There are provision
of Mr.. Harper's will which have not been cal
red out, such as the erection of free Churc
and the wallng Of Cemetery. These are ~
cumbrances which prevented the Wsgers irol
| giving a perfect title, and either they. or tn
government must perform these stipulation
| which appear To have been made for the ben'
fit of the public and in regard u which "
understand the people of the neIghborhood al
inclined TO take some action to enforce the
[ claim in equity. -Charlcsfo1Cn Free Press.
The COURSE OF EMIGRATIo N. -PerhaI
there is in the following parsg raph hiT
which will throw light upon the rapid increa'
of population in the northwestern States.
is from the pen OF Judge Paschal, OF Iexa
and is part Of an article in the la1t No. Of I'll
New York Tribune. He says
cit is rule that men live amt die IN Il
country where they are born. The first excel
ton to this rule is that those who migrate 4
westward in the same latitude and il they &
, north or south, more will be found to seek
. higher than lower latitude. Some proof
this may be found in our own statist cs. II
| slave States furnished the free Sta, 'es thr'
souls against one who went from tn free
the slave States. In other words, 1000
persons of slave State nativities were found
. 1850 in the free States, against 25O, 900 ,t tn
/ State nativities in the slave States Wee yO
| IN och IN oudianoe of our 'vnru ;ntal6popt' bI