Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-02
VIRGINIA HE.IgS.

judge Underwood has refuse to grant
new trial il the case ct I. s. Smith y TO. W
American and Home Insurance Companies,
which our readers viii remember was tried N
Richmond last spring. This litigation, 1t vii
be remembered was in consequence OF the
burning OF Mr.. Smith ) stock OF goods IN VIM
chester several years since. Mcssrs. ,. y %.
get the $4,000
On last Wednesday the remains OF Nr.
George f. Scn.ency, for many years prior tc
the war edito. Of the Winchester Republican,
were conveyed 10 Winchester Tor intermcnt 800
He died in Washington city on the 2>:h ut,
and was - years Of age.
The Richmond Wing gives currency to a re.
port that The disabilities of Hor. Alexander
Rivos will be removed, ard that be will be APP
pointed one OF the niue Circuit Juds to be
commits toned at the coming session ol Con
greSs.
Mr. James NJ. Booker, of the I4ynchture
Agricultural Society, who has recently can
yassed Baltimore in the interests Of that in
stitution, reports that he has succeeded in col
Letting seventeen hundred dollars.
DR.. Alfred II. Powell, originally of Virginia,
but nov Of Maryland, has been appointed
Demonstration Of Anatomy in the Washington
University in Baltimore His abilities are
highly complimcnted
Gov. f. McMullen has been appointed 10y
Gen. Malone a delegate to represent the
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Company at
the approaching Louisville Commercial Con
vention. Then there is one speech, ce:taln.
n lie. II ~ fusu ! 4
injured at Lynchburg Oh Wednesday, by the ox
ploson OF a barrel of lime, into which he
threw a bucket OF water to test its strength
Beverly b. Bolts has been appointed ColIcc-
tor of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District
OF Virginia, vice Samuel Il. Stirring, sus'
pended.
Williams Anders, Of Winchester, has been
appointed, "by Gen. Candy" superintendent
of the water works in that town.
a young gentleman from Paris arrived at
Lynchburg yesterday, en- route to Lexington
to enter as a student at Gen. Lees college.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. "A spacious Conscr-
vatory is to be erected near the west end OF the
building Of the Department Of Agriculture,
K is to be 800 feet long and IS feet deep and
u
The method by which it is proposed to get
up an International Exposition at Washington,
is to establish clpita stock OF q million Of
dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each.
At the meeting of the Georgetown councils
last night the report OF Gen. Michler, commits
sioner OF public buildings, in relation to the
Long Bridge and the railroad bridge across the
Potomac, was ordered to be printed in pam
phlet form. An appropriation of $4,000 was
made to deiray one half the cost Of perma-
nent bridge across Rock creek from West
street, Georgetown, to = street, Washington.
Mr.. Lewis kengla, one of the Oldest citizens
OF Georgetown, died yesterday,
BALTIMORE AND PoToMAC RAILROAD
Gov. Bowie, president of the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad, in reply to limitations that
the work on the road was delayed for want of
an adequate amount Of funds. and in view OF
which bonds are to be issued, says that the
road is making as good progress as any other
that is not subsidized by government, that no
road has been built without bonds, and adds
The part Of the Potomac road which will be
built before We issue any bonds, and upon
which we propose to predicate them, will have
cost two or three times as much as the remain
der, which the bonds will be applied to the
completion Of 50 that We will have a much
stronger basis for the issue of our bonds, and
he value attached to them, than most roads,