Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

mono ilSt week loT Tue iN-t vi iHStltutliIs
proceedings acans, the officers and owners OF
the steamer Kcnnrb,c for ,iecting him out OF
the cabin Of that boat, contrary to the rrovl-
sions OF the civil rights BILL
s. 1t has become a very serious question
what shall be done in regard to providing
quarters for the pcnientiary convics. The
number now in the rrnitcnliary l.Sad to be
Goo.
Ga Saturday At tie White Sulphur Springs
the weather blc4E., gate cold. Frost was vi
siblc mex! morning. Generals Robert E. Lee,
and Beaurcgord aud tx. Senator Chestnut have
arrived.
There were showers OF ran last week in
some counties where it was much wanted, and
some hail fell near GordonsVillc.
BE KIND TO CHILDREN, blessed DO the
hand which prepares pleasure for child, for
there is no saying where and when may again
bloom forth Does not almost everybody re.
| member some kind hearted man who showed
him kindness in the quiet days Of his child
hood? The writer OF this rec0llects himself at
| this moment, as bare looted lad standing at
the wooden fence OF a poor little garden In his
native village; with longing eyes be gazed on
the flowers which were blooming there quietly
| ia the brightness OF \ Sunday morning. Inc
| possessor of the garden came forth from his 1T
| tie cottage. He was wood cutter by trade,
/ and spcDt the whole week at his work in the
woods. lie was coming into his garden to
gather flower 10 stick into bis coat when ne
went TO church. lie saw the boy, and break
| ing off the most beautiful OF his carnatons--lt
was streaked with red and white-gavc 1t to
| him. Neither the givcr nor receiver spoke one
woodland with bounding steps ran home; and
now. here, at a vast distance from that home,
after so many events OF so many years, the
| feeling of gratitude which agitatcd the breast
of that boy expresses Itself on paper The car
nation has long since withercd, but II now
| blooms aireSh. -DouglaS JerroM.
TIE INTERNATIONAL Boat RAcE.-Thc
plucky conduct Of picked Harvard crew in
accepting challenge from the English Oxford
crew, and making voyage Of t,1cc thousand
miles to meet the British champions on the
river Thames, has given the contest national
interest on this side Of the ocean. The cable
dispatches intimate that they have given mp
the Harvard style" of rowing, and were at
tempting to adopt the English system OF
long and comparatively slow stroke. They
also appear TO have given up their own boat,
|
one built on the English pattern. This latter
change may have been necessary on ac-
count Of the sharp bends in the course on winch
| the race will be made, whore the shorter model
OF the English boat will give some advantage
in turning. The London papers speak patro-
nizingly Of the Harvard crew As improving IN
| their rowing but treat the success OF their own
| crew rs u toregoGc conclusion
SCENE AT THE WHITE sulphur SRrNd5 -
| WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, August "A man
named Price, from Greene county, IN thus
| State, attempted to commit suicide here this
morning by cutting his throat with razor, on
the lawn. There were number OF persons In
full view, but the attention OF Gov. Wise was
first attracted ID what the man Wa really at
tempting. General Il. l.. Walker and others
at once ran 10 him and snatchcd the razor from
his hand. His throat was very seriously lacora-
ted but il is not thought that death will result.
The unhappy man had brought here for exhl.
bition stone with the priut OF chlld's foot
on il, found some time ago IN Madison
county But as few persons hal sufficient
curiosity to sec it to pay tor the privilege, the
adventure was Improbable. The disappolnt-
ment with perhaps unknowu causes besides,
led 20 the desperate attempt.
The cold weather We have lad in this lati-
| tudc duriog the present mid summer Is not
confined to this continent. In the Southern
| part of Europe, notably in Rome the same re-
| markablc temperature has existed, and Is &c
| counted for by the celebrated astronomer sec
chi, who writes to the Giornatc dl iona -
"rhe sun is at this momsnt at period OF an
unusual prevalence OF spots. On the morning
| of the 18th thirty three principal ones were
counted, disposedin seven or eight grourS.-
Their number is rapidly approaching maxi
mum. The whole surface OF the lumlnary Is
covered with them, and il appeared to Us sever
l.al times to present the aspect OF mass oil white
| flakes on an ash coored ground. He attrib-
utcs the cold weather to this unusual number
| Of spots on the disc of the sun.
TIE TAYLOR FARM-Fo sometime past tho
blacks in possession of this farm have been left
undisturbcd, notwithstanding tho fact that the
| Government has restored II (aominally) to It's
owner An effort was made through the courts
b recently TO obtain possession,and on Monday last
! Mr. Mayhem and his deputy paid visit TO the
| farm, armed with wrts of olectment. They
went down in buggy, and coming TO the VII
| age left the horse and vehicle In tho road.
| They passed through the different avenues,
| lesving tho notices in every house, and when
1 they returned to their buggy, wero astonshed
| to lind tho buggy, horse and harness decorated
| all over with the notices they had just served.
On inquring into the cause Of this, tho blacks
informed them that no attention would be paid
| to these notices that the military would have
| TO remove them. They offered no violence to the
officers, bat assured them tina. no civil law was
recognized in that village.
Thus tho matter stands Mr. Taylor is do
prived of his lands by the military, and to re-
cover them is referred to tho civil law, which is
powerless in tho premises. There is a force of
IT, ). soldiers here, and wo shall SEQ VIII ether
tho blacks now in rebellion can do!y tho law
with impunity. --NorJok Jirginian.
BASS FISHING on THE SOUTH BRANCH
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun II
MooKEFIELp, West Virginia, August 2.-Tho
season for tho above exciting sport has now
fairly set in, and the disciples of LAX Walton
are INDUCING in it TO tho top of their bent
Our branch Of Che noble Potomac is now album
dainty stocked with these splendid fish. and
thoy are not unfroquently caught weighing as
! to 2 lbs Thore arc two principal points within
q few miles of this place where they most
abound. and whore they are found OF the
largest size. They arc caught, however, in any
OF the deep holes along tho river from its