Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

OF immigration 1Or the Ctale U! Nv" Ioih 'il
Pebrasch, of Germany Mr.. Newton, OF Lon
don Carl Won llesse, Of liesic Darmstadt,
and others. arrived in Richmond from New
York on Sunday morning These gentlemen
visit Virginia under the auspices OF General
Imtodcn, and in order to make personal obser-
vations of the inducements Tor immigration,
which, 81 satisfactory will result in large
purchases of land, and be the Leans OF the ar.
rival of at least 80, 900 cmigrants at Richmond
for Virginia and North Carolina, before the
first day of January next.
We sec it published that young man. named
l.. W. Kohlbauser who halls from the relgh-
borbood of Winchester has been practising
pretty severely upon the creduhty OF the good
people of Petersburg, AMI has swlndled several
of them out of small amounts OF money. This
same Young man has paid Richmond visit
ami has swindlcd dozen Of the merchants.
wv. d. Bland, colored member Of the late
| ''Black Crook Convention, from Prince Edward
county, has been appointed assistant assessor
of internal revenue in the fourth district lie
was recommended, We are informed, by Haskell,
assessor for the district.
Colonel Stanton, Auditor Of Virginia, has
ordered the oyster feet of that Stale to remain
on the oyster dredging banks OF Virginia all
| summer, to prevent oystermen from maryland
and other States making raid tor oyster plants.
CorToN. The New York World considers
the speech in the Memphis Convention by
| Co,or,l Alarm fSenator aIect from MISSISSIPPI,
$3.50 3 - ,hn ;lI nent of the World, 1.-THE tac-
Hnnoa;riinjged leader Of the Republican party in
the Southern States the most startling
speech delivered in THIS country since the close
OF the war. 1t produced, says the World, an
immense sensation in the Convention The
speaker showed that the Southern cotton inter
| est--which, before the war, used to brlug IN
| S25O, OO0, 600 goid-has been demolished by
the results of that collision that since the out
| set OF the war, n colossal conspiracy, initiated
| by British capitalists and manufacturers, and
| Joined in by the governments and capitalists OF
other nations, has been at work for the estab'
| lshment OF cotton culture abroad and the break
| ing down of the American cotton monopoly +;
that this conspiracy has so far succeeded that,
even in 1865, thirty nine sources, exclusive OF
the United States, contributed, Tor instance, to
the supply of cotton at Manchester; that Aus
tralia, Jamaica, the French West Indies,
Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Portugal, Morocco,
Egypt, Italy, Austria, Hayti, Malta, Japan,
China, and Venezuela were among the produ-
GERS that the average fibre OF foreign cotton IN
| fourteen instances, was equal, for average
purposes OF manufacturing, to the Amer.
can fibre; and that in several, in factln most OF
the countries named, cotton can be cultivated
and exported to England at cheaper rates than
American planters can afford. Gen. Acorn
TINS illustrates how the war, and the policy OF
repression pursued by Congress towards the
South, has parayZed an industry which lurn-
ished over three-tourths of the exports OF the
country lie proposes a remedy, which he de-
fines to be national duty, the construction OF
levees along the Mississippi. The uplands at
present available for cotton yield POO to 500
pounds per acre. The rich bottom lands would
yield from 800 to 1000 pounds per acre
| This enormous yield, in his opinion, would en-
able American planters to underbld once more
the markets OF the world
REGISTRATION BoARDs.-FAIRFAY.- First
Registration Precinct. John l.. Detwller,
president OF board III. G. Otis, Lewis Gregg.
Second Registration Precinct. John I'm
lerwood, president Of board Sllas Simpson,
James H. Pierce.
Third Registration Precinct--J onathan
Roberts, president Of board II. s. Wright,
Samuel Pullman.
Fourth Registration Precinct. %. w. Lewis,
president of board Lewis Dencring, George
i. Ives
Fifth Registration Precinct. Joseph llawx-
hurst, president OF board q. il. Kenyon, D..
II. Nandyke.
Sixth Registration Precinct j. II. Beavy,
president Of board il. Borden, }. Il. Barlow
Prince WILILAM-First Registration Pre-
cluct. HAYES llyal, president OF board ;
VIM. {. Avery, Jesse Bates.
Second Registration Precinct. Charles i.
Howard, president of board; A. f. Duem,
John Dame.
Third Registration Precinct. Sumner Fits,
prcs+icnt of board; Geo. q. Round, ii. f..
Pinn.
Fourth Registration Precinct.-J. l.. Bur
reSs, president OF board Samuel Donahoe,
Josiah Thomas.
STAFFORD First Registration Precinct. 49,
o. B. Benson, president Of board; q. AT
kingston, &. W, Tankesloy.
Second Registration Precinct.-John T..
Randolph, president Of board; ii. Huett,
Chas SoGeld
Third Registration Precinct. Geo. P.klng,
president Of board Joseph Golatt, James a.
Anderson
Fourth Registration Precinct. R. NJ Shell
ton, president OF board John H. Evans,
George Glascock.
\ REMARKABLE WILL-Thc Columbus
(Ohio) Journal Of Tuesday last says lester-
day we heard of and read part of the most sin
guar will on record The maker Of the will is
represented to be a shrewd, successful business
man, who has accumulated quite large fortune.
He exhibits no other sign of insanity that may
be derived from the extreme eccentrlclty OF his
will, although it is probable the courts will, ID
due course, be called upon to determine the
question whether the testator vas of sound and
disposing mind.
The will dsinherits all the natural heirs Of
the maker Of it, and devises the entire property
III trust kor the establishment of an lnhrmary
Tor Cats. A most elaborate plan for the neces-
sary buildings is attached to and made part OF
the will 1t provides areas for that sweet con-
verse so dear to the feline heart, and rat holes
to be kept well stocked. The most ingenious
contrivances are provided for the securing to
the rat chance to escape, so that the cats may
not lose the pleasure of the chase High walls
are to be built, with gently sopng roofs, for
the moonlight promenade of the cats The
trustees are directed to select the grounds TOR
fhiS inhrmorv in tho ,nost NOM Ions p.rt IF