Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-05
VIRGINIA NEWS

regard 10 the COLLECTIONS D" '''''- ''
also whiskey.
Large supplies Of wheat are coming II"
Richmond. 1t is said that the mills Gaii;go,
ond Haxalls. are going day and night, making
nprhans 900 barrels of -four every twenty
ionr hours. The barrel makers have rs m"cA
as they can do. -,
William Pierce, 10 Richmond charged with
having obtained a sum OF money from certain
colorel men, under false protencas, in considc;;
ration of which sum, the SAID Fierce Iretehdcu
n initiate them into the secrets oil Masonry
has hcen sent to iail to be tried Tor swlndllng'
The amount of tobacco shipped in bond from
Richmond last month taxable at p cts, per
pouud, was lbs, 600 pounds; a. Ii cts per
Mound, | $50 pounds making tota! OF $50 ),
44O The cash collections Ter the same PERIOD
amounted to Sl1j,11j.99
The Winchester Times says For several
weeks this section has been subjected to a
droutb which has dissipated The expectations
Of our farmers OF good corn cop Indeed
unless rain comes copiously within lev Gays
the crop in this county will not be nall one
COMMERCE IN BEEF. The extreme p'.ce OF
beef that has been maintained in the east par
ticulary but also over all parts OF the country
for some years, has led to several organized
efforts to lessen it. The argument in behalf
of the charge has been and Is that the war has
depleted the pastures, and that young ANIMALS
have not matured, or maturing are nccued 10
create an increase. At the same time II mas
| been known that Texas was ovcrsuppI!cl;,
| Texan herds were driven to St. Louis ana ohi-
caro for sale, and immense numbers were
| thrown on the market. The market did not
Weld because a prohibitory law was passed
against their introduction, on the ground int
tGey introduced a cattle disease, aud also be
cause an unusual number OF dlstillcry ted cat
| tie wcre thrown on to the market by the stop
| mage Of the distcries under the internal rev,
cuuc law, The Illinois cattle dealers improved
| the orportunity and bought up the conslgn
mcnts from Texas, sent them to the country to
craze, and kept prices up to from IS - to -
| ncr hundred on foot. They had the money
| and bulled the market in cows and oxen, n
we'll as bulls most successfully to themsel res.
| They prevented the sOftenlng that would other
| wise have occurred:
| This state of things promises 10 hHnE
remedy that will be radical and lasting, and
that will inure to the advantage Of eastern con
| sumers and southern and southwestern grow
ers and that will enable western farmers TO
hold their cattle until the herds are once more
50 recruited that sales can be made at profit,
Mt rates that will allow general consump;i0n.
The steamship VII liam Taber has Just sailed
| Tor Galveston to bring back :; cargo Of fresh
| beef The ship has been fitted UP as glgan
tic refrigerator, and loaded with ice. 1t Is IN
| tended to butcher the cattle at Galveston,
where they are abundant and cheap, and STOW
| the carcases in the refrigerator tor ccnvcya.c"
to New York. The passage down will occupy
ten DAYS. As many are allowed Tor detention
and an equal number for return. We have
seen no calculation Of the quantity that can be
carried. nor are We aware what the prices Will
| he at wholesale there. The first trip Is rather
| initiatory and to some extcn. experimental. -
The ascertained facts are that good beet IS
much cheaper in Texas now than It was here
before the war that it can be transported 10 a
| wholesome condition at low rate by TINS pro
cess; that there is quick demand at the re
| turned pOT;. The argument Is that ne"
| trade will he originated by which consumers
| here will get sweet and syIccuIent beet at ante
war rates: that the steamship company will do
| a profitable business, while farmer at the
west will have an opportunity for increasing
and improving their herds. North lDp'iicnL
| HORACE GREELY ON VIRGINIA. Horace
Greeley, who lately made "a run through Eir-
pinia, publishes the result OK his observations
| He speaks badly of the cultivation OF the land
| which he regards as naturally fruitful, but de
| clares that he saw 10 900 acres that will not
| Weld five bushels of corn per acre. much Of 1t
not one sound ear to the acre, owing to bad
treatment and poor tillagc lie adds:
| ~ ;,;, ;sf 1a, ba no. irnh a.
| in the Union. The plantation or large farm
| system is to be credited with this good in OIL
set to its many evils. Men who owned 800 to
10000 acres left third or nne-tenths of II in
timber from necessity"
In regard to mineral lands he speaks OF three
ad jacent tracts, amounting to 10000 acres OF
| the richest iron ore, covering most OF the west,
ern half of Giles and the eastern half Of Bland
county, OF this ore he declares that there
we're millions of tons ready to be shovcIed up
and carted off like any seaside bank Of pebbles.
| He adds:
The ore is said to be pure, yielding 80 to 20
per cent of IN ctsl Of excellent quality. Our
whole country might be provided with iron for
| q hundred years from this property, and leave
enough TO support the whole world for ages
I thereafter. OF course, there are more such
| prope:ties on every side though did not VISIT
| them. Coal, said to be abundant and excellent,
| is aso developed on this property and al
! around.
In regard to the attraction for immigrants,
| Mr.. Greeley says:
THAT some soreness should still be felt by
| those who were bsdlv astonshed rs we'll rs dis
comii.ted by the result of our late struggle, is
| inevitable; yet think there are few localities
where an immigrant from the North, unless he
| made himself conspic-ously disagreeable, would
| be annoyed otherwise than by being let alone.
Even the natural distrust of and reserve to-
| ward strangers would soon give way il the set
tier obviously sought to make himself agreeable
and useful. Hence il is apprehension that
any one need fear i'll usage that leads me to re-
| iterate my advice that those who, from the
North, would make homes in the South, should
take their future neighbors along with them,
for the ways of this people are so different from
| ours-ther ways al thinking as we'll as acting
that we cannot at once become good neigh
| bors. 1t woro absurd to expect il. We could
| not cobble harness and work farm with one
poor worn out plow, rs they will; we must
have the blacksmith, the harness maker, the
wagon maker at hand. W. want moro tools
for fifty acres than suffice 3 Virginan with five
hundred and we could not live among un-
bridged mountain streams, which ! days rain
sweIls to raging torrents, imprisoning each
farmer on q narrow isthmus until the floods see
tit to subsdc'