Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

gan county, ". Va, which has been for some
time under negotiation. has finally been con-
consummatCd. Messrs. George NJ. Gill ". w.
Spence, B. bedford, Thomas 7. Williams
Captain Kennedy and Mrs. Peyton Harrison
being the principal parties There are several
others, some from Virginia, and MIR. Dole,
from Washington. The price paid was $50, OOO.
1t is now proposed to make stock company,
increasing the capital to the sum OF 500, 600.
A German, calling himself John Kelly, aud
pretending to be Catholic priest, a Lutheran
minister and a Methodist preacher, as it suited
his purposes, has been enjoying the hospitality
of Lexington and the ncighborhood. lie is
the same person who imposed upon the citizens
OF HarIisonburg last winor, then calling HIM
sell Father Schmidt" lie has been in the
county iall OF Rockingham for theit lie is IN
impostor, and many think a unatic.
Colonel F. }. Armstrong, OF Bridgew4ter,
Rockingham county, was examined before o
full court OF Justices several months ago, upon
the charge OF shooting NJ. l. Shank, and ac.
quilted. At the quarterly Term of the County
Court, on Monday last, he Was indicted Tor the
killing of Shank. After the examination OF
the witnesses, the case was submitted, without
argument, anu ' VI. ~ ulSCudIgcu
Mr.. G. a. D. Kemper, from New Orleans,
(of the nrm Of kemper & Kelly, cotton
brokers' arrived in Lynchburs on Tuesday,
sick and died on Wednesday. He was IT.
g!nian and his mother resides In Culpeper
county. lie was cndeavoring to reach her
when overtakcn by death, Everything that
could be done for his comfort and relief was
done.
Mrs. Mary Nunnaly, of Lynchburg, wife Of
VIM. Nunnay, who some time ago was en-
ployed as an engineer on the Virginia and Ten.
nessee railroad, committed suicide on Tuesday
night last, by taking laudanum. The husband,
it seems, had deserted her, and his whereabouts
is unknown. 1t is reported that he has mar.
red again.
The Winchester Times says "lt il our mel
anchoy office to record the death Of two of our
most highly respected and valuable citizens,
Mr.. Geo. w. Sewers and Dr. Daniel Conrad,
who died at their respective places OF residence
in this city, the former on "Wednesday and the
latter on Thursday OF last week.
Nat. ii. Jackson has been convicted of muir
der in the second degree at Farmvillc, and SEN
fenced to the penitentary for five years. The
trial, which was for the killing of COL Bruce,
of Farmvic lasted eight days. A motion for
q new trial was refused.
Mr.. Samuel II. Davis was shot and killed at
his residence in Southampton county, few
days since by Mr.. Sterling G. Sledgc. The
latter and his son, as an accessory, have been
arrested and lodged in Jail to answer the charge
The barn of Mr.. Lewis Myers, in Roanoke
county, was struck by lightning on Monday
last, aud destroyed, with all Its contents Of
wheat, oats, &c.
Large fires prevail in the woods and country
along the lower James river and in the Dismal
Swamp.
The cattle disease, (murrain) prevails about
Petersburg.
THE YERGER CAsE-A certain class OF
Northern newspapers are trying hard to make
political capital out OF the killing of Col. Crane
BY Yergcr Col Crane was L. s. Army
officer, and Horaer n deserter from tho Con
federacy. The case goes to the Supreme Court
on its own merits; Cfor it has been transferred
from Military Commission to that tribunal0
and We may naturally hope that the Chlef JUS
tice and his associates lrU ind jurisdiction in
the premises.
ger was rebel, and is DISTINGUISHED man !,
suppose that he shot Crane because he was a
Federal officer; and suppose that the Supreme
Court throws the appeal overheard, and thus
matter recurs to the Court Martial, what
then?
Onv this We beg leave to refresh the mem
ory of the public, and to call the attention OF
the Government TO an incident which happen
ed in a Southern State adjoining Mississippi
A citizen had a personal difficulty with an
army officer: the citizen used insulting Ian
rnage. the citizen was arrested and brought
under guard into the presence OF that otbcer;
and the officer drew his revolver and deliberate
" shot his prisoner dead.
Was this cold blOoded deliberate, mallcl-
GUS cowardly murder, or not? Was the as
sassin hung, or not? lie also was tried by
Military Commission, and he cSccped 1o'thoW
punishment.
All we ask is the execution of Radical doc
trine--the equality OF men before the law
whether the law be clud 10 mtttaTy or """"D
to GIRL murderers -PeterSbWg Inder.
VIRGINIA. LANDS - Inquiries for farms IN
Virginia are increasing rapidly, aud IN the iall
the sales will doubtless e Immense. From
paragraphs In another column, i, will be seen
that several sales at high figures have already
taken place in different portions OF the State
Our auds are of superior quality, and for eli
mate and society the best in the Union. Much
them have been badly and slovcnly cultivated
and their present owners have not now The
money To improve them. Consequently the
experienced farmers ci the North, with their
capita and improved machinery, can come
and purchase farms at from S. to $25 per acre,
which, in one or two years, they can make
worth double what they pay for them. Penn
syvanians and New Workers arc the most ex-
tensive purchasers.
Gentlemen coming amongst Us to purchase
farms must not Judge of our lands by the crops
which they may find standing upon portion
of them. The long prevailing drought, which
has been and is now unprecedented In our
State, has almost entirely destroyed the corn,
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