Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.

millions OF dollars, is IN trial at Parkersburg,
Chief Justice Chase on the bench. Mr.. 3.
Stanton appears for plaintiff B. Smith and II.
Black burn for the United States.
Some excitement has been caused in kiuc
George county, by reports Of drilling Of coOred
people by night &c. The military authorities
are investigating the matter. The coored
people say that their night meetings were held
only to make preparations Tor Sunday school
celebration at Edge Hill
In certain corN'l s-Sout ampton !or IN
stance the peach AID apple brandy business
used to be regarded as one OF the most protlta
bic in the lower part of he State. Since the
war, however, 1t has been buTdened by 50
many restrictions and exactiols, rs to be scarce.
ly worthy OF attention.
w. D. Smith, formerly Of New York. and
more recently resident of Fredericksburg,
Va, has been appointed By Gen. Canoy Com
monweolth's Attorney for the county Of She
nandoah, in the place Of the former able prose
cutor, Mark Bird.
Freddie Page, little boy Of eight years, son
of Mr.. Robert t. Page, of Lynchburc, was
accidentally shot with pistol by playtellow,
on Tuesday. The shot passed through the
right eve, and lodged over the car. lie VIII
probably recover.
4 ,attor was rcrcivcd at the Intcruai Reeve
Que Department yesterday from Richmond,
Va, announcing the arrest Of the Deputy Col
lector on a charge OF having made certain COL
lections Of revenue which he withheld from
the Government.
Jas. II. Plat, Congressman elect from the
Petersburg District, has been summoncdto ap.
pear at Chesterfield County Court, on the 9,h
instant, to answer to five separate charges OF
selling liquor in said county without license.
Five thousand cords OF wood valued at from
eight to ten thousand dollars, were destroyed
by fire, in Hanover county, few days since,
The fire was the work Of an ncendiary.
McKcnuey & Washington have sold the
Lawn Hotel" at Bowling Green, Caroline
county, to W. II. Chandler, for $4,000
1t is to be converted into Female Seminary.
Lewis Fills, died at his residence in Fauquier
on Tuesday morning last, in the sd year OF his
age. MIR. Ellis was, before the war, large and
prosperous farmer, and also miller.
The mismanagement Of the post Office IN
Richmond, under Miss Postmaster Van Lew,
is so grievous, that it calls for Investigation
from the Department at Washington.
The corn along the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad begins to show the effect OF the
drought. In some places it is suffering conSid-
erably.
The bridge at EIowison's mill, the first one
on the Fredericksburg & Gordonsvilc railroad
will be completed by Saturday next, aid will
be ready for the iron.
The Richmond auditor has paid DARN The
past lew day $50 600 interest due on city
stock.
Accounts from the country alons the lower
Potomac and the Rappahapnoch. state that
the drouth is destructive to the corr crop.
The Richmond Wing states that tie crop CT
potatoes in that section this year, IS ire
mcndous
The Government officers have lately made .
raid" upon the illicit di3t;l,eriss around
Nc rtolk.
More than twenty thousand dollars lave
lately been subscribed in aid OF Randolph Ma
con College.
Absolem Williams, a venerable citizen ol
Lynchburg, died in that city, yesterday.
Both the tobacco and corn crops ale report
I'd to be very unpromisins in Amhcr>t.
THE EFrFcr. How the cou.s3 OF the Radl-
Gals, so tar, in relation to Virginia, IS acting
upon these. hitherto most deslrouS OF recon
structior, and most anxious for concl!latlon,
NAV be learned from the following extract from
the L,nchburg Nirginian 'What remains to
be done? The answer Of the Chronce may
well he anticipated. Virginia must consent TO
be a Radical State, and swear to support the
leadc IS and candidates OF that party ms Is
wha Col. Forney and those whose sentiments
he choes, desire; and they would make 1t a
cond ition precedent to the admission Of tho old
State into the Union. With them, It is: AL
for party; nothing Tor country What Doo's
it that the Union is still severed, with three
great outlying States, land one OF them the
Oldest Oh the numberl vainlv sueu@ Tor adj
mission u their place IN the UrioU? II Is NOT
enough thut they undo all that they did look
ing to a sc paration from the | nion 1t doe,
not signify that they accept the situation ana
return, in good faith, to their Odd allegiance
They must do more They must CO. nmlt them
selves, in advance, TO the support OF the hadl
cal party, its measures and candidate 5, within
their OWE territory and throughout the c9un'lS
That viii do :" quoth the Washington, 'hroni-
Gle but nothing short Of it will be accep table
Very well, Mr.. Chronicle: it this Union - &c
be a close corporation, managed solely in III
interests OF the Radical party, please count us
out. We are not partisan enough for that We
have never belonged to either of the parties
that are now contending for mastery in this
country: and it IS very certain that we never
shall be with that which puts party before
country. Never Mr. Chronicle and, is if this
be treason, we say, in the language OF great
Virginia rebel: Make the most Of it. -
TIE RICHMOND THEATRE.-Munager D.
Orsay Ogden, once so famous in the Thespian
annals of Richmond, from New Y ork aunoun-
ces his intention OF returning, in few days, to
forecose a mortgage upon the Theatre, and
have it disposed OF at public auction. 1t was
rumorcd in April, 'GS, that Mrs. McGill had
sold this building to NJ. Alfred Paul, then
Freuch Consul in Richmond, but the report
received little crcdence because the price said
to have been paid was so larec-S6O.000. 1t
now turns out that the sale was really made,
and that it was bona iide one, too. Monsieur
Paul paid down in cash So, 800, and gave