Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA NEWS.
There has lately been great mortality, in
Rockbridge county, among the hogs. Half
the stock that were to be tattened this wipter
arc dead, probably more. Some persons have
lost nearly all they had. This calamity is felt
with peculiar force, because, with an abundant
crop of corn and potatoes, feed Tor swine is so
abundant.
The ten oyster schooners, recently captured
by the Virginia oyster navy, were owned at
Potato Neck, Somerset county, Nd, and are
valued at $4,000. Their crews numbered
some fifty men, and arc still imprisoned at
Drummondtown.
The charadcs at Town Hall, in Warrenton
on Monday and Tuesday evenings, under the
auspices of tho ladies of the Catholic Church,
was one of tho most brilliant and delightful
ever witnessed in that place.
The Radical Convention at Marion, Va,
made no nomination for Congress, MIR. R. W.
Hughes having announced himself as candi-
date, and the Convention declaring that he
was not their choice.
Benz. Bennett, big bly, respectable citizen,
residing near Culpeper, was violently thrown
from his OF. cart. on Saturday evening last, and
killed.
Judge Bell, of Culpeper county, has appoint.
ed 4. NJ. Latham Commissioner of Accounts,
and Peter q. Smith Overseer of the Poor, for
the Catalpa township.
The Fredericksburg ghost" has been cap.
| tured and turns out to be female Of ivan.
derns ,niud,'' who has been restored to her
friends, and So ends the great ghost humbug.
MIR. John Brimmcr, an old and we'll known
citizen Of Orange county, was killed on We'd
nesday evening last, by falling through one of
the culvcrts near Madison Run.
Among those who passed successful cxami.
nation at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, was
Arthur j. Ward, of Accomac co., Va.
The crops OF corn, wheat, potatoes &c., in
Rockbrdge county, arc very abundant
The chestnut crop will be failure in Orange
county this season.
CUMBERLAND CoAL.-Tho Cum berand
(Md. Alleganian says:
"Whilc the suspension of the trips of the
German steamships, by reason Of the war in
Europe and other untoward circumstances,
have combined to depress the coal trade of this
region, we may extract grain Of comfort from
the fact that the demand for Cumberland coal
on the New England seaboard has largely in
creased. The receipts of the products of our
mines at Boston from the LIST of January to the
18th OF September, 1869, were 100, 9l0 tons.
From the 1st of January to the 18th OF Sep.
TENDER, 1870, they reached l42, SAG tons, an in
crease of 32.627 tons. During the same time
the receipts of anthracite coal tell off 49, 232
tons, and of Nova Scotia coal 1885 tons. This
is very encouraging indication that the mau.
lecturers Of that section are fairly beginning to
recognize the merits OF the Hemi-bituminous
coal of this region for manufacturing and
steam generating purposes. The experiments
of last year during the strike 10 the anthracite
coal field appear to have been productive of
lasting results, 10 New England at least. and
upon these results, as developed in the increas-
ed consumption of Cumberland coal this year,
it is reasonable to assume that its superiority
will be go fully demonstrated by continued use
as to ultimately supersede the anthracite for
manufacturing purposes to a much greater ex-
tent, if not altogether
Coal AND IRoN.-In June last, The Eopi
neeri0g and Mining Journal, published in New
Y ork, contained an elaborate article on the
mining wealth of West Virginia and Virginia,
and the very important part that the Ches
apeakc and Ohio railroad is destined to play
Ia reference to this great interest. It is as
serted by English iron. workers of thirty years,
experience, that within circuit of one hun.
dred and twenty five miles around the celebra.
ted White Sulphur Springs, there is more
iron ore than in the whole of Great Britain"
1t is moreover alleged that this ore is most &C.
cessble, and when the necessary railroads shall
have been constructed, which will unite the
ore and the fuel, and convey the metal to the
markets of the world, there is no reason why
iron should not be made anywhere along tue
line OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, with
les labor per ton than in any part of Europe.
Inc journal quotes freely from report of Mr..
flsh5er' geologist and practical iron worker
OF pennsylvania, in which the great adyanta. |
ge es OF the coal fields in West Virginia are ex
nlolted. tie lays down FIVE items that deter.
mine the val ue OF coal field, as follows. 7
Quality OF the coal; 2. Quantity; 3. Accessi.
blllty OF the coal itself; 4. Market. AN Of
which will concur, he claims, when the last |
Shall be realized by the completion of The
Chesapeake and Ohio road.--Rich. WHO.
ORANGE COUNTY NOMINATIONS. Delegates
rom the different Townships in this county,
met at the Court House on Monday last, and
made the following nominations
For Commonwealth Attorney, l.. B. Will
Jams, old incumbent. For Clerk OF Circuit
md County Courts, P. Fl. Fry, oldncumbent.
FOR County Treasurer, James Roach, former
Sheriff. For Sheriff. j. H. Housewortd, late
leputy. sheritf.-Pedmont Ilirginiam