Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-18
From, NORTH, GaruEiBa.

nance and Caswcll prisoners. where lie re-
manned until eight O'Clock Sunday evening
when he went to Graham, three miles distant,
where he is at present. Last night li0n. 90,
siah Turner, Jr., editor Of The Sentinel, Sheriff
Griffith and Wiley, OF Caswcli, who With OH
crs had been kept in the Court House at sra
ham since their ramova! there, VII! DC taken
out Of the Court House by Colonel k'rk men
and locked up in the cells OF the couaty JAIL
The United States Marshal will to moro"
bring the prisoners arrested hy order OF Cover
nor Holden before Judge Brooks at Salisbury.
Its stated judge Brooks intends gl7lng the
parties q fair Investigation aad will not aio"
the presence OF State troops at Salisbury to To-
timidate parties or tho people. Ex Eogcrnor1
Graham and Bragg aud TX Judges DarllGtt
and Mcrrman will appear as collnsel lot TIC
| arrested parties.
LorDoUS CoUNTY.-Thc fast meclns OF
the Board of Supervisors OF the county, WI, was
held at the Court House on Juesday. The
Board was organized by tl3 e!1c:ion OF use
plus Carr, Chairman, and proceeded 10 the
discharge of its duties Of laying AMI assessing
the county levy aud adjourned TO meet again
on Friday, August 2C!h
Thc Camp Meeting TT the II. f. Church,
South, near Hamilton commenced yesterday,
nearly one hundred tents have bccn erected.
and some of the most cmlncnt dlvincS Ct Tic
church are expected to be in Attendance
On Tuesday the large brick building Oh
King street, known Us the D1ish property, Was
sold by Dr.. r. i. Magill, Tor 81 800 john Vi.
Orr and j Ohm Hammeriy, purchasers.
3. p. holland, Commissioners, III the suit
of Watson VS. Mcgcalh, sod last week, at
public sale, the tract Of land lying on BEAVER
Dam, in this COUNTY, known as Egypt, and
containing 240 acres, for $1,000 Per acrc-Gol.
L. Y. White, purchaser.
The 1880 acres Of land belonging to the
estate Of Sidney l. lIod,on, wtS offered aad
withdrawn--withcu! any portion OF 1t being
disposed of.
Mr.. Joseph Meade, an oil 9nl successful
farmer OF this county, died suddenly at his
home, near LcCsburg, on Saturday night last
in the 72d year OF his age, OF heart disease
His death was as unexpected as 1t was sudden
During the storm last Saturday evening, tie
stack-yard of Mr.. Thos Harrison. one mil:
atovo Gorcsvllc, struck ny lightning, AID
abou. 700 bushels of oats destroyed.
For the first time within several weeks, thl>
vicinity was visited on Sunday morning. las!
with delightful fail of rain.
The August term OF the County Court
Judge Ball presiding. which was commcGas
on the Sth inst, prolonged lis session lihti
Tuesday, the 10Th. Robt. Il. Alinutt, appoin-
ted Notary Public, qualified
Benz. G. Beard was appointed assessor 81
lands, &C.. within commissioner district No.
3, which was re arranged and limited TO the
Township of Broad Run.
Jonah Ta7enner was appointed ASSESSOR 81
land for commissioners District No ,, en-
bracing the township OF Mt. Gliead ANA Ncr
Ger.
Jas. Grubb was appointed land assessor tor
commissioners District No. /, embracing the
townships of Lccsburg, Lo7cttsv!le and Jcfier.
son. He will probably have an assistant.
Richard TaVcnncr vas appointed Constable
in Jefferson township to ill the vacancy coca
| stoned by his own failure to qualify.
| VIM. n. Wise was appointed Clerk for the
township OF Leesburg to fill a vacancy cc2a
stoned by the inability of +. &. Fo"eii to
qualify.
THE STATE CAPITOL repairs to this
building, nccessitatcd by the catastrophe oil
| April 9th, arc progressing rapidly. The walls
Of the House of Delegates have been prepared
for the reception Of the forty oists Willc hare to
take the place OF the four large Orders former
| ly in Use, and which came from Wilmington,
| North Carolina, arc of the best heart pine,
nearly es tough and quite as heavy as OAK,
measuring each sixteen BY four Inches, and
thirty four feet long. This timber has been
prepared ready for use.
| The following notes respecting the building
OF the Capitol will be found interesting
| On the 18th of May, ITO, the Legislature
then sitting at Williamsburg, ordered a bill tc
be reported for moving the capita! from that
city to Richmond
On the l2:h of June, ITO, the bill passed
both houses of the General Assembly in due
| from.
On the lst of May, 1850, the General As
| sembly met for the first time in Richmond in
| buildings wooden tcnements, and poor at that,
| on Fourteenth street, near this end OF Mayo S
bridge, temporarily provided, and continued
to occupy them until the goth day Of Deem"
| Der, 17SS.
On Monday, the 10Th of October, 1879, the
| General Assembly met in and occupied the new
| Capitol for the first time, it not being then
completed.
On the 10th CT December, 1890. the Senate
| Chamber was ordered to be altered. The then
| Senate Chamber is nov the ball OF the House
| OF Delegates.
On the 25th Of December, 1874, one thous-
| and dollars was granted Tor the work Contract
| ed fer.
| On the lG!h OF December, 1895, h7c thous.
and dollars was appropriated Tor repairing an q
altering the roof OF the building, that prevl,
onsly constructed being temporary Hat ROOT.
Itwa not uatl 1896 that the building was
| considered finally completed. -Rich. Journal
TIE BowDEN CAsE.-lt appears tina. the
announcement of the arrest OF Thos. r.. Bow
den, TX. Attorney Gcncrai of th:s State, at
| Charleston, S. c., was.at least, premature. The
following telegram has been received from Mr..
Bowdeu:
WAsuINT on, August Il, 1870.
TO the Editor OF the STATE JOURNAL:
7 am informed that have been indicted
Please do me the justice to state that shall be
in Richmond within one or two days 10 meet
| the charge, THOMAS Il. bOwDEN.
Attorney General Akerman will leave w sh-