Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-14
VIRGINIA 7fss'S.

The Richmond Enquirer publisher An nc
count ul great mortality in the Barker ilInily
ia Manchester. The first Of them died On the
18th Of September 1865, and On Thursday OF
last week the sixth member of the family had
died. 1t recorded yesterday morning, the
death Of another, the seventh in less than cigh.
teen months. This is truly astonishing when
it is known that the location in which they live
is hcathy,and there is no family disease. Each
Of them has did from i different cause. There
are now but two left, and they arc both sick.
Supervisor prcsbury writes from Virginia.
Giving detailed statement Ut the operations of
the cavalry under Lieut. Burns ia the Eighth
Collection District Of the State, while engaged
in the late raid on the illicit disiiIIcrS there
Illicit disticreS visited, 40; illicit disillercs
destroyed %; seized, - brandy sszsd, l2O
gallons; tubs OF low wine destroy HOO men
arrested bailcd, &C., -.
The Culpcper Advance gives the particulars
Of brutal murder pcrpctratcd in that county
during the Christmas week The victim was L
worthy and respected cOlorcd man named Pol
lux Patrick, and the murderer, as all the cir
cums,ances denote. was his nephew, \ ork
Campbell. Money Was tho motive. The muir.
dercr has not tcen arrested.
In the Court of Appeals, yesterday, English S
administrator vs. Waters ct a., continued to
next term De Vaughan VS.. De Vaughan !;
submitted to court On statement OF counsel.
ANEW SCIENCE. -Nr. Stephen Pearl An
drcws of New York, claims TO have discovered
IA new science, which lie calls Unlvcrsology,
aud which is so inclusive in its scope as to
exhibit the fundamental laws which pervade
and govern the universe, These laws, he con-
tcudS, are few in number, but Infinite in their
application, and so modified by the necessities
OF the various domains OF thought, being, or
acton in which they manifest themselves, as
to present myriads Of phenomena apparently
unrelated to each other. There IS, according
to Mr. Andrews real lily bnt one science, what
are now called sciences being merely sub
sciences, or so many different manifestations
of one universal law varied in it, application
according to the sphere OF lis operations.
II. G. l.. Dorsey. of Pawtuckei, Il. l., has
sent Durham Wardwcl. superintendent of tlc
Virginia prlilrntiary, chrr, TOR 1888 to pro
vide feast OF roast turkey for the convicts on
the &lst o! this month, that being Dorsey's
birthday. The letter enclosing The check is
published hy WardwelI. He authorizes Ward
we'll to draw on him FIR the cost of 900
'llnicn Spccrs" Tor the use OF the cnnpicts.
Bsag> In the second paragraph nudcr the cdi-
toriaI head ia yesterday sGazettr, it should have
been said that Mr.. iSolSLmv, not Mr.. Sumner,
referred to the Inconsistency of certain Scnnt orr
who were tnking about the Constitution, when
they were constantly uIterins The most lncon.
situtional sentiments, AMI cuicavnrInr TO pass
the most unconstitutional measures. 1t was
.M. Noisiuy wiro made The point about pass
Ing l bill by Congress TO declare the election
OF the !ginla Senators legal, when the Con
stItuti0n provides that each House shall Judge
OF the qualifications Of its own members.
10 tie Editor Of the alexandria Gazette:
IN an item in tho local column of the Gazette
about the lato robbery of the store of Mossr:.
4 shby X Co., il is stated that in tho wrenching
oil Of heavy iron bolts, the smashing of window
palles and the breaking of locks necessary 10
have effected all entrance INTO the store, great
noise must havo been created, and the wonder
is that the noise not heard by the Watch
men. 1t would have been 4 wonder if the
Watchmen had been on duty out their re-
spectivn boats rs they might havo beon but
Watchmen are human, and must sleep, not
outstanding they sic paid salAre; for promis.
ing to keep awake. and they were snugly
snoozng in the Watch House while the thieves
were robbing our citizens. there Is no cause at
all tor wonder, w. 4. Z.