Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

It is stated that q suit is about to be com
menced 10 Richmond against the Mutual AS
surance Company Of Virginia Tor value of
property destroyed by fire at the evacuation
and insured in that company to the amount OF
some $4,000. This company is peculiarly
organized, and the suitors think that their
charter does not exempt them from losses by
war or resurrection or provldentlal causes.
Not less than o million or two OF dollars Is III.
volved in the suit, and it may be much more.
The total amount contributed to the general
relief fund for the sufferers by the capitol dis
aster is little over $4,000 Much OF this has
been distributed to provide for the Immediate
necessities OF the sufferers and their families.
The treasurer of the committee having the
fund in charge is preparing report in detail
of all receipts and expenditures which will be
published Tor the satisfaction OF all concerned.
A few nights since, at the house Of Thos. ?.
Bowes in Bedford county, the cries of his in
tant child (about IS months Of age) who occu
pied the bed with its parents, aroused the
family, who upon examination, found that it
had been attacked by rat which had inflicted
severe wounds on its hand and lace, and but
for their interposition it might have been
killed.
The people OF Norfolk decided adversely TO
subscription by the city OF million Of dollars
to the Norfolk and Great Western railroad
The vote cast Tor the measure was ,664. The
total vote cast was 2S43. thrceflths OF which
are | ,70G-so that there were lacking AZ votes
of the three ftths required by law TO authorize
the subscription.
Sumac agents are securing all central Vir-
Rinia stimulating tho people to gather sumac.
There is greater demand for it than ever.
According TO the agents. aforesaid, it is not
only em ployed in dyeing and tanning. but is
used largely in the adulterstion OF various gu
amos, after having been ground and boted.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says: "We
understand that in comparison OF views in
Richmond between the delegations and other
gentlemen from the various Counties compria
ing this congressional district, our friend Col.
r. L. w. Duke, of this county, was nearly the
unanimous choice for Congress.
The Y from the railroad depot to the town Of
Front Royal is being reconstructed and will
probably be in runnlog condition during the
coming week. The travel to and from Front
Royal will be accommodated by horse cars.
The Fredericksburg Herald says: Despite
the tlattering accounts heretofore published,
farmers maintain, without exception that their
crops tall far short of expectation since thresh-
Ing.
A severe wind storm passed over Fredercks-
burg on Wednesday, doing some damage. The
steeple Of the Baptist church was blown down,
trees uprooted &c.
The census taker in Hanover county has on
his list an old colored man, who at the aye Ut
&c married one of Spotsylvania's ladies OF color,
aged 80.
Cnlpepor Court house is improving, we sus.
pect, more rapidly than any inland town in
Virgi mia. New houses are going up there all
the time.
The yield from the wheat in most of the
counties OF the state turns out to be better than
was expected. All other crops are good.
Judge Critcher, of the Wcstmoreland dis
trict, has announced himself as candidate for
Congress.
Maj. K. NJ Braxton of Fredericksburg is
named for Congressional honors. Mai. B.
served in the State Senate some years ago.
Maj. Kelly is back again at his post as editor
Of the Fredericksburg Herald.
IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-In the important
case OF Hector Davis, executor, against Crouch,
10 money invested during the war by said