Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-05
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General John 4. Mullord, late United States
agent for the exchange ct prisoners, Is pr0ros-
ed as the Conservative candidate ior Congress
| from the Richmond dist-lc'. Colonel Ofuway
and Raleigh I. Daniel are also mentioned III
! the same connection. The nominating conven,
ton will not be held until after the assembling
| of the Legislature.
TheLynohburg News hears from all quarters
| of the surrounding couatry the most Il ittcTlDg
| reports OF the growing tobacco. Without some
| unforeseen disaster the crop will be The lllcst
| that has been made for several years past. The
breadth OF laud planted is not, however, as
large as it Was last year, owing to the difficulty
OF procuring suficiency Of labor.
On last Friday negro man visl!ci the store
Of Mr.. We'll, in Warrenton,,, anu called Tor
some article. Daring Mr. VS. moncn,ary
absence the negro grabbed t,gcnty enc dollars
from the till, which Mr. W. missing. accused
| the negro OF having taken. This he stouty
| denied, but an examination revealed Ills crlml.
naity, and he was committed TO Ill.
The Frederick burg Herald says: We
| have never seen more PROMISING corn crop IN
SpottsyIyaula than that Of this season. Guilt
walton has paid the cultivator. Except in the
! low lands where the heavy rains fairy drown
WV ''''N
| that has been made iOr years
The Colorcd Baptist General Association OF
| Virginia will convene in Charlottesville next
Wednesday. The colorCd people there arc
making arrangements to Accommodate vrly
large number, and it is expected that the NEE!
| iEg will be numcrousy a;lGadcd.
DIR. TO- Peyion, Of Albcmarc, s2cicd :: !oI
with thirteen tushe.s IT early purple straw
wheat, which has yielded him rif huatrct
| and forty, seven and hall bushes "a coming
| from the separator, 10 fertilizer h.l1: W. II NJ
all.
a c0iorcd man living about :. ini.c# lrc:I!
| Mt. Clinton, in RCckinIhlE COUNTY, wa >tTic"
and instantly EIiicd by Iightni"- Ga Thursday
| afternoon last about ) clock. H. Taa il i
| field grading some oats when he vas s:rr:;.
Several officers in Rockingham count, &c
ted by the people ct tic May c!cctan, we're
unable to qualify because ol the existence Ct
| political disabilities and oil The HcEcct G i"E-
eress to remove them.
Mr.. }. H. Anthony. an od and well kuowo
| citizen OF Richmond, died at us rlscn,e IN
that city on Tuesday evening, in the GIth year
CT his age.
Sixty-scvcn able bodcI c,;orci .ncp I,I;
Lynchburg on Wednesday, ON the Orang: cs:-,
| to work on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
10 Putnam county, West Virginia.
The Davis mansion in Richmond will be lc-
cevcd by that city On the terms cxortcd ty the
War Department. claims Tor damages, use,
&c being reserved 10 Il rlorr convenient season.
The Bfac,, Bass is Slowly but yI~aiv WENT
ing is way IN the Sbcna5I2sh River, TLcv
are now being caught in Warren and Pare
counties
Al. A.. rr;,..- ,u,-. .ro1:
WI hudHl hNs'ci' u .lI''p"F: '''n.Cu ID
lis Ea'uen pnuhus pa GaTtS 'osc po'at SIS
"n.Cn sIti!cu A''ec" Ous''r'"' VI "ovo' '''
pouIuS Vi llne 'arsc F'ia'o19'
1t is said that there AZ" about eight huad red
Visitors at the hFe"a2Tl1r whit" Sulphur
Sprihgs.
Warner Taylor, coioretl. will lc hung nest
F!iiay st King George Court:l -Is. Ur murder
and aIson.
Wheat .oj in Er,dcricl,.t,n vcsr.r,:ry y.
81 So
Gov. WALKERS SPEECH. --Gu7. Walker
was screnaded at the Whit. Sulphur Snri.iaj
IL night Oh two ag) and in response SPOKE rs
follows -
Fellow citizens, | thank yoa $in:,rt:y ior
your kind an! complimentary vi.i; 10 ujcht.
[ came I'D here, fellow. citizens, to drink these
hcailug waters, TO t1 joy this glorious scenery
,boso o'r 'S sGo.S :"
on;ou ~, @ nJ J;I Ciu'o ',i'u ~
un,Oy ny e,s,: "nu uii 'ot an ''lpa'e wa:
"oI:u ~ o's'u[oco' tu' tllahh you 'o' "'S
t!lp.pg Il III tnl' Goppil!nchtaty inanoil TO-
nlgne. 40 not fahe 'n's conp',iien'' 1o .!';-
cse., " msse'a. ;ahu u ,l,aI you in,;au III,
60 I0'n ,n an,t ] Wv
nrn.idn ovrr a, " 'E,s ,;oo Sanv ~ T' ron ,rc
r;, i;7 NJ HAT Grand ola Sta,r I wish morc
ri xon were rnrbcrcd amnnv her r;,iZn cI
T ,bon,J ike to extcnd h|r borjc,s n httlc
Inr,ber Snuth : ia ,ake in ard nrotcct an IN