Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-28
Letter from, Pennsylvania.
,rrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.


SINKING VALLEY, Pa, Nov. 24!h, lS7O.-
When [ wrote you before l expected to date
this cpistlc at Altoona. But cilcuusta nees
sometimes alter case, c. &. aul bot there, and
therefore / writo from here.
| would like to give you full description OF
This valley il it would bo OF iut2rcst, but as 1t
would be too long story, shall mako the
briefcst desert ption possible.
The valley takes its naaIe FROM sinking
waters, and has some points u interest 10 Inc
student OF general history. 1t Is about nine
miles ia length, and ii III the form oil triangle.
Three quarters OF a mile IRON where "Iltc IS
tho remains OF iii Old lead furnace which was
erected during tho Revolutionary war, an"
which supucd the colonies with lead tor their
struggle The brook which supplied 1t with
water runs close by our lupr, It's whole length
being not moro than one ans! y quarter miles.
| I,ut lew rods below the Old furnace It seeks
q basin whose. walls arc perhaps over iltty 'cef,
| where il sinks in volume.
Down the opposite side CT It's; valley another
creek about the size otsyamcTun run, WINDS ITS
wov through meadow aud grove for about
three miles-it then disappears, passing
through under considerable hill and Is iounu
suppyinp circular sink some twenty lcet 10
diameter, but which las never get been iathom-
ed: this sink IS well supplied With what We
cell "nountain trout" tialf Enlie further
| the SHINE creek makes i!:t-anrcaranee, Just 10
| ioro entering cave; the cave Is nOuut three
! eigbths of mile long aud the creek runs
| through It's whole length. tut at the ch'! OF
the cave the crcei: sinks, 70 agalii $40"
Itself mile below. II forming. one OF the most
| beautiful SPRINGS 1t takes the Same OF Arch
| L., . ~ lr,..n
| rock, where a half dozen g"n:i SIZED sloop5
| could anchor with case. -,
Here alter supplying vf'at mil, saw inll''
and q tsnucry il again disappears, passing
with it's whole volume through under lanai
| Mountain" carrying With it tho saw dust from
! thc say mill On this side. By which VIC recog-
nize ites it forms. confluence with thcJuniata.
| A short distance from tlic mouth OF the valley
| IL the SPOT whe:c the famous Indian chlcl
| Logan lived.
| mountains being covered with snow.
In this congressional iist:ic; at the late eiec.
ton Gen. Srcer, D.) beat .;iorriII, (R. the
| present membcr, by eleven Of Il majority. low
| it was done seems sort OF mystery-lt seems
| TO be on the "now you sec It, and now you
don't see il" style, but the TACT Is stubborn,
and presume 50 solid that contest would be
aing.
Perhaps may date my next lroal Altoona.
l'AMEY.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. The street railroad
| cOnpanv has been notified tu take up their
| cobblc stone pavement, between the tracks on
| Pennsylvania avenue, and gave WisA wooden
| blocks.
It has been proposed to hold public lair Or
| bazaar, at Masonic Hall, c0umcaclDg on Mon
day evening, January 9th, 1871, tor t no reGct
| OF tho sick and wounded soldiers end the vi
| dows ard orphans OF French republican armies.
On THANKSGIVING day drunken nan threw
| stone at colorcd woman nar!cd i5oicr, aad
20 crushed her nose IS to dia::Gurc her tor lie.
Dr. A. r. Sparks, for many 5'cars resident
| of Washington, though originally from Virgin
| ia, died at his residence II the iUurtA ware, on
! Saturday morning.
| Jerome Bartlett, il white n2n, native OK
| Baltimore, about thirty years oil age, died on
Saturday, in one Of the cells Of tho Police
Court, from previous exposure. lie had been
accustomed to apply at the cuard-hnuSe tor
| lodgings, and was often Intoxicated.
ARREST OF A CoUNTERFEITEE. Tho New
York Pest of Saturday afternoon says cd
onel Whitley, Chief of the Secret Service Dl
vision of the Treasury Department, has rccciv
| ed telegram from Springfield, Lii, Informing
him that Detectives have succeeded IN cap.
turing at that place he most notorious coua-
terfeiter and one of the most desperate c5arac-
ters in tho West Peter hcCartncy alias 'Joa
Woods, and B:nior, Frenchm#a, one Of his
contedcrates.
In the possession of Mccartney vas found
Sl3l, 900 in counterfeit none? O; various kinds
and denominations
Mccartney has created almost is great
sensation in the West on account oil bis nu1ner.
Gus crimes as the notorious John A MuTreIl,
the LAND piratc,' did many years ago. lie
has been arrested many times and has broken
Jail at least sig tmes-once in Springfield, ILL.,.
and once 10 Cincinnati, where ha WAS confined
with the notorious Jim" Rufiin, for having
counterfeit plate in his possession.
LOWER JAMEs K1vER.-Wc learn that
Messrs. Davenport & Co., Of this city, have
sold $4,000 of the city Of Richmond eight
per cent. bonds (thirty-fDur years to rum at
924 cash to New York capitalists. They are
purchased as an investment, and will not, it IS
believed, be thrown upon tho market again. -
These bonds were issued on account OF the
James river Improvement. The city detcrnl-
med TO create loan Of $500, 900 Tor this I'M
portant object, but after the sale oil the amount
above named it was concluded to suspend the
sale, the sum raised being sufficient tor some
time to come; and should Congress show a
noiety oil the Iiberaity it has extended to the
Hudson river, this city will not be called upan
to make any further expenditure upon the
lower James. Colonel Humphreys, Chief OF
Engineers, in his report says that 100000
more will be asked Of Congress at the approach
ing session to continue the work OF removing
distinctions in the channel, already begun by
the United Statcs.-RcAnsond Dispatch.
FAUoUIER COUNTY ITEMs.-Tho woods OF
Mrs Harriet Ward, on the Miliield road in
mediately beyond Cedar Run, were fired last
week accidentally. The damage, however, was
not very great.
DR.. Gordon has recently imported ri an OK
rense OF $500 bull and two heiferS from
Kerry, Ireland. These cattle are thick coated
with jet black hair and are .arge boned. The
Doctor has not introduced these cattle with d
,;,,v to cpen;,Iot tim b,1t yneTntv FIR the