Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-08
Supt. Alex. Canal r.

WASHINGTON ITEMS. estcrday, in the
Criminal Court Of the District of Columbia,
before Judge Fisher, in the cases against the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, aud
Robert Murray, indicted for a nuisance in coil.
structnr the METROPOLITAN or Point OF Rocks
Branch Railroad, the accused were iound guilty.
Exceptions were taken and motion for new
trial made.
The members OF the board OF colored school
trustees met last night, ut Union League Hall,
to discuss the differences now existing among
the trustees
Yesterday Judge Wyie ordered a writ Of
habcas corpus to issue, directed to DR.. T.. H..
Nichols, Superintendent OF the Insane Asylum,
commanding him to bring before him 10 cham
bers the body Of B. $. Snyder, alleged to be
illegally restrained OF his liberty without haV-
ing committed any criminal offence. The man
is generally believed to be insane.
Sister Euphrasla, aged sixty eight years. one
OF the oldest Sisters at the Convent OF the Wis
tatiou, in Georgetown, 1icd on Wednesday
last.
CULpEpER COUNTY. The Culpcper Ad-
vance says:-"The following are the sales made
by Miller & Hopkins, real estate Agents, dur
ing the year just closed j. G. Miller estate,
"Fleetwood," $4,000; John James farm,
So &c., John r. Jones farm, SIS, so; James
Kinks farm, $4,000; Colonel James Wa
ger, $7,O2O; VIM. Clarks estate, in Or.
ange, $4,000; VIM. Fraziers' estate, in Or
ange. $4,000; James Barbour, $4,000; R.
j. Patterson, lis acres, $4,000; Chas. Mo
Murrau's house and lot, Sc, $50; Mrs, Kirk,
$4,000; VIM. Hill. $1,000; j. NJ. NJ. Allan,
$1,000; w. G.. Beckham $4,000; VIM. Brown
ing, $1,000 Total, $780, $50.
Mr.. Stanton mother is said to have been
native Of Culpeper CO., from the neighborhood OF
Stevcnsburg 1t is also said the intimacy be.
tween Grant and Stanton sprung from boy
hood associations here; that Grants father
taught an old field school across the Rapid Ann
in Orange, near the Wilderness.
OYSTERS The report of the Commander of
the Maryland Oyster Police, declares that the
existing laws for the protection of the oyster
beds are inadequate He alludes to the diff
cuties between the drcdges and tongmen, and
states that the former frequently infringe upon
the rights OF the latter, and that the taking OF
oysters by the dredgc is INJURIOUS to the bods
10 Maryland, while the tongs have no bad
effect lie recommends that the tongmen he
encouraged, as far as possible, and thinks it
worthy OF reconsideration if it is not we'll to give
years notice that dredging shall cease in the
waters in Maryland for three years, in order to
allow the oysters All opportunity to lncreaae.
During that time, he says, the market could be
easily supplied by the tonqmen.
LoUDoUN COUNTY - Mr. John Janney has
sold his farm, (''Ashburn,') near Farmwel
station, in this county, containing GS7 acres,
including crops stock, and fixtures, to Samu
3. Henry, Of Philadelphia, for $25 900.
Mr.. George W. Janney, has sold q farm near
Hamilton, containing l6 acres to MIR. Justus
HUFFMAN, Tor $1,000 LeeSbUrg WdShing
tonidn.
MIR. Schuyler CoiaS, Vice President of the
u. S., has written All art ice for the New York
Independent, praising the President and land
ing the administration. OF course.
An analysis Of Virginia sumac by the Agri-
cultural Bureau at Washington proves it to be
decidedly superior IL the best sylvan.