Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Radical State Executive Committee
held a meeting in Richmond yesterday, at
which ii was decided to call Convention OF
the party, 10 meet in that city on the 22d inst,
| for the PURPOSE OF Cif3cting thorough organl
cation prior to the Congressional election in
November. Mr.. Frauklin Stearns resigned
the Craftsmanship of the Executive Commit
TIC, to which Judge Alexander Rives was then
elected. Mr.. John f. Lewis, U. S. Senator,
attended the meeting.
Ga last Tuesday night the warehouse of
Messrs IIurkamp Il Brougham, in Tappahan-
mock, caught fire and burned good deal of
sumac which they had stored there while their
mill was building, The loss is between 1000
and ST 900, and no insurance. The fire it is
| believed was the work OF an lnccndaTy.
The parties contracting to build the ten
miles extension # the r. +. Il Potomac Rail
road, to Occoquan, will commence at onc,,
and hurry on the work to completion. Col.
9. NJ. Braxton, of Fredericksburg, with &. Il.
Mason & Co., Of Stanton, arc the contract
ing parties VIC believe.
The Common Council Of Harrisonburg offer
reward OF 500 for the detection OF the van.
dals who disfgurcd and partially destroyed
many Of the shade trees in Harrsonburg on
Saturday night or Sunday morning last.
Rev. Mr.. Dunnaway, Dr.. Broaddus and
Col. Fontaine, will represent the Baptist
Church of Fredericksburg in the Goshen AS
ISOLATION. which meets 10 Louisa county next
Tuesday.
Dr. Scott, near Fredericksburg has grown
thirty i've acres of broom-corn this year, and
although cut short by the drought, still he will
realize much moro largely than had he grown
cereals.
The public school system is about to 70 into
effect at Richmond. White teachers have
been selected fer white schools and coiored
teachers for coiorcd schools
Wardwcll, once famous in Richmond, has
quit that city and gone to Rhode Island. Hun.
nicutt is never heard OF no%.
Rev. DR.. j. B. Jcter, who has been so
dangerously i'll for some time, is now GONZALES.
cent.
We have accounts OF the deplorable effects
Of the drought in different sections.
The health Of Mr. Ridgway, member Of Con
gross from this State, is improving.
TIE DETAILS Of the gavanic experiments on
the body Of J. H. Skaggs, in Bloomfield, Mis-
souri,, have been received by mail. Skaggs, was
condemned to death and hanged on the Goth
ultimo. After his body had been cut down,
Doctors, Mcdonald, Sanders and Jackson OBJ
tanned possession of the body, and Immediately
attempted to resusoitato Lille by the application
Of gavanism. 1t appears that regular breath.
ing was completely restored, and that Skaggs
appeared to gain strength until midnight, after
which he gradually became weaker. His eyes
opened and closed, and at different times fol.
lowed the movements OF TIT! Sheriff and Mr..
Il. s. Butts, who were in the room. At one
time, when the battery Was not in operation,
Skaggs threw his arm over his breast and
then again laid it by his side. The breathing
continued till four o'clock in the morning. At
this time it was scarcely audible. 10 eighteen
minutes moro it ceased and Skaggs was aban
doned as dead. During the experiments he
never spoke. lie was hanged little after one,
and experiments continued until nine at night.
Mr. MOTLEY REMoVAL-As good mapy
contradictory stories have been told about the
manner of Mr.. Notley's removal, it may be
useful to state the facts, which We get from the
best sources, that Mr.. Motley vas asked to
resign, in letter from the State Department,
which informed him that his resignation would
be accepted. This letter he received only the
day before the telegraph reported that Mir.
ffrcilp ghuysen' $ name had been sent to the
Senate. MIR; Motley tclccraphed that his re-
s'enatlon under such circumstances would be-
equivalent to dismissal, and declined to
dismiss himself Mr.. Motley had always, he
MAINTAINS, obeyed Instructions without any
qualification whatever N Y lost.
REMOVAL OF THE PENITENTIARY.-We
learn that tho Peuitcntiary Commissioners
appointed to take into consideration the pro-
priety ofremoving the rcnitentiary, and to
recommend new site, have agreed upon
report, and will urge the removal OF this