Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.


children to free schools and who arc not allow
ed even to vote, though their servents are
were assessedthis year S544, and astiyear 5000,
as their quota of tho tax, tor Tree schools, IN
| Grceubrier county, West Virginia.
F.. Pollard who has boon confned to his
bed in Lynohburg, for the last two months,
from an attack of dropsical character lett Tor
| New York on Tuesday, in company with his
| brother. MIR. Richard A. Pollard. whence he
goes for the purpose of seeking medical advice
A convention OF Sunday School teachers OF
the Baltimore Conference Of tho Methodist
Church South, assembled 10 Staunon yester-
day. The boundaries embrace Maryland, the
District OF Columbia and Valley Of Virginia.
| 1t will remain in session until Sunday.
Julius Stiles, colored, was shot dead at
Elizabeth Furnace, Augusta courty,yesterday,
by another colo1ed man, Edwards, for being
too intimate with his wife. Edwards made his
escape.
The contest for the clerkship oil the County
Court of Spottsplyania will cjme up at the
December torn of the County Court, before
Judge Herndon, for a hearing, land will most
likely be decided at that tern
There will be tournament and festival at
| White Oak, in Stafford county, next W cdncs-
day, for the benefit Of the Baptist GhuEch al
that place.
| The Richmond City Council has made an
| important change in the ordinance concerning
sample merchants, reducing the license to ten
dollars per month, or fifty dollars Tor year
Ten car loads of stock cattle, belonging, to
| Mr.. II. Beverley Of Fauqulcr, were shlpISd at
| Lyuchburg to that county yesterday over INC
! Orange and Alexandria railroad.
John Fl. Bib has been appointed rostmas-
| ter at the University OF Virginia, vice MISS
| Fannie Vanderbilt.
Several barns in Clarke county, have recent
| ly been burned by inccndiarics.
TIE SILK TRADE. The low prices at which
both foreign and domestic silks are selling at
present surprises both dealers and consumers
| An attempt was made at the opening OF tho
season to advance prices n a.kinds OF silks !;
| but this failed, and in many Instances prices
are lower than they were at the outbreak Of
the Continental war. The French Danu:ac'
turers selected our market as tie best to which
| they could ship their products Tor safety or
| sale, and tho result has been shipments lar IN
excess of the present demand. The opinion
seems to be general in this market that the
| French supply il nearly exhausted but that we
| will not have any great advance IN prices be-
| fore next season. Almost all kinds OF French
| and German productions will be necessarily
very much higher as soon as The present
stock, which is very large, shall become OK
haustcd. -Ncoo YorI: Bulletin.
REMIN1scE During the war it was quite
common to force citizens of Alexandria to RIDE
| On the engines that ran towards Manassas, ior
the purposc of cnsllring the safety Of trains,
and in North Carolina, on the small stcaui-
| boats which rcconnoitercd 10 the Tar river, 1t
! was usual thing for the Federal commanders
| to place few non combalantS, citizens OF that
State, around the wheel houses. Whether
| Massachusetts can claim the honor OF the IN
vention; whether it belongs 10 Butler or his
associates, is matter which has never yet
| been brought TO light. But whatever merit
| there is in the idea, We are happy to lay claim
| to it 81 an American invention. We protest
against any attempt 70 rob genius OF It's glory !
l-BdN. Gu-ctte.
LONGEVITY. Last week MIR. Reuben APP
person, Of Washington county, Va, who Is
nincty.threo years of age, arrived hero to visit
his brother, Mr.. Washington ApnerSon, rcsld
| ing three or four miles from the city, and who
is himself ninety years old. The brothers had
not met before for tifty-thrcc years. The elder
| brother, after remaining few days, left for
| the homo of his childhood, in Culpepcr county,
| where he designs spending the remainder OF
| his days, with nephew. He is quite active
| for one so venerable, ana during his stay.at
his brothers walked in to the city. Another
| brother died three years ago at the good OLD
| sgc Of eighty seven. This is indce! long
lived family. -LyncAJurg luglntan.
| New RAILROAD CoNNEcTIoNs.-Tho COM
plction Of tho North and South Railroad from
Montgomery to Colcra, opens new and I'M
portant railroad connection which will pour
over our great through.route stream OF travel
and trade that has heretofore been controlled
by other roads. A Convention of Railroad
| Presidents. representing largely the interests
of Railroads in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee
and Georgia, is called to meet at Lynchburg
on the first Of December. and if the proper et'
| forts arc used in favor OF the many and decld-
ed advantages of this line, to weld the differ
ent links and to fuse tho various interests In
| vo!ved, We may expect to sec important results
to our great contra! line 10 the way OF increased
business. LynchJwg plrginlan
| APPOINTMENTS. Tho following appoint
ments were made for the years lS7O-'1l, by
the Virginia Conference, NJ. K. Churh South !:
Rappahannock District Presiding Elder,J.
H. Davis. Rappahannock, W, +. Roooin:s
Culpeper, L. II. Pritchard; SpotsyIvanla'
John @. Rhodes; Caroline-D. g. Butts,
King George. W. T, Balm; WestmorelandI, Il.
A. Gibbs Northumberland, ---z; Lam
caster, j. j. Dayton Middlesex, T: H. Boggs;
King and Queen; j. G. Hank-Hanoverr, J..
H. Waggoner; President H. NJ: College, j. A.
Duncan Agents Virginia Conference Sunday
School Society, J. G. Rowe and L. Rosscr
Chaplain u. S. Navy, w. Cobb; Heathsvllle,
w. A. Crocker Montross, w. =. Taylor.
A SINGULAR CAsE.-It Is mentioned as a
singular case Of the energy OF an old lady, that
| in England spinster, aged seventy years, who
| had become bankrupt, and who was possessed
| of life interest in property, which, on her
| marriage, would 80 to her grandchildren, in
ordor 70 nrevent the life estate falling into the