Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

of the Bank Of Virginia, in which an order was
Granted last week ty the court authorizing "
snrcial master commissioner to call upon tie
trustees for full discovery OF their transactions
FAM tho beginning, and TO report upon the
came an anpcal has been taken by the trustees
,r,inst This order to the Supreme Court OF the
II 9 and the Investigation which was expect
tel 10 be made into their TRANSACTIONS Will he
delayed.
Air. James Alphcus Green, youth sixteen
wears OF ago, son OF Dr.. James Green, OF Mill
dale, Warren county, the Warren Sentinel
SAYS has invented very ingenious contrlVancc
with enables farmers 10 prepare home made
fertilizers from rich earth, lime, plaster, ashes,
&c., to be applied in all respects to crops hr'
also has invented cookie and cheat, or properly
termed, chess separator, which performs >"c
cessinly.
j. NJ. Chapman, at pres :nt judge OF the Sth
district by military appointment, !" candidate
far reelection. His circuit, AZ rrorganiZed by
IN, new Constitution, Is the lrnth and Is com
noscl Of the counties OF Hanover, taronG'
SuotsyIvauia, Louisa Stafford, Westmoreand,
Richmoul, and King George.
The colorel preachers are brElnn'ng t" no.
ticc the Southern emigration scheme, aud are
| in some eases urging the roInrrd people TO stay
! ut home.
Rev. Father j. PInnkelt, an eminent 'ilVlIr'
| lnr fifteen years pastor OF st. Pauls Catholic
| Church, in Portsmouth,, died last night at the
llosplal of ST. Vincent de Paul, IN Norfolk.
t. "is reporleA' that Judge Underwood will
Luva cotton plantation in Florida, and remove
| 10 TINT State.
Tn the Court OF Appeals the argument in
the Washington 4 Alexandria K. Il. case Is
| concluded.
MASSACHUSETTS II. r. SYSTEM. The State
| of Massachusetts went freely into the railroad
! business, and built out OF itS treasury three
roads that were intended to enable Boston to
compete with New York Tor the trade OF the
nrcat West They were conducted with thls
view upon the Through freight, sealed car, low
rate, fast transportation, principle. And al
ter ycaIs of trial the Bostonlana do not see the
unticipatetl benefits; and the State, feeling an
| yiuus TO probc the system and To Ind out ex,
| acly how it operates, appointed Board OF
| Commissioners with instructions 10 overhaul
the whole business Of the roads and report tut
" thcreupon,
This Board declares that the railroad policy
| of the State 10 establish and promote through
business from the West to tldcwatcr has proved
4 complete failure. The Board publishes the
| fact that the system thus far has imposed Q
burthcn upon the class III ale to pear IT, w1tI
no great advantage to any class. 1t has taller
| upon the way and local population and business
while il has Jailed to secure any decided adVan
| tarc. ~...-.,
The Board recommends III substance, t.
cease an attempt to Free the interests OF tint
commercial community, and to foster thHS'
| the manufacturing community.
CONDUCTOR IN A FI1.-A popular conduc
| tor Of the Orange railroad was placed III de-
cidcd Elk" "Wednesday, which occasioned much
amusement to hose who witnessed thu" show.
1t seems that there WAS L lady ON the train,
who had reached the venerable age of seventy
years, and whose eye sighthad failed, who wish
q. cd to get off at NokesvilIe in Princn William
county where she had 4 son named bob,
residing The train stopped at the station
and the conductor with usual gallantry and
courtesy, assisted the old lady to alight, wher
she, ulistaking him for Bob" threw botl
arms around his neck and commenced 10 hul
and kiss him most tcnderly. La vain did ou
conductor protest TO The old lady that he WASH
bob" declared she knew better. and The
kisses we're showcred on him still more profnse
", when the conductor, seeing that something
must be- done, broke from the embrace OF the
old lady, jumped on his train, ard gave thu
signal for starting, and the cars moved OH
amidst the cries OF the old lady for "Bnb' tc
come back, aud the uproarlons laughter nf the
| passengers who witnessed the touching scene
-Lmchb,uy Neacs.
IMMIGRANTS CoMING.-A writer in thu
Charlottesville Chronicle states from ''persona
knowledge gathered on recent tours to England
and Scotland that hundreds, yea, thousands
of good English and Scotch are awaiting tho
opening OF the coming spring to set ont to Fir
ginia Most OF them, he thinks will settle
in the counties embracing what was formerly
known AZ the Shoe String" Congressional
| District. The writer adds
"If properly organized efforts arr brought to
bear the result will be GIling up of Abemurle
aud the surroundings with hard listed, indus
trious moncyed class OF settlers, not only from
the Old Country. but from different sections oI
tho North and West"
THE Coal TRADE The Pottsgile " iuer's
Journal says:
"The trade is dull and prices arc ruling low.
The quotations have been reduced at all the
shipping ports SO little Sohuylkil coal is ar.
irving ut New York that but few quotations
| can be given wholesale. except those furnished
in our correspondents letter.
"'I'he shipments are on the increase for the
week from all the regions except SchuYlkill
county, compared with last year.
"'lhc tolls from the Lehgh Valley region to
| E,!izabrthport and Port johnson have been re,
dnc,d GIty.spven cents ton, equal to the re.
duction made by The Reading Road to Port
| Richmond some time ago.
| "NATIONAL HOTEL DISEASE. I'VE have
| 4 reported solution of the mystery attending
the famous poisoning at the National hotel at
| Washington in 1851. \ Mr.. Wasworth, who
| wsS superintendent Of tile wine cellar at that
| tine says that the cause OF the disease was the
| accumulation OF OffaI in the basement and The
stencil Of the sewers tie states that owing to
reduction Of the force of walters and servants,
consequent upon the change OF proprIetnrs, the
garbage which accumulated. in the lardcr+
kitchen and sewers Of the hotel could lot be
removed. The mass decayed, and when The
,pnot hnr nd nrnt o1 cent nm Uar1Iu rY hajl