Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-06
aertcr from Hanover County.

I Correspondence d tie Alexandria Gazette
HANOVER Co., January 3--The second day
Of January, 1870. will long be RENE nbered 'oS
our people, as the most stormy which mas ever
visited our section. During The night OF the
first, tue clouds rolled up thick and black from
the Southeast, before swift wind. and soon
after midnight the rain fell in torrents, and
the wind blew hurricane. Without any abate:
me9t. during, the whole OF Sunday, the wind
continued to blow rs. furiousy ds during the
preceding night, and ceased only after night
fall, as though from sheer exhaustion. A Jew
houses, much fencing, and manys trees were
leveed with the ground. IL "a. Z
Quite serious difficulty has occurred be
tween two persons OF coler in our section. 1t
was all about women, Jealousy, NC. One oil the
men assaultedthe other and caused him to-
beat hasty retreat Their houses are but q
few yards apart and so bloody are the threats
which have been made, that the retreater is
afraid 10 return home. ln the meantime his
wife and children are without ratons, and a
humane relation was out to- day, seeking aid
Tor them. The apprehcbsiohs of the abscond.
ing husband have, no doubt, been greatly i'm
creased by the report of the terrible castigation
which the injured party has inflicted on his
wayward WIFE, 1t is said, however, that lew
pints of whiskey, or dollar or two Of United
States currency WILL yet, certainly effect an
amicabe adjustment Of the difficulty. 49,
There never has been such active inquiry Tor
lands in our section, as there is at, present.
The writer has received several letters. from
the North. written the last week, indicating az
earnest wish to purchase lands in our section.
A Massachusetts, gentleman has selected a
farm near NoeFs Station on the Chesapeake
and Ohio R. r., and is to he on, this, or the
first of next month, TO purchase it. ct. The price
is about $50 per acre. A gentle manirom Erie,
Penn, ,is also expected in few days to pur-
chase several farms for his neighbors. d,
Barr, johnson & Co., are still working their
Mica mines successfully. - = ..,...-.....;. &
4 gentleman from Caroline county, Vir.
GINA, who had resided in, Mississippi for
several years before the war, attracted by the
reported income from cotton culture in the
South, started few weeks ago with several
blacks to seek his fortune at his cid business
in Mississippi. In high spirits he sought the
old home be formerly occupied, and tho gem
tleman for whom he was manager, To his
CONSERVATION, he found on his arrvalthe whole
place in possession OF colored people; the own.
er under arrest, and guarded BY a squad Of bis
former slaves; and the products OF the farm
unceremoniously appropriated to their own
use. A little observation and reflection satisfied
our Immigrant that poverty, with some person.
al liberty was more desirable in Old Virginia,
than ali the boosted wealth o! tho Sunny
South, under such circumstances as these. He,
gathered his wife and children about
him, and set his face steadily, to return TO the
land Of Washington and Lee, and arrived 10
old Caroline few days before Christmas, u
wiser and more contented man.
congratulate your community on their &C.
QUESTION of our old friend, neighbor and pastor,
Rev. G. Fl. Ryland. They will find him
nest christian, and an excellent preacher.
--.,--' HANOVER