Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-09
THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRU AKl D..

RrTwEEy Two CITIES With an imperfect
ya,ollrction of the distance between the two
cities. an Enelishman takes the cars in the al
ternoon from Richmond for Petersburg. What
must be the wonder, amounting almost to be-
wildcrmcn:, Of that Englishman, when. barely
II mile from the capital OF the great State OF
Virginia, hc plungeS into what appears TO HIM
to he Wilderness hardly howiog one. for
The wolf has gone and man has not taken his
place but nevertheless veriab lc wilderness,
waste and desolatc, to Lin, beyond description.
Ills first thought must be that lie has lett
civilization utterly behind him: he would not
be surprised at any moment to see the live IN
dian and the buffalo, and he does not SO much
rs dream that he Is to see another city "ltnln
the compass Of hundreds OF miles.
Com plctcly mystificd, and too proud to ask
questions, he sits in sort OF Stupor, looking
out upon the piney old fields and forests as ne
calls them, not without dreadful suspicion
that he has taken the wrong train, and that
Petersburg must, in the nature OF things, lie IN
wholly different direction. Nor is this sus.
picion fairly diSsipatcd by the appearance OIL
the few stations at which he stops. Signs OF
vitality, Of growth, OF progress, ARE very lew.
But he plunges out Of the wilderness as
abruptly almost as he plunged into it. When
he finds himself in Petersburg, the third in
siza of all the cities in Virginia, we may well
beiierr that his amazcmcnt ~ very greatly 10
creased by these sudden transitions, and can
imagine the questions he puts to himself TO ac'
count for this strange anomaly. Here are TWO
cities or at least two large anu apparently
prosperous towns, with twenty miles OF seem
inr!y unbroken wilderness between them.
What is the matter? Are the springs poison
ed? No; the water is abundant and excellent.
Are the lands dead poor, and incapable OF I'M
pr0vcmpnt? NO; they are easily titled, repay
cultivation promptly, and are better Tor truck
inc purposes than many around Norfolk. Is
labor scarce? Yes, comparatively; but crowds
Of blacks reside in the two cities, and may
readily BE- had on occasion. Why does not
Immigration pour in--are the lands held at too
high price, and arc the owners unwilling TO
sell? No; the owners are. in many instances,
anxious to sell, and, considering all the advan
tagcs, arc willing to take very reasonable prices
Why, then, concludes the Englishman: are not
these lands bought up eagerly, and every acre
adorned with farm house, villa, orchard, gar
den, or field OF smiling grain ?-PeterSb"rg
COur%r.
The WALLACH CASE In the Washington
Court, on Saturday, in the case of Charles
WalIach vs.. W. b. Wallach, an account OF
which has already been published, Chief Judge
Cartier delivered the opinion OF the Court: go.
The evidence shows that deed of trust
had been made by Chas. WaIIach to Il lady in
Mary land TO secure debt, and that she had
become alarmed for the security al her debt,
iuaSmuch rs ChaS Waiiach was suspected at
the line Of trying to make tn" properly less
valuable. She demanded Il rule. ". ID. Wal.
ZACH, under these circumstances, repaired TO
The auctiouecr aud told hun that he was so
busy with the affairs Of the nation that hc.could
not spare much lime 10 attend the sale, hut II
the sale wa9 made brief he would attend. and
That he wanted to protect the family OF his
brother. He was advised by Mr.. Fisher how
II could b.. sold, and the probable brcvity of
the suic. The com plainantS ask that the sale to
". ID. Wallach. the purchaser, be held to have
been purchased TOR the benefit of ChaS. Wal.
ZACH. We find in the evidence an idea of sym.
palhy iur the family OF Nhas Wallach. but
there is no evidence whatever that he had any
intent TO benefit ChaS. Walach himself.
at the sale there was u large crowd Of Cit
z.n--real estate buyers -who came to buy
property cheap, AZ all men desire to DO. The
sale was made in the prescnc. Of all OF them,
aud o! the Trustee. Undoubtedly there was Az
impression that W. ID. WalIach intended to
Lny Tor the hcnrf, OF Charles WalIach's family,
tut there is M evidence thar Mr.. W. u. Wat
zach sal! nr did anything to produce that i'm
prcS&iun.
The trustee was there he made the sale he
ratified the sale. and there is no attack made
tn" sale that i allowed 10 stand, but the
court is asked to consider W. u. Wailach rs
trustee !Dr his brother Charles, in his purchase.
This the c0urt carnot do.
Although the property sod below it, cost
below f. intrinsic va.uG Yet lhc evidence shows
that u h!Cugnt q gO0d pre- At the time IL was