Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Farmville. prince Edward county, V,


Commonwealth reports tho following recent
sales: The farm Of W. l.. Lancaster, near
Prospect depot, containing $50 acres, to Fran
II. r. Pairo, tirc miles from Farmvle, contain
ing 300 acres, to John Farmer, of England, for
81, 500; the tract Of laud Of G. Ford, jr., of
J.ynchburg near Pampus depot, containing
500 acres, to james NJ. Couch. for Sd. HOO
The Commonwealth also states that Horace
Greeley has bought tract Of anl in Buckng
ham.
Jacob Brock, an Old culored man, convicted
of the murder of his wife, in June last, was
hung at Louisa Court House yesterday. There
was large crowd in attendance, composed
principally of colorcd people. The prisoner
made Il full confession Of his crime. He attrl,,
/ hucd the murder to intilciity IN the part OF
| his vile and to whiskey
An unfortunate SNORING affair took pac. al
Central Depot, On Thursday which will probably
result in the death OF one ofthepartics. 1t seems
! that an old fued had existed between Alr. tarpcr
and Mr. A. S Wilson, and being renewed on
Thursday. led to the shooting Of Wilson by
| CAREER Little hope Is entertained nj IT." rc-
covery OF Mr.. Wilson.
The Piedmont Virguian, (Orange couuty.)
suyS:-"Uame, such as cartridges. old hares:
o'possulu>, turkeys, and ground hogs, are very
chcap and plentiful with lis. Partrdgc> are
selling at one dollar per dozen, old hares at
and s cts. apiece, o'poSsums 20 to % ctS-ac-
cordng to sizc-ground hogs at 10 cts. per h.:
and turkeys 10 to - cts. per pound.
The Staunton Vindicator says that respect
able colored man, in Augusta, recently had
three of his grand children to die within d day
or two of each other and not one of his cOlOred
'frieuds" could be hired to dig their graves.
''bccause,' they said, he had done WRONG
in voting CONSERVATIVE at the late election
On Wednesday, iu Occoquan a man named
McEwing shot, and it is supposed. mortally
wounded Henry Duval. They were in business
together and quarreIIed. McEwing made his
escape from the officers on his way to JAIL
The Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company are understood to he willing to sell to
the city of Richmond on accommodating terms,
their depot building, Office. workshops, etc.
fronting on Broad, Sth, and Marshall streets.
The Fredericksburg Star says.-"We learn
that one or two of our citizens filled during the
recent cold snap their ice, houses with Ice two
and half inches i'll thickness.
Abby West, a worthy colored woman, died,
near Dumfries, last Wednesday, aged ninety
nine. Her hearing was uullnpalred. She
could see to thread a needle and sew.
WASHINGTON IrEMs.-I the Criminal Court
Yesterday, the case Of Aunie Miller, for an
sauIt with intent to kill j. Elwood, buokhind-
er at the government Office, was tried. Miss
Miller had been intimate with EiwoUd and III
hearing he was to be married. went tn the
house where he was sitting with hisafhauced and
fired at him, the shots not taking effect. Eiw0od
has since married, and Miss Miller has reform
ed. After the case had been opened, and some
evidence taken, consent verdict for assault
only was agreed on, and Miss Miller was hued
$50
Coroner Potter yesterday held an inquest
over the body of Fl ah Gaut who was killed
the night before by John Lcamy, in an ARRAY
in bar. room The evidence given by the wit
nesses to the homicide exculpatcs Lcamy, who
was acting in selt-defeIce.
The steamer Lady Of the Lake, in landing At
Fort Monroe on Thursday night careened VIC
lcntly against pile and stove in about ten feet
OF her bar-rUom cabin
The coal trade at Georgetown has been dull
all the week. owing TO tho partial suspension
Of canal navigation, aud the continued absence
of carrying bottoms. The total receipts this
week were 9,S65 tons, and shipments II ,2232
TONS The canal is now open again all along
the line.
JUDGE LoGAN.-Referring to the petition
of the members Of the bar of the Ninth Judi
cial District of North Carolina, praying the
Legislature to remove Judge Logan for incom-
potency, the Wilmington Star says:
The character aud conduct Of Judge logan
have been notorious for months. 1t did not
require this petition with its thirty-two sigma
lures to fix upon him the stigma Of reproach.
His ignorance makes him an object of con
tempt on the bench, and his violent partisansm
and brutal passions, unbecOming and disgrace
full in wcarer of the judicial ermine, cause
him to be despised and loatbed by lawyers aud
people irrespective OF party. The names OF
Republicans as we'll as Conservatives are signed
versally dctcst this judicial tyrant.
A GOOD OLD MERCHANT. THE New York
Journal OF Commerce thus notices the death
Of an old merchant Of that city:
The death of Mr.. Isaac H. Smith takes
another wel-known form from the ranks of
downtown merchants For forty years, first
in business with his father aud then as head
Of the house of Isaac II. Smith L Sons, Peck
Slip, the deceased strlkingly illustrated what
are sometimes called the ''oId school mcrcan-
tile qualities of strict integrity, extreme pune.
tuality and attention to the minute details OF
business By this slow but sure course ne
atnassed large fortune In private life ne
was distinguished for cordial, impulslve aztec
ton for his friends, and transformations charity
to the Door. In all the circles of society in
which he moved his loss will be deeply felt.
RAILROADS IN PRINCE WILLIAM Cores
pondence of the Virginia Star. The railroads
move slowly Chappawamsic creek has not
been crossed yet owing TO the difficulty of get
ting firm road bed across the flats. From the
way the dirt, put in by large force during the
day disappears by next morning, It would APP
pear that the bottom has dropped out. Inc
Alexandria Railroad will probably be finished
to Quantico by Spring. The CONTRACTORS, are
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