Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-08
letter from Prince William 70.

correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
BRENTsvlILE, Sept Court has been in
session here for the past three days, under
Judge Nicol
On Monday the Grand Jury found three
bills Of Indictment, two for grand larceny and
one for murder One Of the larceny cases was
disposed Of this evening, the prisoner being
sent to the pruitentiary for three years. \
prosecution against Isaac j. Baldwin tor, OBJ:
Strlcting the highway, occupied nearly all OF
Yesterday and to-day, and resulted in hung
jury.
On Monday there was large meeting Of the
Conservative party in the Court House. MAJOR
VI. W. Thornton being in the chair, and II.
VI. Waters, esq. ii the Manassas Gazette. act
ing as Secretary.
A County Committee was selected under the
new system of organization promulgated by
the recent State Convention in Richmond, and
that committee having selected Crawford Cusll-
ing, esq.,, as its chairman, he is ex-ohiclo the
Superintendent for the county. The committee
have selected the fourth Saturday IN this
month as the day for holding meetings in the
different townships to select delegates to con-
vention to be held at the Court House here on
the lst Monday in October, Court day, to nom
mate candidate for Sheriff and Superinte2
dent of the Poor, and delegate to the Legls-
lature, and the townships will, also, at their
meetings select delegates to the Senatorial
Convention expected to be held in your city.
| know OF no distraction in the CONSERVATIVE
ranks, and have every reason to believe the
party will vote with unanimity in the coming
election.
The Court, by consent. confirmed the report
in the matter of damages to John Naglee, esq,
for the purposes Of the Alexandria and Fred
ericksburg Railway Company. The assessment
confirmed amounted to sS,uUn.
The prisoner indicted for murder on his ar
raignment, Yesterday. elected to be tried in the
Circuit Court Judge Sinclair and Mr. Round
are his counsel. TYRONE.
PARIS WoRKMEN are still busily engaged in
rebuilding and repairing the destroyed and
shattered portions of the Paris houses, statues,
broken balustradcs &c In the quarters in
jured by fire and shot and shell, stones, bricks,
and timbcrS arc ranged in order In the cen
ire Of the Place lcndome is small wooden
hut, with the inscription, Agency of the
Work Oh the Column, which would argue the
restoration of the famous monument Most of
the damaged churches are completely repair
ed. In some the patches are plainly to be SEEN
The Theatre Of the Porte ST. Martin still stands
4 ruin. The havoc in the cemeteries, especi-
ally in Perc Ia Chaise, has given way to order.
The historical monuments are untouched, and
the pits that received the dead of the Commune
arc by this time covered with green grass.
NIAGARA lTlLlZED. Horace H. Day pro-
poses to utilize the water power of Niagara
Falls to propel boats Oh the Erie Canal He is
satisfied that water power can be transported
hos Of Loco b,,f of
only one per cent. He is also sure that an air
pipe can be placed along the bank of the canal
between Albany and Buffalo, extending the en-
tire distance. and 1T every ten miles attached to
reservoirs to be constructed Us ordinary cylin
der boilers, and OF such capacity as to supply
the propeing boats with their charge Of com
pressed air. with which they would do their
work The air is to be compressed by the force
derived from Niagara Mr.. Day and others
are now at work upon engines which will use
compressed air