Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-25
Letter from Rappahannock 40.

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RAPPAHANNocK COUNTY: August 2.;..-Ihi$
part of Virginia is Sorely troubled The wheat
is now all thrcshcd. AMI what Vas believed to
be a short crop at harvest now falls one third
short of the expectation then. The plies
very low, and heavy taxes due the Isl day Of
September, being two years crowded into one
much will he unpaid on the LIST Of September,
and the heavy burden increased with i've per
cent added To add to our troubles w" are
suffering from long pGotrarel Irodth. pa
lures parched up branches dry. and many well:
and springs in the same situation the neigh
borhood mills can t grind, and We have to club
together and send to the Shenandoah river for
meal some have been 50 unfortunate as 10
sendto Rirerton Mills, but the proprieJors refuse
to Grind corn because theirs is a wheat mill.
To-day | saw two wagons that had been there
with ~ bushels Of corn each to grind, return
with their corn and two bushels each 81. meal
and full Of wrath and indignation. That re-
minds me that the corn crop cant. by any pos
sibility, be half one The glazlcrS Wear long
faces with low price Of beef, and dry pastures,
they will scarcely realize rnst. All dust, dust
j. e.. l..
,srN BurlEh AGAIN IN THE l'lEln. 1h:
course of his speech at Springfield Mas. on
the oath inst:-.tien Butler attributed the orp1
sition of the Springfield Republican and Boston
Journal to personal motives. and aid the
Hartford Courant fought him bec;,,ls'. he had
DISPLACED General lIawley from hi; command
in the army. Ffe reahirmed his opinion that the
bondholdcr should not be paid in ,"nld until
the soldiers pensions were 50 HaId and he
announced that he had concluded t" rim for
the nomination for Governor.
The following dispatch vas received from
Gen. Hawley, after Gen. Butler had cloSrC! hut
before the audience had dispersed. The rhai'
man refused to allow it TO be read
"HARTroRp. Augnst2l, lS'l.--II Butler >aI
| was dismissed or removed from mE command.
or was ever rcbukcd for my conduct M an "llrrr
beg some friend to read thir dispatch, in which
| say the charge is an infamous las"h""d. and
the man who uttered it Il liar and n hackglmrI.
The last written communication from RutI"rron-
corning my conduct was copy sent III" ~ hl~
'e'''''''''' ''>'' " " j. X. HAwLEr.
L;en. Butler, defending himself from the A.
tacks of persons who would read HIM OUT "i the
Republican party. alluded to that fellow who
ran away when he got John Brown INTO 'roll-
BILE. and would not even 90 and testify brtnr"
the Senate in his favor. Zen. B. VA: her" in
terrupted by +. r. Sanhorn. who asked ,IGcu.
B. referred to him.
= Gen Butler. Il 90.
Mr.. sanborn replied, amid yr"ar ''"Ii'>'"''.
Then the statement Is false
Gen. Butler then yelled: "Why did y"n
run out Of the backdonr and I"av" y"nr sister
to face the men?
Mr. Sanhorn attempted to reply. aniI y"li#
of Put him out Speech =, The audience
being wild with excitement. Nr. San5orn WAS
finally refused hearing
SHENANDOAH IRON WoRK>.-Wr had The
pleasure of visiting these extensive iron works
a few days SINCE and We're delighted Ia find
them again operating SO successfully. he new
steam hammer, which weighs 1000 lhs: is in
operation, and it is truly wonderful with what
accuracy and ease it is handled. II is managed
by small lever with which ii ran BE- given
any length Of stroke less than afrnrt five feet.
and ii can be- forced down with II pressure Of
thirteen tons. or can be maI' t" >rik" blow
lust heavy enough to crack WI uut. The in
mense iron frame in which the hammer works /
the anvil and all the fixture weighs ahont four
teen tons The operation ni' this halnluer is l
most oma7inp illustration IF the mower of steam