Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Charlottesville Chronicle says THE
circumstances of the death of old Mr.. Baker
in garnet room Of hotel of this place, are yet
fresh ID the minds of our people. On last
Tuesday, Judge Cochran, after az indictment
by the gland jury, issued bench warrant for
the arrest of Johu I. Baker, the son of the
dead man, which Was placed in the hands of
the officers, and Baker brought before Justice
opooner who continued the case until We'd
nesday next, to allow the accused time to pro-
duce witnesses in his behalf
Dir. William NJ Piece, of James City couu-
ty, was coo"ng few night ago. His dog
freed. Not willing to fire or climb the tree, Mr.
Pierce lett the dog in charge and started home
for his gun. When he returned he found that
the dog had killed two coons, laid them at the
foot Of the tree and Wis then run lug
the track Of the third, which he very soon put
up a tree
Mr. Marshall Luke weighed at Salem, shot
time since a lot Of cattle upon which he had
put an average increase in twelve months, graz
ing and feeding, OF 400 pounds. Que OK be-
ing weighed separate, had gained 600, and an |
other 473
The Board OF Trustees Of Richmond College
have appointed Rev William F. Broaddus, D. |
d., Of fredericksburg general agent OF the
College.
A dispatch from Richmond dated yesterday,
SIT has been showing heavily for seven
hours aud still continues The SNOW is from
niue to ten inches deep at Fortress Monroe.
EIRGINIA-T men aud journals that say
that Virginia state is worse in II than 10
~ Worse III ~ than in So take their fancies
tl.lS nd MR. RI i'm ri d,1
areas but to isolated instances for their iuStra
tlOus. No dclulte statistics arc attalnable on
| the subject, but any one who has seen with his |
own eyes different portions Of the State, and
who has combined information from various |
-4uarters, knows that the country is really re-
covering in a substantial manner from the pow
erty lett by the war Take the prices Of
corn aud meat for guide, and VIC find that
the COUNTRY Is full to repletion Of those staples
take the tobacco CROP the cotton, and the pea
nuts Of the SOuthsde, aud We fnd abundant
crops, at rcnuueratlve prices; take the Valley |!
and Piedmont, aud we fluid houses and barns
rebuilt, fencing restored, fields again clothed
with grass. live stock abundant and general
thrift and abundance where five years ago an
opeu country and tenantlcsS eXpau>e seemed
hopeless Of future.
None deny that the evils OF the War and of
the violent change iu our social condition still
lie heavy upon u. But We are bearing up
against them: We are slowly but surely over
coming Them and we need but to let alone the
natural effect Of labor and economy to see the
country return to and overpaS> its former stan
dard Of wealth. Destroy the credit of the State
and the credit Of all its citizens dies with it. !
Then, indeed. will be death beyond the hope
Ola resurrection. Ptc~jur9 hd"r
IN
pearance of wintry weather has had the effect
Of arrcsting shipments by the canal before the
tune fixed by the Board OF Directors for stop.
ping operations for the season. Ice has proved
troublesome for the past ten days, but by the
aid of ice breakers it is expected to keep the
channel open sufficiently to enable boats caught
along the line to yet into their winter harbors
before drawing IF the water. The shipments of
coal trom Cumberland for the season largely ex
coed th:'>e Of any previous year. There were
S47, 973 tons and 10 cwt. shipped, whilst last
year the aggregate Was GOO, 7UI. l9-showing an
Increase for the present year Of 24l 2G6 tous.-
Cumberland AHeguntun.
President Clarke has directed that all loaded |
boats arriving at Georgetown be unloadcd as
soon as possible in order that they may 90 into
winter quarters up the canal before the Goth |
lust About twenty boats will tie up for the |
season near the collector Office
UNHAPPY AFFNR-A letter in the Pied
mont Orange Co. Firgnian, dated Barbours
VILE Dec IL, says :-''S Soon after the war
man moved from an adjoining county to this
neghborhood and in short time married
widow. Both had children before this mar
riage-he daughters and she sons. Happiness
when one of his daughters WAS found PROSTATE
and suffering acute pain. On inquiry as to the
cause, she confessed to her father that she had
taken arsenic to destroy her life, and thereby
cancel her shame. Fortunately for her she
took so much of the pOiSon-about 30 grains
that it was thrown from the stomach in an
hour, but remained long enough to produce
constitutional effects from which she narrowly
escaped with her life 1t seems she had fallen
desperately in love with one of her step-broth
ers and expected to marry him; but he deceiv-
ed her and fed to unknown parts, as soon as
his vilainy was discovered
The Radicals in the Senate having found out
that in attempting to suppress investigation in
to government abuses and frauds, they made
false move, have partially succumbed will
take care to have committee to suit them
selves Their leaders, it is admitted. are not
oldlcSuIcuI anu tucll dCtlou w vi. i IuluUul b
resolution, so far, has shown they are not even
astute politicians.
The y: Y Tribune shocked at the late &C.
ton in the Senate on Mr.. TrumbulPs 'nvesti-
cation resolution" appeals to the President
to lose no time in relieving himself
from the fatally false position in which,
whether mistakenly Or wfully, his special
friends have placed, net only himself, but
great party,
The \. Y. Herald has a sensational revelation
TO Spanish intrigue at Geneva by which the
Alabama arbitrameut is to be frustrated. y
The Herald is 50 very sensational-that many
of its reports and stories only excite ''sensa-