Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-28
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notorious Lucicn Bcard.-the horse theft, from
the jail in Richmond He and two others in
the same cell. by means Of Il plank: takcn from
the floor Of their CELL succeeded in forcing both
the door Of their cell and the main door of the
. jail. This done, they then forced open the
iron grating in front of the main door, which
separated the cel-yard from the yard of the
main building. and they then scaled the outer
wall Capt. Capstain, who was on dutp at the
time. fred on them as they were in the act Of
! getting over the wall. but it being quite dark
failed to hit either of of them.
On Monday evening last. the well-knowr
! Mountain House, about forty miles from Lynch
burg. on the Virginia 4 Tennessee railroad
caught fire from the sparks from the locom0
| tive of freight train, and was entirely con
sumed with considerable portion of the fur
niturc. II was neat and we'll arranged frame
! hotel and cost not less than $4,000.
The Staunton Nirginian mentions i CONVEX
sation held with an intelligent citizen Of Jefier
son county: ". Va: BY which the edito
learned that the prorrietors OF the paper mil
at Hatown had realized over seventy per CT
Of their whole investment We believe thl
mill has been in operation about one year an(
the capital invested is $4,000.
Judge Turner, of the Circuit Court of Rock
ingham, decided on Tuesday last that the Law
known as the Homestead BILL does not appl,
to Judgment liens acquired previous to TIT
war. In other words the Homestead will no
avail in the case Of judgment lien which eX
! listed previous TO the war.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Duke at the \lr
ginia Slate Works. about seven miles from
| Charlottesville. was entirely consumed by hr'
on Tuesday last, about 3 o clock =. m. The
fire caught from the cooking-stove. Abou
half the furniture and all Of Mr. Duke Sprivat'
and important papers were destroyed.
At the late meeting Of the Shenandoah Val
lev Railroad Company. at Charlestown, Yves
Va. Herman ?. Haupt. chief engineer Of TIT
COMPANY. pronounced the iron resources 0
Virginia along the proposed route Of the road
superior to those Of Pennsylvania.
Since the Incorporation Of Strasburg. tn,
citizens have manifested considerable interes
in local Improvements. s.Ihey propose con
structng sidewalks along their streets, some d
| which are completed and others under way.
At Petersburg. on Wednesday night. the 10
bacco factory Of Julius Licbert was burned
with its contents: insurance $1,000 in the Pa
cifc Of San Francisco; and 80 O0O in the Liver
pool, London and Globe.
The District council Of the Tunker Churcl
of the Shenandoah Valley will bc held at Cedar
Grove. near New Market, on the first Frida!
and Saturday in May. the 9th and 9th days ="
the month.
On the evening Of the oath instant the resi-
dence of Capt Vim. NJ Peyton, of Albemarlt
county. was entirely consumed. The fire origi
mated from spark falling on the roof
4 number Of sheep were recently killed b.!
dogs for Mr. Cross. and Mcssrs Wilson anc
Smith near Woodstock.
Mr. Spicer'S house. i'll Petersburg. WAS no
burned as it WAS reported it Was. The fire DC
CURED Hear his house.
The State Council of Virginia Friends .
Temperance met at Cupeper on the 18th.
LEGISLATIVE CoRRupT!oN - From the New
Orleans Bee. April -. y Very remarkable
case. which has been tried in the Eighth Dis
trct Court Was submitted to Judge Dibblt
yesterday. The plaintiff is William {. Little
holder of draft drawn by +. II. Angomar
upon person named Barrett, for $500 which
Barrett had accepted The draft was not paid
however. and plaintiff. who AYERS that it cam,
| to him, in the couse OF business, from mem
Der of the State Senate, sued Ang0mar anC
Barrett for the amount.
The plea Of the defence was that no valuable
consideration was given for the draft and thai
it was issued for an immoral purpose. VIZ: t
bride member Of the Legislature.
From the testimony taken the following fact;
appear: j.. II. Angomar. above mentioned
and Charles lizard were Special lIevee Com
mi<SioncrS Of the State, appointed by the Gov
crnor. They sought to procure the passage Of
bill tllroug the General Assembly: at the
session of 1870, to appropriate large amount
from the State Treasury. as compensation tol
their services and to pay their expenses. lie
accomplish the passage Of the bill they
made arrangements to purchase fifteen
Senators and nineteen Representatives: tol
which they incurred obligations to the amount
of about $4,000. The draft which was the
subject of litigation was one Of these obllga
tons. According to .Angomars evidence
Senators George II. Braughn-to use the
phraseology Of these people-was the stake
holder for the senate-that is the pride;
were put in his possession to he distributed
| when the bill passed Angomar says, in hi:
testimony that he asked Senator Braughn fol-
receipt, but he refused to give one, observing
that that would be compromising himself toe
much
We find by reference to the journal of the
Senate that the bill passed that body on the
! 9th February. 1870, by vote of Il TO
The public will. no doubt, swat the decision
of the Court upon this remarkable case witt!
whctted curiosity. Having been informed by
parties concerned in the case that among the
evidence is filed list of the names Of the Sena-
tors and Representatives. the purchase OF whose
votes was provided for We endeavorcd to pro
cure copy Of the lists. but We're refused it, the
Court having left instructions that the paper
should not he exhibited to reporters.
RAID UroN A LIQUOR SELLER. neigh
boring town. i few weeks ago, a lady whose
husband WAS unfortunately addicted to the
habit of drinking. took it upon herself to visit
the place where her liege lord got the means Of
his ruin. for the purpose of putting I stop Ia
its sale so for as her family was concerned. She
went into the bar-room with stick in her