Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

who, arrested Thomas Moore and W. W. |
Stone, judges Of the late election, and carried !
them before Commissioner Turkey, at Bowling !
Green, to answer the charge Of preventing two !!
| cocred men, Bob Jackson and Vim. Blake. /,
from voting. 1t appears there were Two Boz
!; Jacksons 10 the distli;:, but une Of whom was
registered. A colorad man. answering - the
description as noted upon the register appear
! ed AID voted, aud uIon the second jackson
attempting to vote the Judge yely nalusaIIy g.
/ fused 10 receive his ballot. lild explained ~
him their reasons therefor At which h, TX pies;
el himself Is satisfied.
: : respected gentleman: n%mei ". T.. Clay
ton, who resided ia uarO:illr county. commit
ted :nicide on Thursday last, BY blowing BIZ
b,aius out with q sho.-G uu. The act was done
! in the very midst OF Clayton chlldrpU, who
i ..nleavurei by their srreayIs aud en!reari-s .
u event their father rom executing his drs gn
+; but "a vain \ not. WAS fUuu.l W...ten ~ the
deceased, commenl ny his children tn the care
| of friends whom he nalned, and dc,:a, nv hat
! he tooih lis uwu ltt because he found hlnlset
! utterly unable tu mov!dt support thr his
luotherless children.
i The Amherst Enterprise, Of the 1T instant
urges the building Of narrow gauge railroad
rom A 1herst Co.5t House to Lexington, in
Rockb1idge .ounty. The Enterprise says the
l:ne would De from forty five to fifty five miles
in length, and the cost would not exceed $40,
600 per mile This sum, the Enterprise thinks,
can be easily raised BY private subscriptions
along the line Of the proposed road.
Capt r. H. Fitzhugh, ! railway engineer. is
maturing plan for the building Of ! freight
railway through the streets Of Richmond. tle
proposes to supersede TO great ext ut the
hauling of merchandise and raw mater .al from
the docks to the nils stores or founder: es by
days and wagons and to substitute therefor,
hauling by .ailway cars ut / very low tariff OF
rates.
Messrs. K. K H. Chamberlaiuc, oyster pack
ers Of Norfolk, says tn. Journal, shipped on
Wednesday barral Of No. | l.ynnhayem Bay
oysters to the exile ut Chiselhurst. The oys
tiers were shipped to New York From there
they were cent to England on one Of the steam
e:s. The barrel bore the following directions
emperor Napoleon, care j. 4. Sparks New
York J, Chiselhurst, England.
The westcrn-bound Chesapeake aud Ohio
passenger trim collided Saturday with ma
terial train which was standing on the main
track near Keswick depot. Both engines were
considerably damaged aud the mail and 2x
press cars were broken Mr. Iitz, the express
messenger, was the only person iujurued, and
he but slightly.
Mrs. G. W. Randolph, Of the Gettysburg
committee Of the Hollywood Richmond Mem
orial Association, transmits to the treasurer
Sl,SSG ls. The secretary OF the association
publishes the statement that measures have
been taken to secure the removal of the fir-
ginia dead inferred at Gettysburg.
Thirteen small houses we're destroyed by fire
in Norfolk, on Thursday morning last. The
houses were situated on Hawk street, and &C.
cupied by colored persons.
The difficulty between Col Tabb and Col.
Har7ie of Amelia county, has been adjusted
through the mediation Of friends
On Saturday week last a series of fghss took
place at Manassas Junction, and threatened at
one time serious consequences
TIE DAY OF SMALL MEN-The Macon (Ga
Telegraph complains Of the great number OF
candidates who oGer themselves Tor every Office
to be filed by The present Legislature of that
State, saying They are as numerous as frogs
in Ware county swamp. 1t add: The
rule generally being that the less fit man is
for any given position: the more rlp-stavlng
busy he is to get it The same paper
alludes to the pres3n! AZ the day for mud.
puddle ncdiocrity. 1t says
We have been turced since the war, by the
stress Of au Infamous necessity to Use some
mighty small timber in the reconstruction Of
our political house, and that's the reason there
is such stir among the medloeres. TEey see
10 reaSon why they lo:y NOT all have show
ng before the Offices G;ve out. here light
r1q has 81 Lrk Onc- ( may Silk: agIln, Il
he Do on Ne suppJ2t. ---...-.---.-.-- -.-.-.
lie -: condition Of tlliDgs, says the R,,,t
nond v. =, eS :t-G Nirs mia, but We are
fortrnat.I. recovering from it. White R:di
cal soye,um:ut prevailed here, We pot only
had mu y ve.y smull, hut yc:J iOtteu timber.
" HE undergoing the econsti ictlou process,
We we,e O. Tvs com: ci, by the stress o:
the ueS, 10 per some veiy smell t'nlber- or :
big ;;rla- be;o: declared cori.Ab I'D. Reilly,
II had got u this pass that men OF the smallest
1. libre coyet ii the most impo. taut off rs 10.
places of homo. Men who, n good old tunes,
wou'd ueve, h: We h d the :uiacty to aspire
TO higher position than hal ct cJanty dele
gate or CommonweatE's attorney, asplred to
s,,na d hips the chief magistr,t7, and seats Oh
,h,? Cour: of Appeals bench. No position Was
too high Of them.
we are Glad +, be able 10 say that We are
pradr ally passing out Of that most unpleas
S1t poiitical stage aud that upstart pret2nsiop:
excits orly liuicue. Inferior men are Ee-
ginning r., lose heart, and are retiring out Of
public view, or seeking such places as are snl.-
able for thehl.
! When we luok back aud think Of the high
places that small men aspired to- We feel
amazed that their pre.ensions should ever for
a moment have been tolerated
We hope that henceforth We may be able to
select the best and choicest mate.lal tor the
public service.
LAND SALES IN FAUoUIER. H R. Garden,
A.. Commissioner in case of Chichester vs.. Chiches-
ter, sold on last Monday, a. acres OF landn "a
| cart of the "Orchard Field ! fact to Jno. t.
| BroDaugh. fer SO per acre. .
| VIM r Payee. Commissioner 10 case Of
| Sagel vs. Marshall, sold 40 acres of we'll tim
bered land near Linden station TO VIM. SaFel.