Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-24
VIRGINIA NEWS

" VIRGINIA NEWS.
! he I ySnn injrrcton suit to restrain the or
sarzat;on of the At'p',:ic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad and the ISSUE OF its bonds.
which was dismissed in Richmond on the 10Th
inst, has been Reconstructed before the ur'tcd
States Circrit Govt for the Western District,
at Lynchhurg. The bin is signed by }. Dean
Smith, VIM. aud j. W. Darrell. as counsel for
the complainant The order OF Judge Bond
fixes the 18th of November, rs the t;rr for
hrar ING the case
Gen. Tochmar, TO- mrrly resident ot' this
county, is about to become permanently, 4 resi-
dent OF Sputsylva,:u Some years ago he ',rr
chased a ,l.ct Of land ION Mr.. John Decker.
confirming 1900 acres in the upncr part OF the
county, aud it is there he 'ptcn, locating. and
making considerable improvements.
The Fredericksburg Herd says 80 jesse
" ajtc, entered the ''V:~g, a Herald" office,
under Timothy Green, in lSOG, being in his
18th year. lie is now IN SD year and has
been engaged in printing for G6 year: the old.
est typo, we suppose, in F'rg'' a lie 5
works at the case.
In Richmond, yesterday, ii young lady, fell
from garnet to the lower floor of house, a
dist" nee Of twcn.y feet; and was seriously i'll
iurcd. 4 child fell from three sto.y window
to the pavement below, and had no broken
bones, but it is feared is 'ntcrn"'y injured.
There is fuss 10 the Ra'''cal ranks SpotSyl-
vania, about the nom ration for the Legislature
of one Garrett and there was a meeting at the
Govt House on Satr day. Mcssrs. Lev 5
Mckenzie and Morton addressed The crowd.
Gal ret was rcnomlnatCd.
A little child Of John H. Rawlings, hear
King George Cou,u House. was burned to death
on the 10Th The ch;'d's clothes caught fire,
| and before assistance could reach it, it was in
| ju"cd past rccOvc..'.
Two vessels cleared from Rich uond with
tobacco for e. opc direct, on the 2lst instant
the bark Harriet, for Bordeaux, and the
Mamie T. Bell, for llavre.
The Conference of the Washington District
of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. N.''
meet in Fredc. .cksburg at George s'"cet Meth
odist church to morrow.
A colorcl man, an employee on the Rich
mond and Danlillc railroad was run over and
| instantly Killed on Sunday r:ght by the pas
| scngcr tra'u.
Mr.. A. NJ Bailey will take charge Of the
Richmond Enquirer on Monday next, as bust
| ness manager.
The State Council of Friends of Temperance
! of Virginia met in Charluttcs, He to day.
Gov. Walkers SPEECH AT FARMvlLLE.-
In reply to the welcome given to him at Farm
Vile, Gov. Walker made some remarks, thus
| reported by the correspondent Of the Richmond
| Whig:-
1t is indeed my good for.Ine to be the chief
| cxccu We officer of or" Commonwealth and it
| is good fortune that Caesar himself might
have been proud of, but yet feel deeply my
ON Il fcebleness in that exalted position-my
own unworth;rcss Of its honors
| There is no higher position On cai VI, my
fiicnIs, than the Govcrnorship Of Virginia.
do not say this to you because you arc Virgin
ians, but because it is nothing more than lust
tribute to the Old Commonwealth for her
gories in the past and for the higher glorlcs
that await her in the future.
| We have some people among US, nv fellow
citizens. who shorld not be among us-a class
of people who to-day are sowing the seeds OF
discomfort broadcast over the State. Virginia,
at the close Of the war, or during the more dis
astrous period which Immediately followed,
was ike sick and bcd-riddcn patient, conva-
lescent, but whose recovery would be slow and
gradual. What would you think, my friends,
of Il physician who would go to such a patient
aud croak to him Of death and the grave and
the devouring woim? Such arc the men who
are spreading dissatisfaction among our people,
and causing the more ready listenerst to 'andon
the homes Of their nativity. They arc the men
who tell US that things are getting worse every
day; that the treasury is being depleted; that
our lands arc being exhausted. They are the
owls of society. Hang EN- up, my friends, to
the first lamp post; scalp EN-: say to them,
| get thee behind me, Satan" and put them
away from YOU know that Virginia is i'm
proving everywhere. Yesterday | wasat Lynch
burg, aud | saw before me ten thousand poo
pie, and not a woe bcgonc countcnancc "uong
them.
Do not let us lose confidence in ourselves.
| We are recovering slowly, but surely. hope
| VIC shall hear no more of this talk about Nir-
GINA retrogradlng.
can whip any man who says Virginia is re-
! trograding. Loud laughter and applause.
| The Governor, somewhat embarrassed resumed:
| crave your pardon, gentlemen. Iu the excite
mcnt of the moment | said more than meant
| desired to say that | felt as if | could whip
any man, etc; a...
\ p...vatc of COL Mel. us command, ut
Spartauburg S. c., is under arrest for advis-
ing citizen to flee ilthcr than stop and take