Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-01
yIRGINIAsNEWS.


Central depot, attempted tojnm1p son the ca
hose of freight train atthe depot while thea
o oUus we're in motion. He missed his footing
ca ca fell under the truck. and the wheel passing
a ar him. his entire right leg was mangled IN
I horrible manner, cutting it off near the knee.
l. said that almost the entire bed of the
-p,munkey river for distance of twenty miles,
oud its banks upon either side, Is slmp NY
jl If this good mari 1t is more abun-
Iout in quantity and superior in quality. to- that
..b;cb the ,Jerseynan hauls with his team
over sandy roads from twenty to thirty lnlieS:to
scatter over his fields and enrich them.
We are panied to announce that Judge Joy
nos of the Court of Appeals, was on; Monday
last taken suddenly and seriously i'll at his
home in Petersburg SO much so' tnat 1 40
some time serious apprehenslonGs were. 1elt LOT
his life. The last accounts Of his condition,
however, are more favorable. we are -ln1or-
med that his disease was paralysis.
Elmer J. Douglass, of New York city, has
purchased the fine estate ofThomas X. Ghand-
Ter, called Oak Spring, one and half miles
from Guinea's stltion. in Care 'i-0lvGnIt dis
T II seller is negotiating with Il. cuh lO-tf
c,nitalsts to sell large body Of land on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac road
on which to settle French colony
On Saturday the shcrifs were paying over
mite brisky and the result was that the First
Auditor received over $4,000 Col. Strothcr,
Superintendent Of the penitentiary, also paid
over 50, OOO received for the hire of convlcts
employed on public works. The amount Ill
the treasury ON Saturday afternoon was about
$40 600.
DR.. Lewis AMI Mcl'iflin, indicted for the
murder Of special constable Drummohd, Of
Brunswick county, Va, have been OIL trial. III
Lynchburg. Dr. Lewis was pronounced III
sane ; on Saturday McGitfiu was convicted OF
murder in the first degree, and sentenced Ia be
hanged on July 2lst. ls.:. ~1lc''. p
Gen. Malone. has recently expressed his i'll
tention to spend $40, 900 in diffusing over l1u-
robe information as to the resources and I'd
vantages of the South. He asks the co-opera-
.tion>o Of the Boards of Trade Of Southern cities
in obtaining the necessary statistical Informal
ton. .-. -.'.
On Wednesday morning last: near Wythevlle
an individual named Jack Wyrick: i man OF
VIGOROUSLY bad character, struck blow with
rock which resulted in the death OF an IN,
offending citizen named VIM. Myers: who died
Friday morning. ...
Mr.. Woodroof, of Lynchburg, who has dis
appeared, after committing certain iorgerles,
had in his hands large estate belonging to
the heirs of the late Samuel Miller, the bulk OF
which was in bonds. What disposition he
made Of this estate is as yet unascertalned.
Mr.. julius Laibert, whose tobacco factory at
II La n Ipnnl-
has been arrested, after an examination lnto
the affair by the fire officials, on suspicion and
put under bond in the sum OF $4,000.
A third bridge is to span the James river at
Richmond. The Tredcgar Works will build
one. of Howe truss pattern, to pass locomotives
| of their manufacture over to the Danvllle rail-
road
Geo. G.. Perry, of Culpepcr, indicted fol
illicit distillcry: has been convicted, and sen,
fenced to one year confinement, and to pay
fine Of $ 900.
Mr.. Nathaniel Crockett, one Of the Oldest and
most esteemed citizens Of Diapers Valley, in
Pulaski county, died on the 18th ult His age
was about 80.
A. L. Lathrop, from Mecklenburg, has been
appointed collector of internal revenue for the
Fourth District, in place of ". II. II. StowelI.
The last plank was laid on Mayos bridge,
between Richmond and Manchester on Satur-
day last.
Gov. Walker has been chosen president of
the Richmond Memorial Tablet Association.
The U. S. District Court is to meet in
| Richmond on tomorrow.