Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The sleeping car attached to the eastern
bound passenger train of the Virginia and Ten
nessce Railroad, ran off the track near Lowry:
Crossing on Wednesday morning, and was pre-
cipitated over an cmbankment fifteen feet high
turning over twice in the descent, and being
nearly completely demolished. There were sonft
fifteen or twenty persons in the car, but tortu
nately all but five or six escaped unhurt: ant
none were very seriously injured.
Snyder 4 Irby, Of the Richmond Stove and
Agricultural Iron Works, of that city: have
lust purchased valuable machinery for the pur-
pose of facilitating the manufacture OF galvan
lied iron in its recent adaptation to archltec
tual work.
Samuel F. kelso colored, has been appoint
ed by the Postmaster General to supernteno
the transportation of the mails between thcvari
Gus railroad depots in Lynchburg, in place o.
James Kelly, white, removed.
Yesterday, in the Norfolk County Court
Judge Watts decided that the homestead law
was unconstitutional and void as far as it reat
ed to exemptions from levy Tor debts existing
prior to the passage of the act.
Capt. e.. W. Alexander, once conlmandan
of Castle Thunder and afterward Of the mill
tary prison in Salisbury, N c., it is stated re-
Gently died in poverty in England.
Mr.. 4. NJ. Chichester, a few miles from
Leesburg, had twelve of his finest sheep killed
by dogs, few nights ago.
Mr.. G. n. Hill, student of the University
of Virginia, last session. was brutally murder
ed a few weeks ago in Okelona, Mississippi.
The Warren Green Hotel in Warrenton, j:
to be sold on Monday the 9th inst, that being
Fauquier Court day.
The Chahoon trial is going on in Richmond.
Tie ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. The
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun gives the following as to the adjournment
Of Congress-
1T is at last settled that there is to be 4 SEES
sion of Congress. The President has spoken,
and the House has reversed its decisions or
final adjournment, and decided to remain and
legislate on the condition Of affairs in the
South. This sudden change was brought about
by the President sending to both houses hi:
| special message
In the House, as soon rs the message was
read, Mr.. Shellabarger moved for select com
mittee OF nine, to whom the message should be
referred, with instructions to report bill. II
was amusing to see in the debate that followed
the republican members who had been oppos
ing such legislation turn around and yield to
the Presidential beck by favoring it now.
Mr.. Dawes, who had been pre-eminent in en-
deavoring to secure 4 final adjournment, was
suddenly willing to stay and legislate, and Mr..
Garfield, who ten days ago demonstrated quite
clearly that the President had all the power
that was needed to enforce the laws and sup
press disorder, now saw the situation in a very
different light, and thought that Congre IS
ought to remain and do something! Many of
these republicans had, not an hour BEFORE vot-
ed that there was no reason why the House
should sit longer than Monday The reception
of a presidential message of not more than
twenty lines wrought all this change, and Sc
cured united vote in the republican ranks
The democrats made the point on the Presi-
dent that two weeks ago he had informed Con-
gress that he had no business to communicate.
and no event had transpired since to induce
him to change his mind Gen Farnsworth
suggested that some one had changed it for
him.
Gen. Butler was in great glce that Speaker
Blaine and Dawes, and Garfield, and other
republican members who had been opposing
legislation, had at last been forced to come out
in favor OF it. The special committee of the
House will probably report bill Oh Monday
which will be debated most OF the week and then
passed and sent to the Senate, where it will
probably be pending two weeks. 1t is conced-
ed that the session will therefore, last Il month
longer
In the meantime the Santo Domingo report
will be submitted, though the President asks
for no legislation except on'the 'ku-Klux ques-
ton