Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

tobacco crop last Wednesday At StG per loo
! pounds-the first tobacco lie ever made. He
| bought large tract and sold = portion of at
considerable profit. he Is well pleased with
| his new home.
In Richmnnl. Sunday evening, Mr.. Theodore
| D. Bowls and family, seated themselves at
the supper table, Mr. Bowls rcnarkng to his
wife that he never felt h"tt''r in his lie. In
medatey after saying t!ls. h. fell from hi:
chair to the floor corpse.
The annual meeting Of the >tnckhnli~rS of
the Richmond aud Petersburg T. r., was held
Yesterday. The "li officers Of the company
were re eIrctcd. The road is in quite Il pros
| porous condition.
\. }. johnson lied vest rday morning ut
! his residence ncar Charlotte Courthouse He
Was Il successful farmer. and largely engaged
! III the lumher trade.
The Rockhridge members Of !ha directory Of
the Valley railroad left yctrrday to attend Il
meeting in Baltimore to-day. They are sum.
moncd to let the road to contract.
! The James River Canal is opened to Lex
| ugtnn and freight boats are pas ing upand
down.
':ScENE IN CoCRT-ln the Circuit Court
in Washington yesterday. the case ot Doddrdee
vs. Gaines. was taken up. This Is i suit
brought by DoddriAsc to recover lee for
services rendered Mrs Gaines in the year ISIS
= 81 in her suits Thea! pun,liHg IN tie Supreme
Court of the L. s., which have since been de-
sided in favor of defendant. by which she sue
cccds to the possession OF large rslat" III New
| Orleans The amount alleged to he '!ue the
! plaintiff is $jOn0n.
| During the examination Of Mrs. Gaines Tor
| the defence much laughter was provoked by
| her detailed account Of lha many difficulties
she had sustained III the progress OF the suit
| tor the recovery of her property IN New Or
| leans. and by the ready Wit displayed by the
old lady in answering any dcprcc!al"ly oh>cr-
vatio,,s on the part Of the opposite c"nnsei.-
! Upcn her cruss-@xalninatI"n, Judge Moore
counsel tor plaintiff rnlcarorcd to contradict
il statement made ~ Mrs. Gaines IN her ex
amnaiDn.ill chief. the substance OF which was
profession Of love that she had at AL times
| made for the Union, and that when once at
! watering place. >he hid ma!" a>p"cHh. hc-eGch-
! ing all If her hearers to remain ny 'hc Union.
! &c.
! To effect this, Judge More askri Der whc'h-
er she had not. when stopping Ill the SPOTS
wood iocl in the city Of Ei;hn"nd. coml'-
mented General i'rirc upon Il rcijrl success iii
| Missouri
The w,ac~~ can .h.iicaliy denied tho imfr.'a
! ton.
Judge Moore. (ri5img tn his tcct au,l ar-
! ur,achin" Mrs. Gaines Mai!amc, did you
not. in the presence OF several gentlemen, conf
plimcnt General Price upon the success Of the
rebel army. and express sympathy with the
! Crrrdcracy?
Mrs. Gaines, tri:inc and approaching Judge
! Moore. unlil they both confronted each other.
| Sir. never did. Never Never Never
Judge Moore. (smiiing b!aidiy. Nladamc
did you ever 80" me there
Mrs Gaines. leyeing the Judge closely
for some time No, sir ! cannot sayl ever
had the pleasure Of gazing upon 50 highly
interesting cnuntcnancc. Great laughter
Marshal Phillips. fla ha Silence
Judge Moore, (Suffused with bushes am
only sorry that should not have been trcasur-
ed in the recollection Of 80 beautiful and accom-
pIished lady, Renewed iaug liter.
Marshal Phillips, trying to l"ok SAVAGE J.
Silence
Judge NcArthur Ha! ha haha ha
Judge Moore sits down aud 50 does Mrs
Gaines
Without proceeding further with the inves-
to day. Washington Patriot.
| NARNISII MANUFACTCRE.-Ihe Nlllage
Smithy," celebrated by Luugfellow, is thus al
lnded to by the Cambridge Mass. Chronicle:
In 1870, this shop was occupied by Dexter
Pratt, and 10 that year he rented the back part
of it to Franklin EIoughtou and David Lecture,
for the purpose CT making varnl>h. Thus. in
in 1920 in Old Cambridge, and in this black
smith shop, was compounded and cooked the
first varnish ever made in this country for pub
lie sale. Previous TO that time each carriage
painter made his own varnsh. \ kettle. hold
| ing about eight gallons was used by this firm:
and Us fast as it was made. the varlllSh was
taken to Boston and sold to the carriage max
ers The business proved to be remuneratlve.
and there grew up steady demand for all they
could supply. The process Of making it was
secret one, having been bought by them OF
Frenchman, and thus they held monopoly of
the trade for long time. 1t is said that they
realized a profit of dollar au hour during
part of the world, this was considered splendid
pay Such was the initial point of varuish
manufacture in the United States an interest
which has steadily increased ever since, until
to day it is represented by no less than one
hundred firms in America, among which are
several very large business houses,
WASHINGTON ITEMS. -Col W. +. Stocking
of New York city, and Miss Pattie Miller,
daughter of Mr. Justice Miller, Of the United
States Supreme Court. we're married ye-ter-
day.
Mr.. Thomas B. Cross. highly esteemed
citizen Of the sixth ward, fell dead last night
as he was about to retire to his bed lie was