Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-14
VIRGINIA NEWS

lies have settled III the vicinity OF GordOnSrllle.
and friends and relatives are on the way across
the ocean tojun them. An advance party ol
shrewd and practical Brit"nS are now prospect
ing in the Old Dominion for Il tract of land Of
no less an extern, than fifteen THOUSAND acres, on
Which they propose to locate Il colony Of thrifty
agricufturists.
John c. Baker, one Of the judges of election
in the second ward of Norfolk. was arrested
Yesterday at the instance of H. II. Wells, jr..
alpou the charge of obstructlng the right OF
| certain persons 10 vote at the late mulclpal
election in Norfolk. Baker was required to
give bail 10 the sum Of 81 900 for his appear
:nce at court
Mr. Addison Hoge, nephew of Rev. NJ. D.
Hoge. D. d., and son Of the late DR.. W. j.
Hoge and now a student of the University of
! Virginia, was Yesterday elected Professor Of
Greek in Hampdeu Sydney College. on the first
ballot
"Lnngwood, the residence of John Page,
near Wildwood, Clarke county, was totally de-
stroyed by FIRE on Sunday last. Most Of the
furniture was saved
Mr.. Rice W. Levi, we'll known and respect
ed farmer Of Long Marsh township. in Clarke
county, died suddenly of heart disease on last
Sunday.
Miss Mary Florence Robins. daughter Of
Benz. Robins, proprietor of the Taylor Hotel,
in Winchester fell dead in her room last Tues
day.
The jury in the case of Collector John w.
Talley, tried in Richmond, failed to agree upon
a verdict, and have been discharged,
The Piedmont and Arlington life insurance
company had policy on the life of Mr.. G. q.
Brown of Alexandria, lately deceased OF $4,000.
Harvesting is now going on in the neighbor-
hood of Dauvillc The wheat crop is good
| one.
An unusual number Of hogs will be raised
this year about Danville.
GEN EARLY. in letter to the 1,ynchburg
Eirgiuian, speaking of some reference TO his
opinions concerning the resolutions at meeting
in favor of Mr. Greeley, says:
II have been paincd to see exhibited, in
some papers in the State, a disposition to dra-
COON into a support of their views, or into 81
lence, all those who may happen to differ with
them on the questions now before the public in
regard to the Presidential canvass.
II trust no such spirit prompted the reference
TO myself on this occasion. The terms "BOur
bon," ''Fugy." 'Sorehead," ''impraetioable,"
and the like have 40 torrors for me, and, with
all due respect for those who apply them 50
often, ] must say, ito use common phrase.
that all such terms are about 'played out |
suppose, however, that for want of sounder
logic they will continue to be the stercotyped
answers to all independe expression OF
thought. or advocacy of time honored princi
pies But it is not the way to preserve that
| a. MI, i.b
essential to the defeat of the designs OF the
Radicals to get possession Of the State govern
ment.
DENVER, The growth of Western towns is
perpetual marvel There is Denver nearly Il
thousand miles away. nestled under the beet
ling brows of the Rocky Mountains, one OF the
liveliest little cities in the country. lippen-
colt S Gazetteer of 1864 does not even give its
name but the United States census of 1870
enumerates its population at 400. To-day
Denver is brisk, bustliug place Of ,ooD peo-
pie, the depot Of five railroads, the focus of
travel to and from the mining regions OF Colo
RADIO the distributing point of largo section,
and 10 ENTERPRISE real wonder. 1t crouches
~ miles from the foothills Of the mountains,
5000 feet above the level of the sea, in view
of the most majestic scenery in the world, and
in an atmosphere than which there is none more
salubrious on this continent. 1t has a regular
municipal government, and in its stores aud
shops, it's newspapers, the character Of resi-
dcnces and public buildings, wears the proud
air of metropolis.-.&. Louis Republican,.
The TAILOR BIRD. That bird should turn
its beak iuto sewing needle ght seem feat
above all teathered genius; but the tailor bird
Of India has actually done so. The tollowingiS
the mode in which this winged mechanic con
structs its nest The bird having selected two
leaves of size suited to it's wants, and picked
up bit of cotton thread, drills hole in the
leaves with the beak, and then, with the same
tool, passes bit of the thread through, knot
being then formed so as to prevent the thread
from coming out one pair Of holes is thus Sc
cured The same operation is repeated with
each set of holes, until sufficient number of
leaves are joined to form nest. This tasten-
ing knot at each pair of holes instead of unit
ing all by one thread as human seamstress
would do with her needle is tedious task; but
the bird has not got needle, and therefore
has to work with its natural tools. Sure this
operation is evidence of the existence Of some
power of reasoning.
THE AMNESTY ACT. The following circular
has been issued from the Pension Office e.
The amnesty act, approved May 22d, 1872,
provides as follows: That all political disabi
ties imposed by the third section of the four
teenth article Of amendment of the. constitution
of the u S. are hereby removed from all per-
sons whomsoever, except Senators and Repre-
sentatives of the thirty-sixth and thirty seventh
Congresses, and officers in the judicial, military
and naval services of the u S. The only dis
ability imposed by said third section of the
fourteenth article of the amendment of the
constitution was that of exclusion from holding
office under the United States or any of the
States thereof. The amnesty act restores the
right to hold Offices as above stated to those
not excepted, but does not in any other respect
relieve those who have been disoyal FROM any
of the legal penalties, restrictions or require
meuts consequent upon their disloyalty, or the
presumption thereof, nor have any other effect
whatever"
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