Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.

with the climate so healthy and SalubrlOus,
with soil so rich and diversified producing
all kinds Of cereals, vegetables and fruits; with
springs and living streams OF the clnarcst and
best water everywhere; timber aud stone TOR
fencing and building enough to last for:ages
to come, and mineral wealth surprising every
thing that has yet been discovered.
The jury, in the case of Anablc, late clerk
of Henrico county, have found him guilty OF
malfcasancc in office, and fixed the punishment
at three years in the penitentiary. n motion
to set aside the verdict Of the jury and tor
new trial was sustained, the Judge remarklng
that neither the law nor the evidence adduccd
warranted such verdict as was rendered.
Mr.. Anable was held to bail in this case in the
sum of 5000. being already under SSM0
bail on the other charges in the Indictment
The Fredericksburg Ledger says :-"Some
thief, last week, entered the house Of MIR. }.
w. Hunnicutt, in Stafford county, and robbed
| that gentleman Of his entire wardrobe, leaving
BIN nothing in the way of clothing except
what he had on, and at the same time taking
every cent of money he possessed. The old
gentleman is now in embarrassing circumstan-
| ces y
u. S. Commissioner Peasants, on Tuesday,
at Cold IIarbor, examined the cases Of Mcssrs.
Pate, Moore and Parsley, Judges of election at
| Cold IIarbor, Hanover county, charged with
violation Of the Enforcement BILL The invcs-
tgation resulted in the sending of the parties
| to the United States Court to be investigated,
bail being allowed in $4,000 EACH
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company were fined $40 by the
Mayor Of Fredericksburg yesterday, for run
ming one of their passenger trains through the
streets, at that place, at speed greater than
| four miles an hour on Sunday, the Sd instant.
| This is the second time the company has been
| fined during the last few months
! Slate quarries in Amherst county, about
twenty five miles above Lynchburg, are very
ex ensvc, easily worked, and the slate is Of
the most superior quality-saId by good judges
to be much better than that found in BucklDg-
ham. \ fine slate quarry at Neabsco, IN
| Prince William, deserves the attention OF cap
| italiSts.
The Richmond correspondent of the Peters
burg Index, says 1t is said by parties who
| will probably be witnesses in the case, that the
next Grand Jury of the Richmond Hastings
Court will be called upon to inquire into the
alleged reception of bride of 81, 900 bya Con-
servative Judge of Election.
The Shenandoah Herald says 1.-THE Eliza
| beth Furnace property was sold on Monday by
Commissioners Bird and Walton, to DIR. Evans,
of Philadelphia for $500.
COL e. f, Strother, Superintendent Of the
Penitentiary, paid into the State Treasury on
| Wednesday IS ,UG7 0S, on account Of the hire
of convicts upon the public works
Mr.. Joseph Logan was elected clerk of the
county of Rockingham BY u very large major
ity. Mr.. l.. is we'll qualified and an efficient
officer. .....
William Roscnbergcr was committed to the
Shenandoah county Jail on last Saturday on the
charge of killing Ammou ". Glenn, Assessor
Of Ashby Township.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth has
now ready the reprints Of both Sth and 9Th
IIeigh's Virginia Reports. . :.
Mr.. 4. V. Valentine, the accomplished
SCULPTOR was married on Tuesday in Baltimore
to Miss Alice Robinson, formerly of this State.
The General Assembly meets on the first
Wednesday in December
STAGE TnUNDER,-Some fifty ycaIs ago one
Lee, manager of the Edinburgh Theatre, with
view to improving the thunder Of his stage,
vcntured upon return to the Elzabethcan
system of representing a storm. His enter
prise was attended with results at once ludi-
crous and disastrous. He placed lodges here
and there along the back Of his stage, and, OBJ
tanning parcel OF nine pound cannon balls,
| packed these in wheelbarrow which the car
pcntcr was instructed to wheel to and fro over
| lodges. The play was Lear, and the jolting
| of the heavy barrow, as it was trunded along
its uneven path over the hollow stage and the
rumblings and reverberations thus produced
counterfeited most effectively the raging of the
tempest in the third act. Unfortunately, how
ever, while the King was Drawing, in front Of
the scene, the pitiless storm at the back, the
carpenter missed his footing, tripped over one
of the Iedges, and fell down, wheelbarrow,
| cannon balls and ALL The stage being on a
declivity, the cannon balls came rolling rapidly
and noisily down towards the front, gathering
force as they advanced, and overcoming the
feeble resistance offered by the scene, struck it
down, passed over its PROSTATE form, and
made their way toward the toot-lights and the
| fdders, amid the amusement and wonder OF
the audience and the amazemcnt and alarm OF
| the Lear of the night. As the nlne-pouDders
advanced toward him, and rolled about IN all
| directions, he was cOWpelieu 10 ulSp!ay au ac-
tivity in avoiding them singuarly inappropriate
to the age and condition Of the character he
was personating. He was even SAID to resem-
bic dancer achieving the terpsichorcan feat
known as the egg hornpipe. Presently, too,
the musicians became alarmed for the safety
of themselves and their instruments, and deem
ed it advisable to scale the spiked partition
which divided them from the pit for the
cannon balls were upon them, smashing the
lamps and falling heavily into the orchestra.
Meanwhile, exposed to the, full gaze of the
house. lay prone, beside his empty barrow, the
carpenter, the innocent provoker of the storm
he had been unable to allay or direct, not at
all hurt, but exceedingly frightened and be-
wildered After this unlucky experiment the
manager abandoned his wheelbarrow and can
non balls and reverted to more received meth
DDS of producing stage storms.
'RETRocEssIoN. THE Richmond Enquir
or speaking of the rumors concerning the agita-
ton of retrocession says Seriously, is
not this Joke about retrOceSSOn! Virginia