Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

An examination, has Deen MADE INTO the
affairs of the State Bank Of Virginia. at
Richmond as left by Mr.. Teller. the deiaultlng
and absconding teller The Bank loses
little less than $50, 00O-but Mr.. Tellcr's sure
ties will pay $1,000 Of that amount and a
party who was engaged with Teller, in specula
ton in real estate has made restoration to the
extent of giving deed upon a very large
amount of encountered property. 80
The Convocation, which commenced at the
Episcopal Church in Danville on Wednesday
last, was brought to a close on Sunday. The
occasion was one of lively interest: Besides
the pastor Of the Church there, there were
present from distance Revs. John Clark,
kinsolving, laird and Southron, and services
we're held regularly morning. and evening.
4 clerk in one of the Banks in Richmond.
the other night, having business in the Bank
at late hour, was mistaken for robbcr Ey
the watchman, who collected crowd and en-
tered the Bank before he discovered his mis-
take. 1t was reported next day that the; Shank
had been robbed oftrom S2o,O0o to $6o,WW.
Mr.. Reuben A. Bird, Of Mt. Jackson. died
| on Thursday morning last. He had nearly lived
ont the allotment Of three score and ten years.
Mr. Bird held Il warm place liz the hearts OF
the many acquaintance he formed in years or
mercantile life aud his death will be deporcd.
Major Theodore B. Hill. formerly a Lcuten-
ant ia the. [ nitcd States army, but recently in
thu, employment of Major +. D. Brockman, OF
charlottesville. died suddenly last Sunday
night. He was in the Confederate States ser
vice also
Mr.. Jas. H. Binford Superintendent Of the
Public Schools of Richmond has been appoint
ed one of the aids of the United States Com
missioner to the Worlds Far al Vienna IN
lS13
The Grand Lodge Of Masons Of Virginia will
meet in Richmond on the 9;h of December
The Grand Chapter meets during the same
week Interesting sessions are anticipated.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Peters
burg Appeal says: THE fashionable faro
banks are putting on their best ATTIRE rrcpara-
tory TO the meeting Of the Legislature.
Rev. r. y. Sledd. Of Lynchburg. has re-
ccivcl an invitation to assume the p.s;oratc Of
Trinity Church, Baltimore, which it Is prVla-
Die he may accept
Isaac Webb, respectable colorei iuau Of
Nlwooi. was appointed oversecr Of the road
in Chapel district, a short time ago. On thurs
day last he had his gang ont on the road.
Many horses are dying with the prevailing
epidemic in the upper part of Stafford aud
lower part of Culpepcr and Faululer counties.
WHAT Morrow MIGHT TEL~-Thc sen
tcuce Of Hugh Morrow in Philadelphia on St
turday 10 six years and pine months impr!>-
onment for the attempted assassination OF Al.
derman McMuu provokcs great deal Of
comment from the newspapers. II Will pc re-
membcrcd that Morrow vas the hired assassin
of the Whi>key Ring 10 an effort to murder De-
tcctive Brooks, that Mc3lullin was one Of his
employers, and that tor..slme mysterious reason
the two quarrced after Morrow had been par
then made the assault on McMuilin. Morrow
has the secrets Of villanous conspiracy in hi,
possessions and the little that he has AREA =
told incres a general desire TO get more ou: Of
him The Ledger says on this Su'"ct
Since his Seotcucc onSaturiay auI after his
lips have been sealed for the present As wiz
hess. disclosures Of the most startling character
vouched for as made By him, aud a,tc-tcd b.
what purportS to be his oath before the Mayor
OF the city aud another magistrate, have been
permitted to come to light. These have refer
cncc not only to the attempt 70 murder Slr.
| Brooks, but TO a catalogue 1T other hlucous
crimes, alleged by Morrow TO have Eeen com
mttcd or instigatcd By the same combination
! of men whom he accuses with having employed
| him TO murder Brooks
Beginning with the Brooks conspiracy. Nor
row atfidayits profess to tell by whom he was
| Immediately inStigated to do the work Of aS>aS
| sinati0n in that instance, giving pameS aud
places and particulars: how the murdcrous
| gang logged the footsteps Of that faithful off
Ger by day and by night to kill him, for no 9TH
er reason than that he was faithful TO his duty:
how when Morrow assassin heart failed him,
he was bulIied until the attempted murder was
accomplished; and how, when he had done the
work, he was secreted for days and weeks, and
carried from place to place. and paid five dol
lars for the fcndsh job! Then follow parti-
cuIars as to the alibi, which he says was fabri-
Gated for his defence. thus adding perjury and
subornation of perjury to the attempted muir
der Fourth in this startling catalogue OF i'm
puted crime is the charge by Morrow that the
terrible coal oil fire" at Ninth and Wharton
was Dstgatcl By some Of the same gang.
This is of character to chill the blood Of every
one who recalls the terrible consequences Ut
that calamity women and children start-
Ell from their DcQS on Wlut'T UlRlI VIII llaNcS
all around them-the every streets surglng with
liquid fire, so that every avenue Of escape was
cut off, aud forced to fly from their burning
homes only to be engulfed in the rivers Of flame
sweeping through the streets.
Nothing can be more horrible than the con,
temptation of this awful calamity as q dclibcr-
ate work of organized crime. Filth in the list
of accusations is the charge that the attempted
destruction of the Union League House by fire
was the work of the same crowd. Sixth IS
the murder of Peter Mannox, at Ninth aud
Chestnut, few years ago and seventh Is the
burglary and enormous robbery OF the Saving
Fund, at Twelfth and Chestnut, in l>,i>.
Ii would have been better to permit Morrow
to remain unscntenced for the remainder of his
life, than % leave the record he has made stand
as it does, or to let slip the opportunity to fast
en- on their authors the crimes he cuumcratcS.
TIE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF VIRGINIA
has this session forty-eight students, and TWO
more expected. The new Professor OF