The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

TX. billiard, an old citizen Of Norfolk
died in that city on Monday. 1,afsa b.
! The Leesburg Wash,ngtonidn says
Professor Eye caught in the Potomac
near Leesburg, on Wednesday last, bas
weighing tour pounds and a quarter"
/ "A colored man named Penrose Payne
a native of fredericksburg, was shot ant
instantly Killed, yesterday, in Washington
! city, by Lloyd Thomas, he being mistaken
for burglar. s % ~
| Five prisoners escaped from the Nor
folk city Jail just after daybreak Monday
morning, by oyerpowering the jailor, who
entered the prison for the purpose of turn.
ing off the gas. Two Of them were recap
tured. Those yet at large are named Bill
Olmstead, Albert Davis, and William Har-
grove. t4..ffsI
Under the new arrangement, by which
the night trip of the Quantico boat has been
| discontinued, and the mail transferred to
the Alexandra and Fredericksburg train,
there is now but one mail between Rich
| mond and Alexandria. The Postmaster OF
the latter place is endeavoripg to have the
double daily mail service resumed. - ~
-Four colored persons, three girls and a
boy, were drowned in the Mattaponi, near
Prazier's Ferry, on Sunday last, in at
tempting to cross the river, to attend
preaching. The boat sprung leak, the
girls becoming alarmed rushed to the stern
OF the boat, which Immediately sunk, stern
foremost. # u % NS Z
Duke and Harris, late Representatives
in Congress, and Roller and O'Ferrall, also
asprants for the Democratic Congressional
nomination, addressed the people Of
Augusta, on Monday. O'Ferrall pitched
into Greeley and Governor Walker. He
will run as an independent candidate. The
contest between Duke and Harris for the
nomination will be close. 5f q
3 Mrs. Agnes Bullock, who was born in
Hanover county, in this State on the goth
day of January, 1776, but has resided in
kentucky since she was twelve years Of
age, has lately cut a new set Of teeth. She
lives in Orangeburg, Ky, and is the mother
of ID. Rice Bullock, her only child. She is
the juvenile possessor of seventy great
gand children. VIZ - Ia..rs ar.3 go.
The delegates from Fauquier county to
the Eighth Congressional district conyen-
ton are F. NJ. Fletcher, John w. Stewart,
James B. Henry, and McAlister r.
Gregg. The Republicans of Fauquier are
united for Grant and Wilson. Col. Mosby
and number of other Democrats are work.
ing efficiently for the same ticket. A large
Grant and Wilson meeting was held at
Warrenton on the 18th. va
s The Alexandra Gazette has the follow
ing: A young lady residing at Manassas,
Onf an, tho f.a,oht two, IL Al
station last Saturday night, and though her
father, who, 1t appears, was on the 9ui
ripe, searched the cars for her, concealed
herself SO successfully that she escaped de-
lection, and reached this city in safety. At
the depot here she was met by a young
man with hack, and the two started off |
for Washington, where it is
supposed they were made one in a short |
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We ask our Greeley Democratic CO.
who have been loud in their
denunciations of the recent outrages in
North Carolina, how the following case,
which occurred in our own State, compares [
with the Raleigh disturbance? We copy
from o letter to the Boston Globe an. A.
M. BARLEY, a mail contractor from Fred
ericksburg to Orange Courthouse, Virginia,
was on Saturday last savagely assaulted, !
at or near the latter place, by four Demo.
cratic members of a Greeley club, one of
them being the editor of the Piedmont FIR
ga'an. Barley, had in q public place,
favored the reelection of General Grant,
He was assailed after nightfall with pistols
ind clubs, and but for the assistance rem
Tered by colored men would probably have
Deen killed."
I'VE stated on Monday that the Repub-
leans of the 9th district had unanimously
dominated Col. R. w. Hughes for Con-
5ress. We have since received the full pro-
,eed,ngs of the convention. All but three
IF the counties of the district were repre-
'ented. The convention was permanently
organized by the election of John Walsh
rs chairman, and G. A.. Biting as secreta-
y. 1t was addressed by Messrs. r. V.
Julbertson and John Walsh, after which, i
IN motion of Roger Sullivan, Col. Hughes
vas unanimously nominated for Congress.
lie returned thanks, and promised to enter
he canvass with zeal. q. G. Goodell, as
We have stated, was elected district elect
,r, and the following gentlemen were APP
,ointed assistant electors John Walsh, h
lanes IL. Echols, j. NJ. Adams. A full
list OF county canyassers was appointed,
nd the following named gentlemen were
elected as the district executive commit
ee: George w. Henderlite, G. S. Smith. I
\. W. Sheryey, G. 4. Egbert, l.. F. Gus I
er. et@ahtt y p