Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The tobacco trade Is brisk at l)anville-
Bricklayers are in demand in Ricllmunl and
Norfolk.
There are $40 patients at tho Western Luna
tic Asylum.
Over 400 yonng ladies' are in Attendance III
the Stanton Female schools.
Mr.. B. H. B. Duddridge, son Of the late
I distinguished Philip DoLdriIge, died in Wheel
Ing few days ago
The extra session Of the General Assembly,
ten days in duration, cost the State about iii.
teen thousand dollars.
The annual council of Friends of Temperance
for the State of Virginia will be held AT Alb
ingdon on Tuesday, the 23d Of April.
\ large number Of the bass have been taken
! from the waters Of the Shenandoah river and
liawksbll creek. and. with few exceptions, of
large size.
George Whitfield Read, leading and widely
known member of the DaovIllc bar, died at his
residence in that place last Saturday uurnlDg,
at the age OF siXty-three.
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows Of the
! State Of Virginia, commenced lis session at
! Portsmouth On the llth. A large humber OF
delegates We're in attendance.
Mr.. William Ford, native Of llcnrico, and
for many years we'll known and highly es-
teeuied citizen Of Richmond, is dead Mr.
Ford performed military service III the war ol
! 1872
There are some one hundred and fifty hands
engaged on the section Of the Lynchburg aud
Dapyile Railroad between DanviIle and Pitt
sylvania Court house, and the work Is being ac-
lively prosecuted.
The vote in Shepherdstown to confirm the
subscription of IS 900, made by the Town couu-
ell some time ago to the Shenandoah Valley
RaIruad, resulted in 225 for subscripuon to +
against-a nearly unanimous vote.
The Shenandoah Herald says: -"Tlcre is
considerable prospecting going on along the
liue of ,he Shenandoah Valley Railroad. On
the lands of COL |. n King, the out groupings
Of iron ore are said to be very promising.
Mr. Edward Shelley, land agent at Wyths-
vile, says that several gentlemen from the low
cr Valley conn;ic> have recently sold Jher real
estate in those counties and Invested in Ny1hr,
upon the most advantageous terms.
1t meeting held by the people Of Franklin
county, steps were taken to unite with the peo-
Die OF Bc,}t.,rl in their efforts to construct the
narrow gauge railroad from Liberty to Rocky
Mount II is estimated that the road. fifty
eight miles long, will cost about $5SO,Mn.
Some wrctches made an attempt to destroy
the Northhouud Orange freight train, on Mon
day night last by riling wood and cross ties on
the track between New Glasgow and 1ye River
Depot The engineer fortunately discovered
the obstruction 10 time to prevent an accident.
The Marion Patriot states that fifty to seven
ty-fve persons will remove from that county
lSmythe) to the far West in few days. We
are sorry always to see such accounts. \ Dung
men, stay at home You can. by industry,
generally d. as we'll or better, by working your
way along in old Virginia.
The Court of Appeals, after hearing argyll
ments in the case Of the consttutouality of the
Homestead provision Of the Constitution and
in the eases already out. will devote itself to
forming judgments and writing out opinions,
in cases already heard. 1t will probably ad-
j,urn in about ten days.
\ meeting of the corporation Of 'lhe Elr!n-
ia Incbriates Home was recently held IN Rich
monl. The board consists of number Of the
DcSl ClllHcIIS, lilCluiluS plcuNcin, u'e'.I'. ~"
vers merchants. editors and others This IN
stituion was recently incorporated under II
charter Of the General Assembly.
The City Council Of Richmond has repeated
the ordinance imposing Il license tax upon non
resident commercial travellers, or sample lner-
chants, by unanimous Vote The only tribute
to which NONRESIDENT commercial travellers
will be subjected in Richmond in the future
will be the State license tax, which was recent
~ reduced to Sd.
The British steamship HISTORIAN, Of the Al
Ian line, arrived at Norf,lk on Tuesday from
Liverpool, via Halifax with passengers and
freight to Col. Lamb, the Norfolk agent of the
line Sixty-fve passengers and considerable
freight we're landed at Norfolk Five of the
passengers are Germans, two Scotch, and fifty
eight English They are destined for various
poluts in Virginia, North Carolina and fenncs
see.
In Petersburg, Mr. James NJ. Donnau and
Mr.. J. W. johnson had an encounter on Bank
street, Which resulted in the wounding Of Mr,
D. in the leg by pistol shot. and slight,
though painful injury to Mr.. johnson on the
head. The affair occurred in the office OF the
Petersburg Progress of which paper MIR.
johnson IS the reporter Mr. Donnan was
hurt after sharp contest had taken place.
Tie difficulty arose about an article which APP
peared in the local colum rs of that paper.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT.