Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-17

Capt G. NJ BIackiord offered the following
resolution ratityiug the above agreement and
contract, which was unanimously adopted by
stock vnte--2.-t5l votes being cast for it:
Realred That the contract this day made
and entered into between the Orange, Aicxan-
dria & Manassas Railroad Company aud the
Lvnchburg & Danvie Railroad Company,
whereby the said companies are consolidated.
be aud hereby is ratified and confirmed on the
part of the said Lynchburg 4 Dauville Rail
road Company.
The following report Of the Chief Engineer
was then read and ordered to be printed
.Jom s BnrJour esq, Ifrs,|'nf:
SIR TO give as clear view Of the present
condition of the graduation Of the road as can
be given, | state that the work upon the first
division, extending from Lynchburg SOUTH
distance of thirty three miles, under the imme-
diate charge Of Major NorvelI as Division En-
ginecr, will be finished during next mouth, with
the exception Of the tunuel in Lynchhurg aud
the masonry of Staunton river bridge The
former, under favorable circumstances, can TIC
completed before the close Of winter, though it
is reasonable TO expect some severe weather
which will nccessitate some delay in the pro.
grcss Of the work. The masonry of Staunton
river bridge is progressing satisfactorily, and IN
two months can be flushed.
The second division, under the charge o:
Major Ward, will be finished by the cud of the
year.
In the course of three or four weeks the
track can be commenced at Lynchburg and
carried on continuously to COMPLETION No de.
Law need occur in laying the track throllgh
I.ynchburg, as the wany and archlug the tuu-
mel can be so worked as not to interfere with
the passage Of the material trains with cross
ties and iron.
1t is expected to have the SupcrStructon Of
the Otter and Staunton river bridges framed
aud ready to be put III position, 50 rs not to
delay the progress OF the road.
Respectfully.
H. W. EANDEGEIFT.
Chief Engineer
REVIVAL. or AN OLD DISCOVERY IN Inr-
| purN The following communication Is FROM
gentleman Of intelligence, who knows where
of he speaks The story Ola silver mile at
! llillSbnrrugh. discovered years agp, and asand
| oucd. has long been Il tradition IN that y!gh-
borhoud and it would be little remarkable.
! if after the lapse o! 50 many years. the min
should now be r,np"ucd and prove a. rich
and profitable as w. hope it may. -i.o"ho""
| W,rrr
lIILI.>BoEoyGn Oct l0-Thcrc has been
a tradition. han:cd down from generation -
generations to the cifcc, that silver miac *
, listed in The gap in the Short Hill mountain al
| Hrll<boro 1t has been the general hrlici. a
well as the general report III this community
that mine was opened and that silver in val
uaiple quantities was discovered at this place
p:Iur To the revolutionary war In cnn-clll nee
OF these reports. Il party was formed same
thirty or forty years ago to look for this hidden
| treasure. Operations were begun ut the spot
tradition had located the mine. on the land Of
JAS c. Janncy. esq and after digging 10 The
depth of eighteen or twenty feet al old winlla>>.
picks buckets and other mining tools We're Dis,
covered The bottoms vi the cxcnvat ion was solid
rock Of white sandstone formation. containing
substance pronounced silver by all who saw it.
The search was then abau"nad AN! nothing
more than to talk Of the unicvclo;cd wealth
in our mountain has been done sine \ faw
days ago TWO men. entire strangers 10 all IN
town. made their appearance and asked for
board tor Il few days They represented them
selves as coming from Illinois and in reply to
questions from the curious, stated that that the
object Of their visit was IN see the lands o! Lou
dJun of Which they had heard Il great deal
said. This statement did not suit the nuui>i
tive disposition Of our villagers: some thought
they were land buyers. some that they were
manufacturers and were looking for 4 location.
others thought them miners looking after min
erals while very few thought they might he
after running voters into Pennsylvania Our
| Mayor interviewed them but failed to elicit
any thing; other good uuc>tioncrs were sent to
them but without results. In the meantime
our visitors were quietly going about looking
at, and enjoying our fine mountain scenery.
crilcizing the town. the way farming WIS done
10 this country, and things generally After
keeping Us Oh the rack for several days they in
formed one Of our citizens that long time
ago, before the old French War, their great
grandfather. an old miner. had discovered silver
and opened mine at this place. They stated
that an opening to the depth eighty feet was
made by him and silver in large quantities
found, but just at the time he was to receive
the reward of his labor he was driven off by the
officers Of the colonial government, who claimed
the silver as belonging to the crown Of England
in consequence OF 4 reservation made in all
charters and grants of land, of all minerals and
metals. The old miner made careful plat Of
the place, intending TO return at some future
time and 90 to work again, but the French war
breaking out at that time, and this place be-
ing in the line OF Gen. Braddock march and
other causes unknown now, prevented his re-
turn. The desert ption of the place where the
silver was found has been carefully kept By his
descendants and now after the lapse of a century
they come TO the scene Of their ancestors dis
coveries for the purpose ofre-opening the niue.
Nr ,Janncy offered them liberal terus-whch
they have under consideration-and is anxious
for them to 20 to work and deveIope what has
been talked of for SO many years. Respect
fully, EXCHANGE.
BLoonY DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.-Ihc Savan
nah News gives the following particulars OF
lamenable affair which took place 10 that
city on Friday of last week, and was briefly TO-
ted by telegraph in the Gazette. 1t says
Yesterday morning, shortly after 10 o clock,
considerable excitement was created by the re-
! hort that larid & lillnn nntn hrnker ON