Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-08
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Inc ltnckbrluge Citizen says that on i ueS-
day of last week. little after dark, singular
phcnomenon of rain from cloudess sky was
witnessed III various parts of Rockbridge coun-
". The evening was warm, and there had
ue,n considerable thunder aiannd the noun
talns durng the AFTERNOON. Between ! and
. rl'mk there VA, Il patterlug little shower,
whist the star, were shining and no clouds Wis
lille
y telcgruphc dispatch has been received in
Rirhnond from Captain IalIcy, the alleged de-
iauItng township collector He Is in Missouri,
and efforts will be made to induce him tn re-
turn to his family aid give IN account Of his
sewariship His friends Claim that he is
strictly honest and hat his financial embarass
COUNTY to relative.
At a meeting Of the r 'dir,ls of Spo.Sylva-
via held at the Court II use on Thursday, }.
p. Srncr was elected delegate to the Richmond
Convention and resolution adopted express
ing a preference for Grant aud Lewis for Pres
ident and Vice President, r D. Beckley of this
place figured in the meeting.
The Iynchhurg News says An old colored
man from Charlotte who had been Oh hunt
ing expedition to the great Pigeon Roost in
that COUNTY, brought 10 market yesterday over
two hundred pigeons, which he claimed 70 have
killed in three or four hours. He sold th''m
readily at ten cents apiece
On Monday Of last week, the arm Of a baby
was found in the possession of the dogs on MIR.
Whitakers farm, near Harrisonburg. The re-
uander Of the body had no doubt been eaten
by the dogs, as they appeared to have just I'm
ished full meal.
Several families from Franklin county, in
Guiding men, women and children, passed
through Lynchburg yesterday on their way to
Ncbras ka, where they intend to locate.
\ meeting Of the stock holders Of the recent.
~ incorporated Bank at Berryvillc, Clarke
county is called for the l3tt, for the purpose
of organizing.
The scarlet fever prevails to a considerable
eases at the Institute
A new steam tannery is being erected in
HarriSonburg. its capacity for tanning being
10 hides per week
Two aged citizens of Winchester, Mr.. George
Barnhart, 81 years DID, and Mr.. Frederick
Alf1ick. 81 Years old, have recently died.
Scene IN TIE South CAROLINA SENATE
In the South Carolina Senate last Friday the
monotony of the proceedings was broken by a
suicy debate all about the construction of a
dam across the Cougarre river. \ Mr.. Leslie
got on the rampage and turning to two Of his
colleagues Nash and Hayne-s said, Il under
stand you members have your votes chaIked
and marked. and turning to the President con
tinucd, Il am not afraid to say your ruling is
partisan and unfair. Upon this Nash went
for Leslie Insisting on Il retraction, lutimatlng
that if he I.csiie) was to treat him (Nash) in
the way he did tine speaker, one OF them would
be missing from the roll call Warming up a.
ne proceeded with the recollection Of the good
old times beto the wa he closed with the fol
lowing brilliant perOratlOn:
He U,t,slie) has irl>uted our president, and
if we are dgllificd and spirited, we will resent
such language. Are we here az boys? Would
you have the senate pace OF wrangng, a
SPECTACLE 10 attrac, outsiders? Sir, | remem.
brr in the old days of our state an inkstand
would have been hurled al the Senator'S head
Tor such unparamentary language. If We
cannot ilnit1te those gallant old Carolinians in
ANYTHING else. let Us ulitate them III their rca-
diueSS TO rebuke an insult.
Leslie, however. stood his ground and in
stead of retracting. repeated his offensive re-
marks, nor We're any inkstands hurled.
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
OF VOTES. The New Hampshire clerks and
laborers in the various departments and work
shops under the Cpycrnmcnt III this city. have
obtained ten days leave of absence, TO go
home and vote at their State election, on the
18th instant In other words, five hundred
clerks and workmen are off duty, in order to
support the Administration by voting the Radl-
cal ticket in New Hampshire for dung which
they receive their regular pay, averaging -
per day. or 81, 800 per day Tor the entire force,
which, Tor ten days, makes $22j, 900, paid BY
the United States Government for five hundred
Radical votes. The blue book only shows
% New Hampshire clerks as employed in the
Treasury: how, then, comes it that nearly two
hundred have left that Department aloue, TO &C
home and vote in New Hampshire? Who will
rise to explain? Ii there ever was u chance ioI
civil service reform. then this is one,- WISH
myton Rtriot.
CoAL.-The Clnch Valley News says coal
field unparalleled in the extent OF ITS area,
skirts the entire northern boundary of Tazewell
county trou east to west. This is a portion ot
the great continuous coal field of Pennsy lvania,
Virginia and Ohio, which extends from the
Northern borders Of PennSylvana, as far south
AS Huntsville, Alabama; and according to Prot.
II. d. Rodgers is the most extensive known to
gcologists.
Nineteen new cases of small pox were re-
ported in New York and three deaths ycster-
day.
DIEM.
At Fairfax G H., on Monday. March 4th, vt
8 o'clock U. m, Mrs JANE w. LINDSAY,
in the II year of herage, reict of the late Samuel
Lindsay, OF this city.