Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Grand Division of Sons of Temperance
now in session in Richmond, is 10 good deal
Of trouble about the action of tho Grand Wor-
thy Patriarch iii granting charters to subordi
nate divisions composed of colorcd men. The
Grand Scribe having refused to sign these char
tiers they were issued without his signature
and ten divisions have thus been organized -
The report Of the Grand Worthy Patriarch so
far as it relates to this Subjc was referred to
special committee The committee made two
reports--the majority sustaining the action Of
the Grand Worthy Patriarch. The minority
report strongly censures this action Of the head
Of the Order in the State, and demands re-
turn of the charters thus issued. A substl
tutc substantially endorsing the report OF the
minority, but differing in this that it requires a
| different password to he given to colorcd dy-
>ionS was offered, and adopted by majority
of Que
i very painful scene has been exhibiting in
the Circuit Court room in Staunton for the last
week, perhaps the most painful one that can
be imagined Of woman telling the story
Of her shame 10 the witness box. Tho case on
trial is that Of Mrs Sarah }. CARRIER against
! ba'iu .l,c Nv = lNS"h odulaEcS lol Dfcacil
Of promise q: marriage. under which promise
she testified she was ruined
We learn from the Rockingham Register
.hat Willis Gordon, negro has been arrested
in kczIcton, in that county and committed to
Jail in ilarrSonburg, charged with committing
an outrage upon Miss Hannah Bell Dixon, a
poor but respectable white girl, living in the
Chestnut Ridge. The girl represents that the
outrage was committed under circumstances of
great atroclty.
The Clarke Courier says 1.-THE graduation
on the line of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
through this county Icing nearly completed,
the contractors are now finishing their work by
constructing cuycrts wherever needed.
r. S. Morgan esq, gentleman of high cul=
ture and unusual business capacity, who has
resided in charlottesville for some years past,
has gone to Savannah Georgia, to live
JOS. I. Logan, esq a., has been elected Clerk
of the County Court Of Rockingham to fill the
vacancy occasloned by the death Of VIM. Nick.
| Wartmann
Mrs Lucinda Marrow, for many years resi-
dent Of Winchester died very suddenly at her
residence in that place, on last Thursday Mrs
NJ taught school in Winchester for many years.
Several bonGrcs were lighted in Leesburg
on Wednesday night in honor of the election
of Gen. lunton.
The Internal Revenue collections in the
Richmond district, for October, amounted to
S2Sl ,04092.
A sumao mill is soon to be put in operation
10 Derryville
w. w. Flanagan and family, of Charlottes-
vile. have returned from Europe.
PRINCE GEORGES County ITEMS. Rich
ard q. Bowling has made sale of a portion of
his late home farm, called the "Lodge' lying
near Oxen Hill, in this county, to gentleman
living in Washington city. The sale was-l90
acres at s15 per acre, and the purchaser is pre-
pared TO make extensive improvements
On Saturday last the farm OF Daniel Clarke,
in Queen Anne district, was sold for the sum
Of $27 per acre; 643 acres were sold to Mrs
Dr. Harding
r. B. B. Chew, trustee Of Richard Winfield,
lately sold 25 acres Of land near Green Hill, the
estate of Geo. w. Riggs, ip Bladensburg dis
trict, to Mrs. Mary Anna Forsyth, of Wash
iDgton city, for S., 600 cash.
The child Of Mr.. VIM. Fugan, aged about
last with chestnut.
Gov Bowie has lately disposed of &c cattle
of various ages at 500 per head lie has also
sold 80 Of his fine sheep at $50 per head,
Mr. Coffin, of Muirkirk, met With great
loss or the 18th Of October by the death of one
of his celebrated cattle, the 9th Earl of Ok
ford This animal lately ELECTED much admira-
ton at the Fair of the Maryland Agricultural
Society in Baltimore, and was valued Of
So, -MnrlJo,y Nd, Prince Georgian
AN AMBITIOUS YOUTH 10 Charlestowu, Mass,
who has little money of his own but wealthy
father recently conceived the brilliant idea of
giving grand party at which all the notables
of the country should be present He accord,
ingly sent invitations to distinguished men in
all the States of the Union, including President
Grant, Secretary Boutwell,. Charles Francis
Adams and Horace Greeley also nclosing his
own photograph. His orders for hall decora.
tons we're liberal, amounting to $4,000, flow.
crs alone to the amount of $1,000 being in-
Guided. The owner of the hall refused to allow
the use of it without receiving $500 in advance.
| The young mans father refused to furnish the
money and the magnificent party fell through.
| The old gentleman, however, had to spend
few hundreds in telcgraphng the invited guests
not to comc instead Of several thousands for
dancing.
+. T. &. r. R-Work is being rapidly push
ed forward on the Fredericksburg and Char
lottcsville Railroad. Yesterday a locomotive
ran out to Mills Cut, where large force
is engaged in repairing the damage done the
track by land slides. 1t is expected that the
track, which is already laid about eighteen
miles in about ten or fifteen days, will be pac-
cd in condition for the locomotive to run
over - Er,irrirLsj,uyU Star