Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-11
The Vote on the Nominations.
For PRESIDENT.

For PRESIDENT.
Whole number of votes cast, 1872.
Horace Greeley, Csc.
James A. Bayard of Delaware. IS.
jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, 81.
VIM. S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, :.
Blank, s.
Subsequently, the nomination was made uuan-
imous.
For VIcE-PREsIDENT.
For Vice President, whole number Of votes,
1872
b. GRAFT Brown, 7l3
John w. Stevenson, of Kentucky, 6.
Blank votes, IL.
Subsequently made unanimous.
Both nominations were followed with cuthu-
siastic cheers.
THE WHEAT CROP IN TIE NORTHERN NECK
OF VIRGINIA. Wiloughby Newton, in Il
letter in which he notices the decrease Of the
production Of wheat in his own county West
moreland) and in the Northern Neck OF Vir-
GINA says: Persons not Informed by person
al observation can form no idea OF the great re-
duction OF this surface in the wheat growing
States of the South from year to year since the
war An effort was made by many farmers to
produce large crops They used their money
and their credit, as far as it would go, In the
purchase Of fertilizers, the seasons were dlsas-
trous, the fertilizers produced little effect, aud
instead of u gain they often reaped heavy
loss. la their present condition this operation
could not long continue, and the wheat crop
has been nigh abandoned.
In this Wcstmorcland county, which, ac
cording to the census of $780, produced over
l25, 900 bushels wheat, or more than 10 bushels
to the inhabitant, the best estimate that can
now be made of the crop, though Of unusually
fine quality, is about Is, 900 or two bushels to
the inhabitalt The falling off is probably In
equal proportion throughout the whole tide
water region. This is not at all wonderful
when We survey the immense tracts OF fine land
now given up to freedmen, who have neither
skill uor capital to cultivate them, and who
SOW no wheat, whilst the few landed proprietors,
who still continue to cultivate their own farms,
have, for want Of money, been compelled to
curtail their cultivation within very narrow
limits. - Virginia HraM.
LAW Survive have already mentioned the
case of the U. S. VS.. VIM. Baync ct al, trus-
tees of Lawrence p Bayne, before the U. s.
Circuit Court in Baltimore. The opinion of
the Court was on "Wednesday delivered by
Judge Giles Judge Bond concurring therein.
His Honor stated that the Court was satisfied
from the evidence produced that MIR. King,
the agent OF Bayne 4 Co., had knowledge that
the money Was that Of the U. S., and that it
had come into Bayne's hands in such way as
to give right to the u S. to hold Bayne &
Co.. as we'll as the Merchants National Bank of
Washington City, as its debtor. The Court,
therefore, would sign decree declaring the U.
S. prior creditor to the amount of $500, 1000,
to be paid out of the fund in the hands Of the
trustees of Bayne & Co., after deducting the
expenses and commissions of the trustees, com
plaiuant recognizing the deed of trust, and be-
ing, therefore, subject to it. 1t is expected that
the case will be carried on appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the u. S.-Muyland Law
Reporter.
SHYsTERs. Yesterday morning the attor
ney for The District called the attention of
Judge Smell to the fact that there were num-
her of shysters practising in the Police Court,
who were accustomed to tamperes witness with
In the witness room, directing them what to say,
feeling them to keep away, &c. The Court aui
madverted severely on such conduct, and
threatened if the names of any of these shyers
were brought to his knowledge to exclude them
from practice in the court : Washington Pat
riot.