The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.
William r. Clements died in Peter
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William r. Clements died in Peters.
burg yesterday.
The necessary three-ffths vote was
obtained at the election in Harrisonbure
last Saturday, instructing the corporation
authorities to subscribe S25. 900 to the cap.
ital stock of the Washington, Cincinnati
narrow gauge railroad.
Mr.. B. 7. Jordan, of Rockbridge, ar
experienced iron man, is forming compa'
ny to establish furnace at Wavnesboro'
in Augusta county. The capital necessa'
ry to purchase the land and erect the fur.
mace will be about $4,000, which will be
raised without difficulty.
Colonel Edward Daniels, Republican
candidate for Congress in the Eighth dis.
trict, and Colonel Richard j. Hinton, sec.
rotary of the Republican Resident Commit.
tee at Washington, addressed large meet.
ing at Republican headquarters in Alex.
andria last evening.
"A. M. Crane, ESQ.,, of Staunton, made
a cheering and effective speech at Repub.
lican meeting at Mount Sidney, on Satur-
day last. He spoke about one hour with a
most happy effect. Republicans are wide
awake in the Valley. We are sure of the
city of Staunton for Grant and Wilson,
and may carry the county of Augusta,
such has been the recent change in public
sentiment.
The Chatham Tribune says: A
negro woman living on the farm of L. j.
Watson, Esq, near this place, has given
birth to child having eyes-three on one
knee, two on the other. and the other two
in their proper places. The child is we'll
formed, with the exception of its legs,
which are said to be twisted backward in
the similtude of rams horn. 1t occa-
sionally Kisses and ticks out its tongue,
after the manner of q snake. 1t is now a
month old, and seems to be healthy and
growing finely. A number Of our citizens
have visited this lusus natur@, and the
truth of the reports of its existence can be
well sustained"
Mr.. Amber, supporter of the Gree
ley cause, said in a joint meeting at Cuckoo,
Louisa county, a few days ago, that the
'freedom of the negro was the greatest
curse that had ever been visited upon this
country" His whole speech indicated that
he had not advanced an inch since 1861.
R. d. Beckley, ESQ.,, Of Alexandra, who
is one OF the most intelligent colored men
in the State, met the arguments of Mr..
Amber in calm, dignifed, and very eff
fective way ,exemplifying in his own conduct
the capability of his race to appreciate the
blessings and the duties of freedom. Sew
eral other speakers, representing both sides
of the present political contest, addressed
the meeting. The result was q signal
triumph for the Republicans.
"A singular accident to the gas-holder
at the Lynchburg gas works on Wednesday
evening, is thus related by the Republican !:
"The laborers on the line of the Lvnchburg
and Danville railroad let off blast in the
vicinity of the gas works, which came well
nigh producing terrible explosion and
consequent loss of life. A stone from the
blast struck the gasometer at the gas
works at a time when it was filled, and
made rent four by six feet, causing all
the gas to escape, and leaving the city in
darkness for the night. Providentially, the
wind had changed but short time before
the accident, and but for this circumstance
the escaping gas would have been blown
directly into the fire at the gas works,
which would have necessarily produced a
terrible explosion, and it is barely possible
that all the employees could have escaped"