Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-24
VIRGINIA. NEWS.

Staunton and Norfolk the Conservatives were
successful at the election on Thursday In
Portsmouth and Petersburg The Radicals elect
ed their tickets At CuIpcrcr the election
passed off quietly. Mayor Latham was re-
elected by lbs majority over W. B. Nolle,
Radical candidate. The Conservative Council
was elected There was no active contest, cx-
cent for the mayoralty. Nearly all of the old
township Offices were reelected
The school trustees of Manassas Township
have adopted resolution requesting all candl-
dates for the positions of teachers in the schools
to present written application to the Board
before june 2Sth, the date of their meeting. 1t
is the intention of the Board to request the
county Superintendent to appoint day tor the
public examination Of all applicants on some
day in July. All the schools in the Township
vii open Monday September Sth.
The Radical State Central Committee have
issued au official call for State Convention, to
be held in Lynchburg the 3oth day OF July
next, ''f,r the purpose of organizing the party
for the State election Of November coming. and
of nominating candidates for the Offices OF
Governor, Licutenant-G Governor and Attorney
General
The Orange g. H. Piedmont Firginlan says:
eve regret to hear that the cut worm, that
great enemy to the young corn, has conncnc-
ed its work upon it also that the fly Is In the
wheat and is doing it no little damage IN some
portions Of four county.
There is fine prospect for wheat, oats and
grass in the ncighborhood of Buck!and, Prince
William county, but the farmers arc behind
hand with their corn planting owing TO the con-
tinued wet weather.
The W. C. V. NJ. u e. S. r. r., propose
establishing Depot three miles from Bcalton
on tract of land purchased by the company
from Miss Bcal, and which is to be called the
Depot Midland.
The town council Of Manassas appointed by
act of the Legislature met on Saturday last and
organized by the election of Mr. Robert G.
Weir Mayor, Mr. Geo. G. Rnuud clerk. aud DR..
j. w. Hornbakcr, town sergeant.
Fourteen families Of English immigrants
passed through Staunton on the cars few days
since on their way to settle in Grecnbricr coun-
ty They had with them agricultural nipple
mcnts of the English patterns
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany has ordered fifty new and powerful loco
motives, aud one thousand freight cars to ac'
conmodatc the business it expects to do IN a
year or two.
The Commonwealth Attorney for Rich
mond is determined to put stop 10 the prac'
tice now much in vogue Of allowing criminal
proceedings once instituted to be compromised
by the complainant aud defendant.
Major n. H. Hutton aud Capt VIM Popp,
engineers and assistants OF COL Craighill, will,
as soon as the weather permits remove the
wrecks and make the necessary surveys tor
further cleaning out the Rappahannock.
The amount of whiskey made in Augusta
county, during the year ending April 30th was
ninety thousand seven hundred and eighty six
gallons, and the tax paid the government on 1t
amounted to SCI, 74S 10.
Capt S. J. Quinn, of Fredericksburg has
been appointed Deputy U. S. Internal Revenue
Collector for the counties of SpottSylvania Stat:
ford aud Hanover The salary is about 81 ,20,
per annum.
The entire Conservative ticket was elected in
Falmouth township Stafford cuunty with the
exception of Duff Green, for Supervisor, who
was beaten by II. w. Edwards, by five votes.
Gen. J. G. Field, Of Culpepcr, will deliver a
memorial address in the Methodist church at
Orange 9. H., tomorrow.
Rozicr Dulany Hall, son of James D. Hall,
of Fauquicr county, an excellent and esteemed
gentleman, died in Missouri, on the 18th inst.
The graves of the Confederate, soldiers at
Hollywood Cemetery, near Richmond W ere
decorated by the ladies on Wednesday last
Orange County Quarterly Court commences
on Monday next.
EPISCOPAL CoSvESToN-The Winchester
correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun says, un-
der yesterdays date:
In the Episcopal Convention to-day, report
was read by DR.. VIM. g. Meredith, of the COM
mittee to Investigate the affairs OF the Virginia
Female Institute at Staunton, recommending
that the Council should at once assert its right
to and assume the control Of the institution.
was some exhibition of feeling and some sharp
things passed, Judge shefTey contending there
we're legal difficulties 10 the way of the recon-
mendation of the committee.
Finally committee was appointed to take
proper SCcIS 10 secure what leSlSlatiOu was H.
cessary to enable the Church authorities to
take possession. Mr.. Phillips, the principal,
addressed the Council, referring to the success
of his school, and the fact that he had conduct
cd it with success for twenty-five years without
any assistance from the Church as such, and
expressing wish to give up his position at an
carly day.
Mr.. Minnegcrode read report on behalf Of
the committee on church Schools" he dis
cusscd free schools and parish and other schools,
bat recommended general system of "congre-
gational schools, under the supervision of the
rectors of the different parishes. Such schools
are 10 successful operation in this State.
The attention of Council was called to the
missionary work Of Miss Mary B. Baldwin, and
several speeches in praise Of her labors were
made, and resolution was passed expressing
tho sym nathu Of the Council with her in all her