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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

ANNGvERsARY. To-day is the anniversary
of the Great Fire in Alexandria, which occur
red in 1927. 1t commenced in Green's cabinet
factory, which was then on the site Of the old
Virginia Sentinel Office, on Royal street, and
extended to the wharf at the foot of Prince
street. At this fire the wives of some of the
most prominent citizens were in the fire lines,
and took an equal part with the men in pass.
ing along the buckets of water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
BAILED.-James Cross, Of Loudo,

BA1LED.-James Cross, of Loudoun county,
charged with stealing horse from Mr.. John
Ash. of Fairfax county, was taken before } US
tice r. Il. Fowle, at that gentleman S residence
Yesterday, but the Justice being i'll, no examl-
nation was held, and the accused was bailed IN
the sum of 81 600 for his appearance at Fair
fax Court
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

TIE, MARKET, this morning, owing to the
lnclcmency of the weather was not so we'll at
tended as usual on Saturdays. We have no
change whatever to notice in the prices of meats
OF vegetables. Poultry is scarce and high
Country pork Salo cts. per ID. Turkey lSa2O
Cts per H.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

Dn not delay to secure bargains at
SAREpTA CLOTHING HALL, 50 KING ST.
l. SCHWARTZ 6 co.
Hay" nov on hand an immense stock of
OVERCOATS, TALMAS,
and heavy Winter Suits-all Of which will be
sold at remarkably low prices Their stock Of
FURNISHING GOODS
cannot be excclled in variety and quality, and
will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Call
carly at 50 King street. dec II
.2i5'SrECIAL NoTICE-GESTS' EXTRA FINE
Doors AND SuoEs.-Wc have Just received y
fresh supply Of Gents Extra Fine, hand-scwcd
Boots Shoes and Slippers, Of every description,
which we ,lnhcStatin"ly recommend to be the
w. B. WADDEY,
oct ) II King street, Alexandria, Va.
IA" LADIES Miss ES' AND CHILDRES'S Doors
AKA SuorS-Wc are this dry receiving y full
lire Of Ladies', Misses and Childrcn's Boots and
Shoes, suitable for fall and winter use, cmbrac-
ing nj Of Tic styles now in use, which we con-
dcntly believe 10 be the very best stock in the
city. We solicit purchasers to call and exam
in" for themselves, ss they will be sold at low
prices oct :; WADDEY'S "A King st.
~. FOR RENT.-DWELLING HOUSE,
Be-: No - North Washington street, in COM
pieto order; gu. and water Applyyd to p7v
jim lS-co3t +. l. BROCkETI.
(,ROOK'S WINE TAR, Morgan's Sapclio,
~ Walkers Vinegar Bi.tcrs, JayncS Expcc-
tnrmnt Halls lair Remover, Gum Opium, Gum
Camphor Canary Seed and Sandersons Oil
Lemon, all in fresh stock, just received ana Tor
sale by Liam Isl jam l 20.
C1llAkERS GARDEN SEEDS-Put up cs-
- pcc,lly Tor country merchants in boxes,
containing 200 paper: cach ot assorted varieties
ia i'm 'i IL '' " JANNEY & CO.
A LOT OF WHEAT, damaged by the late
n fire, suitable fnr hogs or poultry, tor sale by
jan13-:t KNOX & ERWIN, 80 & Al King St
DETNE YARMOUTH BLOATERS and
Il COD FISH received to-day BY
jan IS j. {. MlLBU RN.
rs'IlE SINGER FAMILY SEWING MA
& CHIN E-Which is the best Sewing Ma
chine is Il point on which every company differs
each, OF course thinking its own the best; but
if TIE point were ~ be decided lty popularity,
the Singer would !:.r outstrlp all others. The
saIrs Of this machine have been enormous,
amounting tn more than lS0,000n the year Isl l.
leaving nj rivals far behind. The sales in this
city amounted to two hundred and forty during
the lmst ycar, which is without precedent 1t IS
can.hlc vi performing more work and in more
substantial! manner thHn any machine claiming
public attention. sewing with equal facility the
tnor.r.t and finest material. References fur
nsho,. of persons who have tested all the differ
.nt machines and who pronounce the Singer IN
comfmr:.bly the best machine in existence: Call
and examine before making Il selection Sold on
the lease Ian. Machines sent to all parts OF the
country, &. {. BERRY,
AGENT. - Kin. street Alexandria, Va, Agent
Tor Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince William
E",:.."s jan 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

H5ARKET FARM, NEAR ALEXAN-
w DEiti, FOR RENT OR FOR SALE
LINDEN, !, nice farm Of about "a acres, only
l.! miles from Alexandria, Virginia, will be
rented, Tor cash. for more years to a
good tenant. or viii be sold at low price 10
settle m estate. The payments in either case
will be made easy. There arc on the farm,
which commands splendid view of the Poto-
DWELLING HOUSE. fine barn, all ne sESsa.
ccSsury out houses, fruit shrubbery, &C., in
abundance, and 3 stream Of living water. Pos
session vii! be siAen at once. Application may
hr made 20 2lcssr>. GREEN & WISE, Alexan-
iria, Virginia. RICHARD LLO1D u,
ian -, .v.:y. Agent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

TIE WEATHER. Let no man, except Prob
abilities make calculation about the weather.
fain, little snow and slect last night, and q
short snow storm this morning. The sidewalks
during the early part of the day were exceed,
lnsly slippery, and many were the falls in con-
sequence, but fortunately no one was much
hurt. After the slcet and snow came the mud
and SluSh, and the weather was cold damp and
cloudy, with the wind from the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
LOCAL NEWS.

RIVER NEWS. -Paradoxical as 1t may seem,
the prevailing thaw has suspended navigation.
Yesterday the Potomac was open and the Ga
y,ttc mentioned the resumption of the trips OF
The Washington ferry boats, but this morning
those trims we're discontinued, for the Ice from
rho MINER Potomac had come down In such
Quantities as to completely block up the chan
mel off Gicsboro', and render the passage OF
boats through it an imposslbiity. The steamer
City of Alexandria made one roundtrlp from
here to Washington, and the steamer City OF
Washington came here from the other cud OF
,hc line, but, being unable to return, was
forced to come back aud lie up in the slip at
this CITY, In addition to the ice from above,
which has come down in such quantity, that
from the flats on the west side of the Potomac
has been blown by the winds into the channel
and the middle of the river. as far as the eye
can reach, presents mass of broken ice loot
or two above the surface Of the water and con
tanning among its Jagged points the debris OF
bridges and houses, trees. lumber and much
drift wood, on its way to the sea, propelled by
the strong current which has already com,
mcuced From the Long Bridge up as tar as
r;,asby's wharf the ice Is damned and packed:
and is some three or four feet above the sur
face of the water, and has so blocked up the
,naceS between the piers vi lllal uiiuEc 40 "
form almost DAM and the water is eighteen
inches higher above the bridge than below 1t.
The steamer +. G. Knight, for New York, on
her way from Georgetown to this city, ycstcr;,
day, cot aground above the Long Bridge and
has been forced ashore by the great pressure
of the ice. \ great deal of ircig hit which had
been deposited on her picrha I'd to be taken back
10 the warehouses this morning. The tug boat
johnson Brothers left here for Washington
this morning but got caught among the foes
audcxperienced some difficulty in getting clear.
Early this morning, before the ice came down
the schooners Addie NJ. Bird and Virginia II law
ley sailed, for Baltimore and the schooner Will
liam Allen for Jersey City all in tow of tugs,
and Captains James and Noble Smith and
Mckcuney sailed in their oyster schooncrs tor
Chesapeake Bay, and a row boat was also max
Ing trips on the Maryland ferry line, but after
that all navigation was suspended. Advices
from below report about twenty vessels at diff
tcrcut points in the river bound up. A tug
has gone down for an oyster boat lying at
Quantico.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

THE RIVER TRADE-The obstruction to the
navigation of the Potomac, by ice, for the last
month, has given our citizens practical eS.
pericncc Of the value of the river trade, and OF
the loss they experience BY its cessation, This
trade is not SNOWY or pretentous one, but it
is very important to both town and country,
and much greater than many suppose. 1t ought
TO be fostcred and encouraged in every possible
manner. Alexandria ought to be the dcpot for
the products of all lower Virginia and Mary
land bordering on the Potomac
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

POSTAL RoUTE.-The Postotticc Department
has made the following contract Route
4,iul, Washington to Richmond permit Com.
rany to run once day over the Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandria Railroad, in lieu
d one Of The daily trips required on the portion
ct this route between Washington and Poto-
mac, without change Of pay, the proprietors Of
both lines a>Scnting and in case of either line
being DISTRACTED permit both the daily trips to
he performed on the other without change OF
pay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
reference,

THE PIONEER MILLs-It was stated IN the
Gazette on Thursday that the Pioneer Mills
would be put in operation as soon as the neces'
sary repairs and alterations could be made.
MIR. Russell, the owner of the property, wa;
again in this city to-day, and is busily engaged
ia making arrangements for the introduction
of new machinery into the mill and other bust
ness matters connected with the early resump-
ton Of operations there. Mr. Russell has as
ISOLATED with him Mcssrs. Guernsey, of New
York and Miller, of Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
HAIR !!
] I \ ! : !

a ~ IL
j 4 ILL IlA1h !.
IlEMAN HAIR
IN the ,:tr SWITCHES. BRAIDS, CURLS
AID HAZE WORK Of every description manu-
f,,.,rrrl IN ;hc nrcnniscs, which enables me, in
IL; hr.nei, of nv business, to defy competitions
Il RI Cnr,ytrv Merchants: j am nj so agent
crr .IGi,E THDNpSON & CO., Of Now York
~ -. ,rlt,,,iI,, IN h,od ~ wfnlcsnic
'0'',''' JAS FERGUSON,
in IL TT lAins ST. "' door rom I:.:f!A3:
s~-.-s FERRY BOATS
:. t l..<,s:: .S.s:.s HOURLY TRIPS.
.-,'s.E1r: nr tho pntomac Ferry Cos Line
viii resume Their regular hourly trips between
the cities of Washington and Alcxandria on
SATURDAY MORNING, the 18th instant
Fir.t tr;n al, : a, m: Inst trip AT ) D. m.
49, . y s. S. HOWISON,
;1-1, Pros pntn,nnc Ferry Go.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
CORPORATION CoURr-Juage f. III. Lowt

CORPORATION CoURT-Juclge f. ~ Lo'cc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF YESTERDAY S
PROCEEDINGS w. A. Bagley VS.. Naglee d
LYONS, 10 case; jury returned verdict for plain,
tiff, and Judgment against defendants for 1913: Is
with interest from January II, 1878, till paid,
and costs.
Jeremiah Robb vs. John Naglee; in covenant
demurrer to declaration sustained; leave to
amend and continued. -
To.DAY.-D. D. Gould vs. the O., A. d NJ.
R. r. Co.; in case; two cases; verdict Tor de-
PENDANT 10 each.
W. A. Moore ct al VS.. Brown ct al; IN
chancery; decree for distribution.
Wallace VS.. Kcphart; in chancery; order OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

"FoUND GUILTY. Among the inmates OF
the Jail at present are two men convicted OF
murder in the first degree, William Jackson
for the murder of his wife, and Charles Man
lev for the murder of a white man named } ohn
Mouroc. jackson has been sentenced to be
hung On the 3lst inst, but his counsel has
gotten a supcrscdcas and is applying to the
Court of Appeals for a new trial. Marley has
not yet been sentenced, his counsel having
moved for new trial. In addition to these
there arc Augustus HILL sentenced to the pen1i-
tertiary for five years for assaul,ing and rob-
blng Mr.. George Dichel, John Robinson, sen
fenced to the pcnitentiary for three years for
breaking into the counting room Of Mir W. a.
Smoot, and Fanny Fox, a servant girl sentcnc.
ed to the pcuiteutiary for two years for robblng
the house Of her employer, Mr.. Samuel Henry.
All of them arc colorcd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

Extra ordinary Inducements Offered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

cn~eo NUIlCE.
ss< .,-:2s viii be sold ut public auction, at
Orcoquan. Va. on the 18th OF JANUARY,
1875; the stern wheel steamer VIRGINIA.
Terms: Orc-half cash. and the residue in six
and twelve munths, with good security.
Also will be sold with the steamer about G50
cord. Of WOOD. 7C0 CEDAR POSTS and 40
FLOUR BARRELS Terms: Cash.
i'm 11.oo,s& DUTY & GRIMES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

CUAkERS GARDEN SEEDS-Put up cS-
~ pccially FOR country merchants in boxes,
Containing 200 paper: each, Of assorted varieties,
IL. received and for sale by
ian iS JAN NE S w.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

.Gi7"SrECIAL NoTIcE-GESTS EXTRA FINE
Doors AND SnoEs.-We have Just received \
fresi: supply OF Gents Extra Fine handsome
Boots, Shoes and Slippers, Of every description,
which we unhcSitatingly recommend to be tho
:cry b9st on sale in the city.
w. B. WADDEY,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
.T;CTEG.S 81 ES.
TINE COWS FOR SALE.

E7INE COWS FOR SALE.
Vii! be sold by public auction, on SATUR-
DAY, the 18th instant. in front OF the City Ho-
to-, TWO VALUABLE COWS, one with a
CALF by her side Terms cash.
H. ). w. BARKER.
ja1l-10.a Admir-. Of Sarah f. England, decd.
FOR SALE.
f5:S 4 BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on Water
street between Wilkes and Gibbon, the proper
Is Of the late Ca!harinc Walker will he sold at
public sale on SATU RDAi, February lst, nj
II o'clock N.
Terms: Cash. Expenses of conveyance to be
psid by purchaser. jan Its
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18
The bill providing for commencing the scs,
The SANTANA Purchase.

C House was still in session at / clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

cannot be exccllcd in variety and quality, and
will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Call
c&rly at 50 King street. dec II
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-18

I,ROOKS WINE TAR. Morg4n's Sapclio,
~ Walkers Vinegar Bi:tcrS, Jnync.S Expcc-
tornnt, Halls lair Remover, Gum Opium, Gum
Camphor. Canary Seed and Sandersons Oil
Lemon, all in fresh stock, just received and for
sale hv liam Is JANNEl 90.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04
Terrible Marine Disaster.

4 Steamship Carrying Orer one thousand Pas
seHgers is Wreekea-Nsarly Eight Hundred Pso-
pie Sraltoeea Up By ne Sea.
Special to the Cumberland Daily News.
HALIFAX, n. S., April 1.-The steam.
ship Atlantic Of ;he White Star Limo from
Liverpool, March 20, Cor New York, run
ming short Of coal, made for Halifax. When
she was about twenty miles from port, eff
Cape Prospect, at $50 o'clock this morn
ing, she ran ashore on Mcagher's Head. -
She had on board over one thousand per-
sons, men, women aud children. Only
two hundred and fifty succeeded in iaud-
ing The remainder, including al the wo-
men and children, were lost The captain
aud third offi GER were saved. The first Of
Gcer was drowned.
Ga receipt of the news of the disaster
here Cuuard and a government steamer
started To- thu assistance of tho Atlantic,
but the Thrill cfhesr, who arrived hero at
$50 ,Ei4 afternoon, says that the vessel
aud cargo are a total loss.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04
nE-A few DAYS AGO. Mr.. A. s Mopss

ES'A few days ago, DIR. A. S. MoDEs-
TIT, Treasurer Of the County of Page, was
robbed at Culpeper C.. III of si,2G7 in
money, and about the same amount in
Checks aud Drafts, belonging to tho State
Treasury, aud which he was on his way to
Richmond to deposit. The Paye Courier
pays high tribute to the character Of the
unfortunate gentleman, and says he has the
deepest sympathy ofthe community. Sus-
pected parties arrested
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04
ES- Looking over the last received Price

Es- Looking over the last received Price
Current of breadstuffs, the Circeville, 0.
hio, Democrat, fGds that American flour
was selling on the lat of March, at the
Corn Exchange in London, at from 26 to
20 shillngs a barrel, aud higher quality,
marked "extra" and "double," at 81 ond
81 shillings. This is at an average of IS
for Seconds" and under 50 barrel for
"extra and double These prices arc in
gold, to which must be added Is per cent,
to reduce into our currency. The same
qualities of American -four sell 10 Phil
adelpha, where they arc manufactured, re-
spectively for $40 and Sl3 currency. The
British dealer, who has to pay freight and
insurance, in addition TO cost, doubtless
makes living profit, yet sells American
-four very considerably under American
prices. 1t would almost pay to import
American -four from England.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

EE The Wall street markets in the city
of New York were excited on Monday last,
the clique operating in gold advancing the
premium from ll6} to 1lS1, and dropping
it again TO l17l. The money market rul-
ed close and stringent, and as high a. :
per cent. was paid for one days use of
funds. The stock market was weak, the
decline averaging about two per cent.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS. Pres
ident GRANT continues to stand by his re-
lations, no matter how rascally they have
been acting in Office The New York Tri-
hume says: ANY President who would
appoiut to Office such man as collector J
L. CASEY, Of New Orleans, might be fair
ly given over to blindness of mind and hard
ness Of heart. Mr.. CASEY was offensive
ly active in the original Louisiana troubles ;
be lent the Custom-houso service to the
eonsprators who attempted to break up
the Legislature; aud all bis acts arc so no
toriou-ly at war with the principles Of com
mon decency that Congress Committee Of
Investigation could only submit the facts
and silently await The result. The result
was that CASEY was retained in power
and now he has been again appointed to
che position which no has so openly and
shamefully abused There never was any
palliation offered for CAsEY's conduct.
The only reason Which can now be found
for his persistent retention in Office is either
that he is the Presidents broiher-in.law,
or else that the Presidents chvalry com
pels him to stick by man FOR who roboly
else has a good word
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

MI Tue UIe OITy Nf0OTV FNYs TNat Il
is reported that Mcs-r,. ALEX. SHAW, H..
G. DAVIS & Co, Che present owners Of
the RoMAN-GwYNH coal lads lying near
Dale CityD will commence operators in
earnest this summer. The Record says
unless the firm named can make sarisfac'o-
ry arrangements with the Pittsburgh and
Connellsvile Rqilronl for the transporta-
ton of their coal they propose to build an
independent road from the mines 20 the
Bridgeport road, or strike for the Balti-
more and Ohio road, by way Of Pincy Ran.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

ES The Charlcstou(W Va TUgini1n
says that the "sait manufacturers 10 that
region have been, and arc now, shipping
large cargoe5 u salt TO East Virginia, and
the demand for this necessary article Of
consumption seems not a whit abatsd" l.
adds "Next 10 coal, our salt will probably
bring moro money into cur midst than the
development Of any other Of cur rich re-
sources"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04


MURDERED FOR SIXTY CENTS = GUG-
sEPPE SIMIoNE, who killed VINCENZo
CAsTRoNOvO, in Richmond on Friday last,
committed the crime Of murder for sixty
cents. The murdered and the murderer
were both Italians and fell ont bout the
price to pay for .hulf-solng a pair Of
shoes. CASTRONoVo was n shoemaker and
had bnrganed with SMIoNE to do the
work for sixty cents, but the latter refused
10 pay only twenty five cents and upon
CAsTRoNovO's demanding sixty the same
time threatening to pull tho soles eff, SIM
lone struck him with piece Of wood up
on he head, which fractured biz skull aud
caused his death the following day.
GgThe New York Legislature is deter.
mined to put stop to the plea of insanity
in criminal cases, unless the facts justify
IL What is known as TO tho "IBsauity
BIZ has passed to its third reading. Ii
provides that any person acquitted of a
capital oiivnse as insane at the time such
cffrnsc was committed, shall be confined
in a lluatic asylum for not less than ff-
seen years The Governor may release
such as arc worthy, however, but must
give twenty days notice Of his intention to
do So 1t l. probable that the recent dis.
agreement Of The jury in the case of the
murderer ScANNELL, will have it's effect
in Strengthening the friends Of this BILL
re- Stokes counsel are submitting le-
gal quibtlcs to the New York Courts at
the rate Of two or three week There is
n prospect that SroKEs yill die Of old age
before the Bench will have rendered decis-
ions upon all the points raised.
Ee~Itit said ihlt pigeons can be nur.
iurcd to the fatness and delicacy Of orto-
lans by feeding them with wheat stepped
in cod liver oil. Those who have partaken
Of pigeons thus fattencd say that it is the
pleasantc.t way Of taxing cod liver oil yet
Fri by them.
say- The new directory shows tho popula-
ton Of San Francisco to be lSS, 1928, be-
ing an increase during the year % about
5000. The directory show also that there
arc 900 Chinese aud 800 negroes in
the city.
Es-An otter was killed pear Shepherds.
town, last week, lha, weighed forty pounds
and measured three and half feet from
nose to tail.
h-E The returns from the election ir
Pennsylvania or and against "Iocal option
in liquor traffic show that tho opposition
to The license Of the sale of liquors in thc
difForont counties is very generally de.
feated
Hv Judge VIM. Daniel, jr, Of Lynch.
burg, died suddenly on Friday night al
Amhers: Court House. lie was formcrl,
a jGdgo Of the Court Of Appeals Tn,
Lynchburg Nc,rs says Oils character f.
summed p in tho Words-IIe was an OLD
time Virgins gentleman"
aay FAYErTE MAUZEY, clerk Of The Cir
cult and County Courts, Of Culpepcr coun.
~, Va, died on Monday morning last
ogod 20
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

The FRAUDS IN PARIS The Paris
court before which the prosecution of the
frauds of the Memphis and FL Paso rail
road operators have been pending some
weeks has given judgment against the de-
PENDANTS and sentenced them to various
terms of imprisonment. The Baltimore
81" says the cable dispatch announcing
this result states that General JOHN g.
FREMoNT, who is ono of the defendants,
and is now at home in this country, is con
demnei, IN c0ntamacians, to FIVE years im-
prisonmont. The old proverb of catching
before hanging holds mighty good at this
distance, but if the French government
should press the matter very interesting
question may be made out of it yet.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04

IT, The Senate aud II u,o of Delegates
Of Virginia have both agreed to the repor.
of the committee of conference upon the
Interest question, fixing the rate at six
per cent, but allowing eight PER cent. to
be charged by special contract, the penalty
for charging more being the forfeiture or
the excess of interest above the legal rate.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-04-04
South a3ranth 9ntelligenter.
ROMNEY, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1873.

ESr The total amount Of the various ap-
preparation bills passed a, the late session
of Congress, it is said, exceeds the amount
Of tho previous session at least 6f,y.four
millions