Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-05
University of Virginia.

University of Virginia.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, July 3.-To-day
was commencement day at the University
The exercises consisted of the comforting Of
diplomas upon the graduates in the various
schools, comforting professional degrees, &c
There were fourteen doctors OF medicine
eighteen bachelors of law, three civil engineers
three civil and IN ming engineers, two bachelors
of science one bachelor OF arts and three mas
tiers Of arts.
In the afternoon Gov Swami, of Maryland,
delivered the address before the Society OF the
Alumni 1t was in measure review OF the
American republic aud its rapid growth and
prosperity.
Judge kennard, of New Orleans, was elected
alumni orator for 1874.
Senator TbomasF. Bayard was elected unan.
Society of Virginia
At E o'clock the alumni had their usual din
ncr 1t was festive scene Of much convlvla-
iy and merrymaking. Among those present
and speaking were Senator Bayard, Governor
Walker, Lieutenant Governor Marye, of Vir-
| GINA; Gov Swami, Of Maryland; Judge Smith,
| Professors Venablc and Southal Is. johnson
| Barbour, president, and others.
| The commencement exercises closed at night
| with grand ball, at which the beauty and chiv-
| airy Of the South were conspicuous. The Unit
versity grounds were brilliantly illuminated.
The commencement was IN every sense great
success.
| TIE CROPS. The Piedmont Virginian says ::
''Thc cutting of wheat is about over with us,
and it is conceded by all competent judges to
be the best crop that has been made for many
/ ~ litv Inlopol
| John Willis, whose farm is Immediately upon
| the W. G., V. NJ. & G. S. r. r., aud about
Two miles South ofOrangc G. H, has, it is said,
| the finest crop of wheat that has been grown
| 10 that vicinity for many years. ln fact 1t is
the best he has ever made, and he has been
growing wheat for many years. The late rains
have given the oats, which a few weeks ago
promised such poor yield, new start, and
now promise to make an average crop at least
| The grass promises to be better than any we
have had for several years.
The Port Tobacco, Md, Times says: Farm
| crS have pretty generally finished havestlng
| their wheat crops, and it gratites US to be able
to say, from all We can learn, that the yield
will be something better, it is now thought, than
was short time ago anticipated. The oat
crop, however, is regarded as very nearly q
perfect failure Corn is looking tolerably WE'LL
and the tobacco plants that escaped the raya
ges of the cut worm, look promising. Rain is
sadly needed, however.
CLARKE COUNTY ITEMS. From the Clarke
Courier Maj. VIM Taylor, F. H. Whiting
and Capt. David Meade, appointed commits
sioners by the board OF supervisors to re-assess
the value of real estate in this county, have
completed their labors and made their returns.
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estate by the commissioners aggregates upwards
of 100000. If the levy for State taxes is
made under the recent re-assessment, it will
save to the county this year a little over $3.50.
A colored child, about four years old, was
drowned one day last week by falling from
log while attempting to cross the Opequon at
Wadesville. The mother of the child witnessed
its death, she being on the log at the time, but
could render no assistance owing to the depth
of the water.
Amongst the graduates in the school of Latin
at Richmond College, the past session, we DO
tice the name of George W. Carter, of this
county, He was also promoted IN the school
Of Greek.
Our farmers are busily engaged in harvest
ing their wheat crop. The corn has been grow
ng very rapidly since the rains of last week.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMs.-TFrom the Lou
doun Enterprise. Tho people of loudouu are
now in the midst of Harvest. The wheat is
variable. In some parts of the county it is
good In others only tolerable, whilst In 9TH
ers it is almost q perfect failure. Upon the
whole there will be less than an average crop
in Loudoun. The corn made bad start in
our county. With worms, and dry weather
and late planting it promised badly, but it has
frightened up considerably lately, and with
continuation OF fine rains We may hope tor
good crop.
The trial of Reapcrs near Ecesburg on yes
tcrday afternoon was we'll attended. After a
spirited contest among the several machines, it
was generally conceded that the Excelsior
was in the lead.
A corps of engineers are being organized to
make a survey from Charlestown on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad to Hamilton on the
w. & 0. r. r.
WASHINGTON ITEMS epidemic disease
seems to have ceased here; there has been no
report of case of cholera or small pox for four
days.
There are now in the Jail of the District seven
persons sentenced to the penltentlary at Albany
during the present term, and ten persons con-
victed and awaiting sentence
1t is said that several attempts at highway
robbery have recently been made on the Bla-
densburg road. An unsuccessful attempt to
stop Mr. f. Cendenin's buggy was made by
two men on that road few evenings since.
Vincent Hubbard, the missing secretary OF
Senator Casserly, has turned up at Hamilton,
Loudoun county, Va.
MOWERS AND REApERs.-Ata recent trial
of Mowers and Rcapers, near Lees burg, the
Hubbard was entered by Mr. VIM. H. May,
of Alexandria, Agent for Virginia, assisted by
John Myers of Rochester. This machine
came to the contest, as we learn, with the
laurels of having taken the prize in every field
contest in which it has been engaged It is
double gcared, with fast and slow motion, eth
er motion used independently of the other if
one wheel breaks the other can be used, The
rake is SO managed that the sheaf can be made
a swaS ac preered t has neat cut Of four
feet eleven and ahalf inches. and will gather