Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-05
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with robbing the mail bag OF $ 100.
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We are gratiticd to see it stated that active
work will recommence on the extension Of the
w. L. 0. r. r., beyond Pmccville, on the
first of January, 1874. The contractors, who
will make the road ned to Winchester, arc en-
tcrprising, energetic and wealthy men, ami
therefore we may col titentIy expect hat the
work will he rapidly pushed forward.
These fcts. in the face Ut tIe recent financial
panic and all the other Opposing difficulties
with which The Washington and Ohio railroad
has had to contend, speak volumes III favor Oh
the wise, economical aud energetic manage
ment of the official body Of the company, and
show their determination to work on until then
idea OF a great trunk line Of railroad between
the CAPITAL of the country and the valley of
the Mississippi shall be fully realized.
The Enterprise has always expressed the
liveliest faith in this read, aud We can say, to-
day, that our faith has not been abated one jut
or little No accident happening, We hope &c
live over Octobcrs enough TO see il one of the
greatest aud most profitable lines OF railroad in
this country.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of work upon this road
under auspices so favorable should be- made
the occasions by the people Of Lruduuu, who
are so deeply interested n it, to come up man
fully to its help There is, unquestiouably, Il
plenty Of idle money in Loudonn, aud thuse
who have il could 10, possibly fad anywhere q
safer, sounder, or more prof able Investment
than the bonds of this road offer They rode
| triumphantly above the pillows of the recent
crash, which overwhelmed almost everybody
and everything else. Their October aud No
vember interest was promptly paid III gold, and
that interest Is equivalent to every cent OF nlnr
per ceut in currency. Some OF the shrewdest
and most cautious business men III the county
have these bonds, and these men will tell you
that they want no better Investment.
The recent commentary which the country
has afforded upon the sha owness and nSecur-
ity Of the wildcat schemes, upon which oul
people have thrown away so much OF then
money, should satisfy the mind OF every mon
ey-lender In Loudoun that it is best TO place
his money where it can be somewhat under HI:
own control and where he can make himself
thoroughly acquainted with the basis upor
which the security of the Investment rests, anc
1t should also teach him the wisdom OF put
ting his surplus capital in circulation, where
there is strong probability OF some of it com
iug back to him. -LOM}0m Enterprise.
THE LITTLE FAMILY TRAGEDY SENTENCE
OF OSCAR ?. LTrTLE.--It has Teen ANNOUNCED
that the jury in the case Of Oscar Z, Little
charged with the murder of his brother, Gin
ton Little, on trial at Winchester Frederick
county, Va, had rendered verdict OF luurdel
10 the second degree. They also fixed the pun
ishmeut at seven years in the penitentiary
IIycurgus Little, the other brother, convicted
of the same crime, in Clarke county, Va, wa:
sentenced to fourteen years 10 the penicntlary.
On Monday Oscar Little Was sentenced. Tn,
Winchester Times says:
Upon being asked the usual question wheth
err be had anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced against him, he replied i'll q
clear voice and without sign of trepidation
Il am not guilty of the charge against me. >
Judge Turner then, amid profound quiet pro
bounced sentence upon him as follows:
Oscar p Little--Two jurles have had under
investigation the circumstances attending thu
death of your brother, Clinton L. Little, on the
morning of the 5th ofJuy last 10 the brcakfas
room OF your fathers house for the purpose o.
asccrtanlng what connection, if any, you auC
your brother Lycurgus had with it.
THE jurors composing these juries were care
fully examined and found free from all bias OF
other objection
I'm the trial of Lycurgus in Clarke county
and of yourself here, the evidence has beer
patiently heard; both of you have been most
ably defended, and upon full consideration Of
the facts and of the law applicable to them
under the solemn sanction of an oath, the con
clusion has been twice reached that you and
Lycurgus murdered CLIFTON, your brother.
Your guilt of murder 10 the second degree
has been established, aud the term of your
confinement in the penltentiary OF Virgins
fixed by the jury at seven years III your case
"A repetition of murder by you must be
prevented, and all law, human aud divine, re,
quires that you be made an example Of
Il therefore pronounce upon you the sentence
mercitu in view of the enormity of your tratri
cda deed-that as soon as practicable after
the rising of this court you be conveyed to the
pcuitcntary of Virginia, and there be confined
for the period Of seven years.
eat the conclusion of the sentence Mr.. Con-
rad, of counsel for the prisoner, asked that its
execution be delayed for reasons assigned
whereupon the court stated that the prisoner
would not be taken to Richmond until about
the 18th Of the month
CoNdREss. In the Senate yesterday Mr..
Stevenson introduced a bill tie remove all DO.
litical disabilities. Mr.. Sumner presented a
petition, signed by ten thousand colorcd citi-
zens praying for the passage of his Supple,
mcntary Civil Rights bill. MIR. B ,reman in-
troduced bill providing for the construction
of the James River and kanawha Canal. The
Standing Committees were announced. The
Senate adjourned over to Monday.
In the hcuse of Representatives two hun
drcd and forty. eight bills and resolutions were
introduced, some seventeen of them referring
to the repeal Of SO much of the act of March