Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-22

day evening a violent tornado passed over that
Mace 4 portion Of Myers warehouse. 90
| Town Point. was bluwn down, and a portion nt
the roof was taken off If Nader ':grs 20. :
cotton warehouse Vessels were thrown on
their beam cudS in tie hasbor. aud srveia!
small ;oats, containing pcrsots, were sWamre!:.
No lives were lost. Along the S,'ahoard rali-
road the telegraph line was considerably DIS
| allied, and trees were thrown across the track
The Portsmouth train, before reaching Vel
don. stonpcd for tcrr Of being hurled from the
track bv the force of the wind. dwelling &C.
ciped by colored people at one IT the derntS
ON tie line was Frustrated. HAL tell cop'ou>ly,
and the maximum velocity OF the wind was
forty-one miles an hcnr.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth has re-
ceiyed for record COPY Of an act OF lncorpora-
ton granted the "Albcmarie Tobacco Ware
house COMPANY" by Judge hackcllyrd. OF tie
Circuit Court of AbemarIc county. 1t pro-
noses to conduct the business It tobacco ware
| hnusing, storing. receiving, forwarding, iusur-
ing. &c. selling and doing any Other hing IN
c;l!ent to such a business. The chief business
viii be douc in Charlottesville. Tie company
may own Que acre of land there Tor bu. mess
p!r,oSrS Capita! stock not less than S2.VV',
divided in shares OF 5 10 each
VIM. p. Burwell appeared before tic ii'liso
of DELEGATE, Committee OF Fnahr' and pre-
sented an argument in favor OF the lHro,llon
Of a stamp tax # thirty cents per gallon Oh
wniskcv and other alcoholic fluids made OF
tr,ugh. into the State the tax % he refunded
on al Liquors sent out Of the State. lie '>!'
m,trs hat over $500 900 revenue can b. annu-
alIy realized from this source. The ,onmt:ee
have the subject under consideration.
The Republican members Of neither h!aHch
Of the General Assembly have 50 far taken any
mart in the election Of ccunty iulEcs-none of
them voting at all Yesterday. ln the Senate
the Republican Senators presented written
protest against the election Of Judges by tbs
LEGISLATURE. which they say is unccn-1ltntlolia
The Republican member. OF the HOUSE have
presented similar protest.
On Friday night last there WIS an atjeEipt
made to break into the bank at Lexington, hy
boring around the lock with an augur. Two
persons were sleeping IN the bank. AID beng
awakened by the noise, made some dem 'Lsira-
tons that frightened the wou,d-bc burgiars
who ran off.
The large body Of timbcrcd land Just below
Gordonsvil!c and in the ncighhCrhood OF Mall
lpry's Ford and TrcyiI!ian ; depot, Oh the {. X
O. II. H.. has been or fire for several days
causing the destruction OF Il large quantity Ct
tmoer, cuce rails and cord wood.
Mr. j. B. Sencr, Congressman from the
First district, has referred to board OF COM
petept gentlemen the selection of cadet to
the nay;! school from his district The eXam-
i::ation will take place in Frederick Surg "n the
18th Of May next.
1t is proposed to build 4 church as memo
rial of Rev James WalieIl formerly Of the
old Hanover Pr.sbytery, and rendered famous
by VIM. Wlri' cl4Dcnt description OF hlm as
the blind PREACHER lie Church VIII DC 10
Gated in Orange county.
Mr. W. Z. Coleman, form rly Of Amherst
county, but for several years past Il citizen OF
Georgia, died at the rcsidenc. Of his sor-n-law.
Dr. 6. a. K. Tucker, at Chattanooga Georgia,
on the 18th instant. Mr.. Coleman was about
sixty years OF age.
The board of school comm; Of Ports
mouth have declared the close Of the public
schools on and after April lst, the city courc!
having f,ilel to provide funds for their sup
port.
The carriagc-house, carriage and buggy Of
Mr.. Henry Willis, near Orange G. H., was de-
stroyed by fire on Tue >day last. The house
caug Int from some brush they were burning
near 1t.
The hoax about the ANTICIPATED destruction
of the Natural Bridge, in Rorkbrlgc county,
has made loud laugh in that section ot the
State.
A blast furnace is to be erected at the lower
end of Powell's Fort, in Rockingham county.
and branch railroad built to connect it with
the O., \. & NJ. r. r.
Mr. Cootos has sold his interest in Orkncy
Springs to Messrs Moore and Perry, who Will
hui Id largely.
The individual deposits in Inc National Baak
in Fredericksburg, on last Friday, announced 10
75,GS9.Ol.