Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-27
Letter from LeeSf,urg.

CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.
LEEsBuRG, LOuDoUN COUNTY, VA. Dec.
&c, 1873. : On Christmas Eve brilliant me-
tcor flashed across the sky, coming from the
Northeast. 1t was seen at Leeshnrg, at Ham
ilton, Woodbnurne, the last place southeast OF
Hamilton, and about cql-disapt from it and
Lccsburg. The light from il. was so bright as
|. to cast the shaduw-otIrees upon the @all OF q
room in which lamp was burning. 4 sound
accoupanied it like the rushing OF large wings
through the air. 1t is said to have fallen to
the ground not far beyond Hamilton. 1t is said
| by old folks to portcud Il Storm within forty
clrht homs from the direction in which 1t
| came
There WAS an unuSual amount of noise dur
ing the night of the 24th, and a very large bon
fire in the centre of the town. On Christmas
morning there was fight between young
! white and a Young negro man, III the heart OF
the town, in which the latter was worsted. He
aud another bad drunken Gegro boy were sent
| to Jail.
4 disturbance tonk place on Wednesday at
the grocery of VIM T. Titus, and on the 18th
rather serious MASKING up Of the face OF
Michael Huuiham was done BY Titus with a
bottle. The case is before the authorities.
| On Christmas night Horace Brown and
another cninrcl man exchanged pistol shots
near the Rcamer House without injury to
either.
carriage driver went hunting and blew his
brains out accidentally; the load passing in
at the chin and out at the back OF the head
on top.
understand the subscription to the bonds
Of the W. g. D. r. r. Go. to lay the iron to
PurcelvilIe is progressing very satisfactorily.
This extension will begin to draw the trade
from Clarke The danger of tcrrylug at Berlin
on the Potomac will also cause good deal OF
produce to come from The direction OF Low
ettsvc, probably as far north as Bullngton, to
the PurcclvllIe depot Your Alexandria mcr,
chants ought to see to it that this road should
| bound, not creep towards Winchester They
might help the road by their credit il nothing
else, as they will be amply repaid for the risk,
so-c,llel. Yours, ALIQUIs.
A VIRGINlAN ROBBED OF $4,000 IN GOLD
IN New YoRK.--A Geographic announcement
of the arrest and robbery OF Mr.. Burr S. Craft,
of Virginia, in New York, was published few
DAYS since. The New York Sun states that
| Mr. Craft having become lntlmatc with one
Agnes Aud, he had been black mailed by her
and her mother, and that to save himself from
further persecution he had contracted to pay
them !. certain SUN annually to be released; and
that Agnes aitcrward went to his home in Flr-
yinia, STOLE the contract, and brought it to
| New York whence she wrote to him to come
at ouce to see her He had no snuner arrived
there than he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
| VIM. Coukn, in the Auld's huuse, Oh suit
for seduction Instituted 10y the younger wo-
man.
The deputy sheriff took him before Julson
Jarvis at the sheriff office, aud he Was there
required to give 81 900 bail 10 appear when
called to answer the charge. He had four gold
certificates oil! $4,000 EACH One OF these he
iudurssd, and deposited with Mr.. Jarvis as Sc
curity.
With the deputy shcrifs Mr.. Craft then
went to Dclmonicos, where he became very
much intoxicated. The bar tender hearing
that he had SIS, 900 worth Of certificates, had
him arrested.
When Craft awokc in the police station next
morning he missed his certificates. The depu-
ty Shcrlfs (Conklin and Lyous) We're the per-
SOUS last seen III Craft S company. After being
arragned at the Tombs on the charge of drunk
| ennon, and dinohargci, Graft communicated
with Detective Sampson, of the central Office,
who at once stopped payment Of the certificates
at the Sub-Trcasury. On Monday MIR. Craft
having procured the requisite amount of bail
Isl ,0OO) went to the Order of Arrest Depart
lncnt and released the S. 900 certificate he had
lett on deposit there. On the same day one
of the gold certificates was stopped at the Sub
Treasury, and by Detective Sampson traced to
the Niuth National Bank, then to the Union
Dime Savings Bank, and finally to Thomas E.
Smith, who docs business at Canal and Lalght
sts., who gave such an unsatisfactory account OF
how it came into his hands, that he was ar
rested aud held to bal! iu $4,000. Deputy
Sheriff, ConkIin and Lyons we're arrested 90
Wednesday on charge Of grand larceny, and
committed to the Tombs in default Of bail
Conkn and Lyons are not regular attaches of
the sheriff's office, having been employed lately
only as assistants.
Mr. Craft who makes the grave complaint
against the shcrf's officers, is one Of the
wcalthest planters in Virginia. A year ago
he became the owner of Ex-Governor Henry A.
WISE residence aud plantation at Roleston,
| Princess Auuc county