Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01

BRENTsvILLE. PRINCE WILLIAM Co., &C.
tober l, lS74.-After protracled silence your
correspondent has concluded that Prince Will
liam ought to be heard from on such matters
rs it is hoped will be of some interest to your
readers.
The same anDu. cry Of crop failures goes up
agaiu this year. Harvest being over, the result
has proved that farming, Of late years, is an
up hill BUSINESS recently, however, we have
been blessed with copious rains, which will
afford abundant pasturage for stock during the
Autumn months.
The atmosphere of politics is calm and peace
| full. Douglas is the man 10 Prince William; the
manly and able exposition OF his views, When
here at September Court, has created for him
much commcndation, and there is at present
not only a good prospect Of general turnout
on the Conservative side, but also some con-
siderable gain from the coored population,
which has heretofore voted solidly for Radicals.
Our Circuit Court commences on the second
Monday in this month There will be several
criminal cases of some magnltude-one tor
poisoning and three for assault and battery With
intent to kill. The common law docket ls about
as full as usual, and the chancery docket has
an increase 10 new cases 1t is probable the
Court will be 10 session during the whole week
On Tuesday last there was shooting attray
near Bristoe Station: Oae john Il. Thomas
shot at, but did not strike, his son-lnaw, Geo.
&. Reeves. The difficulty arose FROM dispute
about sowe property which both claim, and It IS
also alleged from some domestic differences u.
A STORY OF LOVE AND DEsPAlR.-About
haf.nast II O'Clock, yesterday morning, girl,
giving the name Of Belle Dc Forest, threw her
sell from fourth.slory back window OF st.
Johns restaurant, No. So North Charles ST.,
into the brick paved court below, distance oil
fnrty-6ye feet, and received very serious lnju-
RES The cause Of the act is somewhat lnvolv-
ed II. mystery, like the antecedents and former
circumstances of the girl, but is believed to
have resulted from morbid condition, brought
about by want and disappointment.
It seems that she had been 10 want, and had
5 been permitted by Mrs Valentine, wife of the
proprietor of the house, to occupy u fourth
story room uotil she could do better She was
/ Yesterday notified that she would have to va
cate. but expressed 90 surprise or regret. The
window through which she made the descent a1c
9 was so small that she had to push herself
through feet foremost. A young Italian bar
her and bar keeper heard her ta aud ran out,
D TO find her lying unconscious on the pavement
Or Atkinson was summoned aud she was con-
veved 70 the Washington University Hospital
: Here it was found by DR.. Reynolds that no
bones had been broken, but her back was badly
bruised and she was at times 10 dellrlum.
On the table in her room was found a letter
J addressed to former student of the Maryland
University Hospital, who is now III New I ork,
but who, she says, had corresponded with her
since his departure. The epstle was written
iu delicate hand, and Enclosed lock OF soft,
? brown hair. 1t read as follows:
1,,lo
not too harshly. l cannot live after that cruel
. deed; but will not blame you 1t was my
I fault will ask but one favor from you, the
: last shall ever ask see that am buried prop
erly. I have no one to seek this from but you;
OIL if could only see you once nee: more wGu,a
think of one who loved you-loved you too well.
oh | cannot write any more, nay hand trem bles
So Again good bye, my own darling, and as k
God to forgive me. l am ever yours even IN
. death. DELE
Belle De Forest is the name printed Oh cards
found 10 her room aud she has also been
knowp By that name during the year aud ahaIt
She has lived in Baltimore, She is OF medium
height, eighteen years of age, though Looking
older, has large hazel eyes, light brown halr
Y and IS pretty She has undoubtedly had a
, hard lot 10 life. Her Intelligence is quick and
, her conversation good She is very reticeot in
regard to her autecedeuts and will only say
that her parents were French; her father was
killed in the late civil war; her mother died OF
consumption soon afterWard; that her early life
WAS spent 10 Richmond, Va, but lattery she
D had lived in Pittsburg, Pa She says she broke
her arm while coming from Pittsburg to Batl-
more: was taken to the Maryland University
Hospital where che lost her heart with young
student. After leaving the hospital she found
employment in confectionery store on Lexlng-
ton street; then as nurse with Mrs Trmbe, on
Saratoga street, which she left, being too la
borious, and found shelter at the St. John
restaurant
, The reporter saw her after she had been re-
stored to Consciousness She was weeping very
bitterly, and said !: Why will not the people
allow me room in this world to earn an houest
livelihood God knows | have tried hard to
bear this worlds sufferings and to be as good
as anv of NV sex, but He also knows that where
| have trusted I have been deceived, and that
where I thought there lived honor and man.
hood there was nothing but evil selEshDcss.
During this outburst spoken IN sobs but very
earnestly, the tears followed each other
, down her cheeks, aud growing more caro-
est she raised her rounded white arm
and shaking the partly closed hand, contln,
ned: II have never yet met woman that would
pity or help me, nor have found one man
who acted with honor towards me: DO you
know that have lain upon sick bed month
alter month without any one TO give me water
{ except craved it? Yes | want TO die, and l
will die, although it seems fate is against my
wishes. Last week took one hundred and
forty grains of hydrate of chloral, but it did not
seem to hurt me, aud BOW | am alive yet.
Last yht she was easier and less vehement
! Dr.. REYNOLDS thinks she will soon recover
Bah San.
A THIRSTY JURY.-During the recent Miller
o,se in court. at PIaiof:d one of the jurymeo
after being out several hours, became fearfully
thirsty and managed to signal his distress to a
friend upon the outside, who procured bottle
Of prime apple jack, The juryman lowered a
string from the window, which was fastened
about the peck, and be began carefully draw
ine it upward, large crowd standing below