Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-21

He ROSS ABDUCTION case, Which las caused
so much talk and SO proluse Il Waste OF pubic
sympathy, is at last approaching the conclusion
to which shrewd observers believed il would C INT
and that is that there has been ~ abduction at
all. The Germantown Telegraph, which III 'uld
be good authority concerning u matter occur,
ring so immediately in its own vicinity, cou-
! tanned the following in lis last issue
"ln the Ross add Il tion case, which for months
has excited this community 20 mttcn and 0@ u
pied so wide u space in the new SpaporS, II IL row
generally helleved-amd WAS by many 1T the b.
ginning-that no thieves or S~harier:, Tor the
sake OF ransom, had any hand IN it AT III; IN Il
word, that no crime WAS committed. and tsiat III:
boy is not harmed or Likely to BE-. Il such k lhc
! fact thun somebody mas incurred .re>r":>lhilty
to he community which viii not easily be got
rid Of"
The Reading Eagle has also pablishel a letter
from Germantown, which purportei t" have
been written By Il ncighbor OF tie STRICKEN
family, and 10 represent the Opinions ot lie
neighborhond generally upon The - Gales KID
mapping case. The writer states that about ten
| years ago the father Of tn" missing child married
h rich Western lady, and that during Their hap
py days, the two boys, Walter and Ch=rli
were born to them. a few Years ago. he says,
| tie parents ceased to live amlcably t~,Ge..er,
and finally Mrs. Ross returned TO ncr i"lnlly in
the West. Subsequently another ,p>rson WAS
brought in To fill the place vacat'd by h"r, ana
still occupies II. After narratlng sub tant'.liy
what is stated above, the same writer continues
thus: The following ls the theory ri those WI"
know the fami Y, and who are acquainted win
Ross personally Some months before the KID
mapping Mr.. Ross received letter. from the frst
and only wife asking ard demanding the cEi!d
rem. 1t will be recoliected that even up 20 TINS
time he had refused To sho" any 81 the letters
he rece we'd, with the exception of the black
mailing note, and it will a!so be borne IN MIND
that the attempt WAS made to steal both ne
children. It was not until three days nitcr IN"
KIDNAPPING that the fact WAS made pub.lc, and
at that time the cniid was safely in the hands u
its mother or her friends in the West.
LoUDoUS County ITEMS. : From the Lees
burg Wa,hlngtonIan. There arc ii the coun.
ty iail three white and six c,Iorei->ix charged
with grand larceny, one with murder -JOhn
Golden-onc for assault aud battery upon a
white woman, and who is also charged With
burning the stack yard and stable OF Mr. Al
pei, near the Point of Rocks-this fellow Is
known 10 this county by the paue of MlH-ls
sippi Charley, and Is q notorious character he
was arrested on Monday last near Purcriivii!e.
Oae %lunatic. Jane Holiday. These constitute
the largest number that have been conilned 10
Jail since the war.
The Goose creek Orluge on Tue l1ee>oule
aud Georgetown Turnpike now IA course Of
construction, has been the subject OF Hucn a!&-
iety for It's safety, 10 cou>equcHcc OF tn rs,
of water in Goose Creek, rs The main work had
not been relieved from lis supports. resting up
on the bottom OF the stream. Bnt II has so
far advanced as to be relieved FROM this appre-
hended danger, and is now safe from high wat.
er. It will be ready for travel in a few days.
On Tuesday last Mr.. VIM. Clarett, OF this
town, caught 10 the Potomac, fifteen very line
bass, weighing from two to four and ahaif
pounds, this is the greatest lumber which have
been caught at any one time this season.
The tobacco statistics of the world, could they
be seen 10 one mass, would astonl>h the cc1no-
mists as well as the moraliSts France consumes
annually IS. 600. 900 pounds OF smoking tobacco
5000. 600 pounds of serars, say so ~ll.ooo IN
number: 1000. 900 pounds OF Soutt. .3oo,ooo
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