The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-06

of this court yesterday made the following
presentments, after which they adjourned
until Thursday:
Misdemeanors--Wa Blackburn, not
true bill Alice Tyler, not a true bill ;
j. P. Wynne, one case not true bill, two
cases true bills !; Charles Stewart, two
cases true bills Wilson Burwell, true
| bill Charles Green, alias Charles Dixon,
true bill; Walter Black, true bill; Alice
Tyler, true bill; Thomas Cook, true bill.
Felonies-True bills against w. Page
McCarty, James Mcfarland, Solomon Car
ter, Hardin Washington, George Washing
ton, John Farrar, Richard Green, Robert
s. Clarke, Charles Sharpe, Charles Fray
ser, Lafayette Evans, John Hill.
The following cases were tried to-day:
Lafayette Evans, misdemeanor guilty,
sentenced to jail for twelve months and
fined one cent.
Robert s., alias Baby Clark, burglary,
guilty. His term of confinement was
ascertained at five years in the peniten-
tiary.
The trial of James Mcfarland, for steal
ing from the person Of James McClelland a
sum of money, was arraigned and plead
not guilty. His trial was in progress when
our report closed.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALs.-
=. @. Burke, esq.,, of Liberty. Va, quail
he'd as counsel in this court.
Randall VS.. Commonwealth; argued and
submitted.
Thornton VS.. Commonwealth passed by
on account of the absence of counsel for
the plaintiff in error.
Stearns VS.. Mason and ais; partly ar
gued by John o. Steger, esq.,, for appel
liant, and will be continued tomorrow.
Sundry motions were disposed Of
Items.
ADVANCE SHEETS of a common re-
mark about three weeks heuce--'I kae,o
ger wouldn't keep it.'
Miss JENNIE PATTERSON. a Young
lady well known about here, is giving
readings in Louisville, Kentucky.
The VIRGINIA HOME BUILDING
FUND AND LOAN COMPANY hold their
fourth annual meeting Thursday evening.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS all re-opened
yesterday, after the Christmas holidays,
with full attendance Of scholars and
teachers.
"WE ARE-going home to die no moren
is rendered in an up town church, "We're
going home to Dinnh More, to Dinah More,
to Dinah More.u
II REQUIRES A CAPACITY not often
possessed by one man to discriminate be-
tween the rapacity of the creditor and the
duplicity of the bankrupt.
THE Tua-BoAT SAMUEL GEDNEy,
which come to Richmond, to tow on the
James river during the winter, finding bu-
sness dull there has returned to Alexan-
dria.s
ORsON ADAMS, ESQ.,, receiver of Plum
mer, Young Il Co., L. g. James & Co.,
and +. M. Wright & Co., all Petersburg
firms, has also been appointed their as
slgnee in bankruptcy. Good job.
A LITTLE SON OF Dir. F. D. CUNNING
HAM, of Richmond, on visit to the family
of Senator Herdon. in fredericksburg, was
injured on Friday last by the ignition of
gunpowder, which he had poured on the
ground.
SEVERAL OF THE VIRGINIA LEaIs-
LAToRs, who get SO per day for their sup
posed services to the state, are going 10
washington to practice in the arena of ma
tional politics: The railroad gives them
free passes and the state pays them while
absent.
1T IS NOT NECESSARY for o man to try
to learn latin to get as far as "hic.' We
have seen them do SO in bar-room.
"Hoc" follows easily after " hic," and the
learning thereof is often wildly impressed
on the scholars attention by the aid of a
policeman with a wheelbarrow.
JANAUsCHEK rs IN WASHINGTON.
and is said to be gravitating hitherward.
1t is considered fashionable to 60 to see
this female, and we should not wonder
when she comes that she did not for a
week of medium acting "tote" away
enough money to materially aid and assist
the poor of Richmond during the entire
winter.