Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-31

ORDER IN BANKRUpTCY.-Th following order
has been made by Judge Hughes in reference
| to sales under the bankrupt law 10 the Eastern
District of Virginia
|. II is ordered that in sales vt pubi. auction
! made under orders Ct this court, WHERE only the
services of crier are needed u reasonable Gus
tomnry fee my be paid to such crlur. suction
| GERS charging percentage commission are not to
be employed EXCEPT by special order either OF
the register or the court.
z. In all cases wherein 1t is not otherwise spe-
cially ordered sales Of real estate made under
the orders of this court shall be made at the
county seats OF the counties in which the estates
| lie on county court days OF the said counties.
g 1t is ordered that chooses in action of hank
rupts shall be sued upon ny nssi gnees in this or
| in other proper courts In Nil cases in which, If
held by prudent individuals in their own right,
suits would probably BE- brought; and this class
| of assets not in any event to be sold at
ton Until after special report has besn made By
the asst gnee giving reasons Tor doing so as to
each chose i'll action propose to be sold, and
! specially approved by The register.
! Registers are instruct ID to discourage Jumping
| sales OF this class of assets ut auction. ard III all
| Cases OF such proposed sales, where they are IN
doubt to refer TIC order OF sale TO the co.rt FIR
approval
i. 1t is ordered, that advertisements OF sales,
published in newspapers by order Of this curt,
| are to be inserted three times week for two
weeks, unless otherwise ordered, and are to be
paid for a. q rate n t exceeding one dollar per
| .quare for each Insertion, eight solid tines OF
| eight words each being counted square.
s. 1t is ordered, that the registers of this court
| do strictly comply with the requirements II the
4th section of the bankrupt law. and as proceed
| ings are had before them forward to the clerk Of
the court certified memoranda taereot Within
twenty -four hours in each Instance after the sct
| ha. been performed.
RI. w. HUGHES, District Judge.
RICHMOND. March u, 1874.
A CAUCUS Scene --rh" Richmond State
Journal says:
The Conservative Legislative caucus held ut
| the Capitol Thursday evening u nominate can
didatcs for sundry vacant judgeshps. wns more
than ordinarily distinguished By lively tp sodcs
one Of them n least of striking nature. bur
ing the pending of n discussion OH the merits "t
| one Of the candidates II member OF the Sen tic
! charged him with being n daily absorbent # al
| cuhulic liquor drawing tie Inference that The
| party in question could not possibly make /.
good Judge. \ lncmbc Of the House, q friend
oI the implicated party, heTcGp'n arose an:
mildly suggested that ne hoped the Senator did
| not make such charges on his own authority, Is
there was not II word of truth in them. The:,-
upon the SeEet,r arose and said that II the party
of the second part me.nt To charge or lIS.nuatc
that be, the party oil tie hast part was all econo-
mist OF truth In this or any other matter, then
ne the party Of TIC second part, was -. Hcre
the party Of the lrSt art used IL lorclolc dciu..
cut,ry adjective, with u Qualifying cIp!cilvc Of
| q decidedly heavy cast VI coun: cnalce. inls
vocal Sslvo was accompanied by the ilnmed~te
ASSUME tion of Il pug!iistlc attitude, with extend
ed mnuieys and digits we'll c.oScd for "ileacr ur
defence. simultaneously the other paGty made
/. break for the objective point and Vas making
good time towards il, whc'. he was seized by
several friends and held tight. Ano:hcr lncin-
Der obJec,ng to this summary stopping OF the
muss and being in favor OF business generally,
stepped up to 'Lhe original jacobs and admin
i:tered sockdollAgcr OF his own account. 1hl:
ST.. issue wa. soon stopped BY the active lHt@r
position of friends. The last d .lno:>tcat"r be.
| ing afterwards e3p1Slu.ated with Tor mhXl:S
| himself up IN mtss with which he mad noLhihg
| TO do, accounted for it by saying he WAS bound
| to bit - anyhow, he was such n fool. " here
upon his intcrlocutor remarked with s'nt@ntlous
brevity that the miss would be an extensive one
il he felt called OH TO hit every fool. The INST
ter WIS settled to-day by mutual explanations.
FAUoUIER COUNTY ITEMS From the War
rentou Iud.x "A lew weeks Slice Mr. Geo.
Taylor bought l25 sheep for winch he paid
So. 30 per head. He drove them TO lis farm
where they were being pastured When on W ed
neSday night one week ago two dogs made
raid on them killing forty. Mr.. Taylor is $ 40
out of pocket. the State loses ~ cruts tax aud
the county cents.
Capt. Jno Baker, sent to town ter Or fifteen
bushels of Peerless potatoes which would neat
Iy, II not quite average pound apiece. Six
weighed 81 pounds, two weighed 81 pounds.
Capt B. had sualI lot in clover, ABOUT knee
high, which he plowed under and planted about
the lst July.
There are party Of land buyers here from
Ohio. One OF them offered Stuart Il Palmer
by telegraph. seut by his agent Jas. |. Hun
ton, esq, $50 per acre. Tor Waveriy, contaIn-
ing 525 acres, about one and ahalf miles from
Warrcnton They declined tho offer, rs the