Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-01

The steamship Prussian sailed Iraul Liver
pooll Yesterday for Quebec with fifty War
wickshirc farm hands and one hundred and
eighty children, to tind homes in Canada. The
next steamer of the same line will carry one
hundred and fifty IaborerS from the agriculture
al districts
Fighting in \ rlxansas.
LITTLE kocK, April 30. General King
White, who has charge of the Baxter forces at
Pine Bluff hearing that a party OF Brooks
men we're assembled al New Ga>crny, II Jct-
fcrson county, committing deprcdatlons, moved
column OF TWO hundred men down to that
poiut to. day for the purpose of dispensing them.
4 dispatch tonight t. General Newton frGm
Pine Bluff says General White sent forward u
flag OF truce to order The mcu to di>perse, but
they fired upon the party, aud u regular battle
ensu1d, 10 which nine Of the Brooks party We're
killed and twenty wounded. The remainder
were taken prisoners diSarmed, aud sent home.
Gcneyal White reports seven o! his own COM
mand wounded and three horses killed.
WHEAT grown on the prairies of Arkansas is
PRONOUNCED to be superior 10 that OF llltuuls,
by correspondent OF the ST. Louis Democrat.
After referring to the fact that hitherto the
great prairies of the West have been looked
upon as worthless for agricultural PURPOSES he
SAYS that within two Or three years experiments
have been tried with wheat and corn, but moth
ius prorcd very satisfactory until last Fall,
when large plumber Of farmers in Prairie
county determined to demonstrate the practl-
cabiity of raising wheat on prairie land and
consequently they put IN large quantities OF
this gran The result proves that the pralrles
of Arkansas are quite good fer wheat as
those of Illinois or other Western States. The
wheat now soWn PROMISES lacg: yield, ahd
the farmers are SAID to DC rclniclug greatly 10
consequence.
KILLED BY RED ANTS. The Orclika Ala J
| Observer OF the 10Th luStant says: Mr.. f.
q. Jones Informs Us of the singular death Of
little colored girl on his farm, near Auburn.
The girl went to some silis that had been used
for the purpose of cutting up meat, and Oh
which there was large humber uf red ants.
While asleep the ants bv the hundreds made
an attack on the child, aud when she awoke
she was literally covered with them, and all
busy biting and stineiug. They were 80 frro-
ciou, that IA woman On the place had to sweep
| them off with brush broom. The billing am;
stiuriug were SO very serious that fever cnsurd,
which, coupled with the poison OF the bites,
produced death two days atterward.
IcE.- To Consequence. of the mild winter the
ice crop ofthc United States is said 10 BIZ small
| Ter thau for many years past, and CONSUMERS
will have to pay a much higher price than they
paid last season, Our city dealers, who failed
| TO secure Ii crop at nome, have contracted tui
| full supplies of Nari hern ice, and CONSUMERS
| here have no lear OF the supply failing. he
| Rirhmyud papers think that, while the supply
of this necessary arlcle IN that CT y Will prnba
| bly be adequate to the demand the price will
DC at least double what il was last year. We
are not informed as to what the difference 81
price will be Ia lIynchhurg. Lynchbury Netcs
w. & O RAILROAD. There is no doubt
now that the Washington ADD Ohio Railroad
will be extended at once to Round Hill Enough
mUuey, we believe has been already pledged
to accomplish this result The spirit is up,
and the people are beginning to appreciate the
value and Importance of this road. We be
Iievc that during the year it will be hau'lcd
over to the people of the valley, aud they UNI
quesionably will send IL on is Way rcJDIclng
towards lis tluIatc destination. -LouctOW En-.
tsrprtse.
ENTERPRISE. The Richmond papers say
thar although the smoke is still rl>lng and the
bricks still hot in the ruins of the Columbian
Mills, in that city, which We're burned lew
days since aud which were the most extensive
in the South workmen have already cjm-
menccd the work Of rebuilding.
They also say that three attempts were made
on Monday to blow up the old walls with nitro
gIycernp, which were unsuccessful, notwl;h-
standing the explosions shook the whole city.
FOorpADs. --FJOtpad, who, in their impc
cunous condition, dcm4ud your purse or your
lite" are becoming somewhat annoying aud
to, numerous for the comfort Of the travelling
public lu Culpepcr and other Piedmont cuuu
ties As most foiks ,ravel light 10 purse, II.
sport of stopping travellers on the highway is
more dangerous than profitable. -FretlcrickS-
b,ug HeraM,
Ex-STATE TREASURER Mayo. Reports
FROM Stanton give the most dl>couragug ac-
counts of the condition of Col. Joseph Mayo.
He has remained up to this time IL a perfect
stupor, and it is believed his brain Is rapidly
soiteuing. Not only is there but little hope Of
his not recovering his mind, Dut his physical
condition is thought to be dangerous.
LAND SALE -Messrs. Hulscley and Blakey,
Commissioners 10 the case OF Kelly, guardian
VS.. Taliatcrro, &c, sold 10 front OF the Court
house 90 last court-uay, Rapldan River farm
of about two-huudred and fifty acres, thirty OF
which are low grouods for $l4, pr acre. MIR.
Geo II Robinson of Alexandria was the pur-
chaser. = G0rdouSrie Gazette
HARDWOOD CHURCH. Tho Presbyterian
Church at HARDWOOD is an OH Institution, but
has beeu with lut regular services sill &c the re-
signaton of the late K y. t. NJ. Woods, I'M
til recently it has secured the services OF :he
Rev. j. G. Painter, who We hear has made
uauy friends fredericksburg Uertld.
BRISK TRADE We understand that as
much as twcr,y-srvcu huntlrcd bushels Of grain
we're shipped from the PurcclIvilIe depot one
day last week This is heavy business, but
it will be greatly increased as the Clarke trade
gradually seeks the Washington and Ohio ra'i-
road as an outlet 10 market. -LDnlpun Emit. |