Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-26

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DEATH OF DR. WILLIAM OWENS Lynch
hurr ha, ioSt one Of lis oldest, best All most
beloved citizens. Dr. William Owens brea;hed
h.. as abou 5! . cock p. H., at iht rcslucnc;
cfbj, sou, DR.. " o Owcr, III the 6oih Year
O: hs age, on Friday y we'll p ut NE,
CT wnei with gooiy deeds aud naoi1 charities
has thus been icrnln"tcd. -.
Or. OScus was uative OF Stauuton, Flr-
pin;a. where he was born in January, l7SS.
In l7gl he moved to Lyn, hbutg, where ne
has continued to rc.3G through ali the suces-
siye sages Of youth, maunOod and old age.
His first start 10 ilic was as an apothecary,
alter which he studied medicine In Phlladel-
nhiy, making he tritS 10 and from that city on
horseback. After graduating he at once en-
ter. 4 Oh tie du;irs o! ills profession, aud tor
sixtv years coItuuc,l in is actlve and nrduous
practice. Ouiy some four Or five years ago
was he prevailed on ~ ills sons 10 rest from
bis prolonged laborS. How much good he
did il all that long period how much SUIT
tcri,g allcviated; how much dlsicterested CHAR
ity cy!cudcd; how much wearu"ss aud toll
and pain he endured hipSet for the good OF
Others can lcvcr be known. AnG 1t Is eu
tclcl 10 his credit where uoble deeds are writ
ten ia characters Of gold. Ii Is probable that
DO physician ever did more gratultous prac
tice than DR.. Owcus. His love pot to
make mouey-not to collect accounts not
to heap up riches, but to do good. La that was
his pleasurc-uot rcai,ing the pecuuary re-
w.rds he preferred losing, to giving distress
or even Inconvenience to any mdn, aud from
that kindness OF lis heart many Thousands OF
his dues have goue uureailzed. tie was the
faithful TREND OF the poor aad was as ciiigent
and tandcr in his mlnlsIatOOS to them as 10
the rich and Influential 1t made 40 dtfoEecce
to him where hc .fouud sutierDg-ail that he
cared for was 70 relieve it. Aud It Is not
strange that he should have te'; aud said as
the closing hours oi i.tc came that 1t was q
great satisfaction aud comfort to him that nc
had been cunslderate OF aud klad to the poor.
Wha, a lesson to those whose ieet are only
swift IN the purSuit OF earthly riches
1t is said that duriug the prevalence OF an
epidemic here, while the canal was b"lng con-
siructei, he averaged as many as 100 visits
mouth. He was eminent as u physician, and
commanded the entire c2Dfdeuce OF the COM
muuity through Two generations. Besides bis
professional skill, bis kindness, gcutIcness, and
warm genial natura mad2 him like sunbeam
Ia sick chamber. Nature seemed to have
sigually fitted hin for his profession: and at
the same tine to have ILLUSTRATED in him the
highest tru.st type of manhood. LynchJuTg
Tirgntun.
REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CIRCUITS. The
bill recently reported from tie Committee for
Courts Of Justice of the House of Delegates
proposes to divide the State into tweuty-onc
judicial circuits, to be arranged as follows;
lst. Princess Anne, Norfolk, Nanscmond,
and Isle OF Wight, and the cities of Norfolk
and Portsmouth.
I'd. Duwidiie, Prince George, Sussex,
GreensviIIc, and Southampton, and the city ct
Petersburg.
Sd. Prince Edward, Nottcway, Luuenburg,
Brunswick, and NJ cklcnburg.
4th. Pttsy vauia; Halifax, and Charlotte
and the town of DanviIc.
5th. Bedford, Carpbcll, Amherst, Nelson,
Apponatiox. and the city OF Lynchburg.
6h. Albemarlc F!uvanna, Culpeper, Madl
son, Greene, and Orange.
7th Hcnrico aud the city Of Richmond.
Sth. Elizabeth City, York, Warwic James
City, and ci,y o! Williamsburg, aud the couu-
ties Of New Kent, Charles City, and Surry.
9ih Lancaster, Northumbvrland, VI athcwS,
MitdleS,x Gloucester kiug William, Essex,
aud King aud Queen.
10Th. Wcstmore!and, Spotsylvania, Caro-
line, Hanover, Mug George, Richmond,
Louisa, and Stafford.
llth. Fauouier, Fairfax, Prince William,
Rappahaunock, aud Alexandria, and the city
OF Alexandria.
18th. Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Leu
doun.
l3 Augusta, Rockbridgc, Bath, Highland,
and Allechany
l4.h Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke and
Craig.
18Th Carroll, Wylhc, Giles, Pulaski, and
Graysnn.
10th. Smyth, Tazewcll, Buchanan, and
Bland.
18th. Accomac and Northampton.
Is. Wise, Scott, Russell, Lee, aud Wash
iugton.
10 Franklin, Floyd Patrick, and Henry,
2Oth. Chesterfield, Powhatap, Amelia Cum
berlaud, Goochaud, and Buckingham.
list Rockingham, Page, and Shenandoah.
1t Is proposed that the salary of each judge
snail be - ,O0Q per anuum, except the judge
OF the Rlchnlond circuit, who shall have
$500, and the Judge Of the Accomac and
Northampton district, who SHALL have 81 800.
WILD FoWL.-A bill is pending 10 the
State Senate to amend certain sectious of the
Code Of Virginia to prevent the destruction of
wild fowl The bl if passed will provide
that if any person Except from the laud) shall
shoot at or kill wild fowl during the mig bit
within this State, or if any person shall from
skif, float, or battery, (the word battery being
one of the amcudments,) or by the aid there
of, within the jurisdiction OF the county of
Henrco, Tor other couuties named IN the
bill,) whether in the night or daytime, shoot
at or kill wild fowl, he may be convicted
thereof and ined not less than $50 nor more
than 500, and shall surrender his gun and
any such skitf, float, or battery, and the same
shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth. Ii he
tail to surrender them be shall be committed
to Jail Tor thirty days. If any nonresident of
this State shall 10 like manner violate said act
ne may be convicted, fined cot less than $50