Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Richmond Wing says that Monday last
was the regular Culpeper Couaty Court day,
Judge Bell presiding. On the calling of the
grand jury "a called grand jury at the SPECIAL
request Of the Commonwealth 8 Attorney, GeD.
Field made some inquiries as to the manner 1t
was drawn and made up. This led to a state
ment By the court, and that to a long aod AMI
mated discussion by Gen. Field and MAJ. y.
w. Green for the Commonwealth, and Coi:
Gibson in opposition-the one maintaining 1t
was not drawn and chosen according to law,
the other that it was. The court, not yielding
il, opiuiou as to the legality Of the drawing, yet
agreed that the case should 20 over to the next
term, when another grand jury would be Sc
lected. There seems to be great feeling IN this
case, and it was developed that there would BIZ
a strong effort to indict the late president OF
the Culpeper Bank and Mr.. Roger Johnson.
| The president for misfeasaDce 10 Office, and
Roger Johnson, jr., for sending a challenge to
Mr.. Green.
Colonel Baker, Hon. J. c Parke and others,
a committee representing 900 ladies of Mas
s,chusetts reached Richmond yesterday with
souvenirs to be presented to the members of
Richmond Conmandery Knights Templar,
who visited Boston at the time OF the Bunker
| Hill Centennial celebration. They we're met
op James river below Dutch Gap by VIM. B.
Isaacs, Grand Commander Knights Templar,
Nj. 2. Handy, editor OF the Enquirer, and
| others representing the Commandery aud cltl-
zens, and were escorted through the city. They
we're received to-day by the city authorities, and
entertained by the Heights Tempiar.
The Loudoun Mirror says: A most dis
~tressing accident occurred at Aide 10 this
county, on Saturday morning last, resulting in
| the death of a sprigh,Iy little sou of Mr.. Thos.
Wynkoop. 1t seems that the father had ar
ranged a barrel of boiling water for the pur,
pose of scalding a hog, and during his temper.
ary absence the child, aged about s years, fell
into the barrel, and was go severely scalded
| that be died at 7 o'clock that evening. We
| understand that every particle OF sklu, from
| his neck to the soies of his feet, peeled I'd.
The Danville News, of Monday. says 1T
was reported at Chatham yesterday that an
| ARRAY occurred the previous day at church at
Ricegi lille, 10 the lower end Of this county, be.
tween a youth named Farmer, son ct Mr.. D.
E. FIrmer, and his c2u,in, Il youth named
Hancock, son OF Mr.. W. H H mock, 10 which
young Hancock was fatally wounded by knife
and pistol wounds.
The vestry OF Christ Cnurch, Winchester,
have elected the Rev. James r. HUBBARD, OF
| NJrfolk, to the rectnIs,ip. made vacant by
the death of the late Rev. DR.. W. q. Mere,
ditb.
The Norfolk Virginiau records the death OF
Joho S. JOINS, in Montgomery Ala, on Jan
uary 7. Mr.. Jones was one ofGeD. Eppa Hun
tons aids during the Wal.
T. K. Glover, of the Uoion Hotel of Berry
vile, died suddenly Oh Monday uight. The
deceased, during the war, was a member Of the
famous StonewalI Brigade.
Sometime during next summer a party Of
wealthy Englismen will make a tour through
| Virginia, som with the purpose OF settling.