Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-24
VirpiuIa News.

r,lL r ,ss Judges Hughes and Bond pre-
siding, in the matter of the ATLANTIC, MIss,sslp'
~; md OHIO Railroad Company, MIR. Wayne
| McV,isb. of Philadelphia, presented the po'
I;,;nu Of the peousylvsDia Steel Work., asking
the Cont to instruct the receivers TO pay out OF
The surulul earrings S33 600 Tor rails tufnished
tie rnad before it went into the hands oil the
receivers Judge Meredith, p. '. Daniel aud
MIR, Boiling, o! Richmond, and MIR. Williams
of L2nchburg, presented reutIoua askIog pay
mcnt for supplies furnished the road, which
had been purchased by brokers, and tor back
wages OF employees. Other petitions OF . slm'
liar character we're presented by various par
ties Mcss,s. Choate and Sblpmau, OF New
York, representing English bondholders' OPP
posed these petitions, claiming their mortgages
tak3 precedent Of these claims, which are only
q portion of floating debt OF Dearly ST.
OO(, 600 The Court adjourned until to day.
The pclilitiun to sell the Atlantic, Mississippi
aud Ono Railroad has not been filed, and 1t Is
nov thought hat none will he presented during
the sitting Of this Court.
Attorney General Field and Messrj. Seawcll
aud Forbes, the commissioners appointed to IN
yrs.ipatc he iacts relating to the States inter.
est 10 the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, have
completed their !abors sud sent report to the
Governor who will communicate it to the Gen
cr: Assembly, This is the matter 10 which
Gen. Bradley +. Johnspn &C al as cAunScl for
the State
The Fredericksburg Star says that petitions
a,c in circulation for the appointment Of }. W..
S!anghtcr OF that place, and Il. ". II. Now.
lard, Of Lou1oun county, 10 tho postmaster
ship of Fredericksburg.
Letters have been received at Richmond show
ipy that the South CaroIinaGs arc gicved at
the treatment the Walker Light Guard received
at Columbia on their late visit to that city.
There has bccu recently opened very snpc-
; rior vein Of anthracite coal oo the Michael sur
vcy, on IIa opposite side Of North liver to
wirr. the Dora mines are being worked.
The Est Hanover Presbyery met in Rich.
J moal yesterday and resolved to suspend pro-
cccdugs in the case Rev. Dr. Bard unt the
case WAS acted on by the General Assembly.
The Board o. Trustees Of Richmond College
have requested Professor Harris to withdraw
his resignation. and have granted him leave Of
abs,nc9 until September.
The reclarkat!e day light meteor Of last
Tuesday WIS also observed at Staunton, and
other pacas in the State besides those already
mentloacd.
n man aamal McNew was shot ucsr Salt
vile last Tuesday. His ASSISTANT was arrested
but escaped While ca his way to Abiogdon Tor
trial.
DR.. hlau's farm, in Rappshannock has
been sold to Mr.. a. Y. Walden, for $50 an
acre.
Il til c Supreme Court Of Appeal, yesterday,
the Gaze Of Gusts vs. Thompson was fully
argued by Judge Meredith, and submitted.
; G.. w. HUT has resigned the position OF
light house keeper at Bowlers Rock, ADD j. 3.
} Williamson has been appointed 10 his place.
MIR. Joseph Burdis, of Stafford county, was
badly Injured last Monday by being thrown from
q wagon.
Col. d. S. Graves, prominent citizen OF
Pittsylvana county, died suddenly last W cdncs
day.
W. J. Moon has purchased the Washington
House. in Fredericksburg, for 81 300.
The LEGISLATURE meets December 9Th, a week
from next "Wednesday.
} TRANSIENT TROUBLES Most Of US have
had ,roubIoc ell our lives, and each day has
brought all the evil that VIC wished to codure.
5 But if we were asked to recount the sorrows of
our lives, how many could VIC remember? How
, many that arc six months old should We think
, worthy to he remembered or mentioned? 10
days troubles look large, but a week hence
they will be forgotten and buried out Of sight.
If you would keep book, aud every day put
down the things that worry you and sec what
becomes Of them, it would be benefit to you.
+ You allow Il thing to annoy you, just as you al
low fly to settle on you and plague you; and
you lose your temper Tor rather getit; for when
men are surcharged with temper they are said
to have losit) and you justify yourselves for be-
| 2 ha bt oh
you do not trace out. Bat if you would see
what it Was that threw you off your balance be-
fore breakfast. and put it down in little book,
and follow it out ami ascertain what becomes Of
it, you would sea what fool you were IN the
matter
The art nf forgetting is blessed art but the
art Of overlooking is quite as important. And
if We should take time TO write down the origin,
progress and outcome Of few of our troubles, it
would mako Us so ashamed Of the fuss We make
over them, that VIC should be glad to drop
such things and bury them at once in eternal
fnrgetlnlness.
Life is too short to be worn out 10 petty wor.
rics. trctIings, hatrcds and veXaions. Let us
Danish all these, and think on whatsoever
things are pure, and lovely, aud GENTLE and of
good report.
LIVING Forty Two DAYS ON WATER
Skepticl who insist that the forty days fast in
the wilderness was physical impossibiIity will
not be prepared to believe that Dr. Tanner, Of
Minneapolis, MINI, has lived 90 water for
torty,lwo days. lie states that be was anxious
to prove that human life could be prolonged
without the use Of any nourshmcnt whatever,
aud began his fast under the eyes Of an asso
ciatc physician, who examined him frequently
and kept record Of ali the symptoms. For
f0rty-two days he remained without food, tax
ine walk every day in the open air and a
swallow of water whenever inclination prompted.
On the lortieth day he walked out to Lake Cedar
and drank too much cold water, 10 consequence
Of which the action Of his heart was weakened
so that not the faiptcst trace of pulsaion
could be discovered at tic wrist These symp
TOMS soon Disappeared and on the last day Of
bis ias', alt hough be had lost eighteen pounds
in weight. be felt 30 strong AID we'll that he
was confident that he could mold cut for two
| wee k lnngcr On rciurninr To his feed he ate