Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-21
VIRGINIA News.

| The reasons why the Ladies Lee Monument
Association refused to add the funds 10 their
| possession to those in the hands of the commits
sioncrs OF the Lee Monument Association, as
stated by the secretary, arc that, AS untraVelled
Virgiuians, having the most perfect dlStrust OF
our capacity for approaching the merits and
| criicizing the defects OF such work OF art as
! tho model at the best can but shadow forth, We
summoned to our aid gentlemen of culture,
who's, residence abroad and familiarity with the
MASTERPIECES Of art gave them the right tojudge
for u.s. We also consulted the wishes Of seve:
| raj DISTINGUISHED members Of the Army oil
Northern Virginia, and had the benefit OF the
npinion. 50 far as the question OF likeness is
concerned, OF one of General Lee sons. From
| these different sources we received the unanl,
nous advice not to accept any one OF the mod
els row offered.
In the suit now in progress 10 Richmond, 10
| which c0lored woman named Caroline Jack.
| son is attempting to break the will OF w. u.
George, upon the ground that she is bis lawful
wife, a witness who had SWORD that he was pres
ent at the marriage, testified yesterday that he
was induced to make the false statement 10 the
first place while drunk; that son and son.n'
law of the woman promised to pay him there.
for, but had not fully done 50. lie declared
the "marriagc" a fraud, and in helping to put
it up he confessed that he had taken bad
part.
The Rev. Dr.. Henry Wall. formerly of
Richmond, but for some years past rector OF a
church 10 C,nada, has accepted call to the
Episcopal Church at Williamsburg.
The barn of George Il. Wilson, treasurer Of
Norfolk county, was burned BY an incendary
Monday. Thirteen hundred barrels OF corn
were Consumed.
4 new postcficc is established at Mine Run
Furnace Shenandoah county, Va. on the
route from Woodstock to the Seven Fountains,
with Andrew j. BoWyer as postmaster.
Harrison y. Thomson, Clarke county, ky.
cattle dealer, has gone iuto bankruptcy
Ninety one thousand dollars worth of real
estate was sold in Richmond yesterday.
CoNFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate yesterday con
frmed the following nominations :-SulllVan
Nj. Culcheon, to be u. S. Attorney for the
Easteru District of Michigan; Chas A. Allen,
L. S. Marshal Western District Of Missouri; +.
G. Humphreys, collector Of customs, Pensacola,
Fla; JcWctt Palmer, collector of internal reve.
Duc, Fifteenth District Of Ohio; William NJ.
Woodcock, collector of internal revenue, Fifth
District Of Tennessee; Otis H. Russell, collector
of internal revenue, Third District OF Virginia.
Postmasters-J oseph B. Brown, larry
N. Y; Mrs Mary e. Baker, Brockport. n. ";
Edgar B. Newman, katonah, N. Y; William
A. Boyd, Mamaroneck. n. Y; A: y. Calklns
PRINCETON, Ind; JAS Nellis. KeudalVille, lnd.;
VIM. S. Llncle. Lafayette, lnd.; Mrs. b. Sel
lers, Pckin, ILL.,. Chas. A. Partridge. Wauke.
gan. ILL.,; Dale Wallace. HopestoD, ILL.,; VIM.
&. Wright EfiDgbam, Ill.,; David L. Phillips,
Springfield, ILL.,; Robert j. Kelly, Alpera,
Mich; John +. Benton, Alameda. CAL; Ed
II. Mapill. Swarthmorc, Pa; 9. T. Phillips,
Sugar Grove, Pa; Jas. G. Long, Tidioute, Pa;
Robt. s. Badridge, McKeesport. Pa; Thos. ?.
Miller, Doylestown, Pa; Josiah G: Orr, Athens,
Co.; Jos, B. Brown, Key West, Fla; VIM. G.
Conuico, Bryan, Tex; Rigdon Quincy, Nava
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate yesterday :-Wm. j. Hunter,
Receiver of Public Moneys, Hays City, Kan;
VIM. 3. Billson, U. S. Attorney for Minnesota;
Robert N. McLarep, u. 5. Marshal for Mime
sofa.
The Aljermauic committees Investigation
into the frauds of the Tweed ring was resumed
to day. a witness implicated Oakley Hall in
the transactions, and said that he, the witness,
had been paid one million and half over the
corrcc. amount cf his bills, the surplus being
divided with the members of the ring.
-Four of the crew Of the schooner Grace
Choate, Thomas Benson, Frank Lawrence, A.
f. Anderson and Daniel Mcdonald, were
drowned while trawling off Middle Bank, on
the lStd.
The exhibition Of Baby George, tho iofant
acrobat in New York. has been prevented by
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
John V. l.. Pruyn died at Clifton Springs,
New York, this morning.