Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-28
Eeitcr if0n: Augusta 90.

Correspondence Gf tbo Alexandria GaZ!ttc'
FI:usRsvlLLE, AUGUSTA Co, VA, May -.
Several weeks since coloEcd girl IN this vicinity
was arracned before tbs magistrates court o!
the district Oh the charge 0! having given birth
to Child, ed afterwards. 10 rid hsTsef OF it,
klsi ard buried it in fence corncr Dcar by.
She Hss SO oveicoGe by the conclusive evil
dcrc, cgaics. her. thst she finally confessed
having committed the crime, and is now in
the c5up!5 jill swailio2 jary t'ia|. This Is
Supposed TO be tic s:cond crinc OF the kind
she Ess heen su!ty #. bu: 20 eVidarco here
:ylaro that c3uli be procured would convict
her. llIr rtme is Emma BroRr. Such 90
cu-rercss arc becoming So !rQlcnt that TIE
law should be sufficiently stringent TO make sn
example that would d;ttr others from The hor
Ii5o crime.
There are 8 great many negroes in THIS sc:
iijo. Mspy were formerly Owned 10 cast VIZ
eiai,, wLila mos! Ct then lave settled near
lh;!c iii hcmcs aud msstcss. The negrCes
here ars ton sharp to be fooled to karsas 10
the horo 81 beltc1iug their couCi.ioE. Many Of
them haze hlmcs Ct their OVID. and thoc that
work I've well ADD have plenty, tic the droncs
trlv IL: p halt Ike, nnd such is the o1se every
where. If they We! k they will do well.
Tie farmers are DOW busy with ihcIr corn
| crcp, AID soon the harvest will b, st hand.
The prospect tex fee crop CT wheat IS cot 80
good ss last year, Though there will BE- 60 aver.
| tge crcp Ecic.
| Ibis claims 10 De erta; wheat AID tr:sj
| growing section, bur pot go vel! adapted 10
caip. S3nle fifmGrs cure az much ss three
tuutrld tons Of hay in q sessac, asd CAIN i:
pays linc profit.
Sheep rGi:iog is sroTing iE favor 10 this Sc
| i)o, aol ia considered more profitable than
! csitc. This is an Industry that has been On
tbs wa0e for years 10 this sec ion OF VIRGIN.
bu: s1ce the dog Law has been ID operation 10
| protect tho oHucrs from losses, lt has been IL
creased considerably.
o. F.iiay evening las! Mr.. WAIT Bacl died
of paralysis. His denisc vas sudden and u
exp cd, havpg been 10 lis usual coed health
up to Eithin lew day; Ct his death. lie was
one OF tbs best acd most il flu rita! men ctthis
vicinity, aud his death viii BE- deeply felt b.
his ;u1ierouS !reo:s c1d relations throughout
! tbs cUunty.
The recent &c rairs have brought cut tie
grass, AID there is EGw ,rosp:ot fjr GGc
cEcr.
Tue qles.io) COW egitaticg tho miads Of
these who expect 10 purchase machines for the
hsrpcs:. is whether it shall be Bu;keyo or
Champion, Excelsior or Empire, or sou ching
else. a the agents claim to Lave Inc hest
nochincs aad TO have b:cn victorious in every
c}otess they ever engaged 10. Surely !onohody
came out second, bat nobody kuows who. Per.
haps sono Ct your old farmer readers could
give the Inexperienced some ideas.
The ,cctioa Ct c3uat7 officers passed eli V.rJ
quietly, with hut very little intcrcsi m.rIcsted
10 The resa!t. Politics aud politicians dou'c IN.
lcicst The steady yconan as OF yorc. Perhaps
/ they have concluded abcu; politics as tho negro
did about tho forty acres ard mule. l. don't
pey t. wait for it. ''SCaIpTCR.