Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-01
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Mcs.s u rkle hiss purchased the farm tf J as !
W Brad!or!, - aoI,s, hear M'. jackson. fyr
$l20 per acre.
Dir. ,5ehtCercheval, Of BsI1y7iIla slipped
on the ice last seek, aud troke Que CT her legs
below The knee.
The dR.ling hous:. frame struc,lr, #
Miss Mary A. Bell, abou. Ave miles east ct
Orange q. H., accidentally caught FIRE 90 Mon.
Cay lest, and, with almost is entire contents,
was destroyed.
Mr.. JsmssC Farsikler, Of Loudcu1 c-u1ty.
had weighed at the scllcs 10 L.estufg. On
Monday. three Grade short borDed steers two
years old, that weighed 4.3.O pourd5-aD
average OF l ,433 each.
Mrs. R. A. PeDick, residing near South Bos
100, was 80 badly burned on Thursday poruiDe
,bs. death cusued almost instantly. She VAS
alone 10 her chamber when the accident oc-
Cured, tu: it is supposed she was taken With
spssn and fell into the FIRE.
A colored man, named Bill Savage. was
called to the door of Perry 6 stable. in The low
or part Ct Norfolk, Thursday night. by Geo.
Ives, end while talking was shot through the
heart ADD killed. He died before as:lstatc'
coud reach lin. Ives escaped arrest.
Governor Holiday in trausniticg to Mr..
". w. Ccrcorap. of Washington. copy CT
the joiBt resolutions ofthe General Assembly Of
Virginia expressive Of their apprecls!ion oil
his kind regards for and noble benefaoiioos
to the State, says: Il need not say With
how nu,h pleasure l perform this DUTY,
koowicg that the resolutions express the heart
fealt sentiments Of a!l!he people Of thieCoDmoL-
wealth.
lis runored that tie Shenandoah Valley
RaiIrcsd Company has effected al arrange.
meut with tie Cumberland Valley railroad
Company whereby the latter ssresa 10 build at
occe The Ink between Sbephcrdstowa. Jttfal-
son couut, and Betiostou, Berkeley equity,
". Va, distan. Of abtu: eight miles. ncces
sGly 10 connect tho Two roada. 1t il sald the
eereemeDt il that The lick shsl &c completed
By the 18Th Of March, provided the Shclan
doah Valley Railroad Company completes the
work Of iayiog the rails through Clark county
IL the same lime
The Louisville (ky.) alm5houso vas dtsroy.
cd BY fire yesterday morning. There wero $40
pcrsous IN the building, mostly inValds end
crirples, nearly all If whom escaped. Henry
kepleT persisted 10 the fines; James Ridley,
co imbccIc. W4s fatally burned; Fred. Meyer,
in escaping, broke his neck; Thcs. Oxen was
killed By fall, Nathan Caldwell was seriously
tur;, and mrs. johnson vas seriously burned
aud will probably Gi!. The scepc at the fire is
described as horrible The building was erect,
cd by the city Ct Louisville in 1871 at a cost
of Sis 900, ard WIS Insured for so. 00O.
HE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BILL DEFEAT,
ED IN TIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House Of Representatives yesterday in com.
Di.tee CT The whole had up The bill! 10 pay
to the trustees Of the E9scopa! Theological
SEMINARY, rear this city, zen! for use aud &C,
oupation duriog the war.
| Mr.. White, tfPa., opposed the bill. 1t vas
essentially War claim, for The payment o.!
which tie Government was in no way liable.
The passage of this bill would set dangerous
precedent, aud would be followed by ao avail
arche OF similar claims agaos: the Government
| Fir. Huutou advocated The bill. The pay
rncnt of tic claim was prohibited By the tccb-
CT Rulings Of the law of 1867, bu; it was be-
cause Inc claim came Hith!o the equity Of the
| law that Congress Was asked to pas7 the bill.
hltxgndIia had becn 10 what was called the
| loyal district Of Virginia, which had been rtr-
| resented in The Uai;ci States Congress tircus r.
| OF. the war.
Mr.. White inquired if it had 90, been repre-.
seated in the Conts dsrate Congress.
Mr.. Hunton replied that il had Lo:. Not 3
VOC in that district had bteo cas-! fer 2 Coz
iederatc offio,r Of auy description. IL GO scase
Of to word had the Institution been sectional
| enc. Mts., If not oil! OF its professors, hal
coma from the North, and its s!uiens from al
paris Of the cCualry.
Mr. Co0gar opposed the bill. Congress-
i-r l,,,Ii.i rh - hn
United States vas protecting them rIm DC
srUo;ioD.
hlr Potter favored The BILL Il was he first
ripcipc of government 10 do justice, aud to do
,5tice about war claims Us abou, peace claims.
sha settled and necessary rule YES that the
Government Vas rot liable Ter properly &c.
sroyed 10 the ercuy's ecu 1:ry by operation OF
var This c)unt1y had nad3 81 exception to
that lu'c. and given the loyal ciGz:n 10 the
South sht to payment for property destroyed.
That right had X 5lrcd By Limitation, a0d he
Vas opposed to renewiog That right The tine
had konc hy for tie payment Of those loyal
cIaitus, and it wuuli be mistake to again opco
The doors of the Treasury Tor their payneat
Bat this was not q war claim, and Dot subject TO
the o! lection that it was for property destroyed
ia the ercny's country. The pioperiy lay with.
in the dcicpsos of Washington ely, not ia the
insCrfccionary territory atail ltay 10 territory
excluded by proclamation ct President Lincolp.
Alr. White declired that the Territory had net
been excepted By the proclamation.
Mr. Potter replied that IL ,epted that iden.
lcsl territory. The claim should be paid
without reference to the fact 0! lis boiug a re-
lipions institution. It had right 10 be paid.
Sir. Togoseud, cf N. Y. Then &c shall
have to pay fer tho Tcut Of all the forts We &C.
cupicd there.
Dir. Pottcr:-Ws dill 10: ask rera:ij,ou to
take them.
Thc moioa 10 report tha bill to the House
vas then deteaed-I6 to IS. and on motion of
Mr.. BnrchaEd the enactng clause Was stricken
cut, aDd the committee lin accordance, with tho
ruic) rose acd rcp,rled ls action to the House.
which, By q vote Of yeas, l2l; nays, 50, COD.
CURED 10 thai acion.
Zen Men Perish in Chesapeake Bay.
BALTIMORE Feb. 1.-The schooner Ada.