Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-22
VIRGINIA. VIEWS.


The spriog races ct the STATE Fair Grounds,
Richmcnd, will commeace Ga May aud con.
tinua three days.
Governor Holiday is It'll very unwcIi, ard
bis physician has forbid Eislear!Dg Winchester
for some days 10 come.
PAGES new and elegant tobacco warehouse in
Lynchburg was opened for trade under H,tter-
irg auspices last Thursday.
Rev. DR.. Hoge, Of Richmcrd, has accepted
the Invitation to address the graduating class ct
the Unworthy Of North Carolina ca The lst OF
June.
James I. Armstrong, charged with The muir.
der Of tramp 10 WnneDton Angus! lG, 1878.
surrendered to the authorities yesterday end
was imprisoned.
Mr.. William Burke died Sunday 10 Fred.
ericksburg after short illness. Mr.. Burke
was born 10 BsDemore, ireland, 10 1877, and
was sixty two years Of ago at tho time Of his
death.
Tho annual celebration by the coored people
Of Richmond 10 honor Of the Thirteenth. -Four.
teenth and Fifteenth amendments took plsco
yesterday. The festivities consisted eff mill.
tsry and civic pa!a1e, az oTaiioo, ED The firing
OF a salute.
Winter Payne, the ue9ro who b!u!el!y mur-
dered James Adams colortd. near Salem, 10
Farquier county, on Friday light LIST, was cap
tured on Sunday evening end lodged 10 jail st
! WarreDton. lie acknowledges the crime, but
says be did 20. intend 10 kill Adama.
Tho Introduction Of Eis:er h5Tcr3 at Park
Place Methodist Church, in Richmond, ca
Easter Sunday haa been tho subiec. Of c0nsid.
erabo commen. among the Methodias in that
city, especially those VITO retain tho old fish
toned ideas of Methodisn. Rev. DR.. John +.
Edwards is the pastor Of The church.
The receipts of Leaf tobacco at DaoTi.:c last
week were heavy, aud a large number ct men
are employed in the factories. The shipments
of manufactured tobacco ere light, but q heavy
business is expected after the st Of May, when
the reduction Of taxes goes into effect. R:qul.
siions for stamps amounting to 5000 have
been received, to be delivered nter that date.
The Richmoud correspondent of tie Peters
burg Index Appeal Gays: "Mr. John s. Wise,
who has been employed Us associate cdu1scl Tor
Poindcxter, retired iiom tho case Saturday.
! The prisoner, it seems, was not satisfied With
| the manner in which the cas-, Tss conducted at
the last trial and wrote NIr. Wise e l9t,er Sat
urday, 10 which be commented on tho matter,
Whereupon tina. ee1.l=mao declined 10 continue
to Gcs IS counsel logger. Nj. Wise cane toto
ooutt this morbiag sal the matter was ami
cably adjusted. Fir. Wise will remain il the
case
The coun,il Of fcr.ign bondhoilats o; tic
Stale debt, through the iucding association,
have notified Governor Holiday lhas the p!:u
of settlement ia accepted The pe1 bonds will
be dated the fist day Of January, 1879, The
principal payable forty years thereafter. besrlcC
iutcrcss at the rate Ct Per cent. per anouul
for ten years, per cent. for twenty years. and
per cent. for ten years, payable ia the cities
Of Richmond, New York, or Il1adon on the
frat days of j uiy and January OF each year.
| Holders Of old bonds will have to have ITEM
funded 10 tho new bonds through the iuudos
association, at q cost 10 themselves Of pei
| cent