Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-20
ErSRGTi.E.9 E.EIErS.

The si:ua! service :opoIt d .cct at Cape |
Henry iaet night.
Theirs Is go tGcaiGpuen. 0: gisleg uoar
Auburn. 10 E&GQnier county.
An ctTar! will DO maio Son 10 organize o |
board Of ta}e for lie towl Of Gorionsville.
From September 9Th 10 Il Is limo 49j car
loads OF cattle have been received at Warrcnton,
being neatly II 900.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway company
90 Tuesday paid over $50, 600 for State taxes
10 lha Au litor.
The Surveying party OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio extension from GoIdouSvi!ls 10 trcder.
l,k,tuTg Is making progress.
Mr. Il. G. Spilua?, of Fauquier c,un!y, is
going to make is home in Dakota and will
leave ior Doadweod in Q few deys.
\ party Of colorcd citizens Of Richmond are
lrtparltg to give n reception 10 tho c0l0rtd
membals-e!tc;:o the Virginia Legislature.
| }. @. Cannon, resdjuster Senator elect, from
| E:s:x c3uliy, waa the proprietor CT the Seul-
| nj Tutl!Shs Il 10 WarrenGn ao0p after the war.
| lmm:Gsc dGoEcs CT cattle ore being d1iy
| anippcd ever tic a. NJ. & o. railroad to tho
| clstra cities from Scu'hgCst 'irein;a-mOrc
iaa ever hciCrr.
LIS; week, two CARS cap;aiains $50 mcrino
| Stcpi, rcm Washington county. Pa, arrived 10
| Gordonsvliio 10: hlcssls t. n. Mowmau, FiaGk
tn~ncrd, j. NJ. l'alton ar; ;IoSeph II. ,'nhn
500.
| All III !ctarus OF tho vote Of the STATIC at
lie !a:n election have been received ri tho Office
| OF tic Secretary CT the Commonwealth. Th9
Board CT Uamni. sioncra will rnrci next Nlou
| day tt canvass tho vote.
| lard, 81 IA
Church, fredericksburg. Rov. Dr.. Murdaugh
officiating, Hiss Mara Wallace Cambridge,
grand daughter OF tho ao Conmoduro Eain
bridge, Of tho .hip Constitution, was married
TO Alr. Hamilton CGsisrd, OF the firm OF Gas
SAID Il Son, Baltimore, Nd.
The l4yrchburg Eirsiuau says: "Wo are
glad 10 learn thn! the r0as mill Of Gen. hlun.
lori Hl be ru$ ia operation in few days.
!,aiSg contracts for railroad spikts have bocD
inaGc, aid the prospect il that tho mills will
hayo moro trlcra than they can Gil by working
day md llsLt. Tho ball is rolling
DGrirg gale Sunday night tho house of a
farmer named James Mtlsia, about seven iIcs
from Portsmouth, accidentally caught ti!c and
YVES totally destroyed, together With tho iurni-
turc, tho kitchen, outhcusas and cuntcua. So
luiiOIs and rapid YVES the fants that the family
O9Iv ESCAPED liom tho bulldog in their night
gIOtElcg. There Was no insurance.
Cen, William Malone. Rev. j ohm Il. Mus
soy, Gen. S!ith Boiling, Lewis +. Harvic, ctq
DR., Samuel Il. ,MOIctt, Col. Wi!liam L; Came:
rcn, Judge i. W. Llcy. Senator RaHls, nod
semo lesser lights OF the roaGjustcrs, were in
conference Tuesday night and yesterday mort
loG 10 R:clTopd. 1t is supposed that they
were cncrg@d 10 arranging a programme OF
operations tor tho General Assembly, soon TO
meet, tough nothing ct tMir plans end pur-
pcacs vas revealed.
Two cacrcd mcu named Bob and Dick Noch,
employed on the farm Ct j. L. Norris, North.
umhcriGrd cCutty, WHO ievc been joalaus Ct
each other for sOmo timo about q colorcd
gill, had fight over tho matter on Sunday
morDiGg. Alter Using their fists for some timo
each grabbed piclorS, AID Bob plugged tho
proDes ct enc of the folks into his autogonis's
stomach. II ictDg probably fatal wound. The
colorcd people Of the ptiehtorirg ccuntry be-
caao very much excited over tho probable
murder. Before Bob could b, arrested, he
crossed tho line into another county, and has
not since hceu heard from.
The Richmond correspondent of tho Peters
burg lndey-Appeal states that Gen. Mnhono
has determined 10 be candidate fer tho u. s.
Scra,c. "Tbcro is littlo doubt that ho has
made systematic oaGvass of his strength
among the members elect Of tho General As,
scGbiy within the past ten days and it is quito
probable that his rc mt determination is based
upon reports received trim that caovass-
l. is ais, equally c,r;ain that Gen. w. G..
Wlckham vii! Go tho Dcmincc ol the republic
olns. lie probably expects to get tho itfa.
c0oo CT tho administration to hoa;cr up bis
canso with tho Viii; o ard c)lorci! republican, re.
acJns:eIs. If the alternative is b3twccu Ms.
hurc snd republican without any chance of
securing . conservative, il is likely that some
moderate rcadustt who eau gut M joriy OF
his party will &c taken up ny our rcoplo
and chcacn ~ n oCmproElisc man Of tho
two Wings. The opposition oil tic deb. payers
to MnhODo az = successor Ct MIR. Wilhers has
cot decroasci III the s'ishtcEt and it hn ever
secures tho support nj u single member of that
party lc tho assembly Tor that place, it will
0lls bi as tho least 0t two evIls--an avowcd re-.
pnhliaau OF the.|cGder Of the rew liberal part?."