Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-11
VIRGINIA. VIEWS,

lIaNC lCCS!Utut pu t1Hii!aA ollSeit cItlsCoiEi
owned by Mr. a. E:ch berg and Dir. William
Taylor, wss burned to tho Groucd. Tho fire
vas the work Of % loceldlary.
Alta reat i1steIs meeting ut King George
Court House on the 7th, p. Il. Hudson. Law.
renee Taaferro, f. w. Payne and ". Fl.
| Cswocd wfre appointed delegates TO tie con.
! vention. which meets in Richmond Oh the 2j!h.
The resolutions adopted declare that three per
cent. interest for fifty years is The utmost the
State can afford.
Mr. j. Wiley Honey, Of Stafford couoty,
| was found by his SOD Oh Friday night last,
about mile aud half from Falmouth, with
| bis head jaumsd between the whee! Of his
| market wagon and saplipg q1te desd 1t Is
supposed bis horse, which was found standing
near The wagon, became frightened and ran
away. MIR. H. was about G5 years oia
Bishop Wbitle visited Petersburg on Set.
urday, aud confirmed that night eleven persons
ct St. Stephens (coored) Church. Sunday
morning be confirmed sixteen ct St. John $
| Church; 10 the afternoon he visited Bandford
| Chapel, confirming several persons At night
ne preached at st. Paul's, and Administered The
rits Of confirmation to sixteen candidates.
Bishop keane addressed about six hundred
co!ored people al The Cathedral 10 Richmond,
Monday night. He oompenened them ca
their besriDg, and announced that as several OF
their number were desirous OF receiving 10.
sruetion 10 the doctrines aud service OF the
church in detail, be would meet such at the
Episcopal residence Cd Thuls1sy evenings.
There arc ia the peniEeptiary at r edmond
| l3l conv;c:s under the age Of 20. IA OF whom
gre males and II fenalts Eight Of the former
and three OF the latter arc rer7log out sentences
for murder. The youngest Of tho males con.
victcd for that cTicso Was J years aud the old
e:t IS. The ages of the girls serving ont sen
fences for murder ranged ct The tiu12 Of con-
ViotioD, trom Il 10 lG.
A large thee story brick f1c.ory ir DlDvilic,
owned end used by JAMES B. Pace, OF Rich.
moLd, WAS buroed last night. The factory con.
tainsd over hundred thousand pounds of c;t
tcbicco. recently purchased, all Of which, With
the building ard factory fixtures. was totally
destroyed. Tic building and stock Werc fully
covered by insurance. bu. canuot yet tell The
amounts. Mes:Is. Dobuu & CarrolI's fac
tory was also burnt.
A bill is 10 course Il preparation, and. will
be soou Introduced in the House Of Delegates
10 empower and direct the treasurers Of the
various counties to effect temporary loans from
the tax payers Of the State (insead Of borrow
ipg from bsukers.) to tho amount Of the taxes
to become due ftom each one, and to execute
therefor receipts which snail be receivable tor
all taxes due the Stale when the same sbail
become demandatle These are to be sold to
the tax payers at discount CT sag 25 per cent.
| The oil Jet is to put tie State On pG with
tho creditor ic tia collection Of her rcYeUues,
| and to tqualizc tho burdens OF taxation.
The Senate had under consideration S.tur-
day bill TO provide fer the adjustment ard
settlement Ct claims Of the United States
against The southern railroads TJr rolling stock
purchased from the government 10 1865. Fron
u comuunicaton from lie War Department it
appears tha itlloalrg sum3 arc claimed By the
government from the companies Damed, in this
State : Manassas Gap railroad, 1892 Orange
and Alexandria, SO PA Petersburg railroad,
$50. Q79 Virginia Central, $50 392 Virginia
aud TenncsScc, S44 S00 Wilmington and
| Weldon, SO 500; Alexandra und Hamp;ti'c,
$l0,S20 Kichmord, Fredericksburg and 20.
t0r2c, ST .GG2,
Robert Heth, f3rncl; Of Richmond, cln :
rDitcd suicide Sunday ct Moctum's river, 90
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, where tx
rad attempted TO establish himself 10 business.
FInacclal troubles are supposed TO have led 10
the deed. He vas tho son Ct the late Beverly
| llSli, Hsu III SSL, l.Suy
| CAPT Stockton Hctb lie had Tor gears past
hsen engaged in mercantile business ia Boto
ioutt cou1ly, on the line Of the canal, and there
vas tEcc subjected to heavy loss -oIc, b. Ere,
cnca BY hjod. Lately he had attempted TO
re establish himself 10 business 1T M:c!uGi' :
river, On he Chesapeake add Obj railroad,
| but had continued to be greatly and Increasingly
depressed by his ti1aucai situation, and il is
believed that his 1niad had become SO seriously
affected IS hat he YES cot himself when he took
| bis cTn lie. Ho was severely Tsu7dcd ST Inc
saooHG ba:;Ie Of mapassas. lie married Eva,
daughter CT the late DR.. T. Z. Masoa, vino,
With several children, Survives t. bear the
shock Ct Ills lGubly iea,fll bereavement.
COMMUNICATED.
Sun FIRE ENGINE HOUSE. -Fcr The iolor.
uslcc OF Of our Clly Couuc srd c;tz,ns sou
vii! please publish The following:
Proceedings Ct Council, March 81, 1851.
Resolved, That III, US, OF the house at the
corner of Cameron nod Fairfsx streets be granted
to Inc SGn Fire Company as sn cpgne house
during the pleasure OF CourciI, ar1 that $3.50
be appropriated toward tiHiag il thereto"
On the ooh Of Nay, 1855. COuocii sppropri.
ctcd to asst in purcha.iog fire engirc $780,
% the 23i Of November, 1855 Couocl oppro.
| rrla.ed 10 pay balarco due on titc englac $500.
| Tie company havo DOE The above eugioe; have
also 10 the hauds Of NJ. B. Harlow about ITO ob.
| teincd from reut oftho engine house, aud about
! $40 due them from tho las! tenant
The company hiss had the prese5t house ever
| since il Tas bui!:, o. about six years. They
have go pspa's nor las tic City Courcl passed
| any order gisiog lheta 4 lille 10 the rr=seat
bulldog.
The BosIG of Aldermen las passed . rssou-
ton notifying he company 10 qait aod deliver
uo he bulldog aud lot OF ground within thirty
days after notice shall have been eerved upon
them; AID, 10 event q the failure to deliver up
possession Of tho property within thirty days
after notice, the Mayer is ordered to cause
lroper legal E!eFs 10 tc taken to recover posses
sion Of said premises.
have bccn informed that tho cost Of such
legal stens (bY suit or osherwise) will not be
Cytr $50 and n,ssn ssioD Gin bs ob,airrd with.