Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-02
VIRGINIA. NEWS,

III. oVnu a, IietYiD, one or the Oldest Glu
bes: knoEn c!'izsns CT Richmond, died Sunday
night 10 tie GS!h yesr Of his age.
10 the Hustops Cou,t st Petersburg, Satur.
day, large number of c!t;zaGs wore Indicted
AID convicted for not keeping certain portions
Ct The city 10 healthy coadl;or.
Gen. VIM. Mahonc, has. under The skilful
ettJrte Of his physician. 50 far recovered from
bis laie iness as to admit CT his returning to
the llggeia Hotel, Old Point.
10 an alteration between j. Il, Olkes and r.
l. Ramey 90 county road, seven miles from
DanvlIlc, Saturday light, OAkes was fatally
stabbed. Ksniey escaped Both arc mere
youths.
While returning from Hancock pole raising
at Salem, FarQlier county, Oh Saturday, Gen,
VIM. H. Payne, OF Warrentou, was severely
i;iutcd in jumping from Lia buggy, his horse
having lu1 eWay.
q large democratic meeting was held at
Salem. tauq1icr county. en- Saturday,. which
was addrtsscd BY Messrs. }. w. Foster, of Lou,
d6uI; ). e. Gibson q Culpcper, aud s. 4.
Neale, Of this city.
Mr. William flaming Wick am, father of
Geuersl Williams e. Wiekhsu, died in Hap
over on Saturday morniog. in the S7!h year of
his ago. MIR. Wickhsm was tho son Of Juho
Wickham, one OF the counsel Of Aaron Barr il
his celebrated trial for trets3D.
The Rockingham Register publishes tho
DaDcs OF fifty prominent reaGiusters OF that
county, Including tao chairman AID secretary Of
the County executive committee Of roar u5crs,
who have announced their purpose TO vote for
tho regular democratic Hancock and tugish
electoral ticket.
A democratic meeting was held at Guilord,
houSour c,uptr, on Saturday evening, on tho
occasion OF q Hancock and English pole raising,
at which speeches were made by Messrs i. +.
Conrhd, CT LocSburg. and LiLdon Kent, OF this
city, the latter gentleman especially having &C.
Quilted himself mts3 crc1itsbly.
As rtquisted By tue faculty, q meeting Ct the
alumni Of the Uovcisty Of Virginia is 10 b.
held at the Warronton Springs On Eek. Thurs
day, 10 consult as TO tho best meaus of raising
the lest OF the amount rtquiicd 10 secure to the
university tho great Mccormick telescope to DO
given additionally
In the Fsrq lier County Court on Saturday,
Robert Bent, c?lorcd, was convicted of bur-
Glary acd scnt' uoed to the ponitentiary for four
years. AS other Indictments w.ro pending
against him BIO luroed States evidence. result
ing lie the arrest of numbcr of coorod burglars
who have been r0bbing stores fer some tine
past.
Micijah Woods. esq, Comnonw oath's at
torncg OF AbomaIl,, bus rendered bis resigna
ton IS member OF the conservative State com.
nlttee on account of pressing official and private
work. lie vi codtlnuo to support tho demo-
cratic electoral ticket but IS not opposed to
"nny compromise or settlement that may DO
possible WithOu, sacrifice Of principle CT self 70.
spect.
The mass meeting at Woodstock, 90 Ssur
day tor the purpose CT inGaeura.ipg q II Owe.
mept for the consolidation OF the lunders' and
rcaCJ lsttrs' electoral tickets, appears to havo
been failure. l. was not cou1lenauced by
tho presence Of any leader on either side; the
committee Oh arrangements found it impossible
to secure speakers OF spy political prominence,
aud oil! that could be doue IVES to get few sigma.
lures to petition to the State executive COM
mi!teo Of both wings, asking them to bring
about compromise on the basis of allowing the
tuDdet5 end readjusters each to nsmo Gyo cleo
tors On the pew tickle! and tho national demo-
cratic committee to pick out tho eleventh mln.
A Norfolk dispatch SAYS bideous story is
related Of threo negroes haviCg been arrested
and ilad before justice of the peace ct Oiioda
for matiIating tho bodies of white people buried
at the graveyard, Poplar Springs. They plead.
ed guilty, aUd said they dug up the bodies fer
the purpose OF getting the bones in the hands,
which. they cay, if carried 10 their pockets
would mako them lucky at card playing. On
their way to all, rs they passed tho graveyard,
they pointed out the graves they bad dug toto.
Cltz.ns went to tho graveyard and dug up one
grave which the negroes had pooted ou:, aud
found ono arm and forearm ani hhh hand re'
n0y51 from the body.