Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.


The people CT Charlottesville complain Of a
perfect plague Ct csterpil!ars this sprlpg.
Lccast tlocm is very abundant in the Valley
this year, al encouraging sign to thoss Who be
lieve that it is an indication OF good corn ofcp.
What sro kroRu az the seven year lccusts,
have nsd, their appearance in large sTarms 10
some sections aGj cent to Petersburg.
Mr.. Robert Nelson has purchased trsc: OF
one tutdted and twenty acres 10 Fsuquuler
county. knoRo as the "ra,s trscs.' from Mr.
Juo. NJ. Folbss. and will shortly build thereon.
A proposition is to DO submitted to tho town
ocur Gil of WarrentoD to sink 40 artesan we'll CD
Academy bill that will supply tic town with
water.
Prof. Fontaine has arrived q! Waynesb0ro.
snd will st orcc begin Interpretations along the
line Of The extension Of tic Shenandoah Valley
Railroad
Bishop Keaue uas rtclecod President of the
Young Mems National Catholic Union OF
Amerioa, which held its c;ny5nticn in Ctlcigo
last week.
The inlerBal revenue Ucaipts at the Rch-
moDd chios this month 10 date were $751;
ellis, which is 90 Increase of SIS. 327 IS over
the eano period sst yesr-from May LIT to
18Th.
Tuesday evening Hugh Nixon. white pen
itantiafy convict. escaped from that institution,
and has rot sine, bsen heard of. The way be
60. out cannot bs ss,ertaired, and BIT IS tho
officers Of the institution.
There has betn general improvement 10
the appesrsuoo of the wheat crop in almost
every section OF the State 40 far heard FROM,
end the grass promises full average crop of
10y. The farmers generally have done plants
leg corr.
Tho friends Of Col. Cameron CLAIM that of the
delegates thus fay elcoed to tho readjuster
conven!co which is 10 meet in Richmond on
the 81 of Jure over three hundred favor his
nominsiion for Governor, and that of those yet
to DO chosen BIO will &C: one hundred more
enough 10 secure his nomination co the FIRST
ballot.
The REVISED NEW TESTAMENT. The Ror
vised New Testament, if pothiug happens, is
to BIO given 10 The American publ, to morrow
morning. Orders have reached ever three
hpsdtc! ard fifty thousand. and tho books
have been stored in this city for mouth.
While the book might havo beou issu d last
February, had there been 30 international copy
right Law eX's ing between tho Uoited STATES
nnd Great Britain, it wis withheld uutil the
University presses Guild supply tho first and
most Important demand. Tho cBgerness with
which tho excerpts from the proof Shoots,
w5ich woto published in tho London Record.
wsra gathered up and commented on. convinced
he committee that they had 10 protect them.
selves in this Way. Tho English committee
hare spent ab.u: ECO. coo and tho American
c,mnitteo about 5000 GO the wcrS Ths
Testament will be published 10 all SITS sud
s ycs Of typ, aud binding, AID will be sold for
different sums from five o,nts to $40. While
s;mo members Of the Revision Committee have
Mt get roosived s.oopy Of their work, others,
notably DR.. Grossly. il is said, hsvo been read-
Ing from it at their family prayers for three
months pas. 10 this age, whol tho secrets Of
man are 70 frequently revealed. this secret has
boen remarkably we'll kopt-N I. Herald.
TAXING TIE ALEX. O., r. r, T. B. Gin The
case OF tho Atx.ndis Caosl. Railroad AID
Bridge Company against The DistIics of Coum
bis, il Washington yesterday, applicaiou to
restrain Tho latter from enforcing the collection
Of oartaio .axa;ior assessed, DIR. Francis Miller
Tor tho eonplainants, has fled brief, in which
he contends lhas tn" property is exempt from
taxation, because there is no lax law thst
applies TO such property. til, admitted that
lhero ls % t2press exemption 10 too charter Of
Tho Alexandra Canal Company, nor IS there
any reference therein to the exemption Of the
CEtsaposko and Ohio CaGa, Company, but the
caln OF exemption is based upon section 81 OF
the charter ct the latter oJmpanY, which pro.
v,Gas that the right 10 tho waters OF tho Poto-
mac fJr canal purposes, which tho Ssts Of
lFesia ED Msr1Isud mag authorz', Is re-
s2r9cd to said STATES r1sptc:ivey, provided that
they have tho authority OF Congress to make aud
continue canal from aDy point on the Chess-
peako and Ohio Canal through airy part o: tho
Dis llo>. 1t is claim!d and shown that tho
nsc@sary authority of Congr; 81 was lrsrt:d,
HUXLEY ON THE HERRING. 10 bis recent
lectur, g! the National Fi:biDg Exhibition in
Norwich, Eog., Prof. Huxley said 9 great
many Interesting things abcu. that pro i6o ard
valuable friend to map. the herring. He de.
scrlbod this fish as occupying pIace in natural
history almost uoiquein itself which still to CIR
taio txtcn! puzzles biologists. Practical mon
15y have little difficulty 10 detertDiuiug Wheh-
CT green fsh Is helrog or not: blu; scientific
zoo!ogss, locking little deeper, have not nl-
Wcys succeeded 10 driving hard nud.fasi lice
between tho herring. the sprlt. tho shad and
tho pilcaaEd. One ming is csrtaic, tia. by
whatever uamo tho fish is called. tho uurabcrs
on the E1Rlish coas's arc enormous, ard, so
long es climatic conditions remain the same,
the supply is practically ioexheustible. Cslcu
!aIiDg by the evidoroa of fishermen. "sbosr'
Of herring may contain mere than 500 100000
OF fish. aud as may shoals srs observed year
after Joar, not only on the English coasts, but
on hose adjacent, the number of good behring's
IN any orc year must be rsckoned by billions.
AN UNUSUAL CHURCH INcIDENT.-In tic
Episcopal Chu:ch at Danvil!e, Va, Sunday