Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-20
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISERS
RY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.


The LYxcmEURG FAIK-Wc are gratlticd
to learn that Mr.. Slaughter, the efficient Com
missioner for the Lynchburg Agricultural
Society, is meeting with very encouraging
success. and that the approaching Fair prom
ises greatly to surpasS that OF last year III
the exhibition of fine stock ard farm produc-
tons. as well as in every thing else which
tends TO make up All attractive cxlhbltI"n.-
Lynchb"Iy R'p"bI'can.
FREIGHT TRApE.-Receved at the DEPOT
Of the Virginia ~ Tennessee Railroad, on the
10th of Aug. % loaded cars, consisting OF Is
cars Of wheat t,07S bush; , cars Of Flour,
lS7 bhls.:2 cars of Tobacco. $4,000 lbs; .
ears of Miscellaneous, 10000 lbs. There
were l6 loaded cars sent West yesterday
IN rning.-Lynchd"'y Rep"biica".
LARGE TrNXEL.-Thc big tunnel on the
Covinytnn and Ohio Railroad, in Greenbrer
county, Va. is 400 feet lonS, and 100 feet
below the surface of the earth. Its 800 feet
longer than the Blue Ridge tunnel. The
width is twenty seven feet, To accommodate
a double track, and the height is - ieet.
New Town SERGEANT.-Ata meeting "i the
Trustees Of tie town Of Fairfax, held "n yes
;er,lav. Peter &. Smith was unanimously elec-
Il Town Sergeant. to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned hy the resignation 1t Capt. +. +. Hen
w. CHiJ"ptr Observer.
The Rockingham Register says:-"Thr
large body of land s., ooO acrcs-lutely own
ed By Messrs Anderson u McClung, known
rs the "lIollinssw"rth Survey" and lying
in the criinticS Of Highland. Randolph and
pendlcton, has been sold for SGn.OtD, ar ~
cents per acre. II is regarded ~ Il good
sale. The land has been sold tna Northern
Emigration Company, whose design 1t Is u
settle ON it. and thus bring into our wild
mountain districts Il hardy. industrious and
energetic population. who must glvea new
impetus to cur good old State.
There are already three vacancies III the
Thirty-Sixth Congress before it has even AS
scmhcd. Hon. Thomas l.. Harris, Dem, J
of the Sixth Illinois District: Hon. Cyrus
Spinrk. (Rep.l OF the Fourteenth OH" Dis,
,rict. and Hon. Vim. q. GOudr. OF the Fourth
Virginia District, have all died since Their
election. Special elections will lac held III
each of these District this fall, so that then
successors can take their seats 1T the opening
OF the seSsiun-Hirh. wing.
The pulpit of Richmond is about to receive
\ valuable accession in the person Of the lev.
p. Fletcher, recently pastor Of the PreShy'
terian Church in Middlehurg, Loud"un c"un,
~. Va. Mr. Fletcher has received and ac'
rrp,rd call from the Presbyterian Church
Oh Church ILL., He will At once enter upon
the duties of his Office It,T%b1"y Erp.
Hon. John I...trher Governor elect. pass
ed ,hrough Stanton, II few days since, on
his way from the White Sulphur to the Strih'
linz Springs. lie is in hearty AMI yiS"r
Jus health, and only continues his ''c"urS.
Of the Springs" in accordance with the wish
Is Of Ills physician.
The sixty.cighth annual meeting Of the
Alhemarle Baptist Association, commenced
in the Baptist church near Mt. Crawford
Rockingham Co.. on Tuesday last. The IT.
troductorv sermon wa, preached according
to announcement, by Elder Il. Il. Taylor OF
Stauntun.
YoRKrnwx. DR. F. b. Power, the owner