Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-22

VIRGINIA NEWS.

tier use.
5s.s The valuable horses stolen about three
sueets since from the stables Of the Rlyes
estate, near Bladens5urg, have been recoy e e
4 i livery stable IN Richmond the keeper
having r.i p u,,i a party for each of them
Thesnroper owners paid to the holder OF the
animals $40 The amount which was paid Tor
Ff tthem en-. and they were restored to the party
sent for them. They were valued at 300 each.
A ss.smeeting of the Press has been held IN
Richmond to make arrangements Tor the
racention of the. President there. But many
think the President intends no such visit.
Gold mining is now. being revived IN Flu
wanna, "a and Bucking ham On a large scale.
- "A! serious accident occurred onlthe Southslde
railroad, d near Prospect station, eleven miles
beyond Farnyille, on Thursday. One OF the
passenger cars Of the down train was thrown
from the road. Two soldiers were killed, and
several others wounded, some OF them very
badly. 1T is. reported that some some s OF the
wounded .hayesdied from injuries received.
.915sA a. M Kelley and John w: Symc are can
didates for Congress from the Petersburg dis.
trict Mr.. Kelley considers the right OF
Secession, the questions of slavery and allie
glance as all settled by the war, and lays down
the following postulates: lst. That we must
live in political union with the North-2nd.
That slavery shall not exist in the Unlon-3rd'
That the first allegiance OF an American
citizen is to the Union. Mr.. Syme avoWs
his determination to- givea warm and steady
sunport to the government Of the Union, and
expresses his appreciation OF the course OF
President johnson.
A northern firm has leased Jamestown Island
for five years, and will prepare 1t tor cultlva
ton during the coming year. 1t IS to De con-
.yerted into vegetable farm. The same hrm
has leased plantation on the main land, and
will put in this fall several hundred acres OF
wheat.
A fire at Little Rock, Arkansas, has destroy.
ed the building owned BY the Governmentsand
) occupied BY the speoialag gent Of the Treasury.
4 Loss SIS, 900. s 81 ssy
John Forsyth has been appointed Mayor OF
Mobile. vice the former Mayor, deposed blythe
Military authorities 4s
ss:1.. Luther Gallagher, of Bloomfield, N. j., re
Gently in the Quartermaster sDepartment, has
been arrested and sent to- Fort Warren on the
charge Of defrauding the Government. by
81 forgeries. b5.& @sa
SO The contracts for carrying The mails are let
at present at much lower figure than before
the war On some, short and unimportant
routes the contract. prices are the. same as
before the war; but on the longer lines the
s expenses IS often reduced onehah and some.
h times two thirds, and contractors are glad to
take the mails at the price offered. #.5
a writer in the Washington Chronicle ,un:
, derstands from reliable sources that it is. the
expressed opinions Of head Of bureaus that,
s a, whole, the employment Of women in the
Departments is failure. rvs
General Sohofed has, been brevetted major
general in the regular army, and received a
two wears leave of absence to visit Europe
Chicago papers have been announcing great
abuses of,colored people 10 Alabama, and have
alleged that there was a combination Of State
officials against item Gen. swayne, Assis
tant., Commissioner of that State, telegraphs
the Freedmen's Bureau, in coatroverson OF
those statements, that the judicial officers OF
the provisional government have been made
legally onstituted agentssto aid In the manage,
ment of the eolored population
VA dispatch from Washington says During