Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-26
Uhe Alexauaria Gazettt
TITEsDAY EVENING, DECEMBER Is:
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

n.,soa;os ord oarroting continue IN Rich
mond. s.
The people IN the country ars tea !, ,
breaks among the negroes about 1ne -. ~
Yanrarv when they shall have ascertalneo
yah their former masters lands are not to be
a Ave- among them. The military have,
hamaver taken measures to put them down
promptly, if attempted
nr Richard II. Gambill, assistant physician
of the Lunatic Asylum at otauh'on: uleu SUI
denly On Tuesday last,
The trial of Mrs. Isabella 4, QUO L Gn aaada
~; h shooting, with intent to kill, Il. Il. Meaoe,
forroery of alexandria, in September last, IS
in progress in Richmond.
Con Hill has been assigned to, ana is now
IN command in Fredericksburg.
The Warrenton Index says:-oJ Leon
ards" the farm Of Mrs. NJ y. Lee, mas =, oesn
sold to the Messrs Hurxthal one rom IeAae
and the other from New oIk1 ~ .n7 Rru
o1u by r. M. Smith, esq, on the turnpike
n ~ no Strings. has finally been disposed OF TO
~ ~ "a = + P5rAins, from Chesterfield Co, at
10 ,,r;ce Of S32 so per acre. The former place
nu+s;as ahout $50 acres, and the latter about
s so1 cores Dr.. Samuel B. Fisher mas SOLD
t puo acre lot on the Rappahannock road to
1 ~ " Kinks at 800 per acre. and a i've
$40 lot 70 John n. Grant at the same price
W. oau season seems to have set IN IL earnest
- p;ehyoond A chop was given at the
g atsmood Hotel. Wednesday night, which the
4ssRETsm;ner'' describes as brilliant affair.
Notwithstanding the terrible order fnlmina-
+od hv General Gibbon against the Petersburg
Tournament, it appears to have taken place as
proposed. --u,.--
NV ATE Mr.. CoRWIN. The deatl Of this
gentleman has brought forth numerous anec-
5otos illustrating his character AID his history.
The following he often related IN his lnlmltable
manner:
..Tbe Hon Thomas Corwn- whose complex
- 90 Is well known, is none OF the falTest-
ia 49, ~ New York, was introduced to an En-
s1;sb gentlenen Of some celebrity, who had
at eL crossed the biz sal Loua to sec tie Amer
;aan 5elenhant On bis native sod. Mr.. Corwin
roan ;ntrodnced as being. an Ohioan. This
ton.,, had entirely missed ohm Bull who lock-
~ for moment good deal puzzled; however,
HE face suddenly frightened, and seizlng the
hand Of Mr.. Corwin, he expressed his happ1-
ness at making his acquaintance, then klnaly
;nnuired whether his tribe was at peace with
the whites T. An explanation and some mer-
riment followed.
4 number of adopted citizens in New York
have ontup a petition for presentation to the
e Grand inrys calling for the indictment OF the
E!Pres;denf, Senate and Cabinet Of an embryo
Tr;sh Renublic." Among the reasons given
}or s,1ch Indictment are the following "lssu-
mo honds ola renublic, which has no existence.
Amino conspiring and banding together tor
+ha ,,nTnose Of invading and levying war on
neaceful and neighboring people. forming
plans. fuctions and parties which are likely to
endanoa, the lives and property OF the people
of his municipality Spending the money
inns obtained in fashionable extravaganza and
hioh living, when many OF the honest fellows
who subscribe it have to live On very low dlet
New York dispatch announces the dis
co1erv nv an agent of the Post Office Depart
ment and the j. S. Consul In Toronto, Canada
Vast. Of $4,000 worth of u. s. three-cent
letter stamps. The Government had lntorma
ton as early as August last tina" this lot OF
stamps would be consigned to house IN the
above named city, by Confederate agent IN
LIVERPOOL. They are supposed to have formed
one Of the captures of the Florida An IN
junction has been gotten out on the stamps
and the question OF proprietorshlp will be ar
gued before Canadian court.
When the Missouri controversy was raging,
Rufus King, one of the ablest and purest men
ever sent to the National Councils by any
Northern State-him self the author OF the
resolutions -scornfully rejected all imputatIons
Of superior humanity, and boldly declared that
the struggle was for power and tor nothing