Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-19
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SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 70.

SATURDAY. 5EV EN1N(i, AUUUOI 45. :
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Ciusens ID RE hmond Who take an active
interest II public affairs are on the qui vive tor
President johnson visit which is expected to
be made il = few days meeting OF the.
members Of the press is tobe held at which
measures viii be be adopted for aproper reception
of the ChiefM agishate, Rooms are now being
prepared al. the Ballard House for the accom-
modatiohh stoSf the Presidential party. 53.:
.sslLetters from Amherst, Fluyanna, Campbell
Nelson, Louisa, Spotsylvania, and other ooun-
ties, represent the corn crop as being 10 nou.
rishingI condition The returned soldiers nave
exchanged the musket for the hoe.
TIE hotels il Richq1ond are doing a good
business. The Spottswood, the Ballard, and
the PoWhatan, are the leading inns, and are all
well managed. The lease Of, the Exchange, has
been transferred to j. L. Darlington 4 Co.,
who conducted the late American on Main
street, destroyed by fire on the Sd of April and
the hotelWin be opened by the 18th proxlmo.
Every day ID Taichaaond there is public sale
of horses and mules Of the ~. 5. : brand, sat
which good, strong animals bring from 800
TO 4 Es54 5zEssSt So is ...vg. 4,
a recent meeting Of the Board Of Visitors
OF the University Virginia. elected Chas. =.
Venable, Professor Of IN Mathematics. Mr. Y.
lisa aist;sguished scholar, and has held Pro
fessorships in seversl Of the Colleges of the
sssash. Tho Board, determined, for the pre-.
sent, to dsisy the inauguration Of the statue OF
Thomas Jefferson, which was executed by GaIt
the sculptor, until . futurelday.
& "a number Of boys in Richmond, the other
day, threw stones at and disfgured the statue
Of Henry Clay, in the Capitol grounds. They
are called, candidates for the penitentiary.
There are now one hundred and five prisoners
confined in the Virginia Penitentiary, seventy
eight State prisoners, and twenty seven con
fined by order Of the Military Commission now
in session in Richmond az 9
During the war a Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellowswas formed in West Virginia, which
made application to the National Grand Lodge
to sanction its organization. This the National
Grand Lodge refused to do until action should
be taken BY the Grand Lodge of Virginia. The
Grand Ledge with great unanimity, has agreed
to let the West Virginia organization remain
as a separate, Grand Lodge. rs
w. II. Gray is spoken of as candidate for
the State Senate from Loudoun. W. r. B.
Wyatt Of Caroline, and Author Bernard, Of
Spotsylvania, are also spoken Of, as candidates
for the State Senate.
q. General Torbert is expected at Norfolk next
week, to take command Of that sub district,
now commanded BY General Mann. This
change is not made on account Of any dissatis
faction whatever, but out of regard to rank.
Considerable dissatisfaction having been
recently manifested by the Federal troops In
Virginia, who claim that they enlisted during
the war, that the war is now over, and that
they are entitled to their discharge, General
Terry has issued an order defining the term
during the war; as meaning whilst the ne
cessity for military force created by the pre-
sent rebellion continues to exist. The war,
therefore, he says, is not over He appeals
to the troops not to sully the reputation they
have won, and at the same time warns them
that military law exists now, and will punish
desertion and INSTRUMENTATION as in time of
actual war
Gov prnunlo,r IF Tenn In recent letter