Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-02

SADYERTIsEMESTsin IN serted at rates.
s- NEWS BY IO.DAY'ss MAIL.
g.6 Ninety-fye important mail routes in the
Sorsb have been put il operation by The Post
Office. Department during the past. month,
which, Will. those already established since
the close ofs the war, make up q total of two
hundred and thirty routes on the main lines OF
travel now in full operation.
An accident which narrowly missed Of fatal
results occurred on the Grand Trunk q railway,
Tuesday morning, a few miles west OF Kingston,
CIV, Two cars were thrown from the track,
butoWing to the slow rate Of speed the pas
sengers escaped with slight bruises.
Two cattle trains collided On the .F]itchburg
MASS. railroad yesterday morning NO per-
son was killed, though an engineer was badly
injured. "a large number Of cattle and sheep
were made beef and mutton Of in the tWlnlkllng
ofanseye.54 81 ..EE .x ..s.iaffz.
@ThesL Liberal assault on Matamoros, onsthe
25th ult., appears to have been a disastrous
affair. Although successful at first, the In
perialsts drove them away, inHlctlng g loss Of
FIVE hundred killed and wounded, With slight
loss to the. former sa4s I#ssi 4t5. 355
al The English Capitalists who have recently
been making an extensive tour OF this country
with view to inspect the opportunities u s tor
the investment Of capital inc our railroad system,
sailed tor England in the Scotia yesterday.
Asa Fitch, the we'll known manufactures and
millionaire Of Fitchville, died On Monday night
last s...s .ss;.ss5sI
The Georgia State Convention has. repealed
all Secession ordinances.
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Whoi is said to be going
to England on confidential mission from the
State Department, is still in Washington. It
is asserted that. he goes out as Commissioner
tosettle the Alabama claims or to confer on
business relating the Hudson Bay Company s
affairs. .Sssssssl 5s&s ..5.ts..
The numerous narine disasters on the South
ern coast during the past fortnight have entail
ed heavy losses On many of the Wall street
Offices IN New; York, but it is feared all the
badneWs.is now yetsln.s
John Campbell, Sr., lately died in Cecil
county, Nd, at the great age OF SO years. lie
had been blind for SOME years, and was SO deaf
that he had to be spoken to through a trum-.
pet. During the four years of tloody strife,
from which we have just emerged, he lived
through them all without even knowledge OF
there being war il the land, the manner. OF
conversing being SO iirksome, and tor other
reasons, his relatives never informed him OF
the fact. sss.
By order fromsst the Quartermaster General,
the attention Of officers on duty in the several
military departments is called to the great
number Of animals belonging to the United
.Statesinthe possession of persons who have no
legal title or rightful claim thereto. Such
animals will be seized wherever found. ,s
The Secretary Of Ear has turned over to the
School Commission Of Montgomery county,
Nd Government buildings valued at about
81, 500 in consideration Of damages done to
school propertyin thatcounty blythe military
f0rces Of the United States
The Richmond Enquirer, in calling attention
to the Railroads in Virginia, remarks:
Heretofore, while the apparent object OF
these roads. was the transportation OF freight
and passengers, so much political power at
taehed to their organization that party and
politics, rather than trade and commerce, were
their real objects. This should now be
changed. The officers to be elected should
be men fitted by education and instruction, by
practical experience and great business talents,
ier the posts they are to fill. As long as the
:: otate controls SO much powerln the organlza-
uon ofthese companies, politics can never De
ousted from their Management. Fortunately
the finances Of the State will require the sale
of the States interest, and thus politics can
D,etoreVer dethroned from It's high place ~
i the internal improvement interesto Of the State.
ga lhls will be a fortunate day for y Virginia:
Then there will Be railroad presidents instead
OF political managers, and the farming and
commercial interests Of the State, instead of
political parties, will be the objects OF these
improvements .|s sss