Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-02
TAe A1exanaria Gazette
SATURDAY EVENING, sEPTEMBERz
VIRGINIA ITEMS

axonost ouard while drunk, became very
tnrbnlent and rebellious, and the Lleu'eDan0
in command, in attempting to quleC 'i10AD
was struck by one of the number. Aleh'04 =,
nav the Provost Marshal of the town, 1ilen
ardered the arrest of the parties, Ou' ,n0
ouara refused to obey his orders. LII 'l,'0
extremity Lieutenant D. called upon 'n0
citizens 10 assist him, when the guard threaten
ed to burn the town if the people preSu"1u :.
interfere Notwithstanding the threat how
ever the people promptly rallied a1ouno vac
Provost Marshal, and very soon succeeoeu -
making the arrest Of fourteen OF tne llu'1n7o.'
zubo IN Tuesday, were sent down TO ohrls-
4iansburg to be lodged in jail. during Tue
disturbance one negro and one soldier were
shot. but neither killed.
n response to invitation, the members elec1
Of the Richmond City Council and several
nrom;nent citizens assembled in the Council
Chamber on Thursday, to confer with mr.
David J. Saunders, Provisional Manager OF the
c;tv Of Richmond, who has recently been vested
bv the military with all the powers OF the Com
mon Council. and empowered to enforce the
ordin ances passed by that body uncer Tue
charter Granted by the State Legislature. Ihey
decided upon several matters relating &c CITY
taxes salaries, schools, &c.
Large meetings have been held IN Bedford
and Pittsvlyania counties, Virginia, and
resolutions passed expressive OF the 1eehngs OF
the people towards the Government. lhe
resolutions set forth that the people are
thoroughly loyal to the Governments, botn
State and Federal. and endorse the policy OF
President Johnson.
The Government is still running the WIN
chester road from Harper's Ferry to Stephen
sons Depot, in a greatly improved condition
over former times, having renewed the track
with heavy rails i'll place Of the fiat ones that
occasionally throw up snake heads to the great
dread of passengers.
Governor Holden has received despatch
from President johnson in which he states
that. if he should visit Richmond, he will
extend his visit to Raleigh.
The Charlottesville Chronicle announces the
return of the "Shenandoah' party OF Deer
hunters from AIbemarle. They were very
unsuccessful the first days of their hunt, but
on the last three days they secured fifteen DEER
The Petersburg Index announces the suede
in that city, Wednesday morning, OF Mr.
Joseph H. Burton. He shot himself through
the head. The Index says: Mr. 3. was
a quiet elderly man, with settled habits, q
good citizen and kind father. lie had been
much depressed of late about pecunlary mat
ters."
The Danville Register gives an eEcourag-
inc review of the Improvements IN progress
in that place
The railroad bridge over che Rappahannock
river at Fredericksburg will, beyond a reasona-
BILE doubt, be finished on or about the hrst OF
the coming October, and the railroad IN
Stafford will be completed about the same time
50 as to form an unbroken line
The Loudoun Mirror says that the publlca-
t;on Of the list Of confscated property, IN
Loudoun county, eighty-one tracts OF lands,
houses, lots, &C., has caused much excitement
in that county.
A company of the 65th New York Infantry,
numbering about fifty men, arrived IN Lees
burg on Monday last, and are CHARTERED IN the
old Gilmore house on Loudoun street. They
brought with them rations for twenty Gays.
The barn of Mr.. Geo. Rhodes, one and-a-
half miles from Leesburg, was struck py