Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-09

raDOrt to the ffe6dDeu bureau lol CcO.9 y; sslo
.on;tary condition Of the freedmen in General
Eaton 4 district which inclul eszthe District Of
Co|umbia, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Loudoun
connties. Va..anal the. Government faru1sin.
81 Nu.ss 3 v9us.ty !, Nd Tho total Aunsoe1 q!
freedmen under charge Of General Eaton IS
5000, Of which number 2, 445 were under
medical treatment during the month Of Oeto7-
Der. Eghty-two died, 1886 were discharged
ascured, and on the 53lst Of Oct. ITS remained
under treatment. During the past month
there were issued $50 rations per day tor these.
freedmen
The government sales at the disu.antEetl forts
ID this vicinity have been continued. The
following is "a summary OF the sales at the
forts south.of the Potomac, near this city =
Fort Williams, "Wednesday Total 81; 032. sc; ;
guard house, S38: officers quarter, S33; do, II;
do, $50 barrack, sS7; mess house, S9l; sinks,
$40, to Josiah Willard; officers quarters, Geo.
Studs, 800; barrack, Jerry Regan, sl45;
do, $l44, Oliver Pullman; mess house, +.
Hendrickson. $5s;; DO, Charles Ba'liDger
$ll450; officers quarters, w. Henderson:
1856. Fort Williams Total 1851 Is: Officers
quarter John Stuli, $32; do, R. E Re 49,
$33; do, Mrs Crump $3S; do, ID. Rothe. So
guard house, John Studds $3l; baFrack,
Isaac Snowden, 800, do, 81. Rothe, 81
mess-house. Mrs. Crump, $Sl; do, George
Studds, $685.
Mr.. O'Brien was assaulted in his store, at
the corner Of Prince and Patrick streets, last
night, by four negro men, (who.entered on the
pretence Of buying some trifiDg article) and
struck on the side Of the head with slung-
shot The blow, however, not being sufficient
toknock him down, as was intended, Mr.. Oh
cried for help, which alarmed the negroes,
who made off without efecting their object,
robbing Of the money drawer.
Daniel Miller, alias Allen, alias Harris, ar
rested on Tuesday for swindling the National
Bank Of Commerce, of Georgetown, and ez-
amined yesterday on that charge, and also on
acharge Of swindling Steuart & Co., bankers,
Of Washington, was committed, in default OF
$4,000 bail, to answer the charges before the
Criminal Court.
The schooner Sarah Minge, Capt Moore,
from Georgetown, D. G., with coal Tor Hyde
Park, New York, struck a sunker wreck about
seven miles north of Cape Henry on tuesday
sinking in two minutes. All hands were saved.
The schooner was owned by the captain and
TWO other parties of Havre de Grace.
Some country butter was offered il market,
early this morning, at So cts. per- ID. Upon tie
state Of the market, however, being known, It
soon went up to higherrates. Good buffers
selling at from 55a6O cts.
To-day was appointed BY the Synod OF Va,
asa last day for the members Of all the church .
IS under its jurisdiction The Second Presby-
tenan Church III this place Yves opened BY
divine services.
y butcher in Leesburg- adyertises the best
peef aid Mutton which the county Of Lou
uoan can afford, s at l2a cts. per Ii.
Exc Gov. William Smith, arrived IN this
#elty yesterday, from 1EVEarrenton AID took
'laarters at=the Mansion House.
Two handsome silver goblets were stolen last
allshtiro,n the restaurant Of MI George Hun
!. ''0gton. on King street