Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-30
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

~ Iohn G., Meem, of .Lynchburg- The sale
was made privately, before the advertised day
of sale The farm contains 287 acres, and the
purchaser gave for it $4,000, in specie, or Its
Equivalent in currency, which is nearly $84 per
acre in specie, or nearly 1923 in currency: Tie
;s to nav one-third down, one-third in SIX
months. and one-third in twelve moaths, with
interest from date, which is nearly equa! TO cash.
A meeting has been held in Staunton, for
The nnrpose of inaugurating plan to secure
an additional endowment for Washington Col
lepe, to be called the ''Lee Endowment.
The personal effects of Gen. Thos j.. Jack,
son were sold at Lexington on Saturday last
Gen. Voris, who has for some months been
in command at Charlottesville, mas been or
dered away, to be succeeded by It, COL Clay,
lately at Staunton.
Eleven hundred dollars has been paid to
Mrs. Washington, widow OF Lewis Washing
ton in conversation for household property
seized during the war.
The charter of the First National Bank OF
Danvie, Va, has been obtained with capl
tai of $4,000, which may be Increased to
100000.
A new National Bank is about to be estab-:
lished at Winchester, Va, with capital OF
$15O,000.
Loftin N. Elicit, formerly clerk in the U.
s. Court at Richmond, Va, died suddenly on
Monday. He was 70 years old.
Colonel John Avery died in Prince George
county, Va, last Sunday, aged elghty-tWo
years He was one ct -'he largest 1anoeo pro
nrietors in Eastern Virginia, owning some alne
thousand acres of land in Prince George and
Surry counties.
The Bible Society Of Virginia have elected
the Rev. Dr.. Baird, Of Kentucky, the Gere1-
al Agent of the Society, and commend him to
the favorable consideration OF the people OF
Virginia. -
The steamship Scotia, with two days later
news from Europe, arrived at New York yes
terday. The European papers were occupied
chiefly in discussing the Spanish aggresslons
in Chill. The Times advises that France,
ENGLAND, and the United States demonstrate
with Spain, and thinks this would be sufficient
to check her present career. The Shenandoah
was expected to sail from Liverpool on the 22d
instant.
A suit was recently brought in the County
Cont of Fleming county, KY, against Major
Stoner. formerly of the Confederate service, to
recover damages for horses seized by him dur
ing the late war The defence OF Maj or Ston II
was that he was acting under the orders Of his
superiors, and that the laws OF war give to BEL
hgerents the right to take property tor military
service whenever an eXlgency may require 1t.
The Judge sustained the plea, affirming that
the Confederate armies Wtre entitled to being
erent rights.
A suit has been instituted against the city Of
Boston. by Mr.. Burrill, who was appointed
recruiting officer for that city during the war.
He claims to have been Instrumental IN getting
Congress- to pass law whereby seven thousand
seamen. STYLED naval recruits, were credited to
the Quota of the city of Boston, and that he is
entitled for his services to the usual bounty Of
one hundred and twenty-five dollars for each
man. making in the aggregate, some eight
hundred thousand dollars.
A despatch from Washington states conf
IDENTIFY that no delay is Anticipated IN organizing
the House of Representatives. 1t is said to be
doubtful however, whether any OF the South
ern members will be permitted to participate in
the organization Of the House.
DR.. T. G. Madison, nephew Of President
Madison. who had been surgeon in the United
States army, and subsequently, held the second
nlace IN the Medical staff of the Confederate
army and who had recently been hardened
d;nd suddenly in his seatin the cars between St.
Innis and Jefferson City, Missouri, few DAYS
ago.
One Of the radical Republicans in the State
Iea;slatnre of Missouri has introduced bin
hafore that body, making it penal offence for
po1ole rose an ex-of6cer of the Confa5