Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-10-21
OH A1esandria G;azette
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER q.

SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Il.
J. NJ. Broadhead, Second Comptroller OF e'e
Treasury, has addressed to the Paymaseer
General communication containing 'ne
decision Of the Attorney General that coloreu
soldiers entering the military service are, III all
eases, TO be treated as freemen al the uaee
of their accentance into the service, ana enaC
there is upon the statute books no ID" elOi'el
forbidding their employment1n the army ~ ~
with the exception of the brief perlou. VI
nineteen days intervening between ghs p assag
of the act of June Is and that OF July 7, !oof'J
creating, on account OF color any oiso1ho1lo. ~
r &c, p untitled The Paymaster General IS
tharofore reouesred to direct payments OF boun-
~ hereafter to colored soldiers wherever, and,
eyoant from the 18th Of June to the
4th of July, 1864, whenever enlisted du-
rho the war, the bounty provided tor volun-
teers bv laws existing at the time OF such en-
listment.
The Boston papers are cor.gratulatlng them,
selves on cheap oysters, the result OF tree
dredging in the waters of Virginia Inc
journal says. 'sUnless the State of Virginia
does something to prohibit people living out
side of the State from gathering Oysters Tue
business the coming season Will be =, large ana
the nrices materially cheapened. The ' Hg1-
MIA oysters are generally fresh, and not 70 DC
compared in richness OF flavor TO those gaCnel-
81 and nlanted around New York. Very tine
o ~ are produced in the Rhode Island
Eaters from which our market derives supply;
mt most Of the oysters sold in Boston come
either directly from Maryland and Virginia IN
the winter, or are Virginia and Maryland
oysters planted around Cape Cod. The latter
are known as salt oysters, while the former are
fresh, having grown In the mouths OF rI7ers'
or bays fed by fresh water streams.
The Democratic County Convention OF
Prince Georges CO., Nd. which met at Upper
Marlborough on Tuesday last, the 18th instant
nominated the following ticket for county
officers: For Register Of Wills-Adolphus H.
lambert of Piscataway District. For Sheriff
John B. Turton, of Nottingham District.
For County Surveyor-John t. Edmonston'
ofVansville District.
The Washington Chronicle, in az article, IN
relation to the petitions in behalf OF Jefferson
Davis, says: 1T is not positively known what
IS to be done with the prisoner but that the
Southern people can hardly expect that ne
will receive his pardon as speedily as some
others. There is an intimaton that 1t, after
trial, he should be convicted, executive Glenn
ency might come then.
The vote in nearly all the counties IN Virgin
IA, at the recent election, was, comparatively,
small one. There was not half the interest
taken by the people in the election, that was
expressed by the candidates and in the news
papers.
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. We are gratifedto
learn that this venerable ourua one OF the best
newspapers IN the country, will soon be en-
larged It is conducted with ability, and
Judgment rarely equaled is displayed IN the
selection of its news and reading matter
[Leesburg Westinghouse.
LAND SALES IN KING GEORGE COUNTY
''Lothians' the late residence Of &. Poinsett
Yayloe, Esq, situated near the Court House,
and containing 40 ac,es, has been recently
sold to Mr. Coghil Of Caroline county. tor
s. 900 cash '.Woodstock situated on the
Potomac, and containing about 400 acres, with
no buildings-alI having been burnt during
~ - loo boo, cold nv Mr. ('DstiS {rvn1as IN