Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-18
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

in whose possession certain Watches Sc.'
taken by the latter from the AndersonVllle
prisoners were found few days ago. mas oeeh
arrested and sent to Washington.
The Richmond Bulletin says:-''"e are
Dleased to hear that the prospects OF 0he
University are very encouraging. we are
nermitted to make the following extract rom
a private letter to a gentleman OF lnlS ol''
from one Of the Professors - natter
mvself Won will be pleased to hear that inc
prospects of the University are lar more Gu
couraging than was anticipated, ana tna' u 'li0
;nst;tnt;on bids fair to rise like the Ph@nlx
from its fires, not indeed at once, but IN much
shorter time than many OF US expected.
A meeting of the conservative citizens OF
chonanaoab county, was held last week at
Woodstock, gat which resolutions were passed
recognizing the Constitutional authority OF the
HIS .acuuiescing in the abolition of slavery,
and agreeing to vote for Mr. Conrad for Con
gress.
An Indignation meeting was held IN
Norfolk lastWeek to adopt measures to op-
nose the enormous increase OF rents II that
city. = r5l.
The candidates for Congress in several Of the
districts are making speeches at the different
Court Houses.
~ The d. S. Government, through It's agent,
Co1onel II. i. Robinson, adVertlses number
Of locomotives and cars to be sold at Manches,a
fer and CITY Point on the Sd and 18th OF
October The railroads Of Virginia are IN
great need Of rolling stock, and favorable
Opportunity is presented by this sale.
.s.9 Mr.. VIM. M. Black agent for the Southern
Express Company in Lynchburg, and DR.. d. 4.
futile, Of Abingdon, were, yesterday, arraigned
before Military Commission on the charge OF
conspiring and retaining possession OF property
belonging to the late Confederate States, IN
violation of general orders. The case was
continued until Monday next.
A negro riot occurred at Hampton, Virginia,
on Monday night last. 1t was finally quelled
by detachment Of Federal troops. Twenty
one of the rioters were captured All the ne
groes were armed with reVolvers, cutlasses'
carbines or shot guns
@a The Board Of Directors Of the Virginia Cen
trail railroad, at their last meeting, passed the
following resolution That clergymen attend
ing the regular annual meetings OF their several
denominations, shall be passed free, going and
i
Onening of the meeting until three days after
it's adjournment; but that all lay delegates pay
full fare,
At the called meeting Of the stockholders OF
j the Richmond and Petersburg railroad, Mr..
Charles Ellis, the President OF the road, an
nonnced that he had succeeded In effectlng a
loan Of one hundred thousand dollars, with
which he intends to purchase rolling stock,
renair the coaches purchase engines and put
the road in good running order.
The Board of Directors of the Virginia
Central railroad, at their last regular meeting,
ordered a material reduction in the rates OF
fare and freight on that road. The fare is now
fved at the rates OF 1860, and the average
reduction in charges on freight is about twenty
per cent.
IF we are to credit the Boston papers, the
city of New York is rapidly preparing itself
for the fate that befell certain wicked cities OF
old. According to the Transcript, that great
metropolis is becoming mighty rotten I'M
sayory sink of iniquity, a gigantic physical
! nuisance, whose humiliation by the rest OF
the country, according to the dictates Of the
law of self preservation, and to guard agsinst
the spread of contagious gangre1es will soon
!. be a necessity This is going it severely
General Banks, who had determined to set
tie in New Orleans, has changed his views
Very recently he was turned out OF house he
had occupied without right, and being held
accountable for the furniture which 1t contain
ed, appears to have taken the orders OF zen
Candy in high dungeon. Finding himself
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