Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-23
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

House of Delegates, from Stafford and hlng
George. Lawrence Washington has peen
nominated as candidate for the state oeua'0'
from the WAstmoreland district :,
James r. johnson, Of Bedford, has with
drawn his name as a candidate for congress
IN the 9Th District He says, he has !ltsle
doubt Of his election If he should remain a
candidate. But that he now deems 1t adVlsa-
bic that no man should be sen5 70 Ooilsi0''
from the South who cannot take his seal
The Stafford County Court was ORGANIZED
last Wednesday in the ruins OF the CLERK y Oh,
Ace at the cid Court House site. N. w no'o
uas elected Presiding Justice, over q. B. val
laoe-by one vote J. FL. Suite quail1led as Az
torrev for the Commonwealth, Thomas low
con IS Clerk and R. G. Hickersen as Commls-
s;oner of the Revenue. aThe Court was engaged
for five hours in looking after county business
After dinner, D.. Uriel Terrill, candidate tor
CONGRESS-, Col. W. II. Brown and j, 5. sener
candidates for the State Senate, and W. T.
Hansbrough and J. E. Clark, candidates Tor the
House Of Delegates, each addressed the people.
Rev. Mr.. Maury has taken charge as regular
rector of the Episcopal Church IN Eredencks-
burg. =
IN answer to letter from Mr.. MERCER OF
T,oudoup the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
hos written letter, in which he says: Yours
of+be 18th instant, advising ne that; there
IS some diversityof opinion as to Wnat senators
ho]d over to the end of the term OF the next
Eaneral Assembly, is before me- In reply,
haye to state that the schedule appended
- The constitution adopted on the 4th day OF
Anil, 1864 provides that All executive,
i7,d;c;a} and other officers and members OF the
General Assembly now elected shall con
f;nne in Office until their present terms
exnire The terms of the following senators
"a not eynire until 3Oth Of June, 1867: Acco-
macand Northampton, $. ". Powell; NORFOLK
and Princess Anne, T. ". Lemosy; Loudoun,
". T. MERCER
The Synod Of Virginia I&o1s It's annual Ses-
sion in l,vnchburg on " ednesday, October 4th,
att. P. NJ. The meeting will probably be
one Of unusual importance and interest Lab
era arrangements have been made by the Com
mitte, Of the Lynchburg churches Tor the
TRANSFORMATION and hospitable entertainments OF
their brethren. ,.,,.
The Board Of Visitors OF the Virginia Mill
tarv Institute, at their last meeting, made the
following appointments: VIM s. Blair FRO
fossor Of Natural and Experimental Philoso-
NV. General 6 ". Gusts Lee, Professor OF
Military and Civil Engineering and Applied
Mechanics: NJ. B. Hardin, Adjunct Professor
Of Chemistry and Mineraogy and geology, =
In the reorganization OF the, institution the
BOARD have aimed to perfect the arrangements
which had been commenced before.
Matilda Burnett, colored servant OF Rev.
DR., Cheevers, chaplain, Fortress Monroe, was
arrested tor robbing the house OF Sl25 IN
money and other articles. Property recovered.
Jefferson Davis received an invoice OF liquors
from Richmond this week.
We hear that one Of the large gold mines IN
the Wilderness region is socn to be worked by
Northern man Of capital and energy. lie Das
sent to engage large force and means TO GO
to work in earnest.
There is monstrous corn story at stafford
Court House about one stalk which had nine
ears it, and one fourth of the corn field has
five or six or seven ears on each stalk.
After the adjournment of the Annual Coun-
Gil Of the Episcopal Church of Virginia, on the
evening of the 21st inst, memorial to the
President, for the pardon of Jefferson Davis,
was presented to the clergy In attendance by
N 2 Mooua Eso the Law mem Der from Vim