Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.

than the utteraaces ofsan executive officer Civ
irg out the affairs Of his State and, indeed, In
many places il showsa bitterness Of temper
utterly uDbecomlDg any man protesting to be a
statesman.
The schooner Z. NIerwin, for New Haven,
Conn, with six thousand four hundred baskets
OF oysters on board from the Nansenond river,
left Norfolk last week. This is said to be one
Of the largest shipments Of the bl7slves ever
sent from the Norfolk waters
The sum Of one hundred and fifty four dollars
landed into the Office of the Norfolk Post, Tor
the relief of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and her
children, has reached her. 4 letter was recelv!-
ed on Saturday, from Gen L. b. Lee, acknoWi-
edging the receipt Of the money.
"Benvenue, a beautiful estate lying in Eau
ouier county, FIVE miles from Middleburg, be-
longing to John W. Kincheloe and containing
338 acres, was sold few days ago by Maj: "A.
L. Rogers Land Agent, for $4,000 to Hugh
Tiffany, esq, Of Montgomery county, Va.
Major Thos Heaton, Of Loudoun, whose Sc
rious injury by being thrown from horse we
noticed last week. died from the effects there
of on Thursday last,
The Nj. E. Church South in Fredericksburg
has received donation of two hundred chairs
for the basement Of their church, from friends
in Baltimore
Lewis Peacock has reduced the fare on his
line OF stages, between Leesburg ana Washing
ton, to 81 so.
The Quartermastel General has issued the
following order: Officers on duty in the
several military departments are hereby III
structed that General Orders No. II from this
Office, dated Decenb Der 18th, 1865, are not to
be SO construed as to authorize the seizure Of
animals which being branded &c. s. are DOT
shown to have ever been in possession of the
United States, or to have been included in any
surrender OF the rebel armies
The National IntelIigencer says:-'lt has
b:en announced that the claims OF John Minor
Bolts for WOOD. appropriated by the Federal
troops in the winter Of 1868, will probably not
be paid ~ the Government, owing to an order
issued by the Quartermaster General, in 1864,
requiring that all applicants for damages sus-
tanned from our armies must be citizen Of a
State not in rebellion The claims Of NIr.
Bolts amount to sl4,oO Of which sum he has
already been paid $4,000 by ouartermasters ct
the Federal army.
Bishop Wilmer has issued Pastoral Letter
commanding the Clergy and Daily Of the Do
cese of Ala bor0a to hencefor,h use the prayer
For those in authority as it stands in the
book Of Common Prayer, in accordance with
instructions from Gen. Thomas,
Mr.. Stephens, Of Georgia, declines to make
any public address upon the state Of the coun-
y under the present circumstances. lie adj
here's to his determination not to allow the use
Of bis name in connection with the u. s. Senate.
A gentleman from Texas says it is not known
what has bacome Of Senator Wjgfa! It is
considered ceraia that ne has not crossed the
State into Mexico, aud # in tie United States,
his locality is secret Many believe that he is
dead
The small pox is prevailing at Mobile at the
present tame to cousiderable extent Tweu-
~ two persons died of The disease there last
week. ..
DR.. Barnard, recently elected President Of
ST. johns College, annapolis, Was Installed
in'o oiGjice on Mo-d~y evening last.
The Committee on the judiciary, Of the y.
S. Senate, has reported that it wou}d be mex.
pedient to repeal the test oath at pre- .e,;. .
The Scotia took three hundred and thirty
seven thousand dollars in specie for Europe
yesterday.
Mrs. G. G. Clay is at Fortress Monroe, on
visit to her husband there.
Petroleum has been discovered in Texas
COMMUNICATIVE.
We, certainly, have fac prospect ahead
A paid fire department after the manner Of n.
ork aud Baltimo1e-strects given 10 to Rail
road com panies for their use-these com panies
to carry freight and passengers throug', Il is