Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-31

VIRGINIA NEWS.

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The Richmond papoers@ putblIIsslh }sIeeo,u dtszof
the brutal murder OF 4 white man 'ained Joy
Tor. =, d creek FIVE miir- from Williamsburg. on
,le road 10 Richmond Two desertvrs ttIEout
,hs~5stts egi,nens@Uniif Srafes ysss:a=;tt@
Fortress louHo". nanel William CLARK and
Tn mas Shiet!<, have oeen arrested and cCn'es-
SCI the crlGie.
! mar giving bis ,tia,il 4. IS 1llaart5s:aod protts-
SIM II, be operating tora K1chnond house
h1uuhuin FREDERICKSBURG ihlry-five hundred
weight .! old iron irosa. Mr.. Hta1l3u, ;th,'lt
the same quaui!y from MI. G1ayHtt, iH3 sky
or seventy huudred tronn Mr. Ejrsh. 2ie'
agreed to give them one pound ri new iron 'of
three Of old. Iusteaa oi sending The old iron
to Richmond he sent it to Washington. The
swintle being discovered. he was arrested Sat
eyday, and indefau}; OF bail WAS put III JalH-
On Monday night, he got out OF jail. though
there was u military guard On duty there.
Col Burton N. Harrison, formerly private
secretary to Mr.. Davis, has hee1 released
by order of the President, fro}i Fort Delaware,
where he has been confined since ast>sprlng.-
Co. Harrison $ im Imprisonment vas BASED upon.
no special charges other than such as might
hasa been suggested bN his official ana person
a attachment 70. MI. Davis. @...>.. ..
The Lynchburg VA News says that the
contract for carrying the Us. mail from MlI-
TOR, N. C., 10 Whitlock, Halifax county: Va,
has been awarded By tie Postmaster Generate
Charles E Walker, # freedman :
4 letter was received il Petersburg. Thurs
day from a gentleman ia Mexico, who announ
ces the arrival in that country OF General Ear
u. He rode on horseback in disguise from
Iynchburg to Galveston. Te:xssy, and thence
took ship to Havana, was wrecked, final
" reached that city, and after d short stay salied
Tor Mexico.
The people OF Rockingham, at the railroad
meeting at Harrisonburg, On the Goth, passed
a resolution in favor Of ali efficient stay law;
one that would protect the debtor, and at the
same time allow the creditor to collect the III
terest on old debts and secure the principal.
A number OF gentleman from the North have
recently purcha~ed a large body q land 10 War
wick county, adjoining Elizabeth City, and near
Hampton. They design entering toto the
wool and lumber business upou a large scale.
\: meeting OF the Presidents Of the various
Southern Railroads, forming the great through
line from Lynchbuig to Memphis, will be held
In Richmond in a few days The object Of The
meeting is to arrange a through schedule OF
prices Tor travel and f;e'ght, and to take into
consideration other important matters pertain
Ing to the companies interest.
The Dauyille papers announce the arrival OF
x fire engine intended for that town, and now
cali upon the City Fathers 10 give them gas.
Two wealthy gentlemen of Lynchburg con
template the erection in shat city, of q splendid
hotel building. Mt-
The Richmond Examiner records the de-
mise OF Mr.. Thomas Hardsrove, widely known
throughout THAI city, the State. aud the
North, as an extensive .obacconist. The de
ceased was in the sixty-ninth year of lis age.
For many years, in con uction with his brother,
Samuel Hardgroye. who died about a year ago,
he owned aud operated the Union Tobacco
Factory.
Sixty-one Irish eluigra1ts, direct from the
old country, arrived III Richmond, Va, Oh
Friday, per steamship Saratoga; from New
York. Several of them are females, and all
visit that city insearch Of employment.