Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

~ The two Methodist societies in HarrlsonDurgsI
have been merged into one body, ana nave
placed themselves under the pastoral care OF
the BaitimoresG Conference of the EpiseopaLMe,
thodist Church. This union was fully accom- &C
plished, on Wednesday evening OF last Wees
-whenthe two societies met-together. IN a spirit
of cordial fraternity and were blended into one
The interview between!thesel prethern OF tne
same family who have for so many years Deen
separated and estranged from each other, al
though living in the same town. r was ~" %
touching interest. ...--o ,;..;fs,
+. Allen c. Bryan, and old and 4 esteemed cltl,
izen Of Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, d,eo
on Monday He took sides promptly Win MS
native state at the commencement OF the WAL
and, did all he could for the relief and comfort
of distressed Southern soldiers and citizens
He was the brother Of Daniel Bryan, = late OF
this place. z42f' zji1ss:@ .t iaj 20 @esa.,
The Farm on the Plank Road about %
miles from Fredericksburg, formerly the resi-
dence of DR.. w aer, and more recently belong
to A. ?. Rowe, known as Proctor's Tavern
was sold on Wednesday, to$Mr. Patrick Nc
Cracker at $40 25 per acre. The farm con-
ytains about $50 acres. -,
The Leesburg Washingtonian says: The
frame work for the Goose Greek bridge
IS being constructed in Alexandra, and hands
are now building another pier at the btldse.----,
The enegetic President Of the railroad IS press
| ing it on towards Leesburg. -" ~.
VIM. f. Turner, Esq, has disposed OF two
hundred and thirty acres of the wv heatland
! farm. four miles from CharleStowu, jefferson
county, for the sum Of Nineteen thousand dol
lars, to Maj Buckley, Of Frederick county, Mo-
!, =. The Lynchburg Nirginian proposes that an
extensive tobacco fair be held in that city next
Spring. 1t enters into the details of a plan II
suggests, and proposes to make the affair a
very imposing one, .e
During, the month Of October. eighty
conyicts were received at the Virginia Penltcn-
Tertiary, representing nearly every portion OF
the State. 4 large majority Of them Were'nc-
gro freedmen rIAHY#5&
! The people of Stafford and The surrounding
! county are very mucn astOnlSucu dt III" lo'P"e
Of Robertson the murderer Of the Limerick
family. They do not know why the Governor
interfered. ''s, go g. .t'' ''.'5"'..' @1L''<,-.
.. The Freedmen's Bureau has just completed
the coored census Of Norfolk, and reports
nine thousand negroes domiciled there. ,. q d. =
Mr., Tuft, of Norfolk, Va, is reported a!
. having fallen heir to two millions of dollars BY
the death of relative in England
Mr.. Botts's book makes not ripple on TIT
calm surface of politics in Virginia. 1t is no
even !; nine days wonder. g. 49, 90
/ A large number of sheep-many OF Improved
breeds-have been brought into Loudoun dur
ing the last week. rGE@ $3.50 !,
!, + Glenroy Baker, the negro man who killed "A
4 Judson Motley, was hung at Spotsylyanla Y
: Fl. yesterday. Ea41 .ss7eE> a.-: III sGs rt.a
The Farmers ofLoudoun are busly engaged
10 blowing for the Spring corn crop.
Gov. Wise has entirely recovered from hi
late attack Of cholera.