Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-08
LOCAL NEWS.


u Old Commonwealth, in an article on this
,od saws: eve are informed that the Bati-
,oors and Ohio Railroad Company offer to take
10 Manassas Gap Railroad and put it in run
n;ng order, but that the Manassas Company
s,Gsc Through Mr.. Marshal, its President to
,nov them to touch until they arc paid about
no,0 OOO in advance of the cost of building the
s,oa 70 is present condition. We rather ex-
,,cr without official adviccs, that there is a
mistake in ths-but, the public can be inform
od The Old Commonwealth goes on to speak
osfoIows: The Legislature should compel the
,Ionassas Company either to make such an ex-
n;hit fits financial condition as will show con.
o,sivev their ability to put the read in running
o3pr IN to IIarrisoaburg by the following Sep
torbar, and to commence the work ut once, and
N earnest, or else acce1e to the fair proposition
# the Baltimore and Ohio Company us will be
oonitablc between the two corporations The
mad is already graded up to this point. and the
rails are laid from Strasbury to Tinlberville, in
the lover end Of Rockingham county, leaving
distance Of about IS miles TO lay the tics and
mt the iron upon tkcun; then, with the build
inc Of some bridges We will have road from
here to Strasburg and by the time it is CON-
nracl from here to the latter place, the Balji-
more and Ohio Company will have branch
road from Strasburg to Winchester finished"
THE ''Strasburg conncXlon" seems to be the
milk in the cocoa nut, in this article OF the Lar-
rs1nburg paper.
LETTER FROM SECRETARY SEWARD. The
following response from Secretary Seward to
m invitation to be present at the Johnson de-
monstration, held here on the night of the 18th
u. was not in consequence Of the absence of
the gentleman to whom it is addressed received
until yesterday
WASHINGTON, Sept. .. 1866.
DEAR SIR: | give you my hearty thanks for
rour kind invitation @! the 18th Instant | rc-
er2t the delay which has occurred in making
this acknowlcdg cmcnt, but trust that your
EnJwlclgc OF 10y illness will induce you TO
place friendly Interpretation upon the una
yoidatc neglect. | beg that you will commu-
nicatc to the society the expression OF my high
appreciation OF the compliment which they
were pleased to confer upon ne. Believe ne
10 be- my dear sir, your ohcdicnt servant,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
SEQ. 9. Wcldcrburn, Esq, Cor. Sec,
Johnson National Union Association, Alex
andria, Va.
BED IN MEMPHIS. From a private letter
received yesterday ;iom Memphis we learn
,Aat young Nir. Oliver Crook, who left here
this fall for that city, died there last week Of
A>iatic Cholera al the other Alcxanarans
IN Memphis were well when this letter was
written. The cholera is represented as raging
there with great virucnce, and all who CON
tempia.a,isiting Memphis are urgently advised
oro:tponc their trip until the entire disap-
peocancc Of that disease.
poTrENY-The oil established Pottery OF
Nr. hliljurn, in this place, is, we arc glad TO
see, in successful operation, turning out the best
ware from the best materials This establish
mcnt has obtained well nicrited reputation
for carthcnware, which it keeps up to this day.
-NctcHan'S III the country can OBTAIN mere III
that line, all that they may want, at the cheap
est T2tcS-ratcs quite as low as those ruling in
Baltimore OF elsewhere.
r,r poon f-,..;<1 - 10 On,n,,or.. or
the Poor OF this city was held, at the suggcs.
lion IT tha N.vor :, ,}r N,vor,s Office on
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