Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-12
TIRGLNIA NEVIS.

MI. Brent of the condition Of the bank on tho
lst Of April last, its assets were So, 433S 2I,
which includes So, 320;6TS 64 in Confederate.
bonds, notes and coupons, and $25 900, Con-
Tolerate note for gold loaned by the branch at
Chisliansbure. The liabilities OF the bank
are 50, 77772 43S u as follows Capital stock,
$l,2l5, 900 notes in circulation, $l:SSl0, 2H
80 due to other banks, So $50 "a; undrawn
dividends, 39,Ol5 %; due to depostors, 1922:
527 10; suplus fund, 1921 ,494 is. lnad2itlon
to the above liabilities arc others, amounting
to thirty or forty thousand dollars, ioromS-
sions on The part Of the former teller to credit
banks and depoSitors for rcmitanccs and &c
posts, but no ultimate loss to the hank is an
ticipatcd on this account.
On Saturday last the ladies add citizens OF
Petersburg, Virginia, decorated With flowers
the graves of the Confederate dead burleti 1t
Blandford Church, near that city. The tune-
raj ceremonies were performed BY the Rev.
John G. Cranberry, Of the Methodist Church.
AS he concluded, the whole vast assclnblage
Joined with him in repeating aloud the Lord $
Prayer. As standing urdcr the solemn cccars
the holy words assembled to Heaven from that
great multitude, there was afforded spectacle
touching and sublime. a.j
The new Tobacco Exchange, oa Ihlrtccnth
st., south Of Cary, il Richmond, vas opened
Yesterday. The Mayor, members Of the City
Council, and large majority of the business
men OF the city were present.
IL STRAITS. Some Of the Confederate Con-
srcss.ncn from the Southwest, met with many
Incidents some Of them quite amusing, III their
efforts to reach homo after the fall Of the Con-
fedcracv. In Columbus Ga, Mr. Hcrtcrt, Or
Texas, anxious to escape Il party Ct fcdcra!s
that were said to be approaching, hurried to u
livery stable 10 procure 4 horse, bit was reius-
cd. In order to strengthen his application, be
then stated tina. he was q membcr Of Congress;
vhcrclpon some Yankee soldiers who We're in
hearing. but had not been noticcd By him, told
him he was the kind Of man they wanted, and
took him in custody; and the officer OF the
squad went to report his capture. At this iln.c
an acquaintance Of Mr. Herbert s coming up,
Mr.. r. told him as a rick joke, laughing hear
ty the while, that he had been passing himself
off as II member Of Congress from Texas, and
that these men thought they had somebody!
The friend catching the hint, entered into the
Joke, and repeated it with much mcrrncnt 10
the next arrival, who also seemed greatly
amused that their old towosman h,l suddenly
become member Of Congress. from T@xa:
Thinking they had been sold, the soldiers
told Mr.. Herbert to go, which he lost 30 time
i'll doing. ..-. -..,
Several of the members passed thcmse Ives
as paroled soldiers, and were transported as
such without detection, on government
steamers, to points near their homes Or
these we're Mr.. Perkins and Mr.. NigfaI. -
The latter, in Il disguise that prccludca al
suspicion, entered freely into conversation
with the soldiers OF the guard; and IL the
course of the conversation asked what they
would do with old Wefall it. they were to
catch him. "Oh We would hang him, certain,
was the reply. And you would serve him
right, " replied NiefaII. If | should be with
you I have no doubt [ should 5a pulling 1T
the end Of the rope myself The double
cntcndrc was not suspected, and its Wit WAS
therefore lost, but is worth producing now.~-
Rich. Eng.
As an Instance of the vast number OF iCO;ic