Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-25
VLRGLNLA NEWS.

The Richmond Times says: ut is useless to
deny the fact that in Richmond, the monetary
pressure is s-eater now than it was IN 'Hept'
1865. There are multitude of banks in our
midst, and. palatial structures have arisen upon
the ruins of the burnt district but the indca-
lions Of a prosperous fall business are not as
encouraging as were anticipated. The com.
plants Of the scarcity of money in all the de-
partments of trade, commerce and labor Is
louder than they were a few weeks afier the hall
of Richmond" - III ~1. ~"
We clipped from a Richmond exchange, Sat
urday, paragraph in reference to the funeral
OF Mrs. Powers and her daughter Resale, on
Thursday, Tho died of cholera. Mrs. Picot,
an aged lady, the mother Of Mrs. Powers, at
tended her daughter and grand-daug hter's ID
neral on Thursday, WAS taken with the dread
! disease thst night, and the next morning was
corpse. This makes seven members of that
ferily who have died of the cholera. i + q.
A writer in the Danyi'le Register COZ tcc's
tie statement that the tomato was introduced
lilo this country IS eli article Of food between
| 1850 and 1910. He says he we'll remembers
that it was used in Virginia as an article flood
as early as the year 500 or 1903 { f.
Hon. VIM r. b. GUSTS, Of Accomac, in a
published letter, indignantly denounccs the
Radical clique in this State, for the unauthor-
lied and unwarroutablc use Of bis name as one
of The Delegates to tho late Radical Convcn
lion in Philadelphia. Il
r. The Virgieia and American Hotels in Staun-
ton have been consolidated.
The cholera is subsiding in and around Rich
mond. Y4.ral,.a q" -. Ok .-..-.n. ...s
.BRoWNLow. One Of BrowDlow's former
friends has deserted him. Alta recent Conven-
tionin Knoxville, Tenn, Col. Baxter reviewed
the bitter, relentless policy CT the Brownow
party, and showed the fearful corruption Of
The present Radical panty, charging that they
had misapplicd the revenues OF the State and
placed in high judicial posiionslnen notorious
| " corrupt and fG'nous, v .th the design to
/ continue the fra"chy Of the past that they
might continue in power. AS a Union mar,
he denied that there was any need Of the 80,
| 900 muskcts that the Governor was pr"chas-
ing, and said rs Whole object was to Empower
ISL the State and make lsimse'f not ,. Gus. -
Colonel Bfvt2r has been Il strong Union man
and persona friend of Browrlow's S, md his
charges &c damaging. Inc wonder is how
Browr'o DIV can be recognized as the leader of
arV party. ...-........-l
The Richmond Enquirer continuing its
structures on the present rail Dad policy in Viz
g!nia, says:-"If we have dwclt upon the sub
iect of orr railroads and their management at
some length, andy .th some pcr';nacity, the
startling facts and igr"cs which VIC have pre-
scned have shown that We have not done so
Without grave. reason. We cannot rcmf: n
s;leut and see ont State bleeding to death
through the arteries that were meant 0 supply
US " ith the cr~rent Of l''e. We cannot pa
tently see or~mc chants ST ugr'ng to rebr Id
their burned warehouses; or waiting IN patience
and hone behind their counters, when the rail-
roads which ought to bring them custom, are
practically offering heavy premiums to trade
to 60 around and away! ibis rr'nous system
must be stopped, or our cities may as well
abandon their hopes, and renouuce their en-
| terprise End SIT uoNn to poverty and decay.
Sou .RN RFr FAIR. The treas, rcr Of
the Ba'timore Southern Relief Association re-
pol5s that the total net receipts ON the fair
held II that city in Apr, were $l64,5G9 g..
The disbursements were follows:
Virginia committee 227,G
| North Carolina committee .."........... lG,t ~
South Carolina committee. 10, Z
SIpOrpIA 10