Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.


sheriff of Powhatan county, and presented BY
the grand jury Of that county, tor perjury in
taking the iron-clad oath, General Candy has
ordered the prescn,ment to be quashed, the
capias issued Cancelled and the security taken
for the appearance of the said Gordon dis
charged. The case will b. stricken from TIE
docket of said court The State journal says
this indicates that General Candy dooS not re-
cognize the jurisdiction of the State courts IN
matters Of this sort.
The amount of interest on the State debt,
paid UP to date, is $l2S, 600. OF the amount
appropriated Tor that purpose there remains
5000 900. There is in the treasury at present
5000, 900. 1t is contemplated to pay the same
rates of interest on the foreign debt OF 3l3, 900
pounds sterling, which with the current rate OF
exchange Will amount to about $4,000 IN
gold
Witnesses in the case oil r. ii. Moss VS.. the
Southern Express Company have been sum-
moned to appear at the term Of the Circuit
Court of the United States which Judge I'm
derwood will commence in Richmond on the
l4th of September. The suit involves very
large amount OF money, and Governor Bull
lock, of Georgia, is one OF the witnesses.
Il is stated that since the var, the State Ii
brary has been robbed of many valuable relics,
and thousands OF volumes have been carried
off, nobody now knowns by whom. VI I5.ooo
volumes which ought to be in the library, 1t Is
said that not ~, 900 can be found. There Is
not even 4 complete set OF the acts OF the
General Assembly in the office OF the Clerk Of
the House Of Delegates.
There is report that Northern manager,
of abundant means, projects the erection OF q
new theatre in Richmond. James Grant, i'm
plicated in the Pollard tragedy, and who lett
Richmond, it was said at the time, to became
a member O! the Richings- BERNARD opera
troupe, turns up now in New \ 0rk aS one OF
Bryant Minstrcls.
Mr.. VIM. King Ieiskell, I prominent and
influential citizen OF Washington county, was
shot within two miles OF his residence, on Fri
day last, by man who lay secrcted in a
thicket The wound is thought to be fatal,
the ball having passed through Mr. llciskell
body.
The first bale of new cotton Tor the season
was received at Norfolk. Va, on Friday. Ii
was from Wilmington, \. g., and sold at a.
cents per pound.
Mr. J. S. Millson has written a letter to q
Norfolk paper about the tcst.oath. lie think:
it ought not to be eXacted.
THE VIRGINIA STAY LAw-AN EXTENSION
or TINE WITHIN WHICH ONE YEARS INTER
EST MAY BE PAID.-General Candy on Satur
day issued the following important order IN re
gard to the stay law, which explains itself:
HEADQRs FIRST MILITARY District,
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
RICHMOND, VA, August -, 1869.
|. Paragraph |, General Orders No. 50, o.
June %, 1869, from csc headquarters Il
hereby SO modified as to extend the time allow
ed for the payment Of one years interest, un
der the provisions OF that order, to the 3Otu
day OF September, 1869, instead Of August /,
1869; and all levics upon, or sales ot property
not actually sold before compliance with the
conditions hereinafter specified by virtue OF
executions issued for non compliance with the
provisions Of the laid order in respect to the
SAID Interest, are hereby suspended until the
said 30ih day Of September proximo; provided
that the costs OF the execution OF the process
Of the court, and Of the advertisements OF the
property levied upon, shall be paid forthwith
by the defendant as condition precedent to
the supcnsion hereby granted ant pr0rdoo
t,trthcr that in all cases where actual levy ha:
been made in pursuance OF any execution Is
sued as aforesaid, the defendant shall execute q
bond in the nature Of 4 forthcoming bond, with
sufficient security, in form as prescribed By
the laws of Virginia ia similar cases, Tor the
fcrthcominc Of the property levied upon when
the suspension. ct execution hereby granted
shall have expired.
> The payment Of one year interest on the
principal sum due, provided 10y General Or
ders No. 50, current series, above cited. TO be
paid subsequent to January !, 1869, and before
August /, 1869, the time Tor which Is by the
foregoing paragraph extended to September
30, 1869, will be independent OF any payment
Of interest heretofore made, or to be made, un-
der the provisions of the act Of the General
Assembly of Virginia passed March - 1866,
with the amendments to the same, commonly
known as the stay law, and Of General Orders
No. l4g, dated December ~, lN6N, from these
headquarters.
;. In addition to the payment OF one wear 5
interest, provided Tor by general orders No. NJ
current series, before cited and in the preced-
ing paragraphs, a Judgment debtor, to be en-
titled to the stay OF execution provided Tor ~
the same, shall pay, or have paid, to the clerk
OF the proper court. On or before the 3Oth day
Of September, l>G9, all the costs chargcable
and taxable in the case at the date OF this order,
or so chargeablc and taxable on the day OF
payment thereof, if the same shall be made
subsequent 70 this date, and on oy before said
aoth September proximo.
4. The military commissioners in their several
divisions, and the clerks OF the several courts
Of this Commonwealth, will give to this order
as wide circulation as possible within their
respective Jurisdictions.
BY command OF Brevet Major Gen. Candy :
LOUIS Y. CA2IARC, 4. ID. C.,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
AN AQUARIUM recently opened at Berlin is
described as the most magnificent il Europe,