Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-12-01
ALEXANDRIA,:
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER !, 1884

MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER I, 1884.
This day the second Session of CONGRESS VIII
commence. Its duration, by the Constitution,
will be limited to the 4th OF March next. Though
brief it will, doubtless, be one OF much interest,"
The peculiar political condition OF the country
and the state of parties, will more than make up
for the absence of any exciting matters oil mere
legislation.
During the Session we will exert ourselves TO
give our readers the earliest and most dutnenl'e
intelligence from the Seat of Government. Inc
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE will contain daily, a sum
mary of the proceedings of Congress OF the day
previous, prepared expressly for Its Columns
We design to keep faithful and Impartial re-
cord ofthe debates that may take place IN ooth
houses; and, for this purpose, shall always give'
at least one or two of the principal speeches on
both sides, on all questions of Importance.
We shall have. likewise, the advantage OF
CORRESPONDENTS FROM WASHINGTON, whose letters
will give the current news of the Metropolis
Our own personal attendance, as often as we
can. at Congress. will also enable us 10 coiiec'
all Of interest that transpires
Thus. without burthening our columns, or an
moving our readers with all that is said and done
in Congress on every subject, private and pub
lic we hope to present them with an account OF
every thing useful or interesting
In the mean time we shall not remit our eXer-
tons to make the GAZETTE a channel for con-
vevinp to its readers the earliest NEWS foreign
and domestic, with the LITERARY, PoLITcAL, and
Of he day IN
out combining its columns to any particular SUD-
iect or subjects to the exclusion OF others, 1t may
ALWAYS be referred to for that information which
intelligent citizens ought to expect from NEWS
PAPER.
Philo White, Editor of the "Standard," has
been chosen by the Legislature of North caro-
lima, Printer to the State, for the ensuing year.
| The vote was as follows:
Philo White (Jackson) ~
Gales & Son (Whigl 81
| Lawrence & Lemay (Whig) 81
The Petersburg Intelligencer states that the
business ofthe Rail Road is increasing steadi'y.
On Thursday last the locomotive engines arrived
from the Roanoke with formidable tram OF
,hirtv.fve cars, containing load Of 1921 900 lbs.
oftobacco, cotton and -four. This large burden
was carried at the rate of ten miles an hour.
From BuEsos AYREs.-By the brig John A.
Robb, at Baltimore on Friday last in the SNORT
run of SO days TO the Chesapeake, the editors oil
the American received Buenos Ayres papers to
| the 4th ult inclusive.
A violent gale from the south east was expe-
rienced at Buenos Ayres on the Goth and 27th
September, during which number OF vessels
were driven ashore from the Inner Roads. A
mong the merchant vessels were the brig David
Maffit, Wiley of Baltimore, just arrived; Amer-
can ship Caroline, Davis British briggs Wave
[ and Scott; and Neapolitan brig Vesuvio. The
Americans and Neapolitan went ashore off the
Arroyo Madonado. 1t is added that the whole
FIVE chad been unrigged, and are totally lost"
Besides the above, large number OF small craft
and boa IS were driven ashore. THERE'S no loss
OLIVES mentioned, except in the small craft
the crews Of the larger vessels being all saved.
| Flour S65 per bbl; Spanish Dollars 81 SIG
each. Exchange on U. States SIT per U. S.
Dollar hides OK "a IS per pesada; horse hides
| Ia each; Nutria skins 40 AS per doz; Wool
common, 9 a ~ per ar; Hair, long, "a 35, do
mixed, Is %
+ Don Manuel V. de Maza had taken the oaths
| of Office Of Governor Of Euenos Ayres.
Advices from Chill to the 18th August confirm
the news of the cessation Of civil war in Peru in
consequence Of the universal detection of Ga
marra's partizans.
THE TREASURY CIRCULAR.
Well, we have ferreted ont Circular, first in
troduced to the public attention by correspon-
dent the Baltimore Patriot Here it is, taken
from the official paper OF yesterday.
1.-THE Circular was published in the Gazette
Of Saturday last.
This, the reader will perceive, exactly and
identically confirms all that part Of the repre-
sentation of the correspondent Of the Patriot
which relates to the payment Of warrants, and
the cashing of drafts on the Government at the
Land Offices, thus making each Land Office,
ouoad hoe, ank! SO the Government not
only nuts down one Bank by its VETo but es.