Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-14

Taliaferro of Gloucester, Major General Of
the 4th Division, to fill the vacancy occasion
ed Nv the death of General j. B. HarVle.-
Col. Taliaferro was the first man to plant the
| Star Spaugied Banner on the walls OF Puebla
| The General Government could n OF do justice
to Col. I. by breyettng him, IN consequence
! of his commission having expired when he
made the application, but the Legislature OF
! his native State have not proved insenslDle
to the claims of her soa--;hey have pu'
merit above seniority"
Letters are being daily received at the " al
Department FROM persons Offering their ser
vices as volunteers in the approaching cam
paign against the Mormons. Offers are also
made to raise companies, aud even regl
ments. for this service 1t is not, however
thought at the Department, that the volun
tcer system will be adopted in suppressing
! the Mormon rebellion, as ii is estimated thai
| it would cost about eight times as much q:
by increasing the regular army.
| The Petersburg 1ntslligencer says:--"W
saw qsite a curiousity at the market, yester
day morning, in the shape OF large Seal
weighing it is said, over two hundred pounds
1t was killed in the Appomattox river, near
Port Walthall, by Mr.. Covngton, a gentle
did not succeed in bagging this rare game
without trouble, as be expended eleven shots
! before the seal succumbed."
A letter from Washington, in the Rich
nond Enquirer say THE Kansas !mOrog
lilo is regarded here as virtually settled, and
it is expected there will lie no difficulty in
the admission of the new State. If the Free
! State men have oil the State Ofhces-wbich
think will turn out to be the case-thert
will be no longer two 81 les to the question
Give them the spoils, and the Constitution
may 20 to the d"
The mayor of Norfolk having complained
of The landing of Walkers men there, as be
lug violation of city ordinance in relation
to paupers, Lieut.. Bryson, ct the time com
manding, replied that the men who had gone
ashore had done so voluntarily, he having not
| forced but permitted them, under instructions
| from the government. Those remaining on
board, he says, will not he permitted to land
without further orders from Washington.
The Philadelphia Evening Argus contains
letter from Hon. Thomas B. Florence,
of the House of Representatives, requesting
the Secretary Of the Navy to pay the me-
chanics of the United States arsenal and
navy ward at Philadelphia, the arrears OF
wages due from the government and the re-
ply Of the latter promptly accedlng TO his
request.
Prof g. G. SWALLOW, State Geologist of
Missouri in recent letter to the Patent OF
fee, suggests the idea that the extensive areas
in Kentucky ard Tennessee, known as the
"Barrens," may be rendered valuable for
vineyards. Should this prove true, the nu-
merous caves contained in the limestone Of
those regions, would become very valuable
as places of storage for wines.
We learn from New York that the first is
sue of treasury notes, to the amount OF SIX
millions, will all be taken, the rate OF three
per cent interest, as soon as they are READY
that is, about the middle of the month. 1t
the banks take them Oh deposit at par and
accrued interest, they will be readily ex-
changed for specie.
1t is said by those who profess TO know
that the negro fellow, charged with the MUIR
der Of Mr.. James G. Grant, in bis mothers
honsc, in New Kent county, on the night of
the Sd inst has made confession, and IN
plicated another servant in the terrible deed.
A lady is also implicated by his statements,
and is said TO have been arrested.
The Ottoman Porte has ordered sore"
chip of the line 10 be constructed IN the Uni
ted States, and has charged Rear-Admiral
Mehemmed Paoha and Hussein Bey, sub
surveyor of the dockyards, to 20 to America
TO superiutend the construction ui tue vessel
and to study the American system OF sup
building.
The Executive Mansion was on Tuesday
evening thronged by citizens OF every Sec
tion of the Union, with many foreign Tlsi-
tors. who were each in turn presented TO
President Buchanan, and were received with
his wontcd courtesy. The ladies were also
presented to Miss Lane, the President 8
niece, who prcsides over bis household
Col. Joseph IL. Tucker, accompanied Dy
Messrs. A. +. Roberts and Charles Ran
dolph, former cashiers in the Mineral Bank,
arrived at Cumberland, Md, on Monday,
for the purpose, it is rumored, of clearly
yindcatiug Mr. Tucker from the alleged
charges against him in reference to the MIN
cral Bank affairs.
Ia the Senate, on Monday, q jointresoIuton
was introduced by Mr.. Houston to subject
the naval board of fifteen, by which so mauy
officers were disturbed in their rank and
positiop, wear or two ego, 10 like examina-
ton. They sat on the character OF every
otner officer. and Mr. Houston proposes that
thew shall now also be brought ID review.
A correspondent of the Louisville Journal
saws: "Cbarles Cassiday, who Xas twenty
ro.rs 400 considered the equal dfGrundy, ii
not his superior, for brilliant qualities of 10
tellect, died few days since at the pooT'house
in Sumner county, Tenn"