Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-19

"INTERIoR ."-Editor Repu6li-
cdn-sIG II u not always true that = man whs
claims TO be "ArBus-eyed" IL gifted with true vi
That Of your correspondent OF the 18th instant
who psnned the article under the caption "iNTE-
hion DErAHTnEHT,n Il far from being accurate;
IL IL not true that "Room No. - adjoining the
Ninth street tLtranee Of the General Land once,
contains only one clerk,
not sTas that q departments in that
Nor 10 II true that any desks In It, or connected
with II, arc unused.
Already the Commissioner OF the General Land
once has given up several rooms for the accom-:
modhtion.of the Pension and other Bureaus, and
All which the nlel papers, and business OF the Of
HIS clerical force has been reduced to the lowest
possible number, and with this reduction, mass
nor perhaps In quantity, to that Of the Pension
bureau, 10 transacted.
when he IL without IL, and to publish allegations
which are the result ofignoranoe or Of an unen-
lishtened Judgment. Vnus HuAAnu%
No LONGER AGRoUND.-The advance steam
bar, some nine days, Il At TIE navy yard. She was
taken on by lighters and IL uninjured.
COMMITTED TO THE OLD CAPIroL.-The fol-
loving parties were Yesterday committed to the
ca Cspitol ~ order q Col T. Insraham, Provost
II. @. smith and james wiEasld, Co. A, It'll Va.
cavalry, and William Scott Co. D, tth Va. cavalry
SoSeI, jas. 4. Hsb6sr, 4. @. Tower and s. Brook,
citizens sent TO this city by General Patrick, Pro-
vost Marshal General OF the Army OF the Potsmss
NEARLY A sHKIous ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
afternoon q number Of ladies and gentlemen were
skating on the river, near where Rock Creek
and I naSS. INTO he Foe
nAtsly thsy were speedily rescued and taken to =
house in the nsiLheorhood, where they we're
effects OF their sudden duokinI
CITIZENS, BAWARl "a hackmAn named
tSis aoTn dO iioa Il. Mayor to az: .s.sTai
smallpox canes to the AlmnhouSs. After this auty
has been performsd We preaume that Mr., Adams
vehicle will DO ready for the occupancy Of any elt
rem or stranger who may have need OF hack.
Unless they wish to breathe smallpox atmoH-
phsre We EdVisO them to beware OF hack l7s.
The LAWRENCE (KAHsAI) MAsSAoRR.-ReV.
@, W. Paddock, Of Lawrence, Kansas, will lecture
this evening a. hAlfPAst lsysA o'clock, a the hall
StrositiSs sonniftSd BY ousntfsii and his band
when LAwronee was burned and Its unArned In
hAhitAntn butehered In Geld blood Mr.. Paddock
edge.
ALEXANDRIA ATFAms.-Ths Constitutional
other Sa.pcss now "
the following resolutions were adopted;
Rs,oivsd, That committee of Ave be appointed
by the President to determine who are citizens OF
the Restored Government OF Virginia, and how
citizenship may be relinquished.
Mr.. Watson offered the following amendment:
"ThAt the Committee on the Elective Franchise
be, and they are hereby, instructed to report on
The amendment was accepted, and the resolution
was then adopted AZ amended.
BY Mr.. Thomas;
RsSoipSd That no person shall have access to this
Convention as q newspaper reporter who Is dis
loyal, or who refuses to take the oath to tho re-
stored and indicated Government Of Virginia.
The resolution was debated at some length by
MesHrs. Penn, BouHh, Downey, Thomas, Hawk
hurst, Wing, and Webb. twAS Adopted-Ayes TO-
nOeB1
Sale Of ouarfermdsier's Storss.-A sale of unssr-
VloeAblS QuAFteTmAHterG stores took place In this
city to-day, by order Of General D, H. hueker,
Chief QuArtermAhter OF the Depot Of Washington
1900 bushels OF damaged sold at 9odl0l, In.
GLIDING bags, 90 lbs. to the bushels 100000 lbS' Of
mixed grain, corn, and oats principally damaged,
sold At aq2 S,ls per nj $50 bales Of damaged hay
dealers from baltimore, Philadelphia, and else
where was large, and the bidding spirited. The
corn and oats brought full value,
The MUer.-The river IL completely blocked with
ice, and the boats have been compelled TO stop
running. 1t will probably DO two or three days
before they resume their trips.
on the Long bridge to-day, smashing II up eonIid-
erAbfy, No one was hurt.
Fre.-A are occurred yesterday, about o'clock,
in a frame stable, near the United States bakery,
corner OF King and Princess atreetl, which dss.
tToyed the stable, belonging TO MIR. Htonnell.
Three horses and thirteen cows, In the stable at
the time, II Il said, were burned TO deAth'-Pir-
giAia STATE Journal, FEB. l%'