Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-01
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NEWS ny gTOlDAY,S NAIL.

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Atthe declamation at Harvard College, on
Saturday, the 18th ult., open to all applicants
from the freshman class, the first premium
was awarded to a student who lost his arm,
serving as captain ID the Confederate army:
the second to q young man OF negro descent
the first undergraduate of that race who has
been admitted into the University. .a
Gen. Fisk, at Nashville Tenn, has issued
an order relative to the status OF white retu-
gees, freedmen and abandoned orphans OF
both sexes. The State laws In regard Ito ap-
premiership will be recognized, provided no
yagrant laws made for free people will be ex-
tended to the freedmen. -,
It is asserted that Admiral Denman, the
British naval commander In Pacific waters, has
been ordered by his Government to send CRUZ
sers in quest of theShenandoah, and to capture
her if possible.
A letter from the Secretary Of State to the
Secretary of the Navy, announces that all
restrictions upon y. s. war vessels In British
ports have been removed. s1! nasE5
Mr. Orr has been elected Governor of South
Carolina His majority over Wade Hampton
is about Eve hundred. Provisional Governor
Perry has been chosen United Etates Senator
for the long term. sE
Mrs. Martha Grinder, the woman tried at
Pittsburg for poisoning her boarders, has been
convicted of murder in the first degree, and
therefore will be sentenced to be hung 8
Captain Hall, the Arctic explorer, has again
been heard from He writes confidently OF
ultimate success. f19%a
The receipts of the Soldiers and Sailors Fair
at Philadelphia, during seven days, amount to
$4,000
Colonel Calvin Fillmore, uncle of ex-Presi-
dent Fillmore, died in Erie county, n. Y, on
the 22d instant, aged ninety years.
The Brazians have closely invested Uruguay
but it has not fallen yet.
There are stories of brutality in the Sing
Sing prion New York.
General Howard, Chief of the Freedmen's
Bureau, lately had an official interview with the
Mayor and Council Of Charleston, during which
he used the following language:
"Hc thought that the State, on consideration,
would find it wise to allow the negro to testify
iu courts, at least in matters that concerned
him and his property He was free to say
that, until that was done the government OF
the Freedmen ST Eau would continue. AS
soon as the Legislature allowed negrn testlmo-
ny in the legal courts ofthe State all the troops
would be withdrawn. :
The law establishing the Freedmen's Bureau
provides for it's continuance during the pres
ent war of the rebellion and for one year
thereafter" The Bureau will, therefore, he
abolished by limitation Of law. whether the
condition stated by General ii. be complied
With or not But two things are to be remem-
bered-hrst, that CoR9Tess has the power OF
exten ling the law, making the Bureau
terminaton { Of ,sthe the b. Il wal Of the rebel
llon'' has not been officially proclaimed, and it
may be contended that the .'one year thereat-
ter only begins to run from and after such
proclamation.
The Richmond Wing, speaking of the division
OF Virginia, and the establishment Of the State
OF West Virginia, says:-'sWhile we would
not at a time when tranquility and composure
are SO much to he desired, say or DO anything
that might tend to agitation, we cannot tor
pear an expression of our hope-a hope that
doubtless challenges the sympathy OF thous-
ands OF the citizens Of the two States OF Vlr-
glnla and West Virginia, that the time is not
Tar distant when the twain shall again be
one Hesh. = The convulsion that tore them
aasunder has passed by. Whatever their diff
1erences and antagonisms In the past, there is
40 o longer any bone Of contention lett between
them. They have an equal interest in the
memories, the traditions and the ancient
renoWn Of the "Old Dominion. Their di-
Sorce is unnatural, and being So We trust it
may prove to be but temporary.