Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-17
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NEWS By sTO-DAY'S S MAIL,

d sEpns Grant had a. recep ptlon at the Union =
4 gsasae Rooms Ii. New Y ork on Wednesday
ll;;abf sat:Whch he endorsed Ia decided terms
.an,e very pointed remarks OF the
oa;cor Of the League In reference to the French
-eaoup Of NJ Mexico. & 3.
5Rvsthe mispl lacement of a switch onthe,C Chi =
IS 400 and Rock Island railroad, two miles east
4 NORRIS. I'll, On Tuesday evening an entire
oznress train, except The locomotive and sleep
;na car, was prec pitated down an embankment,
Gt5aears turned upside down and badly smash
dShuttstrange to say, no nosone<Was killed, Though
several were seriously bruised Eat1z .1aa.ts
Dsnatches from New Orleans report unu3,
sua and mysterious preparations IN military =.
circles there, conseq qlents upon the reception OF
~ gIsSlEd 1ate news from the Rio Grande Troops
ora being sent to the Mexican frontier, The sale
TRANSPORTATION o has been stopped, and vessels
are being plaeedin a belIgerent condition
81 Steamer Greyhound, from Bostonfor Char
hlottetoWn, was wrecked on Monday night, by
81 striking On Bird Rock ledge, Nova Scotia. She
WAS insured in Boston for 800, 900, her estln1a-
I ted value. 81
At convention of the 7Mekeon Democracy,
held on wednesday evening In New York
Mayor Godfrey G. Gunther was nominated <tor
.re-eIeetion, and Richard o Gorman as eandl z
date for Corporation Counsel.
THE BARREDAs sPRoxY.- The following is a.
copy of the Barreda Proxy, about which the
difficulty arose, in the. Committee on Proxies,
atthe late Rail Road meeting, in this place,
Know all men by these presents, that |,
frederick i. Barreda. do hereby substitute
and APPOINT George D. FoWle, of the. City and
Statesof New York, to be my proxy, for me
and in nv name and behalf to vote at any and
aAmeetings, whether regular or special, OF the
aOrsuge and Alexandria and Manassas
Can Rail Road Companies, Of the State OF
Vrginia United States of America on all mat
tcrs pertaining to the affairs of said Companies
which nav come before such meetings, and mall
6 respects to do and perform tor me, and N ny
name, all and every act in the premises, v hlch
Imysef. as a stockholder or !>ondhulderln said
companies, could do, il were personally pre-
sent; the authority hereby conferred to. continue
10 force until revoked by me:
Witness nv hand and seal at London, this
second day Of June. 1865. i: u, Barreda;
Signed sealed aud delivered in presence OF
S. sus,zJ JosIAH MUM. Deputy Consul.
81, Robert Warne, Consulate U. s. A., London
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH.
Atthe Convention Of the Protestant Ep1sco-
pal Church South, which assembled at Augus-
TIA, Georgia, at the 9Th inst, resolution was
adopted leaving each diocese to decide Ter her
self whether she shall any longer contlnue1
union with the associated dioceses South, or
unite with those Of the North. Virginia and
South Carolina were unanimous in the express
sion Of their determination to adhere to the
present organization. There was some doqot a1
about the position which Georgia and !, Ala.
bama would occupy. It was also resolved that
the next General Council should be held at at
Richmond, Virginia, in November, 1868. 1t
Vasfurther resolved by the Council that wher-
ever the word Confederate occurs IN n the stan
s dards Of this Church, the word United pc
substituted therefor. Also, one changing q the {:
name Of the Church to the Protestant Ep1s- > .l
GG99pal Church Of the Associated Dloceses OF - fhe
United States" Rev. 7. Slaughter, OF vlrl :
ggnia, was elected president OF the ! house 5 OF
Deputies, but declined, in a graceful speech m
10 consequence of indisposltlOn. ReV. u.