Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-16

nor month orOl4 dollars FER ANNo M, psay aplo i
n advance
The stock Of Virginia and North Carolina
.obacco in New York, on lst instant, was 1907
Itvonssheads, against one hogshead same time
Lst lnsH year. The stock on lst December has not
lusr beretofore exceeded 700 hogsheads, except In
tba wear 1860, when it amounted to 1870
btpnasIe,ds. The stock of Leaf tobacco, of all
I;Hds. IL New Y ork on lst instant, was 26, l49
hhnlssheads, against 36, sos hogsheads same time
los9 wear. and 1888 hogsheads on lst Decem-
ber, 1860
General scott arrived at KY West on The
7th and left the next day tor New Orleans.
He ' will be at Key West during January.
Philadelphia is a badly taxed place. The
soect council have concurred in the bill fixing
the tax rate for 1866 at four dollars
The shipments Of cotton from Norfolk, Va,
. northern cities, is becoming quite an item in
tba II ltr trade of that city. A few days ago the
steamer Thomas kelso brought six hundred
bslps 10 Baltimore. It is stated that the re-
venue to the United States government,- from
he tax on cotton alone, shipped from Norfolk
for one month, has amounted to the consider
able sum of $25,000.
The dissepsions among the Fenians In New
York still continue. but the excitement has
somewhat subsided. On Wednesday, the
Fenian Senate sent.a delegation to Col. y Ma
boney's Headquarters, and formally demanded
The hooks. uapers, and funds OF the society,
hut the gentlemen were shown the outer door
Cant Corbett, tried in England, for viola
tim of the enlistment act, ln the case OF
the Shenandoah, has been acquitted
Generals Longsireet and Loring have arriv
cd at New OrIeaus General Longsreet thinks
Of residing there permanently.
The PhiIa. Ledger says that & link Of what
is called the z,g gag air line from Washing
tan 10 New York has just been surveyed from
. nomt On the Gettysburg railroad, near New
Oxford, to Wrightsv1lle York county, Pa.
Tn the Superior Court at Boston, On Tues
day, Charles Haley, alias Albert MickersoD,
was sentenced to twenty-five years lmprison-
ment in tn State prison, for highway robbery
bygarrotiny. Jeremiah Hayes and frank Cra"-
ford two other gairo cra, were :ntenc7u TO ten
andtwelve years each
Mr. Finck, of Ohio, will Introduce a bill in a
few days TO prescribe new oath OF office, and
rpnea| the test oath passed In July. 1862.
Colonel Roberts, he rival President OF the
Penian Brotherhood, has issued an inaugural
address declaring that it is criminal to waste
time in idle discussion; that action must be
the order Of the day and that the Brotherhood
must make their mark on another field than
thosethey have heretofore ba tiled on. Eug-
land" he says, must meet prvateers on
every ocean and Irish foes in every cline.
Secretary McCulloch is said to be of the
opinion that he can get through the year with
Il L. E!n, .Ico
that the War Department estimates Will be
much less than wer5 anticipated in November.
The Liberal Mexican interests are very deslr-
ousthat Gen Logan should decide 70 accept
the appointment of Minister to the, r:publlc
General r.. dined last evening with o@nor no
nero, the republican Mexican minister.
Ithas been estimated that there are over
one thousand persons in Washington at the
present time looking for employment In the
different departments of the Government.
There are OF lie in the several departments
over twenty thousand applications Tor clerical
appointments
A report from Texas represents thata spirit
otrestlessness seems to have taken possession
THE people. Every road is said to be h!led
With movers in search of new homes and 1alier
Prospects
The Charleston IS. c. Courier announces
the death Of one of the oldest citizens CT
charleston, Mr.. Henry A. De Saussure, aged
seventy-six
OnSunday last, two men got into quarrel
Ina saloon at 5O3 Third avenue, New YORK,
Rhec one of them showed the terule OF MS
umbrella into the eye of the other, killing him
Instantly
The Kentucky Senate, by vote Of % to y,
has passed the House bill removing disabilities
Tom persons engaged in the war. The HOUSE,
bya vote ot ~ to 8. Dassed judiciary bill,