Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-10-11

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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates
Tomorrow is election day, and we call the
ot+ontion Of those concerned to the following
section Of an act passed at Wheeling on the
a1st day of January, 1862, changing the
manner of examining polls and certifying cleo
t;ons for certain officers in this commonwealth,
which is in full force and effect here.
Tb;s act saws: TN all cases of elections tor
o1oct;on districts or Senatorial or Congressional
J;stricts, the commissioners experimenting the
olections at the court houses OF the several
oonnties or corporations forming such districts
shall within three days after such election is
concluded. deliver certified statement OF the
result of the election In said county. ITO be
ascertained in the manner now prescribed Dy
law to the clerk Of the county court OF such
comfy, whose duty it shall be, as soon as ne
NAV he ab]e to record such result III book
for that purpose to be kept In his office, and
transmit certified copy of such result (which
shall be written in words and not hgures! to
the clerk of the county court or the county nrst
named 10 the law describing such district, whose
duty it shall be, on certain day, appolhte,a
by law, from the commencement OF sucn
election (; which certain day, IN an election
from district of delegate, shall be the 10Th
ola Senator, the 20th OF KepresentlVe IN
Congress- shall be the 30th; after such com
mencement. in the presence of two tree-holders
to omen and examine such copies so transmit
ted. and compare the returns from the res
nective counties, and declare the person hay
inp the greatest number of votes IN the whole
district only elected in the manner and form
now prescribed by law; and shall record the same
in his Office, and transmit copy Thereon to
the person SO elected, and like copy to the
clerk of the House to which such person IS
elected, to be preserved by him; which certified
COW shall be sufficient evidence of his election,
and entitle him to his seat.
At meeting of the National Democratic
Association, which has been revived IN w ash
ington, on the night Of the llth inst. Mr.. I.
A. Aiken, in a few remarks, introduced a
series of resolutions, which were adopted.
They declare that the Constitution leaves the
question Of the elective franchise to the several
States that the attempt of the Republican
party to overthrow this constitutional provlso
is revolutionary, disloyal, and reasonable;
that the doctrine of the Republican party
which hOlQS tnaC Tue Seeulug bCdleS udVe peel
actually out Of the Union, and that they should
be treated as conquered provinces, &c, is
utterly at varience with the Constitution;
recognizing the President as statesma able to
raise above the trammels of party dictatlon,
and that his administration Of public affairs
entities him to cordial support; and congratu
lating the Connecticut Democrats upon their
recent triumph over the Republican party IN
that State on the issue of negro suffrage.
The Treasury Department has issued cir
cular guidance of collectors Of internal revenue
and it is provided that articles dutiable under
the internal revenue laws may be removed from
any collection district or State lately IN insur-
rection, and shipped to New York. Ph1ladel-
phia Baltimore Boston, Cairo, st. Louis,
Cincinnati or New Orleans on execution, by
the shipper, of satisfactory bond to be gwen
to the internal revenue collector at the place
whence the articles are to be removed, and the
duty paid to the collector at the port OF
destination.
The impetus given to manufactures and ira ie
by the aggregate demands of the South and
West for goods, both foreign and domestic, is
mariool Dr;ooc aD6 nrofts have risen to