Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-29

reasonable totreata drunke.. outbreak OF whites
and negroes as a grave complicatlonso OF national
methods Of order.-[Nat Intelligencer.
The Baltimore Agricultural aid Society had
g meeting yesterday + This Society has been
active il affording aid t. farmers and Others ii
Virginia Mr. Sangston is The efficient Secre-
tary. The following is an accounted the dis
bursements ofthe Society:
Cash Loans to q Persons in sums Of
S5Oto S4io. %, o '3o oO
Agricultural Implts and Machinery. 1902 S.
Seed Wheat..... 90 81 - -
~ ~
81 : : : ~ 4 |z.- SIG, 558 a
The ba]anoain the halds nls1he treasurer IS
1905 $685. III o s4aH5 21s::>a.e 2 - ~
Appended to the rep port are 8 lumber Of. ex.
tracts from the agents Of The Society appointed
at different, points in ,NI2i2ia, tiae-Eater as
well as.in the Valleyy which not only lndleate
the great goodthat has. oeeta accom- pIls(ed IN
the various socti39s h1tta Is SO gro ctr S1o:rt
in which. the movement vas met and apE2recia-
ted by the people. .4aTs[1@ ~<.I}t J:
Judge Busted OF the District Court Of Ala
oana, a few days since aecaed chat the act Of
Congress Of JQly:2, 1855, requiring attorneys.
at law tostal9s test oath, was unaonstltutlon-
al, upon several grounds, and that attorneys
would be admitted to praeticeinh his court with
out taking1t}1 he Said cath. This question is now
u2der, consideration before the G. S. Supreme
Court and ve may expect decision in few
days. 4 friend who has examined Judge Bus
steed' opinion iuforn,s~-,s tl2atis q very able
and conclusive one, ! .NH
Il is stated from Warrington q respec-
table minority, il not q ,najo1itE Of the 'ren1-
bers Of she corD1nittees 81 WHY'S and means i:
the House, and fnaoc5in The Senate, are II
favor Of a rapaai or mobilization Of the existing
income tax, and the. sQbstitution therefor Of a
tax ou1sa}es This lafte1 description Of tax,
al one per cenf, ;;tai$$l estimsted1 yhl produce.
revenue of one bundled and .fvanty>. nij]ions
Of dollars ,4a2I 'fo.s ~ a@5zD}
-: - Hss--y---7r-77sf =. >. >%j} /. !.
Fotf1ey, elsoro Tie d,aslaiustoIl { lIaoz-
icIes and phila ae1p1i. Press - has en2a ged
controversy with oertaio largylnen q Hhllaae}7
phia. concerning. the issuing o. isewpafers on
Sundays and the running, way cars On
Sundays Hewrites and publishes a long let
ter on the suljaef 81 quite i =sV ! on the:
clergy. ;.~ sse,sa& ..G=s<5 as21~>S :s2:9& L -
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 49, %iEs..& -
Tie National Iatefls encerV announces: uEon
authority: that The statements that a loan Of
one hundred millions was upon occasion Ct bis
recent visit to New Yor}, rendered to Mr. See
rotary McCulloch 5ysfhe 1aslolraf tanks, are
sheer falrieation*: The sI#easurynlt adds. l2as
notYat present aaHaueetl ofa loan. 5@4j -
The7Ne 7 ok 1I'rihune, referring to the b
yaNu|ar resources cff jrgillia: says the Cover
nors of that State see ii them most profit table
fries. most lucratIve)stews, wealth on the ha'f
she'll, and esealloped opulence t=..>. Z. 5. {!
The new five cent currency will be issued next.
week: About $50, 600 worth OF defaced and
mutiiated currency IS destroyed by burning, per
day, and $50, 900 worth printed. Arrangements
are nearly completed to, make the amount ct
thelatter equal to the former. ..4sjs
A-Louisville dispatch says that a terrhle
tornado had visited the town OF Pulaskl, blow
ingsdown a number Of houses, and killing sew
eral persons: Very few negroes were arrested
on Christmas day, though hundreds OF them
we're promenadiug the streets all day. e -