Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-09
Ths A1exaudrla Gazetts
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY. g..

TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY. 9.
PROCEEDINGS Of CONGRESS. u.
The Senate yesterday, Was.in session, Only
for half an hour. Anew petitions were present
ed and resolutions Of inquiry adopted.
tho House Of Representatives.. Mr Saith Saith.
offered d resolution, ealing On the President 10
co1fanlu.ssoate any Information IN possession Of
the Government in relation to the kidnapping
Of She child OF AN Amer: can lady IN the clty OF
Weyioo. ~ the u;urDer IN Mexico, so-ca!ieo
Ernnp~or 1,,9}er the pretence OF making u o
nripca; whether the United States has oeeS
asked to interfere With view OF having tns
child returned TO its parents; and what acton
if aDy, has been taken on-the subject lhe res
olution was passed
Mr. Williams offered a resolution that II Or
der to the maintenance Of the national autnofle
sty and the protection OF the loyal oltl2gns u
the seeding States il is the sense OF TINS Mouse
that the military forces OF the government
should not be withdrawn from those States I'M
I'll tbe iva Houses Of Congress shall have as
certained and declared their further presence
there no LONGER necessary. The resolution was
agreed to-yeas "a, nays 81.
The House passed the resolution. heretofore
Offered ly MIR. Ward, of New York, depounclng
polvgamy, and declaring that like It's tWln-sls!er
slavery, It should be swept from the Territories
of the republic, If it should require the whole
peyer Of the Government to do so, and dlrec-
ting inquiry into the conduct OF certain Gevern-
ment officials in Utah. The House, In Com
anittee of the Whole, sat for sometime, and Va
rious speeches were made ia relation to the sta
tus of the Southern States, and kindred sue
jects.
The Monroe Doctrine meeting in New York
was we'll attended, and speeches were made and
resolutions passed One Of the resolutions
spoke OF the serious disarraugement Of prepa-
rations resulting from the sudden death ofHon.
Henry Winter Davis.
% An idea prevails hat the Tennessee members
of Congress viii be first admitted to their seats,
. and thea after an interval, the members from
the other Southern States.
General SCOTS health is improving. lie
had reception on New Years day at Key
West
Secretary Stanton has concIaded not to mas
ter out the eighty general officers whom it was
understood were to he relieved ft0n1 further ser
vice by,an order frosn the War Department.
The reason assigned is thar Congress- is expect
ed 10 legisiate on the subject We are also tolI
thatit now seems to be she settled policy OF he
: Government TO continue tho commissions OF all
officers pho did meritor;oas service during The
Il late war.
PEP A Mr. tE;ouveIot Of 1Icdford, Mass, some
years ago discovered native siIE-worms II the
z woods Igehas been highly Successful in propa-
eatingi hem, and has now On hand several hun
dred thousand. They are perfectly hardy,
thriving well n the open air AID living co the
birch, chesrut and willow. @ ~
49, A despatch from Galveston states that a
merchant of New Orleans was robbed recently
by highwaymen of the sum of.one hundred and
sixteen thousand dollars in greentacks on the
San Antonio road
The order prohibiting the importation flor
egn cattle during the prevalence Of the Kinder
pest has been >,,~i noot}jfo H.v he Secretary
Of tue re guy. Ga ;ni1at the. pn>poriasiqnl
Of Canadian i:or>a%, mules ana asses. (.
az. 4 eeS,aspoutlan; 1T I'o15r Monroe writes
that large Quanti, los 81 she bedding ofthe Hamp-
ton general hospital have been bought t0 tn;i.-
ish hotels in Baltimore, Washington aut! I iIii
adelphia,
Alex H. Stephens, in late letter, says that
he found the country in Georgia In worse con
dition than he had expected. He hopes Tor
wise eeunsels in Washington.
- Dr. O. ". Holmes, the distinguished poet
and author, endorses the limestone theory.
r. .ve: IN kentucky, Ohio and Western
NeGuo@f, MA grew to larger seize because Of
tie ,n,>say.le under the SOL. >
Il is represented that recuiting for the regu-