Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-10
4 NEWS OF The DAY.

tE.a NEWS OF II Day.
n There iss no ssgo Of any relaxation. OF the
stringent policy Of Congress in regard to the
s'seceded States, /" and their pembers elect =
Not until the. committee on eeonstrucslen snal1
have completed their system, and witnesses
its acceptance and practical application VII
those States be represented IN Congress- ana
then no member will be admitted who cannot
subscribe to the test oath.
The new loan bill from the Committee OF
WAYS and Means nodifes, in .sorne resi- ects,
the bill proposed by Secretary McCulloch; OUT
whatever maybe the shape which the OH VIII
finally assume. 1t is certain that 1t VIII De al
rected to the great objects OF q reduction OF the
currency, and Of the gradual and ultimate ex7
%tinction of the public debt ~
Late ady;ces from Japan state that the mis-
sion Of the Ministers of the United States,
Great Britain. France, and Holland, to demand
the opening Ct Heoga, the. ch1et port, OF the
inland sea, had been successful, Mlkaoo
had ratified the treaties entered into between
the Tycoon aud foreign Governments, admit
ting Japan into comfy With other nations. .
q The CHILEAN feet is about to be reinforced
by a powerful screw steam ram, Quit oy the
Laird's of B~irkenhead, near liverpool ana
which sailed from the Mersey about the MID
die Of last month. Another steam ram was
lust completed also for Chill, and would leave
for its destination in a few days. -
Warren Newcombe, Esq, OF New ork city
has made a donation OF ten thousand dollars to-
wards the endowment OF Washington ' a.
College, ot which General lee is president. "A
similar donation was recently made by Mr. NC
Cormick, OF. Chicago. sLE.GA Z
The Anniversary Grafton Of the Societies. at
the University ofVa., viii be delivered on the
18th Of April, by Mr.. Garden, OF South Caro-
lima, of the Jeff Society. The celebration OF the
Washington Society comes OFT February 22d.
The officers of the army in Richmond gave
q grand ball at the Spotswood Hotel, on Fri
dav evening the End, which is stated to have
been the most brilliant gathering OF the kind
that ever took place in Richmond.
The health officer of Brooklyn, n. y, has
secured the voluntary services Of forty eminent
physicians, who will inspect every house, street
and alley in the city, in order to a thorough
cleansing against the cholera.
R. Montague, Collector Of Customs at Mo
bile, Ala, has been renewed by Assistant Sec
retarv Chandler, at the instance Of Secretary
McCu}ioch. He is charged With mlsconduct
in Office.
A most interesting ~riviyal Of religion is II
progress at Marion, Smyth county, Va. About
eighty persons have already protested to be
converted, sixty Of whom have joined the
church. . .-.
Anew romance ''Surry of Eagles Nest
by John Esten Cooke, OF Va, has just beer
published. It relates to the late war ID tht
South. It is said 10 be a work OF mulch 4n'
terest. 49, 49,,
The prospect Of the admission: Of attorneys
and counsel 10 the bar Of the u. S. courts
without subscribing 10 the test oath, Is not sc
good as it was some weeks ago.
The President Of the Texas secession con.
vention has been elected to preside over the
convention Just assembled there to reconstruct
the State government 4 .GHE.
The Secretary Of the Treasury contemplate
having The waste notes and securities that aJe
now destroyed by burning, converted into pulp
for paper stock. :#" "
All claims against the United States cognlz
able by the Court Of Claims, and of more than
six years standing, will be barred atter: the Sd
of March, 1865.
The National Inte!ligencer proposes that 8
United Service Ciuh, composed OF the officers
of the Army and Navy, be established IN Wash,
ington.
Five children o} Moses Jackson Of Northum-
berland, n. H., died Of dlptheria within ter
days, in January last. =:.
The marine losses for the past month show
an aggregate Of eighty-nine vessels.
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