Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-26
The Freedmen's Bureau will Continue Ono Year
After Peace is Declared.

Major Uen. ". ". HOWARD, commissioner OF
the freedmen bureau, has addressed the fol-
lowing circular letter to each Of his assistant
commissioners:
General: Participating the excitement that
7v;ll necessarily follow the action Of the govern
ment with regard to the new freedmen's bill,
you NAV feel somewhat embarrassed in the du
ties devolving upon you under the laws and
regulations already existing
That you may act steadily and firmly In the
emergency, you must be prepared Tor an III
creased hostility cn the part Of those who have
50 persistently hindered and troubled you and
your agents, and may be an increased restless
ness amongst the freedmen.
The President has assured the commission
erthat he regards the present law as continu
ing the existence of the bureau at least a year
from this time.
Please ascertain and report what steps have
been taken In your district by the State and
municipal authorities to provide for the abso--
lutely INDECENT and suffering refugees and
freedmen that have been and are being thrown
upon the general government tor support:
Continue to use every possible effort to lind
good homes for orphan minors who are depen-
dent and reduced, by means OF employment
offices in the different cities and villages aid
inc the unemployed to find homes and places
Of labor
You have succeeded in allaying strife, set
ting labor and promoting education IN the
midst Of great difficulties Continue with the
utmost energy and ability to pursue the same
course, SO as to demonstrate to the people OF
your district the good intentions OF the gov
ernment and the complete practlcablllty OF the
the system Of free labor Give thorough ln-
spection of every agent for whom you are re-
sponsible.
Immoralities, corruption, neglected duty,
and incapacity are sometimes complained OF
against officers and agents Of this bureau. 1t
either of these charges be sustained on lnVes-
tgation, the guilty agent will be at once re-
moved, whether he can be replaced or not
A despatch from Wheeling says :-'A salute
of one hundred guns has been hred mere to-day
in honor Of the veto of the Freedmen $ Bureau
bill. FLAGS were displayed at many Of the
private business houses, and grand mass
meeting presided over by Mayor SWeeny, held
at the court house tonight In support OF Presl-
dent Johnson's policy. The rejoicing IS par,
ticipated in hy cur best citizens, The Federal
Office holders standing a|oot The radicals IN
the State Senate Yesterday refused, by vote
ofl5to4 TO endorse the President or approve
his policy.
A notable innovation Of au Lastern custom
is thus noted by the Opinion Rationale OF
Paris: "A singular incident marked the Sc
cond ball at the Tuileries The wife OF Saviet-
Pacha. the Ambassador OF the Porte, appeared
in European costume, with her lace uncover
ed. She is perhaps the first Turkish lady that
has thus openly discarded the national pre]u-
dlces Of her cOuntry-Wemen
The steamer Winchester took tire on the
Ohio river on Saturday last near EaSt Liver
pool, and although she was run ashore as soon
as possible, SO rapid was the progress OF the
flames that the passengers could only nope TO
escape by jumping into the river. Some OF
them were saved, but fifteen OF their number
We're drowned.
Now that the war has been declared upon
the President and his policy, we may expected
to see the Radical papers flied with bogus
stories Of outrages upon the negroes. TO create
preiudice AGAINST The South There have Teen
good many such accounts already SEE a1oa5'
the greater number of which have been fe1u1ed.
Two more steamboat disasters On the " est
ern waters are recorded. The steamer i51Ilman
came into collision with the steamer, Mamie nl
Byers on Saturday morning last on the Onlo
river near Midison, Indiana, sinking the iatter at
vessel almost instantly. About thirty hVes
We're lost.
The Fenian Congress, recently IN session at
Pittsburg. adjourned on Saturday last. An
address IS to be published urging immediate
preparation for war
The moderate Republicans are said TO strong
ly endorse the refusal Of the Republican caucus
to make an issue with the President oy tne
adoption of extreme measures.
The cattle desease is increasing and extend
ing in England. Vaccination is no remedy.