Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-18
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST IS.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
20 &aoao the ve1y age end bodyof tic time

made, Col. ". A. Nichols for duty with Gen.
Sherman in Missouri; Major VIM. d. Whipple
9Th General Thomas in Tennessee; Major
Chauncey Mckecver with General W S. Han
cock in Missouri Major George d. Rugglcs
nth General Meade on temporary duty; Major
John ?. Sherburne to the department. Of Cali
.ornia; Major Samuel T. ChalGn with General
Major Joseph H. Taylor with General Carby
u Washington Gen. Daniel E. Sickles has
;2en rendered the colonelcy Of the Second Col
o:ed Infantry, with the rank Of brevet brig
ldier general in the regular army. It is stated
nat re has declined the appointment.
The order of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
calling in the temporary loan, will cause the
.oGers of those loans to seek investments Of
heir funds in the 5 20s and 10 40s, probably to
he amount Of fifty millions dollars. Thcamount
y temporary loans thus paid off will be some
hing over 100000. The Treasurer is en-
Toying all his available force in the work Of
converting 7-30 notes into 20 gold bearing
5onds, the benefit to the public being the pay
az tne accrued interest on the bondsin curren,
x, and at the end Of the six months receiving
.ee;c Interest back in coin, besides The CONVEX
.io@ Of seven three-tenth currency short note
TO 6 per cent long bond.
The line of railroads from Louisville to Mem
3his was open for passengers and freight, with
at change Of cars, for the first time On the
:2il instant. This line Of road is made up as
follows The Louisville and Nashville road,
:.cns Louisville to the Bowling Green; Mem
o.a;5 branch of the Louisville ard Nashville
,oa3, from Bowling Green to State line; Mem
Ills Ciarksvillc and Louisville road, from State
Inc to Paris, Tenn. and the Memphis and
ohio road, from Paris to Memphis. This will
,e the first time complete railroad connection
.5s been made between the two cities BY this
cate.
Gov. Throckmorton, Of Texas, tclcgraphs
ile Secretary Of State that he has been duly
Installed in Office, and has assumed the Govern
-ieE.t CT his State, that he and the other State
o:II;;ccTs viii now prove by their acts that the
confidence rcposcd in their integrity and pa
.!iotisIa by the President has not been mis-
jiaccG and, by the same showing, they will
con?ince the incredulous people Of the North
en- States that the citizens Of Texas are loyal
. tlc Government, and in favor Of maintain
.ng anG supporting the Constitution and the
J::ion
FRS. Movatt, writing from London, says
ia; Tcnnyson has recently been III such state
G. fierce indignation in consequence Of the lib
tiles taken by some American letter w,itc:,
nat he had made up his mind 10 close lis
;oor5 against the crowd Of Americans who ven
.rrcd to call and pay homage to his genius
Without any special introduction \ party
arrived while her informant was present, but
II. Ten0yson received the cards, not the vi>-
.1:S
One day last week 4 gentleman, Who regis
,2reG his name as Ryan, from Montreal, Cana
-, lett the Monumental Hotel, i'll Richmond,
C DC absent only day or two. He has not
cen inearG Of since and as he has left in his
con at the hotel about four hundred dollars
1oTth Of baggage, there are strong suspicious
g. fGli pIay, Or that some accident has happen
*, SC him.
/. young :nan named Lloyd visited 4 young
KY at :'rankiord, Mo-, whose parents were
opposed tc his attentions, and while cndeavor
&c 10 arrange with his bctrothcd for their mar
,i&gc: quarrel cnsued between him and the
1;ri'S parents, and he killed them both with &
,:niGe, end then fed but was pursued and ar
:esteG
Ccl. lamb, the agent Of the Virginia and
liverpool Steamship Line, and who was wreck
Il short time since on the pioneer ship-thc
:Gphcsus--will return to Norfolk this week.
Whether any further efforts will be made to
.o-osia5lish this line is not yet known, but we
acpo soor to announce that such efforts will be
,aado.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says We wish
>ur country subscribers would pay up their
subscriptions. Every thing We buy is cash.
Christians, particularly, ought to set into the
oebit Of including Honesty among their duties.
:; is Just as important as Prayer.
Che President has made the following ap-
,ointmanis: Robert E. Peterson, Of Pa, and
Charles g. Norton, of New York, to be l. S.
commissioners to the Paris Exposition. Col.
r. r. Boiling, Of KY, to be surveyor Of the
customs for the port of Louisville
Tie Samuel Brewster and Smith Briggs,
Government steamers, the former being sunk
," the Coniederatcs in the Appomattox River,
old .hc latter in the Nansemond, have been
eised and sold at Norfolk
Eve negro men named Cornelius johnson
eaG Isaiah Jones fought a duel at place near
Jcrcyeas Ferry, on the Savannah River, Ga.
2st week johnson was shot il the thigh and
ones in the arm.
!'ne Memphis Bulletin learns that Capt. B.
-.Watkins, Sheriff of Clarke CO., Ark, abscon,
Id tot he