Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-02
NEWS or THE DAY.
$40 stoao the re1y age and body Of the times

A dispatch from New Orleans states that K.
King Gutter and other prominent Union men
left that city on Wednesday and Thursday last.
in anticipation of riot on All Saints Day,
which is usually observed asa holiday for the
purpose OF decorating the graves in the various
cemeteries There does not appear to have
been any reason for such apprehension.
Mir. A. Il. Stewart, says the New York Fri.
bune has decided not to erect the houses fo1
the poor on the lands offered by wealthy citi.
zen for that purpose Hc will accept aid from
no source whatever, but will himself prosecute
the lroject TO completion, at an expense ap-
proS;mating nearer SIS, 900, 900 than 81, 900, 000
The votes which have been thus far taken in
the several Annual Conferences of the Southcrn
Methodists indicate the ratification, by large
majority, of the proposed change of the name
of the Church to Episcopal Methodist Church,
and the proposed introduction of lay repre$en-
ton into the General Conferences.
The Governor Of Georgia sent in his mes
sage to the Legislature of that State yesterday.
He opposes strongly the adoption of the Con.
stitutional amendment The Speaker of the
House, in opening the session, made speech
in opposition to the amendment. His remarks
were received with applause.
The New York Herald says that the exhibi
lions at Wheatley's Theatre, in New York, arc
Of the most indecent and demorazing charac
ter-far beyond anything ever yet seen in this
country and calls upon the authorities to in,
terlere.
The latest effort to Stimulate agriculture
is that of grocer at Raleigh, N. e., who of,
fers sixteen pounds Of bacon as prize for the
largest head of open cabbage (collard) to be ex-
hibited at his store Friday after next.
The wife of Gen. Wool, so years Of age, was
stricken with paralysis at Troy, New York,
yesterday, and is not expected to recover. -
Gen. Wool was absent in Baltimore, but went
to Troy Immediately.
The Superior Court of Indiana has decided
the 9Th article of the State constitution, which
forbids negroes from coming into the State, to
be in conflict with the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and void.
The Newfoundland and London Telegraph
Company have decided upon several important
improvements and new enterprises. The COM
pany will soon have three distinct lines connect
ing with the cable.
The new secret order Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic" proposes to hold u Conven,
ton at Indianapolis, Indiana, On the Goth of
the present month, for the purpose OF effecting
national organization,
The once notorious daughter of Mrs Gun
ningham Burdell-connected with The once no.
torious DR.. Burdell case, in New " rk, was one
of the victims of the disaster of the steamer
Evening Star
The regular sale of Scranton coal took place
in New York on Wednesday before large at
tendance The prices we're q shade higher
than thosa obtained at the previous auction.
About 40, 900 tons were sold.
A severe snow-storm is reported between
Denver and Salt Lake The snow was two
feet deep Trains with grain for Holiday 5
Oyeland Express Company had seventy
mules frozen to DEATH
Three hundred and flty-six thousand five
hundred and sixteen dollars in gold were taken
at the Boston Custom House for duties during
the last five days.
Gen. Ortega was TO leave New Orleans for
Texas, on Tuesday evening last.
It was confidently asserted that Ortega would
be intercept in Texas by Gen. Sedgwick.
The police in Chicago, on the night of the
Goth ult., made raid upon the disorderly
houses in that city, and arrested one hundred
and fifty abandoned women.
A dispatch from Newark, N. j., announces
the death. at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, of
Hon. William Wright one of the United States
Senators from New Jersey.
The trial of the Fenian prisoners at Toronto
Canada, has been postponed until the second
week in this month, to allow their counsel fur
Their time to procure evidence.
The Wall street bankers, alarmed at the as
poet Of affairs in Baltimore, lately sent agents
here to look after their moneys
The mountains are much higher, and press
much more closely on the sea, on the Pacific
han on the Atlantic side Of the country.
The shoe manufacturing establishments, in
md about Boston, have reduced the wages of
ourneymen, on account of slackness in business.
From Fortress Monroe we learn that the briggs
castor and E. w. Wilson, with cargoes of su-
Jar, were lost in the early part of October.
J; A splendid Jewish Temple is to be erected in