Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-20
NEWS OF THE DA 7.
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Negro delegates have been elected in Georgia
to meet in Convention, at Augusta, IN July, to
memorable Congress in behalf of the right OF
suffrage and trial by jury, by men Of their own
color. Some of the Delegates are opposed to
the Freedmen's Bureau, which they denouncc
as mischievous and creative of disturbances be-
tween the races. The agent Of the Bureau at
Griffin is reported to have prohibited the ne
groes from speaking disrespectfully Of the Blu
rcau, and, it is said, arrested the delegates who
had denounced it, but they were subsequent
ly released by civil authority.
Contrary to the first report, it is understood
that Gen Joseph Il. Johnston has declined
the Presidency Of the Selma Railroad, to which
he was recently elected, and will continue in
his present position asPrcsidcnt Of the Nation
al Express Company, with his headquarters in
Baltimore. We learn that the business Of this
company continues to show a most gratifying
Increase.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald states that the proposition OF MIR.
Stevcns,ia the House of Representatives. to en-
dorse twenty millions of Mexican bonds was in
consequence Of an understanding recently had
with Juarez who offered to pledge Sinaloa,
chihuahua and Sonora as security for the loan.
\ warrant was applied for at Boston, for the
detention Of tie steamer Cherokee, on the
ground that she was about to leave that port,
under commission from Chill, to operate as .
privateer against Spanish commerce. Before
the warrant was issued the steamer sailed.
The bill establishing q Department Of Edu-
cation passed the House yesterday. Itauthor-
ICES the appointment Of Commissioner Of
Education, salory $4,000 per anuum; Chief
Clerk, $500: and two additional clerks, at a
salary of $500 and ST. GOO.
1t is reported that the court-martal in the
case Of Lieut. Col. Paulding have reached a
decision which virtually amounts to an acquit-
tai, that although dsobeying orders in remov-
ing the deposits, he was guiltless of any fraud
ulent intention.
4 quantity of the new five cent coin Was re-
ceived at the Treasury Department yesterday,
and to those who make application, it is paid
cut in sums Of any amount, at the window Of
the paying teller in the cash room of the
Treasury.
A naval officer connected with the Ordnance
Department at Brooklyn, New York, has been
arrested on the charge of selling cargo of
gunpowder, valued at twenty five thousand
dollars and appropriating the money to his
own use.
It is reported from Washington that there is
no probability of the immediate release of Mr..
Davis on ball. President johnson is said to
regard it as question for the civil courts-at
least Tor the present.
The Senate,in executive session, on Monday,
rejected the appointment Of e. a. Carman as
Assessor for the fifth district Of New Jersey,
and Of Il. II. Goldsmith, postmaster at Cam
den, n. j.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS was
given in the Senate, yesterday, that the new
tax bill from the House, with the proposed
would be called up today. The
army bill was amended and passed, Us was also
the bill to grant lands in aid of the construction,
of railroad and telegraph line from Salt Lake
City to the Columbia river. The army appro-
pliation bill was then taken up, and an amend
ment adopted appropriating the following sums
to support the Freedmen's Bureau: For sal
aries OF the commissioner and assistants, SAT,
500; Tor clerks, $50, 500; for clothing, sl,l7O,-
600; for commissary stores, $3,l6O,2jO; for
medicine 100000: for transportation 81 $780,
900 for school superlntcndents, $4,000, and
for repairs of school houses, $5O0,OOO; various
other amendments were adopted and the bill
was passed. 4 motion to take up, the House
bill to continue in force for three years more
the Frcedmen's Bureau, was disagreed to
yeas II, nays II, after which the bill granting
lands for the construction Of railroad from
the Missouri river to the Pacific was passed.
The House agreed to the report Of the COM
nlttcc of conference on the dsagreeing votes,
N the river and harbor bill, so that it was
in: lily passed. The vote rejecting the bill to
sta bish 4 Department of Education was recon
Ide red, and the bill passed The minority of
he reconstruction committee made report
ETH g forth their views.
GOLD.
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