Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-18
ALEXANDRIA.

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ALEX.AND
WEDNEsDAYEvENING, DRgEMBER1s IS.
It wilLbe seen that the Lynohburg and Dan
Vile Railroad Company, is trying the expert
ment of On applications to- Congress- for public
lands, Lib lid Of its Improvement. We sup.
pose the Company acts upon, the idea, that
whilst all the lands are going, il might as we'll
have portion Of that which is being given to
"all the world and the rest of mankind" And
indeed, IF these divisions of tho public lands
are to be continued, We do not see why the
Lynehbdrg and Danville Road, has not as good,
if not great deal better claim, to them, than
many other railroads which have been gorged
with these land donations. But We shall see
what will be the result Of the applications
Gen Howard, with the approval of Gen.
Grant, has issued an order reducing the num-
Der of agents and officers of the ireedmen's
bureaus, aud ordering that, with the exception
of superintendents of education, on and after
the 18th Of February, 1853, al officers and
agents in the following States b. discharged.
viz: Maryland, Kentucky, West Virgins,
and Tennessee The senior officer of the regu-
lar army in command of troops will be hereaf
ter assistant commissioner 10 the above named
States He will have a small, movable force
available to send to any disturbed district
where there shall be evident necessity for inau.
enee. ~
It will be seen by the ''private" letter Of
Gen. Grant, to the President, in relation to the.
emovals of Mr.. Stanton, late Secretary Of
War, and Gen. Sheridan, late Military Com
manderlin Louisiana and Texas, that Gen. G.
Was opposed to the removal of MIR. S., and out
and out. to the removal of Gen. S., the reten-
tion Of the latter Of whom he appears particu-
larly to have desired, both on account Of what
he had done, and what be might do, thereat-
ter. THIS letter will delight the friends of Mr..
Stanton and Gen. Sheridan, and the Radical
leaders, generally, and will probably, have its
influence upon the Senate in the case Of Mr..
Stanton now before that body.
The negotiations between the u s. and
British Government, in relation to what are
called the Alabama claims have, thus far, ter
minated in this; that Lord Stanley while
agreeing to limited reference of the claims,
distinctly announces that England cannot con-.
sent to submit to any tribuoa her policy in
recognizing the Confederate States as bellige-
rent power Mr. Seward has replied that the
condition being inadmissible, the proposed
limited reference is declined. And, there the
matter rests, for the present.
An Executive order has been issued by Pres
ident johnson, advising that all communica
tons in writing intended for the Executive De-
partment of the Government, and relating to
public business, be transmitted directly in the
first instance to the head Of the particular De
partment to which the care of the subject mat,
ter ofsthe communication properly belongs
The Santa Fe New Mexican is 'down'' in
very bitter article upon Gen. j. P Slough, the
Chief Justice of that Territory, and makes
some severe charges about his public course
and conduct. The counter statement Of Gen.
Slough if any about recent occurrences in
Santa Fe, has not appeared ~.
Senators Chandler, of Michigan and Nye,
of Nevada, and other members of Congress of
the Radical party, are in Richmond gone
there, probably, to regulate their brethren in
the Radical Convention now in session.
Prof Chester Dewey, DID,, Ill D., died
at his residence in Rochester, New York, last
week, in the S4th year of his age. He was
distinguished as a chemist, geologist, and
theologian
twill be seen by the foreign news that the
report that Spain has offered to sell Cuba and
Porto Rico to the u. S., is contradicted. But,
may not Mr.. Seward have offered to buy those
islands? 49,
Mr.. John Randolph has been appointed
Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, to fill
the vacancy oocasioned some time ago by the
resignation OF James c.. yelling, esq.
The harbor Of Baltimore continues open,
although navigation is somewhat i'm peded by
the floating ice in the river and bay. The new.
ioe-boat is rapidly approaching completion.
Bishop Johns's Memoir of the latc Bishop
Meade will be published in February next
1t will be limo. volume Of 500 pages or more.
Horace Greeley, in his autobiography, says
that part of his apprenticeship was spent in
printing Office, where there was no discipline
and nnsnrnner command and authority exer-