Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-23

q tax OF ten cts. on all manufactured tobacco
and snuff, cigars excepted; favoring Govern
ment stamps to be paid for before using, pro-
svided the tobacco tax is reduced to the. spec
fedrate, (ten cts and to be placed on each
package, so as to preclude second use; and that
any legislation reducing the tax on tobacco
should be prospective, and cot 60 into effect In
less than sixty days from the passage ofthe act.
It will be seen BY the military order issued
by Gen Schofeld, published in another col
umn that the ballots OF white and lored yot-
ers at the coming election in lrginias are to
q be received separately. In every district OF
FIVE hundred voters three persons are to be APP
pointed to assist the registering officer in re-
ceiving votes Where there are more than
five hundred, six persons are to assist, all be-
ing, previously sworn to al impartia discharge
Of their duties, and selected from among the
registered voters Of their district.
so The Washington correspondent of the Lon
don Herald says that ut is well known at the
capital that: Mr.. Stewards friendship for Mr.
Stanton'i is founded on fear, Mr.. Stanton pos.
sessing some secrets that Mr.. Seward would
mot for the world have made known. The late
Secretary of War, we are told, could give to
the public startling story Of inside events, in
9 which Mr. Seward has played a conspicuous
aud not,,yery creditabe part" We do not
know what truth there may be in this state
.uent. ~ GaY
a dispatch from Nortorlk states that Gen.
Tocbman of the Virginia Emigration Society,
has arrived in Norfolk as the European agent
of the State, to ascertain the probabilities of
making that port the rendezvous OF numerous
Polish families who are, expected shortly to
Migrate. Twelve hundred emigrants are said
to be expected the coming season. The next
session Of the Virginia Legislature will be asked
tor aid to the enterprise. Individual contrbu-
tons have reached considerable figure. 3
Official circulars addressed to the members
Of the Grand Army of the Republic > by tie
provisional commanders of the Department
of the Potomac and Of the District Of Wash
ington,' calllupon them to assemble at 9
clock this evening in 1.-THE rooms OF Posts
Nos l and ?, on Ninth street, in Washington,
thence to tender complimentary serenade at
their hotels to Major General Philip Fl. Sheri-
dan and Brevet Major Gen. Daniel E. Sick!es,
u. S. A." n v 7e1st
The Richmond correspondent of the New
York Herald says: ''The lines between the two
wings of the Radical party in Virginia, arc be-
ing sharply drawn. One wing is in favor OF
adopting the constitutional amendment pro-
posed by Congress as a platform of the party,
and of gong into the canvass at the approach
ing election Oh this PLATFORM the other wing
goes for confscation and the EXTREMIST measures
of the radicals in every particular
~ Gov Orr's letter to Gen. Sickles, approving
of the administration of Gen. Sickles as Mill
tary Commander Of the Military District of
North and South Carolina is eagerly seized
hold of by the Radical papers, as conaemna-
ton Of President johnson, and as proof that
the Southern people themselves were satisfied
with Gen. Sickles W
From Hayti we learn thas the new President
Salnave, has submitted 80 the Chambers an
order warning all foreigners against any public
expression of opinion in regard to she political
affairs Of the country Another revolution IS
said to be inevitable Business is paralyzcd.
pestitution prevails and robberies are .perpe
trated almost with impunity.
Be-
:s. A general court-martial, convened by special
order Of Gen. Schofeld, met in the u. s.
courtroom in Richmond on Thursday, the
10Th inst, for the trial of such persons in the
military service as may be brought before it.
1t is said that one .or more cases from tins
place will be tried before this Court Martial.
The funeral services over the remains OF Sir
Frederick Bruce will be held in Trinity Church,
in Boston tomorrow Everything will be as
private as possible. After the funeral service
the remains will be conveyed on board Of
steamship and taken to England.
There was meeting of the friends Of Presi-
dent johnson, at BladensbuGg, Md, on Satur-
day last, which was addressed by f. W. Belt,
Montgomery Blair, Col. Walter Bowie, and
others.
WASHINGTON ITEMs.-The bids received at
the Office of General Ramsey, at the United
States Arsenal, for tearing down the old peni-
Tertiary, some thirty or forty in number, were
opened Saturday at - NJ. No award was
made The average of the bids was about
$4,000, ranging from $1,000 to $4,000.
Public temperance meetings were held yes
J, terday afternoon at various localities in the
city, the principal ones being those held at the
Northern Liberties Market House, at the east
front Of the Patent Office, and in front Of