Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-31
e 3ALEX.A N.DRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81.

ALExsA NsDRlA.
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81:
Whilst the OLD: YEAK is going out, with
some pleasant and tender memories, and many
mournful ones, clustering around it, the New
YEAH is Fastening to take, its place, and will,
in a few hours more, *unrol its scroll for the
record of tbs days that are to come Thank
full for ali the nercies and blessings we have
enjoyed, 10 midst of ,calar1ities not often
before experienced, let us be. grateful to the
Almighty, acknowledging his power and good
ness, and trusting, that even such suferlnss as
We have endured, may be for cur good Lst
no shadow Of dependency darken our hearts,
or repress our enegies and determination TO
profit blythe lessons of the post, or unnerve
us for the performance of our duty n5the tu:
tuIea bet ustturn with hope to the New Year
and5determine so to live through it, if life is,
allotted to u.s. as t0s be enabled to ]ook==back
upon it, on the arrival ot its successor, with no
other feelings than those which should make
us happy feelings of submission, ccDtentment,
land a consciopsDess.of rectirudezof intention.
Let resolve upon5all proper efforts constant
" to fulfil our several avocations honestly, con-
scientiously, and, acseptably, towards God and
towards ourfellow men. ,as. ggsEz
We, inLanticipation of tomorrow's dawn,
wish2our readers "a HAPPY NEW YEAR, and
ta qaya5fesr t5eRRh d CHA rhb fie E%4h4s SA
The reports o an anticipated rising Of the
Degroes in.the Southern tier Of counties ia
Virginia, are sail to be greatly exaggerated
No disturbances Ct. this kind are apprehecded
Asdispa,ch from Richmond, Qron what source
is not stated soys:-"E Exaggerated accounts
teeeraphed from this city, have no better
foundation than that few days srce squad
of soldiers was sent to Halifax, because dis.
turbance att hrls,m4s Was feared. The negro
population throughout The State is as quiet, as
far east an armed insurrectlnn is concerned, as
they have been since emanci patton. II. iti; I
Military Headquarters nor the Frcedmcn's
Bureau has been advised of airy apprehension
oftrounIe. ',sa L, . e,.ls0a.
The N. Y. Tribune concludes one of its ar
ticles on Southern Distress, as follows: Men
who would gladly revive the f4egng energies
of the South, tighten her miseries, and restore
her TO yigor and prosperity take or send down
your money and buy Southern lands The
N.eY-s I'm M, thag tbs. process Of AF'i-
: cauis ngs tbs South, now going o., is MT ony
r6pagnant -, Anglo Saxon sentiment, hut 1t i,
=
to turn 70, he government to tbs who are
Hutterly without experience in civil affairs. ul'
accu tom d. even to care for them ELVES in the
smallest matters of daily lite, and certain, Tor a
long time. to come, to be mere tools in the
hands oflself ,h,s unscrupuEous and irsesponsi-
bic politicians : g.. M .S'
- Gem .Bu,ier is not disposed tamcly to submit
toiotherswearing his taurels! He is not Coz.
tent With the honors his career at Dutch Gan,
Fort Fisher, and New Dreams won, bnt h.
writes t, the New Ynrk Times tha, he c m
man!ed in New York at he time Of The No..
veuter riot, anc that to him, and not to Gen.
Dix, b longs the honor of preserving the peace;
efttat city ! Neither he press nos the people.
of the metropolis seem disposed to corcede
Hero of New York TO his other titles. !.
20 The. statement of the public debt vii be pub
lished on Tuesday, January It'll It is rerort-
cd that there will be about eigh'y MI Inns
of dollars in god on hand at the beginning Of
the new year. Out Of this are to be paid
about thirty mil ions to meet. the interesr on
the public debt and principal Of the bonds of
1867, maturing on the first prozimo, the twe"-
tyefour years bonds of 1857, the semi annual
in crest on bonls Of 1881, and the semi annual
interest On sos.
Secretary cCullo,h has had prepared slate
ment showing the amount of money furnished
blythe several Northern and Western States
for the equipment of troops, &C., during the
war. From this statementit viii appear that
$40, 900 OOOywere advanced by the States, that
claims for about $50, 900 900 have been adjust
ed, and that of the remaining $10,O0o.0 600
claimed about seventy per cent. will be allowed
by the United States
The ladies Of the U. s. officers now stationed
in Richmond, Va, have organizedaa regular
, relief organization to minister to he vans Of
1.-THE poor of tnat city. In this; the ladies are
ably seconded by energetic efforts on the part
.sof the ofcers. themselves and for this G. ristian
work, they deserve the thanks of every citizen Of
Richmond and every citizen OF the State
Is Gen, Sherman intenis remaining in Wash
siineton several weeks longer, during which pc
Rod he will complete his report Of the Ind an
p,acy cen1missi n He asserts that the mag
nitude OF the3 Indian dis urbances has been
greatly exaggerated, and that tie real cost OF
the war Ia the West, was much less than has
h en- rem, e.ented ~. .3tts # ia