Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-19
NEWS or THE DA r.
"7o, ;shoo the gerry age and body Of the times. -

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The Senate yesterday agreed with the House
amendments to the tenure Of Office bill prohibit
ing tue Presidentfrom removing his Cabinet adj
visers without consent of the Senate. This
provision has twice been voted down, but was
finally Incorporated in the bill on the assurances
of MIR. Sherman that otherwise the bill would
fail A number lodged the vote, including
Messrs. Fessenden, Foster and Harris.
Dr. Hawley, the medical examiner at the
Auburn IN. Y. State prision has, it is said,
after a careful examination of Lindsey, the
child-whipper, pronounced him Of unsound
mind, in consequence of a spinal disease OF
many years standing. a1..
1t is supposed that the Baltimore Confer
ence of the Episcopal Methodist Church South
will vote 50 as to secure the success Of the pro-
position for lay delegation. The proposition
for change of name seems to be lost
On Saturday, 10000 bushels CT corn we're
brought from Baltimore to Richmond over the
Central road, to be shipped to Savannah, Ga.
A vessel is now in the Dock waiting 10 be laden
with it. E".--' 800. "a. = -.
A cable dispatch reports the loss Of the ship
Addison, of Kennebeckp port with the loss of
all hands except captain, mate, and four sea-
men The captain wife and child were lost.
The bridge over the Maumce River at
Toledo, Ohio, which was over ttrec:quartcrs
of d mile long,. was carried away by the
breaking up of the ice on Sunday, last,
A telegram. received from Harpcr's Ferry
yesterday states that the Rev. Dr.. Costello, the
Catholic clergyman officiating at that place. died
there on Sunday evening. a..... - ......
The House committee on naval affairs have
decided to report in favor Of removing the naval
school from Annapolis. aE iii.
Three shocks Of an earthquake were felt
at San Diego, California, on the lst instant.
The Telegraph Bill was defeated in the Vir-
gnia House of Delegates on Saturday. .r
DEsT1TUTIoN IN THE SOUTH Rev II. c.
Hornady, highly respected and reliable cler-:
gyman, OF Atlanta, Ca, writes from that city
as follows, under date of February 9: $50. $50.
IA large portion of this State and of others
was trampled by the iron hoof of war. Farm
houses we're burned, fences destroyed, stock
killed OF. driven away. Thousands OF women
aud children became refugees. and crowded
into those portions Of country where they
could find immunity from the horrors and dan
gers Of war | was among the first to visit this
city after it was destroyed by Gen. Sheridan's
army, and as [ had to travel twenty five miles,
I saw not single living animal along Their route,
except the miserable mules which carried the
party. Later in the Spring passed over the
same route aud saw wheat fields which had
been sown without an enclosure, and although
the grain was exposed, there was no stock to
depredate upon it, This, was told, was the
condition Of things from this city, to Chatta-
nooga, u mean distance of one hundred and
fifty miles. Similar to this was the desolation
along the line OF Shermans march through
the State, but not quite so destructive.
The people returned as soon as they could to
the districts from which they had been driven,
and began the melancholy work Of rebuilding
their ruined homes. The farms were partially
inclosed, grain was planted, and every effort
made to supply themselves and families with
food But drouth came instead of fruitful
seasons The heavens became brass and the
earth iron, so that the husbandInan's hopes
we're DIdSCeu, Uut Sdtuei lllS stleHStN IuHl
their dcsperation the people again plowed and
sowed, but again deranged seasons overlook
the crops and doomed the farmer to disap-
pontmcnt. ..-. ......
Many who had been substantial farmers are
now under the necessity Of buying all the pro-
visions necessary to be used in making another
crop. From refulinquiry, / think there is
not more than grain enough in the State of
Georgia to last until the end of March.
In The county Of Cherokee the Inferior Court
has made out list OF twelve hundred persons
who need Immediate relief. In the county of
Henry, in the opposite direction from this
point, the Court has list Of CT ght hundred
destitute people. In this city there are two
thousand people without employment or means
of support.