Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-05

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ALEXANDRIA,.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5. I
= u. s. ARMY.-By general orders dated Oc-.
.tober 31st, Gen. Grant prescribes. the regula-.
dions as to- applications for position 10 the army.
All the appointments Of commissioned officers
provided for by the act of July 2Sth. 1866,
having been filed, it is announced thata high
er standard of qualification, analogous to that
which prevailed before the late war, will in
future be required of all candidates for the ap-
pointment Of Second Lieut. One.tourth OF
the vacancies occurring annually will be filled,
agreeably to existing laws and regulations, from
non.commissioned officers in the army. The
remainder, not filled by the graduating classes
ot,the Military Academy will be supplied from
civil life. Applicants must have letter au.
thorizing their examination from the War
Department.. They must be over twenty and
ubueF tWthSy-eiSut years VI dSci dhu Win w
thoroughly examined as to English grammar,
reading, writing, arithmetic, algebra, geome-
try, geography, history, &c Company officers
will report to their Colonels all such non-com-
missioned officers as in their opinion merit ad
vancement. Il The Colonel will convene board
of four officers to make preliminary exapina
ton Of such non commissioned officers.
The Ultra. RADICAL PRoaRAMME-A
letterirom Lancaster received 10 Philadelphia,
says that Thaddeus Stevens is slowly recover
ing from his illness, and there is prospect
that he will be able to be in Washington on
the assembling OF Congress. ae has bill
already prepared, which he will introduce,
providing for universal suffrage in all OF the
States by act Of Congress Also, bill de6n
ing the status OF executive and judicial officers
pending their trial Ion articles ofimp eachmcnt;
and a bill similar to the one introduced in the
Thirty ninth Congress, relative to the conhsca-
tioa:ot public enemies property MIR. Stevens
will als1 propose that the Joint Committee on
Reconstruction be revived, for the purpose OF
examining che constitutions and State orga nj
zationS Of such States ashave been reconstruct
ed unler the laws Of Congress.
SOUTHERN RAILROADS. "A dispatch from
Washington states that previous to the re-
movak of Mr. Stanton, he fixed November I
as the time when the extension granted by The
President to certain railroads of their indcbt-
cdnesS tn tho e Government should expire The
Nashville and Chattanooga road a short time
since made application TO Gen. Grant Tor a
further extension beyond this date He has
decided that no more extensions will tic given
to Southern railroads. The House Committee
appointed to investigate this matter were, ac,
cording to latest reports, at Nashville. r. s5}
The last number of Blackwood's Magazine
contains most 7scathing article, under the
head of Work and Murder, on the Trade
Unions in Great Britain, their abuses, and out
RACES, and injury to themechanical and manu-
featuring industry and success. 1t states that
to such an extent has the tyranny of these
Unions been carried, that mechanics and
working men themselves are rising in orposi
ton, and resisting their exactions and demands
In one district, the workmen have presented to
the manager of q manufacturing company, a
service of silver, as mark of their gratitude
fnr his support and assistance In enabling them
to free themselves from the dictatiou Of one Of
these Trade, Unions and they are daily quit.
ting these associations
It is stated that Cen Buffers committee
appointed to investigate the ass lssi nation of
President Lincoln, has not yet taken any evi
dcnce ON the subject, and will not before the
assembling OF Congress consequently they
will not be able to report during the present
session The committee whose duty it is to
investigate the treatment of Federal prisoners
in prisonduring the late war, vi Gen. Shanks
as chaigman, have been pursuing their examin-
atoms 10 New Hampshire, Vermont and Mas
sachusetts. They have just returned from
Boston where they examined some ninety wit
nesses. aa ..:st.,i gs
Gen. L. Thomas, the Adjt. Gen. Of the u.
S., is on a tour of inspection of the T. S.
soldiers cemeteries, and has visited those Of
North Carolina He reports the one at Sails
bury in a very bad condition !; at Raleigh, pass
able, land at Wilmington, discreditable. He
is now visiting those in South Carolina, and
will proceed thence to Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida The one in Alexandria is We expect,
as well kept and attended to, SIS any in the
country. .a hsa
The Baltimore American, with lamb-like in
nocence, asks, who is Mr.. Hunnicutt p 1t
thinks Hunnicult cannot be very ferocious
character, because, when in centspcech, be
asked bis colored followers and satellites if he
adprcached confscation, or sought to make a
BLACK man party they, in obedience TO his
wishes, shouted no! If he had wanted an
affirmative answer, they would all have as
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