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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
Change i'm Military Commands.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARM1,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, Dec. %, 1851.

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, Dec %, 1867.
By direction of the President Of the United
States the following orders are made:
I. Breyet Major Genera! f. . c. Ord will
turn over the command of the Fourth Military
District to Brevet Major Gen. A e Gi!lem, and
proceed to San Francisco, California, to take
command of the Department of California.
II. On being relieved By Major General orc,
Brevet Major General Irwin Mellow Il Will
proceed to Vcksburg, Mississippi and reIi ye
General Gillem in command of the Fourth Mill
itarv District.
III. Brevet Major General John Pope is
hereby relieved Of the command Of the Third
Military District, and will report, without de-
lay, at the Headquarters Of the Army. for fur
thnr orders turning over his command t. the
next senior officer until the arrival OF his sue
cessor
" Major General George G. Meade is as
signed to the command Of the Third Nl'1inry
District, and will assumsIt without delay. The
Department Of the East will be commAnded by
the senior officer now on duty in 1t, until n
commander is named by the President.
" The officers assigned in the foregoing or.
de;s to command Of military dis riots Will cx-
ercise therein any and all powers conferred by
acts Of Congress uprn district ommandcrs. and
also any and all powers pertaining to IN !lLary
department commanders.
VI Brrvet Mai General Wager SWayne,
colonel 45th United States infantry, is hereby
relieved from duty in the Bureau Of Refugees,
RRsedmen, md Abandoned Lands and will
proceed to Nashville, Tennessee, and assume
com mand of h 9 reg ment.
By command Of General GRANT
+. D., TOWNSEND,
ASsis ant Adiutunt General.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS. Wash
ington correspondent Of the Baltimore Ameri-
can gives an indication of the movements OF
the members of the Soldiers and Sailors Union
League 1t is pretty generally understood that
this convention will nominate Gen. .. S.
Grant as their standard bearer but who viii
be their candidate for Vice President is not SO
clear.
.'The committee appointed at the meeting OF
the representatives of the Soldiers Leagues
throughout the country, held here two weeks
ago, to communicate with various military men
as to the propriety of holding national con-
ven'ion of soldiers and sailors next May, to
nominate a Presidential ticket, report that
responses have been received, approving the
plan, from number of prominent military
officers, including two or three who are Govern
ors of States.
Another conference is to be held here or the
Sth Of January next, when an address is to be
prepared, and the time and place tor holding
the convention decided upon.
The leaders of this movement advocate the
plan of holding the convention at Chicago a
week previous to the opening of the Radical
National Convention and then to proceed to
nominate such ticket as the latter will be
compelled to accept, or take issue with the SOL
diers and the country.
The secret of the entire matter is that the
convention will be held to further the designs
of some candidate for the Vice Presidency, who
hopes by obtaining the nomination OF soldiers
to find place on the Radical ticket.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

UAVING SECURED THE SERVICES ~
IL Mr.. JOHN kIDW WELL VI
AS FOREMAN AND CUTTER
would invite those who wish to have M,
feet fitting BOOTS and SHOES made, to a pv.,
me call. A. ROSENTHA7
dec 3-tJanl9 50, King st.
MY STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,
for fall and winter being now COMPLETE, |
would respectfully solicit an inspection of the
sam.
Besides the extensive assortment OF the most
elegant and fashionable Shoes of PHILADEL-
PHlA MA"UFACTURE, rs well as of my
OWN MAKE 1 would offer as speciaties:
A good MiSsEs' BOOT, at 81 g.
LADIES Is
Custom work made rs usual
LEATHER and FINDINGS, wholesale and
retail A. ROSENTHAL
&c. King ST.
WAsHlhGroN STORE, SIT, 9TH street, Inteli-
gencer building doors above d street.
oct I4---2m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

WASHINGTON ITEMS Mr.. B osseil, the
CITY register si refus IS to draw is check for
the amount Of money du. the teachers of II Q
public schools His excus, is an agreement
with the Bank Of Washin 5toa that no corpo-
alton checks are TO be presented between De
cember 10th and January lst. He is acting in
the interest of the colored school trustees.
The remains ofthe late Gen. Griffin who died
of yellow fever in Texas, last fall, were inter
red on Saturday with military honors in Oak
Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. They were es-
cortcd from the depot by the troops OF this de-
partment, under command OF Gen. Buell..
Generals Grant and Sherman and members Of
tn cir staff partcipatedin the ceremonies.
Mr.. S. j Bowens term as city postmaster
expires in short time, and as he has no hope
Ola reappointment, he has gone back 10 his
CID position as clerk 10 the office OF The secre'
tary of the Senate, and it is said that he now
ils that office, while still holding the position
OF postmaster.
John Tongman who was shot on Christmas
night, by ali unknown colored man, died yester-
day of his wounds. The peri ctr5tor has not
yet been discovered.
The u. S revenue department has seized
the Potomac ulStlleryi the feclilylug eSCanls'
ment of White & Co., and cellar at Green
Springs above Conference.-The places hav-
ing liquor in thenl for the alleged purpose of
evading the revenue laws and defrau1ing the
government.
One thousand dawes of bread will be de!iv-
cred to the poor Of the First Ward, from the
station house, on K street, near Twentieth, on
"Wednesday morning This hand ONE New
Years Offering is donated by Mr., Calvin
Wilmer.
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Political Movements.

New YORK, Dec g. The committee of
%, appointed by the Grant meeting at the
Cooper Institute on the 4th inst, held a meet
ing Thursday evening, Alexander T. Stewart
president A circular letter was adopted, to
be sent to business men throughout the coun-
try, urging them to organize meetings similar
TO the one held at the Cooper Inst tute, ex-
elusive of parties, for the purpose Of urging
Gen. Grant as the candidate of the people Of
all grades of polirics, for the next Presidency.
In pursuance of calls issued by the headquar-
ters Of the respective wings Of the Republican
party, Radical and Conservative, the annual
meetings we're held last night the several as
semby districts of this city and officers Of the
district organizations ADD delegates to the Gen
eral Committee were elected for the ensuing
year. The Radical faction had full meetings,
and in most of the districts there was only one
ticket
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

IMMIGRATION MEETING IN RICHMOND. "A
notice is published 10 the Richmond papers
from number Of leading citizens, inviting the
people of Rich nond to meet at the City Hall
this evening, to take into consideration the
very important subject of Immigration. The
meeting will be addressed by several d stln-
guished speakers, and DR.. Oliver, an eminent
Scotchman, Of enlarged experience and great
information, who has lately been lccturing at
Lynchburg and other parts, on the SUBJECT, ex-
poets to be present to impart such information
as may be desired by the meetiog. The lam
guage of the call itself sets forth the impor-
lance of the subject with sufficient force
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

:. BALLooN1Na. There is in England what is
called g The Aeronautical Society" of which
The Duke Of Argyle is President, and the object
G which is to promote the navigation OF the
All Acircular has just been Issued I, aonoapc
i'm the purpose Of the Society to hold I'D an ea
. rata relatiag to this subject In order 70 col,
iIect fund f5r the payment Of the expenses Of
such, 10 exhibition, and of prizes, contributions
!. ased from persons interested in the pro.
: feSt,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

MARRIAGE on THE OARS. 4 runaway
couple were spIiced on the cars near Weldon,
N. c., on Friday last. It appeared that as
soon as the cars Stacked up, the Justice (who
was to make the twain one flesh and who had
been trlegraphed to) jumped on board, and be,
fore the train stopped had commenced to tie
the knot, and there at the depot, while the
passengers were getting off and others getting
on, he finished the job that made them man
and wife forever And there was need of such
haste, as the parents Of the bride objected
to the ma ch and fading out that their daugh-
ter had eloped leleeraphed to have the cere
mony stopped but Hymen laughs at telegraph
operators as Cupid does at lock>miths, and
when the representatives of the parents an
rived at the depot the twain were one
LvachJu~v NcWs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

RELIEF FOR THE SOUTH The question Of
furnishing aid to those really needy 10 the South
has been before Generals Grant and Howard
for several days. The report Of Gen. GlIlem
and his interviews with Gen. Grant brought
the condition of affairs in Gen. Ords district
directly to the notice of the General in-Chiet.
Gen. Howard has been occupied during the
past week In endeavoripg to ascertain as nearly
as possible the real situation OF the Southern
Safes in regard to the reported want Of food,
and while he is not inclined to believe affairs m
such extremity as the Southern press indicates,
he still is Of the opinion that the government
should at once extend aid both to relieve pres
ent want and to guard against worse state or
affairs than now exists.
A gentleman from Charleston yesterday
pre sented plan for his consideration, which
has been endorsed by many prominent citizens,
and has received The approval OF Gen. Candy
so far as its general features are concerned. l!
provides for loan of thirty millions OF dollars,
to BE- issued in small sums to planters and
others in need, to baar six per Ct interest
payable in currency, and secured by mortgage
on the land and by a lien upon the crops;
This plan has been submitted 10 Gen. Grant
by Gen. Howard, with an endorsement approx
ing the idel of supplying Government aid OF
some kind, but giving his opinion that better
plan 10 relieve present wants would be to pur-
chase provisions and issue them to all in want,
keeping an account of the actual cost to our
authorities, and to take lien upon the crops
for the amount Gen. Howard thinks that
such supplies could be distributed at small cost
by civilian agents selected from among the best
known citizens in each section, who would be
wiling to act without pay for the sake ofobtaln'
ing relief for the districts in which they reside.
1t seems likely that speedy action of some
kind will be taken by our authorities IN this
matter, even if it be of temporary character,
to relieve suffering until Congress can take the
subject in hand and authorize such expenditures
as the necessities Of the case demand WASH
tngton E%rpress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
ABSURD OUTRAGE IN A CHURcH.-Th

ABSURD OUTRAGE IN CHURCH.-Th
Richmond (Ind.) Telegram has the following:
A very disreputable occurrence took place
at a country church, eight miles outside Of
this city, on the evening of the 9th. A re-
vival had been in progress at the church, and
twelve converts had been taken into the fold,
when at the time stated, "a company Of rude and
reckless young men disguised themselves into
the shape of horses and with sleigh bells and
harness attached, broke into the house OF wor
ship just as the minister was opening the ser.
vice. The scene presented was decidedly tam
tastic. Horses with paste-board heads, flow
ing names and bushy tails Of fax, spraDg over
the seats and rushed up the aises in most
threatening manner The minister broke off
the thread of his discourse and besought the
intruders to leave the house.
They lelt but the services were no sooner re-
sumed than they returned, and set up hide
Gus neiphing and paving, mingled with such a
requiem Of jingling bells as was never before
heard in such a place. At this second intru-
sion the preacher became utterly dsgusted,
dismissed his congregation, and left the scene
Of his discontinue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

WATER. Mr.. Norton marvellous invention
for discovering the existence Of water on the
most arid land is attracting immense attention
in Paris, and experiments are daily made Wi h
st in the neighborhood of Paris. The Empe
FOR has purchased the machine, and personally
superintends the experiments going or in the
park of st. Cloud. The instrument consists
of long iron tube, terminating 10 sharp
point, which, forced into the ground, has never
failed within twentytwo minutes to bring ga
ter to the surface
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
CONSERVATIVE MEETING.

The Conservative citizens Of Alexandria city
PU BLIC MEETING. at LIBERTY HAIL.
on THURSDAY EVENING, January 2, 1868
A full Attendance is highly important. All
persons wishing to unite and co operate with
the Con, ervative Party in this State in etfec;ng
the great obj"cts which It has in view, are cor
diully invited to attend.
GEO W. BRENT.
HUGH LATHAM.
GEO. r. SHINN.
dor niI II Committee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
KING STREET.
B DOTS AND SHOES.
FALL STOCK

We have now on hand large stock .! l. y
DIES, GENTS, MISSES. Boys ,YuUrH,,
and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOE, Of
every description, which have boon recently
good stock of Heavy GOODS, suitable for
the country, to which we invite the sprcist At
tenti0n OF country merchants, and urlncrs ~
want Of good and reliable goo! IS will do well T.,
call and examine before buying, as they wall
DO sold very cheap.
Mems Calf Double Sole ttca Boots.
- Scotch Bottom Boots
&C Dress Buot-
" Heavy Kip Double Sole
a. Grain.
" Calf Congress.
" - Stitch Congress.
" Scotch Bottom Shoes
. Peg Balmors!s
" Heavy Kip Brogans.
SeWed
Ladies' Caf, Goat and Morrco,, 800!
:. Glove, Kid, Congress ~nd Polish Bout.
" Fine ri Heel Slipper.
. Lasting and II rocco.
Misses Calf Goat and Morocco Boyt=
- LISTING and Kid Polish
Children Goat. Morocco, L.sting, Calf an1
Glove Kid, Lace and BUT N Boots.
Boys, Youths and Chldreu's Long Cslt and
Kip.
Gents and Ladies Gum Ov4r.Shocs
W. B. WADDEY,
sep II a. King street. Alexandria, Va
r HEILBHUN y BRO,
500, SEVENTH STREET,
tBETWEEN D AND Z STREETs,J
WASHIEGTOS, D. c.
ARE SELLING
AND MAKE TO ORDER,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
FOR MEN, LADIES, AND CHILDREN.
THE CHEAPEST,
AT WHOLESALE & RETAIL
WAsuINGToE, Jan. l2-1y
OONSIGN YOUR GOODS
BLACK, SHERLOCK & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
SHIPPERS
And Dealers in all Kinds of
Pro VISIONS, WESTERLY d. SOUTHERN
PRODUCE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
NV 4. u. HARRISON. Auctioneer.

A TCTION SALE OF RARE AND VAL
a LIABLE FURS.-Will be sold, on tn ES
No. is, North ROYAL street, a LOT OF VAL
UABLE -FURS, consisting Of Mink, Sable,
Fitch. Sc. Ladies are respectfully invited to
attend this sale. Every lot will be sold. 1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30
AVAIL LINE FROM
vi ALEXANDRIA TO WINCHESTER.
THROUGH IN ONE DAY.

THROUGH IN ONE DAY.
r-SG4sn Coaches will leave Alexandria
.s,ySssss.sSssLSssll every TU ESDAY, THURSDAY
and SATURDAY (unti further notice. at three
o cloclS Il. m, arriving At Winchester on the
same days At p. m, reaching Uppcrville at
p Ls Ley. ' Winchester on WEDNESDAYS,
FRIDAYS and SUNDAYS, at o'clocl, H. ~,
reaching Alexandria at I o'clock p. m. same
days, in time to connect with the cars and boats
for Washington ami the North.
This line CONNECTS with the Inc from Fled-
mont Station TO Upperylle, going and return
ing.
The proprietor gives his personal supervision
to the entire route. and will employ none but
tho most careful drivers. BY strict attention to
the comfort Of nll who may favor him, he hopes
to merit the patronage heretofore SO literally
bestowed.
OFF1cEs-A!exandria, Mansion House, Win
chester, Tay lor's Hotel.
VIM. WHALEY,
je 29-tf Proprietor.
DlSSOLUTION OF COPARTNERS
The c0partner.hip heretofore existing under
he style and firm OF ii. +. ZIMMERMAN i
CO., is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
H. F. Zimmerman will continue the business,
and is alone authorized TO collect the debts due
the firm, and pay al liabilities OF the same.
II II
A. VAN CAMP.
Washington d. c., December Is, 1867.
The undersigned would take this method Of
informing his friends and the public generally,
who have so literally patronZed the late firm,
that no pains shall be spared to give satisfaction
in regard TO the quality and the price Of the
Furniture sold at his store, and would most res
pectfully solicit q continuance ofthat patronage
which has been so literally, bestowed on the
house with which the subscriber has been con
nected for the past eighteen years.
H. +. ZIMMERMAN,
No. $50, 18th ST., bet D st. q La ay.,,
dec 2i-Gt Washington. D. G.
rNHOMAS PINE-TREE TAR TROCHESl
FOR COUGHS, COLDS, HoARsENEss'
B%ONCHlTiS SORE THROAT, CA
TARRH ASTHMA, AsDAILDIS-
AND LUNGS.
The component parts of Thomas Pine-Tree
Tar Troches are W. II known. prescribed and
recommended by many Of our most eminent
- ~ W. lewis MrLBURN,
Sole Agent. Duggist and Apothecary
Dealer ii Patent Medicines, Pcrfumery, Fan
cy Articles, &c
NJ f. cor King Il Washington SITS.
dec IS lw Alexandria Virginia:
DERFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS, SC.
a
Lubin's Genuine Extracts. Hair Gloves, Hair
Brushes and Combs, Honey Walnut Oil, Palm,
CASTLE, Marshrnellow, Glycerine. BARRIERS,
Military. Transparent, Sand Soap,Se Ivory
Powder, Emaiel de Paris, Bloom of Youth,
Uphans pimple Banshsr, Camphor Ice, Ha-
gan's Magnolia Balm, Ok Marrow, Bovine,
White Virgin Wax of Antilles, choice Dentri-
fee Balm Of Whi,e Water Lilly, Lilly White,
Tooth Paste, 1ndcIib:o Ink. Cachous, Burnett's
Toilet Sets, Hair Dyes Water Colors in boxes,
Vinegairi de Rouge, Shaving Cream, Lubin's
Floumel, Oriental Hair Wash. Pbilocome, Pow
der Putfs and Boxes, Rudden's Turkish Beauti-
fer, Lubin's Toilet Powder, &c, received and
for sale by HENRY COOK,
dec l9 80 and go King st.
w NJ. q. NJ UIR,
... Manufactures and Dealer in
I'LL KINDS OF CABINET FURNITUR E..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

LEGAL TENDER ACT "A cause is now pend
ing before the u S. Supreme Court, which it
is thought will elicit decision of the question
of the constitutionaity of the u. S. legal ten
der act The case comes up from Oregon,
whose statutes require payment of taxes collec-
ted by the sherifs to be made in coin to the
several counties, by whom, in turn, they are
paid into the State treasury The sheriff in
this case having paid the amount collected by
has thereby made valid tender. The argu
mpnt will be resumed to-day by Mr. Reverdy
johnson, who represents the State Of Oregon.
Senator Williams appears in the case as the
representative Of the county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

srIfzt.fgFt GOLD. 1.5t
NEW YORK, December 30-Gold to-day 1883,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

RELIGIOUS ELEMENT 1t is not alone the
furnishing condition of the Southern people
physically that invokes the solicitude and deep
commiseration of Christians everywhere. Rad
icalism has also produced a moral and religious
famine all over the South that will require
years of jealous missionary labor to overcome.
The ignorant blacks are especially the victims
of this moral desolation. Heretofore the
Southern negroes were distinguished for their
religious fervor, and having access to all the
white churches, besides their own they awaited
themselves of opportunities tosupplytheir spirit
ual wants from the fountains of Divine grace
Now their own churches are changed iuto
places for holding brawIing political gatherings
their sanctuaries are given up to corrupt par
tisan demagogues, and the teachings which
have led their souls to eternal salvation been
corrupted into harangues which lead them only
to bodily suffering and moral death. ~. T.
Herald. z ~ -
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Assis ant Adjutunt Gomez

Mr.. AND Mrs. SUMNER some time
ago report that Mrs Sumner was to come to
Washington to preside in her husbands estab-
lisbment, has failed of veriGcation, and the
Home Journal of last week has the following,
indicating that there is no likelihood that such
will ever be the case:
eve have good authority for stating that
the differences between MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Sumner, which lave caused 50 much uInpIeas-
ant gossip and scandal, have been tinally set
tied by permanent separation, with the mu.
tua consent and desire Of both parties and
their best friends. The direct cause Of this
separation is simply the certainty discovered
only too late-that there exists between the
parties an incom patability of temperament and
opinion upon certain social questions, which
precludes the possibility Of their living happily
together as man and wife.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

REPORTED TERRIBLE DISASTER. a letter
has been ived at Boston, from Rio; dated
November 81 and is published in the Travel
Ter, which c,ntnins thc following appalling
statements
"rhis morning B 10 liam steamer has AZ
rived from Montcviieo, bringing the mcws OF
the loss Of the English mail >tramcr Santurn,
in terrible gale off that place week ago. -
She was iron clad, and one OF the fines look
ing steamers l. ever saw She left the barber
of Bahia while we were at anchor there. When
she went down she had on board 400 persons,
including the crew and passengers Among
the latter was the English Minister, who had
Just been relieved, to enable him to max" a
short visit home He, with the rest, was lost,
only fourteen our Of the whole being saved. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-30

The Fashions.

The Paris correspondent OF the New York
Herald says that gold and steel, satia trim
mngs and velvet leaves, are the accessories on
everything 10 that gay city. The Herald adds ::
"In Gotham il is almost impossible to dlstln-
gush whit the material of suit is from the
cxiravagant amount OF trimming bestowed On
it The Partisan bellies now lnOk Ike livery
attaches, IS cloth costumes with nothing but
gilt buttons are considered distlugue y them.
,ots and slippers are going up in the price
and heels to an alarming extent, and the unhap-
by wearers arc in danger Of breaking their necks
or their husbands cxcheQnrrs in attempting
to keep in fashion. The wi c of tie Minister
of the Interior wore ornaments from her native
satin rote with black streaks and god blonde
at another lete wore very charming dress,
having an under peticoat Of white silk with
enigma ic il figures in blue satin around the
bottom If the skirt, and over it blue tarlalan
trimmed with lace and Topped up with wild
brier, the whole app airing like blue and white
vapor At the Foreign Office the ladies i'll
command wore afeta robes at their reception.
In the American metropolis the handsomcst
costumes are seen on the streets, in the draw
Ing room and in The carriage this winter The
c!oaks are really beautiful in shape and trim
ming Each velvet basque is cncrcled around
the waist win Il silk sash, the ends being tied
in coquettish bow behind Fclvctcen suits
are generally Worn, and the dainte5t little hat:
OF understandable materials nestle amid the c!us-
tering curls or beneath the awful chignun OF
some bright-cycd beauty