Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-31

Presidents New Years Reception.
At II O'Clock, a. H., on New Years Day,
"wednesday, January, l, 1868, the President
will receive the members Of the Cabinet and
foreign ministers, the judges of the Supreme
Court of the u. S., Senators and Representa-
tivcs in CON- ress, the judges of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, and Of the
court Of Gains.
At half past Il o click, 4. rn., the officers Of
the army and navy and marine corps vii! be re-
ceived.
AtIl o'clock and forty-ive minutes, a. H.,
assoe it sedegs ct ha Tn 8 slH h5h
Of the District Of Columbia will be received.
The reception of cit zpns will commence at
2 H. (at which hour the gates Of the cUc'n-
sure will be op.ned, and will teimnat at 2
clock, T. N. i dies viii be rec iva d.
Carriag will approach the Executive Man
sion by the east gate. and leave by west gate.
P1cKpocKErs On a RAILROAD TRAIN.-The
Knoxville (Tenn. Free Press says that the
train Which arrived there, ?hucsd y night, 18th
Instant, on The E st Tennessee anal Vrr+inia
railroad, had. among It's many passengers,
band of thieves, from Nv York, en- rrutc to
New Orleans A Bristol they re ie2cd an old
gentle man OF his watch, and in iact at every
station some one OF the naSS"Dgers c0mpH,ln"d
OF heine rohDed. Conductor L?!e had III"
train employees 90 the alert, and when not on
.iu,y, thry Watched, and by so doing macy val
u,h!es were saved The gang was rivided ia
several divisions, three h-ing in the sleeping
Car and tho rest in the coaches TIE plan
was to break The lamps, and then rife the
sleeping passengers, but In this they were
checked by the conductors. At Messy creek
two went to he rear of the sleepIng-car with
he object OF hr, akinp in the door, hut this was
frustrated by the sIcepng-car corductor Mr..
Wash Brrsiu, "hO drew revolver aud ran
for them One jnmrcl off while the tram was
going at the rate Of twenty miles an hour
The other, Mr.. Bro-ius succeeded i'll capturing,
and marched him through the train With re-
voIver presented at his head. They did not
succeed in stealing anything from The sleeping
coach, az they were too cln>cly watched.
STATE GovERNMENT. 1t is stated that Col.
has H. Lewis. the Governors Aid, has writ
ten letter to some rers"n in Petersburg, say
ig that on the lst of Janua y, State offices
viii all be vacated by the present incunrbents
and be flied with l0yal mon. We can hardly
reconcile this statcrm Mt with an assurance ma ic
to us recently by he Governor to whom we
were spt aking OF TIL eff rts nom being mad" to
change the resent State government, at t. at
tine His idea was not more than 10 tni hit
since, th;t the state officers himself included,
would all hold over unit the + successors be
appointed undr the now order of things
The Governors term Of office expires on the
lst Of January, and Col. Lewis wonid be in
the same rategory-to he continued or dis.
missed at the pleasure of the inc ming Gov.
ernor. But the Governor will hold over, and
so:wiIl Col. Lewis. -Lyuchburg Nroaaian.
The RAMS ALBEMARLE AND TEXAs.-The
Confederate ironcaes Texas and AlhcmarIe,
bought at pubic auction at Gosport maynard
some time since by spectators for Boston and
New York, were removed on Saturday and
towed to Bakers fats where, We understand,
they will be cut up for their old stuff. There
is no armnr on either OF them, and no copper
except some title sheathing on the bull of the
Texas. The Texas never saw any service, and
was never more than half completed. She
was brought to the navy-yard from Richmond
after the evacuation. The AlbemarIe is strip
ped to her wood, and rives mple evidence OF
the injuries she suffered when struck by Lieut..
Gushing torpedo, on the 9th Of November
1864 while yiag 10 Roanoke rlver.--NovoH;
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