Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
80 shoe tie uny age and body of the Tint

with Rufus F. Andrews surveyor OF the port
as chairman of the committee on the subject,
have nominated Grant for President. Chief
Justice Chaseis 10 NeweYork, and has been
visited by Greeley Eyarts zOpdyke, and 9th
ers of his friends of the other wing OF the he
.rublcans. yst~II1t.,
/ THE report of Gen. Grant, in answer to the
inquiry of the President what number OF troops
are stationed within ths,Depar;ment OF wash
ington, shows that the whole force amounts 10
but little over nineteen hundred men all told,
in the States of Maryland and Delaware, the
District of Columbia, and two counties IN
Virginia
There was a large'meeting Of Methodists IN
New York yesterday, who favor lay delegation
at conferences. Addresses were delivered by
the Rev. DR.. Eddy, Of Chicago, and Bishops
Simpson and Kingsley, all Of whom took grounds
lin favor Of the movement, but deprecated the
introduction Of spirit Of acrlmopy into the
discussion. 80 - .t a
1.-The shoe business Of Haverhil, Mass, is
said to be a very .stagnanta The Haverhll Ga
zette says that there Isl 8 general stagnatlon
III the. shoe business there, talthough the sales
in that town for the month of September were
about $3.50 600. which isa falling off OF some
$3O. 600 from the month Of August. !" ~ .'a
Eu Miss Antoinette Cline,ga beautiful and high
| " respectable young lady, of Frederick, Md,
whilst returning to her home, a few nights ago,
was brutay outraged by negro man, who has
| been arrested and committed to jail. There
was great excitement in Frederick about this
! dreadful affair. @s5 .aH
r. The State Senate of Tennessee reconsidered
the bill prohibiting distinctions on account OF
color in the conveyance of passengers by rail-
road A motion was made yesterday to amend
the bill by requiring the roads to provide cars
esp ecially for negroes.
The question whether railroad company
which has printed on its tickets that it is not
responsible for more than one hundred dollars
worth of baggage, can be made to indemnify
traveller for lost trunk, has again been settled
against railroad company in Brooklyn.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has de-
cided that the running of; horse cars in the
streets of city on Sunday, is a work of neces-
sitv and not forbidden by the law of the State:
Two of the Judges dissentcd from the opinion.
The Supreme Court Of the State of Missouri
has lust rendered an important decision, to the
effect that the famous test-oath, SO far as 1t
applies 20 voters and ofhceholders, is uncon-
stitutional FIJI. g
The present municipal government OF
Charleston, South Carolina, whose term OF Of
fee is about to expire, is to be continued, ten
eral CAVITY having suspended all municipal
elections.
A Havana despatch says the steamship Hen
drick Hudson, from Philadelphia, was lost dur
iog heavy gales opposite Zorro Castle. The
passengers and crew were all saved. ....
The Boards of Health of Mobile and Mem
Ephis have declared those cities free from yellow
fever as an epidemic. :.s.i...l.
1t is believed that the Convention to be call
ed in North Carolina will be under Conserva-
| tvs influence.
| The Radicals have carried Kansas, but the
suffrage amendment is defeated. .
Mr.. Thad Stevens health still continues
bad--but he is coming on to Washington.
The V. NJ. l. LlBRARY.-The following
| circular has been issued from the Virginia
Military Institute. As many former students
Of that institution reside in this section of the
Sta.e, it is published in the Gazette, with
,,;o,, tn advancing its object 81
To the friends of the Virginia military Institute,
and Especially the alumni members Of The
Societa7 Of Cadets:
In the work of restoring the buildings of the
V. M. l., the Hall Of the Society OF Cadets Is
approaching completion ~.
It is excee dinghy important that it's Library
should be res tored as soon as possible. In the
present impov sri she'd state of our country there
arc few who could contribute money Tor this
purpose, but many anay tender aid by the con
tribution of books from their libraries.
TO such, thi appeal is addressed, in the
belief that 1T i'll meta prompt response at
least from those who have cause to be grateful
Tor benefits rec ,ived in tie use of the former
excellent library of their old Society"
TIE EPISCOPAL Cow LOCATION, in Washing
ton, had rcprcscl natives from all the Episcopal
churches of the counties of Howard, Montgom-
cry, Anne Arundel, Prince Georges, Charles,
st. Marys and Calvert, in Maryland, andof the
District of Columbia, which were fully represent
cd by clerical and lay delegates. The subject
Of a. division and formation Of a new diocese
was discussed at length, and resolutions were
finally adopted declaring further division de-
81 He e:; and G Gn9 o dy:o Large Ire e0 committee
tee subsequently Lorted in favor OF new di-
ocese, to be compo sed of the above named
counties and of the District, with the see at
Annapolis. The report was adopted A res
olution was also adopted declaring it to be de-
sirable and expedent to set off the District of
Columbia as a separate and distinct diocese as
room as the churches are prepared for it. The
convocation then adjourned, it having been
called esneciallz to consider this subject Of diyi