Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-15
NEWS FIHE DAY.
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TIE tolloWiug-named officers have been relieV-
ed from duty az assistant commissioners OF the
Freeamen's Bureau for the States opposite
their names. Gen. G. G. Sibley, Georgia. Gen
Nelson a. Miles, North Carolina: Col. John
r. Spragua, EioadG. Major John Il. Lewis,
colonel l4th Infantry, relieves Gen. Slbley and
Can't. George ". Gle, lieutenant colonel 10th
infantry, relieves Col. Sprague; and they have
been assigned TO duty in accordance with their
brevet rank of colonela aud lieutenant colonel.
The dethroned Queen Of Spain Was still at
St. Sebastian at last accounts. The Bordeaux
Gironde gives the following particulars Of her
sojourn there: Secluded, almost in solitude, IN
her palace, through whose saloons streams OF
courtiers and guests SO lately passed, the
Queen is reported to give vent to bitter sar,
casms in speaking of her lonely and deserted
condition. Her intendant and lover, Marion,
who-to everybody s indignatiou-ls seen strut
ting about the streets, appears to be her Ma
jesty's only confdant.
AT convention of Massachusetts Methodist
churches, in session in Boston yesterday, Rev.
Gilbert Haven proposed singing praise
God. from whom all blessings flow" in thank
| fitness for the great victories in behalf OF
,eace and righteousness which have been
achieved in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana
The proposition was received with shouts OF
'Hallelujah, " Amen - and the anthem vas
sung with great enthusiasm.
West Virginia is now the only State that
will hold an election previous to November Sd.
In the Episcopal Convention yesterday the Rev.
S. D. Cook, of New York, presented memo"
rial from the wardens and vestrymen of Trini-
ty Church, inviting attention to the trial OF
Rev. S. II. Tying, jr., and requesting the Con
vention to pronounce some definition or adopt
some amendment which may clear the law of
dispute.
The telegraph reports political rcjolclngs by
the radicals over the elections Of Tuesday
| Springfield, Mass, fred one Hundred guns-a
| procession and wild enthusiasm in San Francis.
co-ringing of bells, decoration of houses and
! 100 guns in Norwich, Conn. with mass meet
| ing and speeches by Fitzpatrick, Senator Fat
terson, Of New Hampshire, Theodore Tilton
and others.
The business done in this country and Eu-
rope in the petroleum trade is certainly I'M
mense It is estimated that the shipment OF
the article from American ports to Europe
alone, this year, will probably reach SO, 000 900
gallons, equivalent to 100000 barrels, from
which $4,000, 900 in gold are realized.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Directors Of the Baltimore and Ohio
r.. r. Company yesterday, dividends of four per
cent. on the stock of the Main Stem, and five
per cent. on the stock of the Washington
Branch for the halt year ending on the S0th
of September, were declared.
A Fort Hays (Kansas) letter states that five
columns IF troops will soon move against the
Indians in different directions, covering in their
| operations the territory between the Smoky
! Hill and Republican Forks on the north, and
the Cimarro and Canadian rivers on the south.
The captain of coaster reports that, while
| off Coos bay, Oregon, he encountered smoke so
dense that it obstructcd lis progress One day
about three hundred birds fell dead on the
| deck of his vessel. The people at Coos bay
and vicinity could not account for the smoke.
The Congressional Committee on Retrench-
ment, now in session at New York, having
| waited for two days for BiDckley's appearance
before them to testify, inquired for that lndl..
| vidual at the hotel where he was stopping, and
ascertained that he had lett
The prize fight which was to have come oft
yesterday on Virginia sol, between Joe Worm
aid and Ned O'Baldwin, the Irish Giant has
been nipped in the bud by the arrest Of Wor-
maid while in the act Of starting for Virginia.
The Fall River (Mass.) News says the mill
| owners will probably soon return to the eleven
hour system, on account Of their inability to
compete successfully with other manufacturers
who have not adopted the ten hour plan.
A new railway brake has recently been tried
in England which affords means Of stopping
the train to the engine driver, the guard, and
| the passengers The result of the experiment
is said to have been very successful: 3
On Wednesday, Enfield Chase," the plan
tation of N. H. Sbipley, situated in Queen
Anne District, Prince Georges county, Nd,
! containing 600 acres was purchased by Charles
Claggett, at $40.25 per acre.
The whole number Of votes cast i'll Phlla-
aelpha on Tuesday for Mayor was us, S39.--
The Democratic city and county ticket has ma
iorities ranging from 2,23e to sol.