Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-21
NEWSOF THE DAY.
70 shos the ueryage and body of the Times !

wagon containing 9 small stlll. IL was sooo
discovered that the prisoner was white man;
aind the lampblack being removed be proved to
be George Warren, of the Groendyeke. adly orce.
case notoriety The sill hos been in illicit
operation at house:in the west division, from
which the attention of Government officers has
been directed by placard Of smallpox on the
door. - IL & "a SsTafs% . t@Ak
The Washing ton Star states that members
of Grants Staff deny the truth of the state
ment that Gen. Grant urges Mr.. Stanton to
resign" It also says that Mr.. stanton Will
not retire from the War Department antll re;
construction in the South isnearer accomp llshed
than at present. a. r
It is said that Mr.. Stanton will rescind. the
order Of Gen. Grant directing that certain
officers and agents of the Fresdmen's, Bureau
In Tennessee be discontinued after next month,
having been urged to have the bureau contln-
ued in that State by q number OF the cltizens
thereof. - :, 5;, - ger1sy
Persons are in Washington from Colorado to
make another effort for the admission OF Colo
RADIO into the Union as a State They claim
that since the President vetoed the bill tor
similar purpose, about year ago, the popu-
lation has increased some 5000. = -
i Gen. Grant, accompanied by, Bishop Nell
vaine of Ohio, and ex- Gov. Risk Of Louisiana,
arrived in Richmond yesterday for the purpose
of attending the meeting Of the Trustees OF the
Peabody Southern School Fund g..
The law suspending the collection of direct
taxes in the South expired on January |. Sec
rotary McCulloch has. taken no steps towards
collecting it, except to express his desire that
the eime be extended. a.
Extensive preparations are making tor a
mass-meeting, at Trenton, N. j., for the pur-
pose of organizing an opposition to the monop-
oily of the Camden and Amboy railroad: The
whole State has been canvassed, and delegates
will be present from every county in the State
A shocking accident occurred ct Yonkers,
New York, on Sunday, by the tumbling down
Of building used as, malt storehouse, where
by two mon were instantly killed and i've serl-
ously injured. N.}rsIH@
A mass meeting of the laymen of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church has been held at Chica-
20 at which resolutions in favor OF lay repre-
sentation in the councils of the Church were
passed. TGrTf.I az, .ra3.Ggg Az
y, Gen. Horace Brooks, now commanding at
Fort McHenry, has been ordered to assume
the duties of Assistant Commissioner of the
Freedmen Bureau in Maryland. q. sifg
"A bill has been produced into the Missouri
Senate, making it compulsory upon parents
and guardians to send their children to school
for q certain period each year. = sa.s.ie4
All the tax collectors in Georgia have recelv-
ed orders from headquarters to hold any taxes
now in their hands. The Convention tlll Will
be paid therefrom.
The Chicago Times pronounces for the noml-
nation of George H. Peudleton for the Press
dency, by the Democratic National Convention.
CLAIMANTS, FOR empty : ttHoNoRs. Two
claimants for the honor of detecting the first al
legged plotto assassinate President Lincoln in
his passage through Baltimore on his way to
Washington, in 1861, appear in the person OF
John A. Kennedy, superintendent OF police IN
New York city, and Allan Plnkerton, at the
head Of some sort. of a secret or detective
force in Chicago. Kennedy, so ne months
ago. wrote letter claiming. the honors
for himself, which was published in the
second volume OF ''Lossing's History of the
War of the Rebellion" a work by the
way, as far as we have seen ofVery little hlstorl-
cal accuracy, and, and as he declared therein
that be knew nothing of any connection OF
Pinkerton with the matter, the aforesaid Pink
erton appears now in pamphlet, embracing
letters from N. b. Judd, one of Mr.. IiDcon's
confidential friends, and others, giving an ac-
count of his operations as detective, with his
force, male and female, in this quarter at that
time, and minute details Of the movements OF
Mr.. Lincoln and those accom- anying him in his
memorable visit to Harrisburg, his return by
night to Philadelphia, and thence through 10
the sleeping car to Baltimore and Washington
the same night-that is, the nightof the 22d
February. But 10 all this, as well as in " hat
Kennedy has put forth on the subject heretofore
there is not one scrap of evidence given that
any such plot for the assassination OF Mr..
Lincoln, or for bis harming in any way
whatever existed, except 10 the brains OF these
very smart detectives The whole burden of
the story is the industrious mannuverings of
these astute and busy officials in impressing
upon tho minds Of Mr.. Lincoln's friends and
himself the idea Of some terrible conspiracy
and impending danger-a plot, indeed, as it
would appear, without single plotter to be
seen, recognized, pointed out or named to this
day. Pinkerton was employed in the first
place by Mr.. Felton,, then president of the
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore rail.
road, TO guard against apprehendedi injury to
the line Of railroad, and came to this city.on
that duty, and in due time got into the pres
Dental conspiracy business in competition with
Kennedy, After having read all that either of
them has to say, we must conclude that if eyi.
dence is furnished Of, conspiracy of any sort, it
is in the direction of proving that there was
one for the purpose of making believe there
was danger where there really was none at ALI
-Bau San r. ~.
The Fashions. -American ladies are crea-
ting quite sensation in Europe this season,
and in some fashionable circles they are pro-
nouuced the handsomest and most tastefully
dressed amid the brilliant devotees of fashion.
At one grand ball in Nice the daughters of
TT,olo a., cpora tha ro;nn;no ho1laa ond avarC.