Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-03
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERT 5ER
Nine EIecfions ne dan.

Besides voting for presidential electors to-
day, the people of several Of the States will
choose their State officers, Legislators, Con
gressmen, &C., and in few States theQuestion
of amending the State constitutions IS submit
ted to the popular vote
TIE following States will vote for Governor
and other State officers, and for members OF
onc or both houses of their State Legislature:
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, HI
nois. Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, and NeVada
Iowa will elect its Legislature and also It's
State officers with the exception OF Governor.
Wisconsin and Minnesota will elect their Leg,
slatures. but will not vote for State officers. VI
the Legislatures thus to be eec,ed, those OF the
following States will each choose United States
Senators: New York, Massachusetts,, New
Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota Bls-
souri,, and Nevada. The present Senators whose
terms expire are Edwin D. Morgan, Charles
Sumner, Frederick T. FreIinghuysen, Hacharlah
Chandler, James R. DOohttle, Alexander Ram
sey, John B. Henderson, and VIM NJ. Stewart.
The following States will elect congressman:
New York, California, Delaware Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Arkansas
Louisiana, North Carolina, and South CaFona
These States will elect one hundred and thirty
nine members.
The people of New Hampshire are 10 decide
whether a convention shall be held to propose
amendments to the State constitution.
The people Of Illinois will also vote on the
question whether convention snail De caHeu
to revise the State constitution.
In Minnesota three proposed amendments TO
the State constitution are submitted to the vote
of the people The first provides for extending
the suffrage to the cOlOred man, and also to
persons of mixed white and lndan blood who
have adopted the language, customs and habits
of civilization, and have been declared, after an
examination by district court, competent to
exercise the rights Of citizenship; the second
relates to the disposal of the internal improve
ment lands, and the third abolishes the grand
jury system.
The citizens of Iowa will vote upon the CUES
ton whether the word white" shall be strlck-
en- from the clause relating to the suffrage IN
the constitution. The question IS submitted
to the people of Missourl.-BaH. Sm
WASHINGTON ITEMs.-A large hospital
building, to cost $4,000, is being erected near
Howard University, under the auspices of the
Freedmen's Bureau. It will accommodate one
thousand persons.
The southern section OF the city Is improving
in most rapid manner, both in regard to the
erection of houses and the Improvement OF the
streets of that section.
The fact that Mayor Bowen has ordered the
contractors to proceed with work on the grad,
ing of street, which will cover in the tracks OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and neceSsl.
tate the removal of its depot in this city, ii
carried out, has been already mentioned. This
he has done though the resolu5ion on the sub
iect has passed but one branch Of the city
councils. Mr. Garrett gives notice that the
company will test in the courts It's rights IN
the premises.
The District Supreme Court, in general term
was not 10 session yesterday. The Snrratt case
has been fixed for to- day Thia will be follow
ed by the hearing in the case Of the u. 5. VS.:
Leonard Huyck, cashier of the late Merchants
National Bank ofthis city. The Jury that con
victed Huyck was OF the same panel which was
objected to by Surrartt's counsel on his first
| trial, and was discharged in consequence Of in
formality Taking this as 2 precedent, the
Huyck case now comes before the court on ex-
ceptions to the panel, and the court Is as ed to
| set aside the verdict.