Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-10
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1 Ell. MONDAY EVENING, sFEBRUARYD1o.
rs, "a writer in the Richmond W hig referring to
the crowds 6dffblacks he hassseen,in Richmond,
obtaining supplies from the soup houses, asks
storinformation as tostheir number, andthe ex
pense incurred In feeding them, Sc; and re-
8, marks, .also,. that he reads accounts Of very
considerable destitution among the aobite PEG
pie at the North. he concludes with these
significant questions - Doethe same good peo-
pie who furnish these negroes with soup, &C. F.,
give the starving white people at the North
something 70 eat every day Is Is there s B
10 up North ~ '.l.sa FRI tt>6@ s.t4s!
olsThe Baltimore Post Grad says that ifsuch
: men as Fulton, Of the Baltimore American,
Cresswel, and others ot that set who are
working for Grant ana. themselves !" are per
mitted to longer control the, Radical party in
Maryland, il will not have, dcorporals guard
left in the .SStaten Itisdoes: not have much
more than that now and it would look like
6 cruelty to diminish, the number ~ @s.n =
The fact that Gen. John P. Slough, who was
lately killed in New Mexico, was M ilitary Gov
ernor in this place, for several years during the
{. late. war. and was known to nearly all Of our
citizens induces us to publish the statement
! of the facts Of the case, as given BY. Judge
eBrocehus, upon IAN, application we believe,
for the release, on bail, Of the man who killed
8 him, (Gen. S. aa 4aaorqG,i can: gG;lE3 aat,d!
The ashington correspondent of the Cincin-
: natl Commercial pays a deserved tribute to The
Life and character, and the indefatigable perse-
verance of Che, lateP Peter Force, of Washington.
! To his labors the country is Indebted for the
most complete collection of materials for Amer
lean History; TO be found anywhere, now for
tunately secured in the Library of Congress
r.; The. Pickwickian nomination Of MI Cress-
well, OF Maryland, for Vice President, BY the
Baltimore american, has secured for that gen
.tleman q first-aiate notice, from the Cumberland
Civilian Rad )-and that is about all that it
has done orwl do. The American will be
edited by the Civilians picture of its candidate
Mr. Cresswell will .subsMe;A 4 nE.ar
IL. 1t is said that the Committee on Resonstruc-
ition of the H.5of r., have agreed to report a
bill removing political disabilities from Gov
; ernor Holden, of North Carolina, Governor
Orr of South Carolina, and Gen. Longstreet.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to include
Gen. Beauregard. 4 g. a..''!*'.4.+-3 1s
Ia Dickens has gone to Baltimore, to read there,
two or three more nights. In Baltimore
his houses are filed to oyerhowing. So far,
he has: been very successful, indeed, every
where. He will return to England, certainly
a richer man then when he came. o A.:
-! According to the latest accounts from Mexico
peace and quiet are far from being restored in
that country. There are pronunciamentos in
some of the provinces, revolts in others, and
murders and robberies every where.
Is The President had not up to Saturday night
consented to the publication Of his response to
Grants last letter, nor had he taken any mea-
sures to GUST Stanton from the War Depart
ment. ..,..... -
Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher's novel, Norwood,
not only makes no sensation abroad but is Sc
verely criticised in the English journals. In
this country it was not even nine days wonder
..ssr {" A new deal'' has been called for ana order
g ed IN the House Of Representatives, and the
seats Of the mem bers, are to be ''drawa for"
4 to-day. s7a'rja4as @a2yaa
The registration for voting has been com
p!eted in Georgetown, b. g. and it is as fol-
lows - Whites, 1885, colored, $50. ~
sed- It is said that the bill to carve two new
States out of Texas will be passed by Congress
81 AN OUTRAGE BY MOB OF THIEVES. One
of the grayest outrages ever rerpetrated in
this community occurred yesterday forenoon
near the depot of the Petersburg and Weldon
q railroad. The, actors were negroes, and the
. fact that they numbered between two and three
= hundred leaves no doubt upon the public
mind that the outrage was the result of an ex-
tensive precoucert.
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