Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-01
,NEWS OFIHE DAP,
81 To sho'o the very age and body ofthe Tines


The oyster trade for the present season in
Baltimore has commenced, and vessels are now
arriving at the various wharves laden with this
delicious shell fish, which find ready purcha-
sers, both on the part of wholesale packers and
exporters, and the proprletors OF hotels and
restaurants The price paid at present varies
considerably, out the general rate for common
qualities may be put down at IS cents per
bushel, whilst the best Cherry stones, sell as
high as $3.50 per busheI.
The Democratic papers in Georgia are divi,
ded in opinion as to the propriety or impro-
priety of holding an election for congressman
in that State this fall. The Augusta Consti-
nationalist says the Legislature seems indis-
posed to take any action in the premises, and
without action by them the election clearly can
not be held 1t commends the Legislature for
its reluctance.
Gen. Mcclellan, who arrived at New York
on Tuesday, from Europe, was met at the
wharf by large number of his friends, but he
declined any publicreception. Its underSt oocd,
however, that the Mcclellan Legion will give
the General public reception. lie Will re-
main in New York only few days, being anxi-
GUS W ploCetA " 0uuHs iFai" vi " Fi'io ~ iiS
mother.
A gentleman, resident Of St. Louis fol
many years, and well known to the medical pro
fessiou throughout the West, DR.. Joseph Nash
Mcdowell, died on Friday morning in the sixty
third year of his age. The Doctor was one Of
the most skilful surgeons in theU. S. He was
the founder Of McDowell's Medical College.
A crowd of two thousand men from the fish,
ing fleet invaded Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
on Friday, and took. possession Of the town
Gardens and orchard were robbed, pistols fired
and a general riot INDUCED il. The police, af
ter hard-fought battle, arrested thirteen o.
the rioters and lodged them in JAIL
S. B. Clark, of Chicopce, who received ar
appointment to the Naval Academy, after ;
competitive examination at Springfield, has
been rejected by the Naval Board on account
Of near-sig hteduess in one eye, caused by hard
study, and which occulists say will be only tenn
porary.
Four years labor atthc Ames Works, Chico
pee, Massachusetts, has at last brought to com
pletion the bronze Capitol doors, and they are
soon to be packed for transportation to Wash
ington. TIE cost Of the casting and finishing
is stated at from $40, 900 to $4,000.
Gen. Hancock has been confined to his bed
for three weeks, on account of the reopening Of
his wound received at the battle Of Gettysburg
and it will probably be a month before he
sufficiently RECEIVERS to return to Washington.
He is at Carondoet, Mo.
The War Department has issued orders for
Department Commanders to furnish the names
of all officers incapacitated for duty by reason,
among other things, Of habitual intemperancc
Or regular attendance on gaming places.
According to statement IN the New lork
Tribune, the democrats have carried Idaho
Territory by an increased majority. Shafer
democrat, is elected delegate to Congress by {
majority Of SCI. Last year it was us.
Gen. Custer has been ordered to report tt
General Sherman, to assume immediate com
mand of his regiment, which is Immediately tt
engage in a campaign against the Indians.
r. Y. Robbins, President Of the Board o
Trade, in Chicago has failed. Liabilities be
tween $4,000 and 100000. A corner or
corn is supposed to be the cause.
The jury in the case Of the deaths from The
explosion of coal oil in Jersey City condemn
the manufacturers of such explosives in crow
ded cities.
Gen. Banks was yesterday renominated fol
Congress in the Sixth District Of Massachusett:
by reclamation.
We learn that two of the soldiers who were
wounded by the recent accident on the Virginia
Central Railroad, have recently died.