Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-19
NEWS or THE DAY
ID ssho,1 The yeru ace and body Of the Times,

TO him previous to the date of the motion
made in the Senate to reconsider his nomlna-
ton, and it is generally conceded that under TIE
rules Of the Senate, the motion to reconsider C
cannot noWsaaffect the right of Mr.. Jettrles TO
exercise the functions of the Office Of Register
of the Treasury, but the Executive IS not
authorized nor required to decide that cues
ton, and in response to the communication
from the Senate he will send allthe facts, date
of commission &c.
The Senate Committee on Military Affairs,
it is said has voted to recommend the return
Of Shermans brevet nomination to the Presl-
dent, with a resolution stating that it is unad-
yisable to confer brevet rank on officers OF the
two highest grades. 1t is said that Sherman
has written letter to Grant, giving his reasons
for declining the Presidents honors, and also
the reasons why he does not want to take the
command of the new military department re-
Gently created he will transmit similar let
ter to the President.
Porto Rico advices report that slight shocks
Of EARTHQUAKES have been felt on the Island.
The Treasury had received seventy thousand
dollars from Havana to relieve the distress that
resulted from the late hurricane. The hrst
railway of the Island has been PROF ected to ex-
tend to Rio Piednos from ST. John. Capital:
lists were reducing their taxable property, when
| had become deprecated on account OF the IN
ternal revenue exactlons,
The Providence Journal states that IN West
erly, R. l., on Sunday, the Rev. Frederick
Denisen, pastor of the Baptist church, and the
Rev. J. P. Hubbard, rector Of the Prot Epis.
church, made an exchange in accordance with
previous announcement, each occupying the
pulpit of the other Both houses were tull.-
Rev. Mr.. Hubbard, it is understood, had been
admonished by his bishop not to adopt this
course of action.
Governor Patton, Of Alabama, has published
an appeal to the people of that State tor
prompt payment of the unsolicited taxes tor
the current fiscal year Up to this time but
little over onc-third of the years revenue has
been paid into the treasury, while there are
claims, either now due or soon to become due,
| for which the faith and credit of the State are
pledged.
Returns of the bogus vote from forty-two
counties in Alabama have been received at the
headquarters of that District Gen. Meade
refuses to allow them to be made public. The
vote for the Constitution is estimated at $4,000,
which is less than one-half Of the recorded
Government votes. About three thousand
whites voted.
A Paris correspondent describes the new
head-dress as consisting Of a lovely black lace
or black blonde veil which is thrown over the
| chignou and hangs down the back the front
! part is black or colored velvet diadem, with a
| ruddy flower on one side, and moreover spanned
with gold and steel coronet.
The case Of ex parte NlcCardle will be argued
on the Sd of next month. Judge Black and
Hon. David Dudley Field will represent the
petitioner, and the cause Of military despotisrn
will be sustained by Messrs. Carpenter, OF Wis
consin, and Trumbul of Illinois
The Fort Sanders Index says that an army
of 2, 900 Indians are marching into the Sweet
| water country from Idaho and Montana. They
are on the war path, and have burned all the
ranches north of Seneca Springs, and driven
off all the stock.
The ice in the Mississippi at Carondoet, and,
between that place and St. Louis, bro Ike up
| Yesterday. The river is clear for several miles
above and below the city, and there are pros
poets Of a speedy resumption Of navigation
South.
In the Senate Of the New Jersey Legislature
yesterday, resolutions were offered Withdrawing
the assent of the State to what is known as the
| 'l4th Constitutional amendment and giving
the reasons therefor at length.
The locomotive attached to the train from
| Lowell to Boston, yesterday exploded in Lo-
we'll, killing the engineer, and seriously inju
| ing three others The engine is perfect
wreck.
Much distress and destitution exist in Hart
ford, Conn. The soup houses are opened but
the means thus far devised are inadequate to
| fully alleviate the distress.
The House of Representatives Committee
on Reconstruction have agreed to report favor
bly, the bill providing for the division of Texas
into four or more States.
The two wings or parties in the Florida Con.
vention have settled their difficulties, have re-
| organized the Convention, and are acting in
| harmony.
A meeting of soldiers and sailors, held in
Baltimore last night, adopted resolutions favor
ing the domination of Grant and Creswell fol
President and Vice President.
A letter from California says the present
winter has been by far the coolest and toughest
experienced in that State since 1862, when
all the valley sections were desolated by floods.
The will of the late Alex. Campbell is being
contested at Wellsburg, ". Va, before the
Circuit Court there.
The steam ram Stonewall was at Calao on
the 23d of January, and was to leave on the
| Goth Tor Honolulu. Officers and crew well.
THE SOUTHERN CoNVENTIONs.-Som men
wonder that there should be SO much fee ling
against the reconstruction conventions in the