Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-09
NEWS OFIHE DAY.
$50 sho,o the usry age and body ofthe Times.

Fort Clinton on the west OF the du0Sou, aUout
forty-three miles from the city OF New York
The length of the bridge between the towers
will be 1865 feet, and the total length Z, 449.
1t will have railroad tracks and highways 1or
general travel, and the cost will be from
SO, 500, 900 to 81, 900 600.
The President has appointed e. N Snow, OF
the National Inteligencer, commissioner to
examine the Union Pacific railroad, vice Cor
nelius Wendell, resigned. Mr.. Snow is prac-
teal railroad man, having been engineer OF the
Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad for many
years.
The House of Representatives Ways and
Means Committee considered the Tariff ques-
ton yesterday, and the policy of trying another
tariff bill in the place of pressing the present
one now before the House. The committee
concluded to let the bill take its chances for
the present as 1t is.
The standing committee of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania last night
refused BY unanimous vote to sign the testi-
mopials of the Rev. DR.. Doane, recently elect
ed bishop of the new diocese OF Albany, N I.
The Radicals of Missouri are waging bitter
contest among themselves as to who shall be
the next United States Senator from that
State. Mr.. Henderson's term expires OH the
fourth of March
Hannibal Hamin, says dispatch from Au-
gusta, Me-, will receive the unanimous vote of
the Radical members of the Legislature of
that State for u S. Senator at the coming
election. e.,
Eight persons have died from the falling of
the school house floor at Rochester, n. y,
Wednesday night. Nearly fifty were injured,
but most of them are out OF danger.
Secretary McCulIoch has appointed fifty In
ternal Revenue Storekeepers for New York,
who are not assigned for duty, as there is no
demand for their services.
A dispatch to the New York Herald says:
Seen Heintzelman will probably be nominated
for General Hooker's vacated brigadier gener-
alship."
G. c. Washburne, now a member OF the
House of Representatives, will be chosen Sen
ator from Wisconsin to succeed Mr.. Dooittle.
A large number of members of the new
British Parliament arc said to favor q penny
postage between Great Britain and the u. s.
Arkansas Democrats are dissatisfied with
Gen. Porter statement to Gen. Grant OF the
condition OF affairs in that State.
The Catholics OF this country have already
contributed $94, 900 toward the endowment Of
the American College at Rome.
Dispatches from Alabama represent that at
fairs in that State continue in deplorable
condition.
THE FREDERICK COUNTY COURT. We have
already given the proceedings of the County
Court of Frederick, on question raised about
eligibility" under the 18th amendment. 1t
appears that after the decision, motion to re
consider was made. The Winchester Journal
(Rad) says:
This motion was argued by Fauntleroy and
Holiday for the Commonwealth, and Jenkins
for the prisoner Col. Frank lin, commander
OF this sub district at this point. sent for JUS
tice Besore, who was on the bench. La the
due course of law, provided the Office of sheriff
became vacant, Justice BeSore would succeed
by virtue OF his position as coroner Col. Frank
lin peremptorily told Besore that he must not
swear in as sheriff, and that he would not re-
cognize any one as sheriff except John GLAZE
He had previously ordered deputy sheriff not
under any circumstances to surrender his office.
At this stage of the proceedings court adjourn
cd to Wednesday morning.
On reassembling Wednesday, the court ad-
hered to their former decision, but declined to
enforce it on account of interference by Col.
Franklin and directed the entry OF the follow
ing order in the record:
THE court believe that their opinion rem
Tered on yesterday was correct but that, hav
ng received direct orders from the military
officers, the court, In view of the interference
If the military, declined to enforce their decis-
on rendered yesterday In this case"
A question now arose concerning change IN
he record desire being manifested to change
he whole matter This was discussed by
Faunteroy, Holiday and j. Fl. Williams, re,
piled to by jenkins. At the suggestion OF
Shields, the following was ordered inserted in
The record:
ION motion the court agreed to reconsider
pending which, COL Franklin forbid any change
Of officers to he made; whereupon the court,
that they sit by military permits
sioD, ceased the consideration, leaving the
question open. This order is directed to be en-
tered as substitute for the order entered yes
.erday, and that entered to day in this case
''Mr. jenkins then asked the court to re-
consider the motion tor continuance overruled
On Monday. The court reconSldered and gran
led continuance"
THE CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES. The follow
ng paragraph in the Columbus (Ga.) Sun,
With which Mr.. A R. Lamar, who was clerk
If the Confederate House of Representatives
s editorially connected, is doubtless from the
pen Of that gentleman:
Mr.. Davis made no disposition of some Of
IF the most valuable and important documents
placed under his control. The writer of this
had under his immediate control the most
general, important and interesting archives of
he late Confederate Government. In them
was embraced its entire political history from
is suspicious beginning at Montgomery to the
disastrous close az Richmond. The Congress
had lett it to Mr.. Davis, to say when, how
md where the archives should be moved
Upon application to Mr.. Davis few days pre-
vious to the surrender as to what disposition
should be made of them, we were informed by
his private Secretary that Mr.. Davis had pack
ed none of the papers of his Office for removal,