Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-26


people Of the east side of that town have suf
fered to an alarming extent from dysenterlc
disease, which bafaed the skill Of the most
eminent physicians. All remedies usual to such
diseases we're of no avail, and it soon took a
chronic form. It was at first supposed to
arise from the malaria from slaughter houses,
garbage. &C.. bat on more careful examination
# is the opinion of medical men that it is
caused bv the fearful overcrowding of people III
the street cars especially during this hot season,
soakeda and reeking as those conveyances are
with the fetid exhalations OF every possible
specimen of diseased and sweating humanity
Information has been received at the Depart
ment of State from the minister of the y. 5.
at Buenos Ayres, of the passage OF law by
the legislature of the provincial government OF
Buenos Ayres, authorizing the governor to call
the first town to be located in the province,
"Lincoln,' in commemoration Of the late Pres
ident Of the j. S.
Another mysterious prisoner, it is said, has
been brought to Washington, escorted by
Lieutenant and four soldiers. The prisoner,
according to the Wheeling Register, had irons
upon his ankles, and was constantly guarded
The Lieutenant said he had orders not to re-
veal the name, destination or crime OF the
prisoner. The latter is described as a tan
haired young man, apparently about twenty
one years Of age
The Protestant Episcopal Convention, which
held its session last week at Athens, Georgia,
passed resolutions declaring that the Diocese OF
Georgia would resume it's connection with the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of the u. s.
whenever the Bishop shall consider such
course consistent with good faith towards the
other Bishops of the late Confederate States.
Deputies were also sent to the General Council
of the Church in the Southern States.
The steam propeller Effort, which was al
legged to have been stolen from Hampton
Roads, and which has been the object Of so
much anxious search among the inlets Of the
Chesapeake Bay, was. safely moored, at the
last advices, at her wharf at Jersey City, (?)
The United States steamer Commodore Nc
Donough, on her way east from Port Royal,
S. c., sprung leak at sea in heavy gale, and
filled SO rapidly that she had to be Abandoned
No lives were lost.
The Richmond Wing advises President
johnson to reconstruct his Cabinet, and ap-
point as a member of it, some suitable person
from Virginia!
The St. Louis Republican has an account of
the murder of Judge Wright, and four mem
bers of his family, by q squad of militia, who
had arrested them. The affair occurred in
Phelps county.
At an informal meeting of the delegates of
the Mississippi convention in their individual
capacities, memorial was presented, express
ed, in eloquent terms, petitioning President
johnson to extend pardon to Jefferson Davis
and Governor Clark, which was acquiesced in
by all present
Th reported intention Of Spain to renew the
war against the Dominican republic may meet
with opposition from an unexpected quarter
Washington advices are to the effect that the
United States may have something to say to
Spain about this matter.
It is stated that a call for grand mass
meeting in New York is being extensively
signed in that city by leading men Of all parties,
to adopt resolutions in favor ofPresident John
SON policy of Southern restoration, and to
counterfeit the adverse agitation Of the radicals
The Democratic organization in the North
ern and Western States, appears not only to
be kept up, but to be continued with vlgor and
spirit.