Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-19
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passed State Rights resolutions.
The last accounts from the Shenandoah are
the 23d Of June, when she had burned anoth
erWhaIer in the Northern Pacific, and, itwas
supposed, was attempting to capture others.
Her career cannot be longer continued, we
should think. s.,ss s.<sss se.,ss
"A Mr. S. :" Of Burlington, eloped last week
with the wives Of three Of the most respected
citizens Of Nashua, New Hampshire. They
crossed to Canada onialumber barge, under
cover of night and the old Turk was last heard
of. .at Saint Leon, Canada East, closely pursued
bYone Of The injured husbands. 10 s.15 d.
ssEhe st. Mary's County, Md, Beacon says
that during the past few weeks, the negroes in
some sections Of tina, county have been making
rather fearful abuse Of their. enlarged legal
privileges, ard two homicides and q stabbing
ARRAY have beer theresult. a= ..s"5'z1s ..x
There area now but FIVE prisoners at Fort
~ arren. MI. Stephens, for the last.ten days,
has been released from close confinement,
and IS permitted to walk wherever he pleases
in the fort, between reveille and retreat, and
even ascend the ramparts. He is always
nnguarded. . s s..I 9s.s .ss5 sza
The Democrats Of Minnesota held their con
vention. for the nomination Of State officers on
Wednesday, the 10th inst Resolutions were
adopted sustaining the reconstruction policy
of the President; in favor Of the maintenance
Of the Monroe doctrine; opposing a protective
tariff; and denouncing the suspension Of the
witt of habeas corpus U
A profound sensation has been madesat
Saratoga, BY an English lady, the wife of an
attache of the British legation, who has In
troduced the fashion Of staining the eyelids
and under the eyes, to deep black, giving
strange expression to a pallid and otherwise
ordinary face The ladies all exclaim in
horror of such barbarous fashion but, such
IS the fascination Of crime itspreads like an
epidemic. Ata ball, six ladies were seen with
these frightful black eyes.
One of the Government farms for the EN-
ployment Of freedmen, is located on the Patux-
ent river, il Maryland. This farm, according
to the account Of contemporary, embraces
about thirty thousand acres; but only about
twenty two hundred acres are now under cul
tiyation, much Of the land being still covered
with timber. From seven to. eight hundred
negroes are employed here, principally in rails
ing corn. and tobacco. j. 8 d.
ass A circular letter has been sent to each Of
the Provisional Governors, notifying them that
the Department is ready to restore the mail
service upon the Southern railroads so soon
as the said Provisional Governors can certify
that they are in operation and controlled by
s proper persons.
The civil governor Of Port Mahon, who is
chief Of the quarantine, has received official
information that the cholera had appeared on
the coast Of Spain Directions have been given
that proper care must be taken to prevent the
Spreading Of the disease, should vessels. arrive
having iton board. Port Mahon is The princi
pal quarantine station in the Mediterranean.
The Catholic Bishopof Philadelphia, has
{. received s e ed a missive from Rome denying that
any thing in favor Of the Fenian Society has
emanated from the Holy See.'
Ihe President has appointed Hannibal
Hanlin collector, Daniel W. .Gooch surveyor,
and A. B. Underwood naval officer Of the port
of Boston