Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-13

that Mrs. Wirz tried, on the 29th OF October,
4 noison her husband by kissing him and
Introducing strychnine into his mouth. Baker
oboked him. and forced him to disgorge it,
fIus tbs saving his life Its also alleged that the
poisonous pilot strychnine IS now IN : posses
r s;on of Baker Further, it is stated that the
fr;ands f.;u e Davis. Lee, and Winder have. had
something to do with this matter; also, that
Nrs sNirzwas very cold and devoid OF atfec-
tionor emotion during their intercoure. s s Mr:
Schade, The counsel for Wirz pronounces this
statement, whether coming from Baker or
ANYBODY else, an enfamous lie from beginning
toend.
: It's known to be public that Ex-President
Buchanan, has prepared a defence OF bis Ad-
ministration against the charges alleged against
it, especially in regard to the measures I'M
nediately preceding the late war. The work
will. shortly be published, and in the mean
time the. preface to it is copied IN the news new
napers. In this preface it is said ::-''lhe
narrative will prove that the original and COLI
. spring causes of all our future troubles are to
be found in the long, active, and persistent
hostility Of the Northern Abolitionists, both
IN and out of Con gress, against Southern
slavery. until the final triumph. Of their cause
inthe election Of President Lincoln; and, on
thezather hand,sthe corresponding antagonlsm
and violence with which the advocates OF
slavery resisted these efforts, and vlndlcated
its preservation and extension up to the period
Of secession
The CHOLERA The Russian papers an-
nounce that the cholera which made its appear
oh tyyO
since, is advancing north wards notWithstand-
Ing the.cold weather. In its northern PROCESS
ithas reached Berdytchen, in Russian Poland,
town of forty thousand inhabitants. In
Paris the principal sufferers from the cholera
we're the rag pickers aud the street-sweepers.
0nthe former class it had fallen weary heavily.
One hundred and fifteen thousand persons left
Paris within ten days to avoid the epidemic.
The National Inteligencer advises the mem
bers elect to Congress from the South, and
especially snch members as may not teel able
to take the oath prescribed by the test-oath
enactment not to press for their seats, under
any circumstances, until after the organization
OF the House.
Governor Holden of N. G., has received a
telegram from Secretary Seward requesting
him, In the name of the President, to continue
toegercise the functions Of Provisional Gov.
until otherwise ordered This is similar
action to that adopted in the case OF Sou,h
Carolina where Governor has BEEN recently
elected, The provisional governors hold on.
Adviices received at the State Department
show that the cholera is rapidly abating in
Europe and Asia.
The 9Th regiment Of Hancock corps has
been ordered to Washington to supply the
places Of the departing Veteran Reserves
The amount o{ national currency in circala-
ton at the present time is .$2l0,276, ,O4O.
Bondin fell from his rope recently in Berlin,
Prussia, aud came near breaking his neck.
Fears are expressed BY our Consul at Man
chester that the cattle plague, now raging N
England, will be brought TO this country, and
ne advises q quarantine. ,s
Jacob Thompson, Secretary Of the Interior
under President Buchanan, has October
18th left Paris with his wife fora pilgrimage
70 the Holy Land.
The negroes Of Alabama are going to form a
State convention, to meet at Mobile on the
tnlrd Monday, of November. t5
Gen. Fitzpatrick has been appointed U. s.
Minister to- Chill. Il ii ..s .s.5
Gapt. Semmes,, formerly 10 command OF the
late Confederate steamer Alabama, IS now
! Quietly engaged ia business IN Natchez, Miss.
!, 8 case Of cholera is reported in ST. Louis;
nut It IS doubtful.