Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-18
NEWS BY To-DAY,s MAIL.


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NEWS BY To-DAY,s MAIL.
Wall street was calmer yesterday. The ex-
citem ent produced by the announcement OF the
Ketchum defalcations had, in measure, sub
sided, and holders Of the forged gold certif-
Gates declared that Mr. Morris Ketchum was
able and willing to make good their losses
This IS somewhat doubtful, however, as at
rough estimate the total defalcations are
supposed to amount to $4,00O,O0O. The
largest losers are Ketchum q Co., Charles
Graham, the Importers and Traders National
Bank, and the Fourth National Bank.
General Alexander Cummings, Of Philadel-
phia, has been appointed Governor and ex
officio superintendent Of Indian affairs Of the
Territory Of Colorado
Major General A. e. Hovey has been
appointed by the President Minister to Peru,
and left. Wednesday night for New York,
from which point he will sail Immediately for
South America
A despatch from New York says:-s'A
party Of thirty negroes from the South passed
through the. city to day en- route for Rhode
Island, where homes have been provided for
them by the Freedmen Bureau. The Ex
press says this is the second party Of negroes
thus sent to Rhode Island at the Government
expense.
The New York Evening Post says, 1t needs
not another summer like the present to drive
all self respecting people from such places as
Saratoga They do not ike to expose their
sons and daughters to the temptations, to
acquaint them with the modes Of life, or to
place them in the company Of those who take
the lead in the prevalent fashionable riots =
ltisstated thatth Secretary of the Treasury
has determined to place three revenue cutters
in the waters of the lower Chesapeake, extend
ing from the Capes to the Nansemond river,
tokeep strict look out for and prevent SNUG
Cling much of which is alleged to be now done
DWELLING HOUSES IN THE SOUTH. The
North Carolina correspondence of the Cincin :
natl Gazette says The dwelling houses Of the
South present strange appearance IN their
thing has been mended, and generally in the
rudest style. Window glass has given way.
tothin boards, and these are in use in railway
coaches and In the cities. Furniture is marred
and broken, and none has been replaced tor
tour years. Dishes are cemented in various
Styles and half the pitchers have til handles.
Acomplete set Of crockeryls never seen, and
IN very few families is there enough left to set
atable in a manner approaching gentillty. A
set OF forks with whole tines is a curiosity. -
Clocks and watches have nearly all stopped.
Carpets have gone for army blankets. Pianos,
where any are owned, are terribly out OF tune:
Clothing, including. hats, bonnets, and ladles
and children shoes, are nearly all home
made Hair brushes and tooth brushes have
all worn out; combs are broken, and are not
yet replaced; pins, needles, thread, and a
thousand such articles, which seem lndispen-
aole to housekeepers, are very scarce. Even
ln;Weaying on the. looms corn cobs have been
substituted for spindles Few have pocket
tknlves 10 fact, everything that has hereto.
.ofe been an article Of sale at the South is
wanting now.
lhe Republican State Convention in Penn
syVania have nominated General Hartranft for
audltor General, and Colonel Jacob M.
oanpbell, for Surveyor General Resolutions
we're adopted expressing confidence in the
administration of President johnson and his
rseoaistruction reeli policy; compGmenting Gov
guiun and Secretary Stanton: recommending
aast ue eontseation Of property Of Southern rebels
to'au h0len ever ten thousand dollars, with which
roa npay pensions to soldiers; endorsing the Mon
soIa: I aoetrlne, and recognizing the claims of
'0tulers to Offices Of trust and honor. ..