Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-30
NEWS BY TO-DAY's MAIL.

NEWS BY TO-DAY's MAIL.
The South Carolina Convention, has ad
;ouroed, after having repealed the ordinance
ofsecession; abolished slavery; equalized the
representation OF the Senate and taxation
throughout the State; giving the election OF
Governor and Presidential electors to the peo-
ne ordered voting In the Legislature viva
Toce. endorsed the Administration unanim ous-
" and directed commission to submit code
to the LEGISLATURE for the protection OF the
ooIored population So that the first and fore
most State, about Secession, is among the first
TO accept the settlement effected by the war,
and allit conditions. Mr.. John L.. Orr will
probably be elected Governor, and Gov. Perry
sent to the u. S. Senate.
The Alabama Convention has repudlated
the Confederate debt, declaring, that all debts
created by the State Of Alabama in aid of the
late war, directly or indirectly, are to be
void, and that the General Assembly OF the
State shall have no authority and are therefore
forbidden to ratify the same or assume Or
provide for the payment of the same, or any
part thereof, and the General Assembly OF the
State are forbidden TO assume or make any
provision for the payment of any portion OF the
debts contracted or incurred, directly or indi-
recty, by the Confederate States, it's agents,
or its authority.
A mutiny has occurred in the 9th regiment
Of negro troops at Hilton Head N. g., They
were then confronted by company ordered
out by Major Weiaumaun, but the mutiny
was not quelled until Lieutenant Millen, Of
Exeter, n. H., and formerly member OF the
lst Massachusetts regiment. was killed by one
Of several shots fred at the Major. The lead
obor AoI fhn buf
subsequently, arrested and lodged in jail in
Wilmington. One of them was wounded on
the way back, for disordery conduct, by the
officer Of the guard.
Printing paper has advanced in Boston ma
terially within the past week Or two. Prlee
to-day, 10000 cents per pound, and it is
difficult to get an order taken at all. Dealers
say there isa scarcity Of stock, and that water
is short at the mills. Letter paper is quoted
at 50cents, and fine hat paper at 400423
cents.
The police in Boston has arrested VIM
Patt, for circulating and designing to circulate
bogus bank bills. A package Of $4,000 was
seized on his premises The bills were mostly
fves, on the Egg Harber Bank OF New Jersey.
Two hundred slaves have been landed on the
Island Of Aguilla, to be transferred to Cuba.
Nassau In consequence.
Ravages Of the Cholera on the Asiatic
Coast Of the Italian peninsula are reported.
The disease has nearly ceased in ConstantlnopIe.
1t prevails in Barcelona and appears to be
spreading over Europe 1t is expected to
cross the Atlantic.
Affdavits have been filed at the Freedmen's
Bureau, which 60 to show that certain agents
IN Baltimore enticed on board of a schooner
at anchor at that place a number OF freedmen
who, after reaching the schooner were placed
N confinement for several days, the vessel
sailing in the meantime for the guano islands,
On the coast of Russia, carrying OF the men
against their will. The affair is undergoing
anlnvestigation u..5@
Galveston was visited by the most terrific
storm ever witnessed, on the 18th. Several
houses were blown down, and others were
moved Off their foundations.
The equinoctial storm on the Gulf of Mexi-
GO xasvery severe.
The arrivals in San Francisco impart con-
SIDERABLE animation to trade, which generally
Alna remarkably healthy condition. There
s little tendency to speculation. The pletho-
TIC supply Of money has induced the banks
VI Calltornia to reduce the rate Of interest to
oue per cent. per month.
II II Is announced that the British war steam
er devastation has sailed from Panama In pur-
SUIT of the Shenandoah
IA dlashing young woman named Nellie OTIS
aias Curtis, has been arrested in Boston for
islceny of $6, 400 In money and Government
night last ~ : 10iA 0A 11'oa'