Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-09
NEWS BIZ TO-DAY's NAIL.


Atlantic ocean. 1t is proposed to lay, ti1st
SIX hundred miles from London to Oporto, and
Il that works, to lay another line to the West
ern Islands, and third from there to our
continent. From Oporto to the Azores the
line will be nine hundred sea miles long, and
thence to Halifax fourteen hundred mile
more
The Jury in the Sanders conspiracy case,
Hhich was recently on trial in Montreal, were
discharged on Monday, the Judge remanding
the prisoners to jail till the March term. The
Judge addressed the jurors in very strong lam
guage. He told them, that they were too
ignorant to understand the evidence, or they
have periured themselves, as the case was not
one admitting Of doubt. The papers say they
suspect some tampering the with Jurors
Havana dates Of the 2Sth October state that
the hurricane Of the 22d and 23d ragged with
great force all over the island. In Havana
harbor many vessels drifted from the Wharves
and sunk. The streets Of the city were filled
With water to thedepth ofa foot Houses and
walls were. blown down TWo-thlrds OF the
roof Of the Tacon theatre was blown oil. The
US. fag had been raised on the late Con
iederase ran1 Stonewall.
Extensive efforts were made OH Monday
night to food New York with counterfeits Of
the ten-dollar bills Of the Albany City Bank.
-Four non were arrested on charges Of attenlp-
ing to pass them.
Under the head Of Reconstruction, the
fort Smith. e Arkansas Era remarks that The
officers and soldiers who lately were zealousJ
killing, ale now with equal zeal marrying,
The large water cure establishment OF Dr.
Mundle, at Florence, near Northampton,
Mass, was burned on Tuesday night 81
The Georgia. State Convention, by close
vote, has repudiated the Confederate debt,
The folloWingi is an extract OF letter froln
Richmond, published in the Baltimore Gazette:
The markets Of Richmond present now q
very different appearance from what taeE fld
few months ago, and supplies Of all kinds
abound Il the once empty stalls The stores
On Broad street once more sinoyT an ample dis
play, and every variety Of stuff now tails IN
folds from the doors where recently scarcely a
sorry rag huttered.
The churches stills show signs Of sell denying
poverty, and the penitent Christian still Wor-
ships on bare benches the cushions having
been taken for beds for the hospitals and not
having been replaced,
The most thorough manifestation OF power
tys, however, exhibited at the office Tor the
collection IF Internal Revenue 1t takes
$4,000 in Confederate currency, over and
above all actual necessary expenditures, 70
make the $500 exempt by law, and scarcely q
man has as yet heen found who could show
such a surplus. In Virginia the revenae fro,n
last year income will scarcely pay the salaries
q the officers employed 60 collect It All
shls, however, affects no one but those who
su8erit. Poverty has no sympathy. lhere
are few who can pay, and the determination
IS, It possible, to make them pay. l4ahoreEs
are already on strike, and seem Determines 20
9 g. have more pay and to do less WORK; ,o "a
'ae court house over two hundred hDels ioI
sson55scation are published These now excite
ont !5n't little uneasiness. Pardons are beng rap
lay granted, and in various parts OF virginia
property IS being restored to its fosnzer own
a1 91s A curious case is now pending in court
ine - negroes On the estate OF General EdWafo
johnson have taken possession OF his proper
y and refused to leave it, declaring that ne IS
~ h9l g receive amnesty and that his estate IS
~ - ooe confscated and given to them. He has,
S5soldlagly, brought suit in ejectment against
NO 40 late slaves no summary mode oelng az
NGMsent Ms open to him.
Inc National Express Company Is making
xseat as Stir. It is to be much more EXTENDED
y y It's operations than the present Expresses.
ssls to go off railroads and deliver goods lnthe
ao.ssror. a..s 1t is to carry packages, boxes, ana
sasks: Its to supersede the necessity OF Tor
nardlng houses. Hundred zof applications
aIe q daily made for situations from all parts OF
81 The Snrtb ,7