Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-01
NEWS or THE DA 7.
go sloey the voy age and body Of the times. .

A despatch to the New York Herald says:
''It has transpired that the paymaster who
eintezzlcd several thousand dollars of the
Government money by cutting from the seven
thirty bonds in his possession the matured
coupons and appropriating the proceeds to
his own use, is Lieutenant Colonel Thomas i.
Winston, chief paymaster of the Pay District
Of the Gulf, at New Orleans.
Santa Anna, after several weeks ofobscurity,
has suddenly reappcarcd in New York, with
o long letter addressed to Senior Romero, the
minister of the Mexican republic at Washing
ton He complains bitterly Of the leaders Of
the republic for refusing his services in their
struggle against Macmillan, and declares that
their refusal will not deter him from doing
what he can for MEXICO.
The Willoughby Point property has AT last
been restored to Major VIM e. Taylor. (tcr
the evacuation of Norfolk, it was taken posses
sion Of by the United States government, and
has been occupied by negroes, who have dam
aged The property in various wavs. lt IS SAID
that 600 cords Of wood, besides valuable i'm
Der, have been cut from the land.
The Charleston Courier Of September 2S
says: From private letter which We have
received from the cstmablc wife Of the dis
singuiShcd prisoner at Fortress Monroe, VIC
learn with inoxprcssiblc regret that his health
continues to decline, and that the pcounlaly
circumstances of his family are becoming vciy
embarrassing.
Isaac N. Arnold, formerly Representative IN
Congress from the LIST Illinois dlSji..ct, which
includes the city of Chicago, and recently All
;Iitor Of the Y,casr' for the Post Office De
paGtmcnt, has rendered his resignation to the
President in an insulting letter icnopncng Mir.
johnson.
The cholera has broken out with such VI Il
lcncc and fatality at Burlington, Now Jersey,
as to cause quite a panic in that usu"ly quiet
locality There were four deaths Oh Thursday,
and on Friday several new cases were reported,
but none Of the latter have resulted fatally.
1t is Sid that the Secretary Of the Treasury,
rnlcr authority Of Congress, VII soon sell SIC
revenue Steamers deemed unsuitable for the
ser. &c, leaving nineteen revenue steamers III
commission. Fight others will iyc built herc-
after.
The ''NationaI Union Republicans Of
Oregon have succeeded in clectiug q. S.
Senator in place Of Hon J. ". Nosnlltb,
whose term expires on tho 4t;> o. March, 1867.
Of Mr. Colbctt, the new Senator, VIC cannot
srcak
The Philadelphia papers record the dcccasc
Of Mr.. Charles Alexander, ono OF the oldest
publishers in the United States. lie had re,
tired from business some years since, and was
in his 10th year at the time Of his death.
The Secretary OF the I.easriJ Oh Saturday
received communication from an unknown
person in Galveston, Texas, enclosing $25.-
The amount has been placed to the credit OF
the conscience iaEd Of the Department.
General Charles Il. Peaslcc, who for some
quarter Of a Gentry Was one of the ccnsplou-
Gus public men OF New Hamshire, died on the
Goth instant, Of apoplcyv, at ST. Paul, Mime
sofa, at the age Of 62 years.
It is thought that an extra train VIII be run
on Sunday next TO Baltimore, N order to &C.
commodatc persons wishing to be present at
the opening Of the Grand Council of the Cath
oic church.
On Saturday evening about fifteen compost
tors were fuIlouehcd at the Government print
ing Office and three OF four press girls were
dismissed.
Mr. Binghan, Ct Ohio, has pledged himself
not to so to sleep until he has drawn bills Of
impeachment against the President.
There are now ia the Treasury Of the United
States about eIshty-iive million dollars in gold.
The cholera is still raging in Memphis,