Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-17
DEFERRED NEWS.


swear to support the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States. A resolution was adopted that all
who had not done so should take the oath OF
amnesty, but it was subsequently reconsldered
The usual committees were appointed, and reso-
lutions were introduced declaring that persons
coming within the exceptions OF the President S
Amnesty Proclamation were not entitled to
seats.
In referring to bale Of cotton which was
discovered to contain $27, 900 in gold, after
having been opened recently IN New ork, a
Knoxville paper claims that the bale was ship
ped from that place by Captain ": A. Vain
right, OF the Quartermasters Department.
We would advise the captain to put his name
on the list with those who have Instituted
court proceedings to recover the prize.
Fred, Douglass delivered lecture in Was1-
ington On 1.-The Assassination and It's lessons;
He was introduced to the audience presen5 by
Chief Justice Chase, who spoke OF Douglass IN
highly complimentary terms. At the close OF
the lecture Judge Kelley, OF the House :, o1
Representatives, made speech, IN which I ne
placed himself squarely on the platform OF the
s'Brotherhood of>man.'
The bank at Liberty, Clay county, Missouri,
was robbed on Tuesday afternoon last OF seventy
five thousand dollars by twelve men, who are
alleged to have been bushwhackers during the
war. A boy who gave the alarm was shot and
killed instantly. The robbers mounted their
horses, ,and although a number OF citizens start
ed in pursuit they succeeded IN making the1
escape.
Mr., Jas. r. Coles, who has been imprisoned
at Fort Lafayette for a period OF seventeen
months, on the charge of being implicated II
the Canadian plot to burn and destroy Amen
can vessels on Lake Erie, was discharged from
custody on Monday last, on writ OF habeas
corpus, the Government failing to make any
return to the writ
The House Judiciary Committee has decided
to report, with amendments, the Senate bll
ORIGINALLY introduced by Senator Trumbull, fol
the protection of all persons in the enjoyment
of their civil rights The same committee
decided to report adversely on the bill which
provides for the punishment Of counterteltlng
by death.
Resolutions lave been introduced into tho
Lepislat,1re Of Maine, declaring that a tru ly re-
publican government can never be iully ATTAINED
until equality Of civil and political rights be
permanently secured, irrespective OF differences
of race and color.
The Congressional delegation from Ohio have
protested against the unfair discrimination O.
The Revenue Commissioner in the matter O.
the tax on manufactured tobacco, which taVor
Connecticut and Cuba to the prejudice OF thf
tobacco growers of the West.
The reciprocity treaty will terminate, unde
the notice given by the Government, on tn
17tb nroximo. An effort has been made, OF
the part of the British provinces, either tc
nro)onp the existence, or substitute tor 1t som'
plan OF legislative reciprocity
The work of renovating the GospoIt, Nav,
Yard is in active progress. oaW- -mllls am
stables are in course OF construction, and b,
the removal of the debris the yard is gradual
" assuming an appearance OF neaVness an'
order.
Three persons, who were imprisoned at 81
Iouis bv the military authorities, on the cnarg
Of boat burning, have been released, Wlthou
fria] nv order Of the Secretary OF war, ate
heing incarcerated for nearly twelve months
Nearly four hundred dollars has been recel7
ed from the fair held at Upper marlborough
Prince Georges county, MaryIand2 Tor ID tne Ie
lief of destitute persons III the oouthein AoS@'0S
Quite an excitement seems to have sprun
nm IN the tobacco market of New York. oale
at unnrecedentedly high figures have take
place recently. -,
The Secretary of the Navy has directed ina
Er.Admiral Semmes be allowed such exercls
in the yard Of the Marine Barracks as ne ma
wish.
The Right Reverend John B. FitzpatrlcS
the Roman Catholic Bishop OF Boston, MASS
chusetts, died in that city on Monday last.
a. President johnson has approved the Joll
resolution appropriating money Tor the expenss
of the Joint Conmmittee on Reconstructlol