Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-27
NEWS or THE DAY.
To shoao the very age and body Of the Times.

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To shoe0 the very age and body OF the Times.
The case of ex-detective Baker, on the charge
Of robbing Joseph r. Cobb of 5000, on The 9th
of November, 1865, was taken upin the Wash
ington Criminal Court yesterday. After the
arraignment Of Baker, his senior counsel, +. p.
Stanton, read a special plea, in which exception
is taken to the Indictment on the ground that
the accused was found guilty on a former in
dictment of false Imprisonment but not guilty
of extortion; that the false imprisonment of
which he was convicted, and the felony and
robbery of which he is now indicted, are one
and the same offense, and he therefore asks
that he may be discharged A demurrer to
the plea was then filed by the prosecution, and
a rejoinder to the same by the defense. The
argument to the plea and demurrer was com
menced by District Attorney Darlington, who
was followed by Mr.. Stanton and Mr.. Riddle
for the defense, and Judge Huges for the pro-
secution.
The Boston Advertiser publishes an inter
pied letter in possession Of the State Depart
ment at Washington, identified as being written
by Clement G. Clay, under date of St. Cattle
rines, Canada West, November, 1864. The
letter it is alleged shows the completely Of the
writer in the raids from Canada into the United
States. 1t is understood to furnish the real
grounds for Mr.. Clay's prolonged Imprisonment
at Fortress Monroe The letter is addressed
to j. P. Benjamin, and urged the official sane
ton by the late Confederate Government Of the
acts of Lieut.. Bennett FL. Young and the
others who made the raid on St. Adams.
The commissaries of musters in the various
military departments, under instructions from
headquarters of the army, are engaged in dis
charging all volunteer organizations that can be
dispensed with. 1t is estimated that over fiji
teen thousand white and colored troops, since
the first instant, have been paid off and dis
charged. It is believed that, on account Of the
success attending the recruiting service of the
regular army, within month all volunteer Or
CARNATIONS will be relieved from duty.
Bids for furnishing the Subsistence Depart
ment in Washington yesterday, with two thou
sand barrels of -four were opened. A much
greater number of barrels were offered than
were called for Bids ranged from $40 so to
$40 40 for No. flour, and from 50 70 to $40
Is for No @ All the No. l flour offered at
$40 As and under, and all the No. flour offer
ed at SO 81 and under, was taken.
The Maryland registration case, involving
the constitutionality of the test oath disfran
chising clause of the State constitution, which
was appealed from Montgomery county and
carried up from the Maryland Court Of Appeals,
will not be heard at the present term Of the
United States Supreme Court, as had been an
ticipated
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has been
informed by letters written from Forts Randall
and Sully, Dacotah Territory and forwarded
by Major General Pope, that a great number
of Indians are arriving at the above named
forts almost daily, from the country above, in a
starving and destitute condition.
The Supreme Court-through Judge Mel
son--decided yesterday in the case of an appeal
from New York that the State has the right to
tax shares of the stockholders in national banks
on the ground that such shares are not part
of the banking capital Chief Justice Chase dis
sented
It is reported that the Navy Department is
about to send monitor and fast side-wheel
steamer to the Newfoundland fishing banks, to
look out fc the interests of our citizens in that
locality, and prevent any breach of the peace
between them and the subjects of Great Brit
ain.
The case of State vs. JAS P. Paca, John P.
Paca and VIM. B. Paca for the murder of John
P. Plea, the younger, which was in progress at
Denton, Caroline county, Nd, was concluded
on the Oath. The jury returned a verdict Of
mot guilty" and the accused were discharged.
The Presidents levee last night was attended
by an unusually large number Of persons, dis
tinguished and otherwise. Several of the for
eign ministers, members of the Cabinet, officers
of the army and navy, and members Of both
houses Of Congress, were among those present.
In radical quarters all is alive with the idea
of ejecting Mr.. Stockton, of New Jersey, from
his seat in the Senate, and thus enable them to
pass bills over the Presidents veto, together
with the desired constitutional amendments.
Hon. Solomon Foot, the Senator from Yer
mont, is, growing more feeble. He was easier
last night, but his physicians seemed to have
slight hopes of his recovery
FINANCIAL. the three hundred millions
of dollars in the currency ofthe National banks
authorized by Congress all but about thirty,
seven millions has already been issued, and
some of the advocates of paper expansion are
urging the expediency of having the limit in.
creased to four hundred millions, for the ac-
commodation Of distant parts of the country
the Southern Statec moro Dorticu1arIv IF the