Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-10
NEWS. or THE DAY.
''1o aoay the ve,y age and body Of the times.

''Io ShoaU the veiy age and 6ody Of the times.
A despatch from Baltimore to the National
Intcigeucer, dated clock last night, says:
"A gross outrage was perpetrated here to-day.
The U. S. flag On North street, with the words
National Conservative Union Headquarters"
was torn down by Radical mob, and the flag
trampled in the street amid groans for johnson
and cheers for Chapman. There was no per
son in the headquarters, no disturbance being
anticipated
We have seen with regret that some five
hundred white people Of North Carolina are
now on their way, in one body, as emigrants
to the Northwest We are sorry to see the
South thus losing its population, when there
are such immense capabilities there needing
development.
\ serious creYasse IS imminent il few miles
above New Orleans in Jefferson parish. Should
the Mississippi swell two or three additional
feet, and the levee remain in it's present broken
condition, the city is threatened with Hood
\ State engineer has started for the scene OF
the threatened creVassc.
Letters from Port au Prince, dated Septem-
Der 18th, state that the arsenal there contain
ing a large quantity of gunpowder, took ire
and exploded The fire spread and destroyed
the greater part of the town. Several vessels
were burned The loss of life is reported to
be very heavy.
From all accounts. it would seem that coun-
terfeiting was never carried on more extensive
ly, or with greater success, that at present.
The Bank Review says that many Of the most
sklitul workmeu are engaged in the business
90 their own account.
4 fire broke out at Wiscasset, Maine, yes
terasy, which destroyed over fifty buildings,
Including he Custom House, and also two
yachts, lying at the wharves The loss is cstl-
mated at two hundred thousand dollars.
1t is estimated that the crop OF dried spplcs,
blackberries, and other fruit, which vii! b.
shipped from North Carolina the present sea-
son will amount TO more then l,00O,00O pounds
worth at the Nor over 5000, 600.
The Memphis (Teon Appeal notes the
return of Major Joseph Barbiere, of tkat city,
from France, where he has been arranging FIR
direct mercantile communication bets cen Mem
phiS ard Europe.
Tie accounts that reach us by the Southern
mail are little more favorable for the cotton
crop in Louisiana ard Alabama, but in MiSsis-
sppi things appear to be getting no better.
VIM NJ. Burwell, esq, Of Va, has retired
from the editorial chair of tie New Orleans
Commercial Mr.. B. has settled in New Or
leans and will continue to reside there
The plan of Gen Tochman to settle Il colony
OF Poles in CHARLES county, Md, has failed
Efforts will now be made to procure lands for
their settlement in Virginia.
Both Houses Of the Legislature of Texas
have passed resolutions endorsing the decara-
ton Of principles and action of the Philadelphia
National Union Convention.
Advicea from Fort Phil. kearney Of Sep
TENDER % state that the Indians ere still COM
hitting deprcdations on the new route to
Montana.
Mr. Va!Iandigham, of Ohio, is said to be
opposed to the johnson party" and has
made speeches condemning the course Of the
President.
The anthracite coal trade in Philadelphia
continues very languid, and the prices offered
for coal do not warrant any increase produc-
ton
Hon. James Buchanan, ex-Pres;dent Of the
United States, arrived in Baltimore last even
ing, on private business. .-.... ..
The Petersburg Index regard: Mr.. Henry
j. Raymond, Of r. York, as "a great failure. .
Evidently.
The Radicals have carried the charter cleo
ton in Newark. N. j., by about 500 majority.