Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-12
NEWS or THE. DA 7. !.
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excited, and the newsroom rapidly filed
He was applauded on leaving, and considerable
numbers Of people followed him through the
streets 1t is said that the object of the Cen
cral' s visit to England is to advance railroad
project in the United States
The Mississippi Press Convention at jackson
has passed resolutions declaring that the. people
accept the arbitrament of arms in good faith,
and will support emancipation and elevation OF
the freedmen. They endorsed the Presidents
reconstruction policy, and say that Stevens,
Sumner & Co., are attempting to destroy the
constitution and establish desrotc govern
ment.
Gov. Patton of Alabama, states that Gen.
Swayne, commissioner Of the freedmen Blu.
rcau for that State, is now furnishing twenty
five thousand ra!ions week to the starving
population Of that section, and that the major
ity Of them are whites The Governor says
there are one hundred thousand real objects Of
charity in Alabama
An old man, (tse keeper OF the gate at ELK
Ridge Bridge, Baltimore county,, his daugh-
ter, and grandson, were cruelty beaten on Sun
day night BY robbers, who entered their house,
and stole thcretrom watches, money, &c. The
old man died from his wounds, and the daugh-
ter and grandson arc in dangerous condition.
Mrs DR.. Marie Walker, has been arrested again
in H. Y. for appearing in the street i'll partial
male attire. She was committed to prison, but
WAS afterwards released in $500 bail. This
feminine ex- army surgeon claims that she has 4
right to dress as she peases, and proposes to
test the question before legal tribunal. i
A special order converting military commits
sion for the trial Of the Frecdmens Bureau Of
fcers in North Carolina, arrested atthe instance
of Gems. Steedman and Fullerton, for alleged
malteasance in Office, was issued on Saturday
last BY the War Department. 1t is to meet at
Raleigh, \ G., Oh the 18th instant.
Gen Barry has received an answer from Gen.
Meadc regarding the transportation Of the Fe-
mans Gen. Meade says the United States
Goes not feel called upon to stand tho expense
Of sending these men home, and docs not give
tie required permission to furnish transporter
ton,
\ Portland (Oregon) dispatch states that
the Union majority in Oregon is 500, with
four counties to hear from. The State Senate
stands Union II; Democrats IS. Both par
ties claim majority in the lower house. To-
ia! vote, %, 220. ...-...... r..
A letter from Vera Cruz states that some %
Confederate coonists were captured recently III
Mexico BY the Liberals, and were held at a
ransom OF ten thousand dollars. The Liberals
deny the authority of Maximilian to make
grants OF land. |
1t is stated tha Geu Santa Anna has prcpar-
cd his manifesto to .he American people The
Genera! comes out fair and square for the Mex
lean republic, one and indivisible, and declares
AGAINST the government Of Maxmilian as that
Of en- usnrper.
Twenty feet below .he surface soil, ard ten
feet above the immense bed of pure rock salt
which has been discovered on an island below
New Orleans, the remains of an elephant, and
some basket work, formed Of reeds have been
found
The House committee on banks and currency
will make an elaborate report in few days on
the Washington bank frauds, and present a
bilI guarding against such misappropri ations of
public moneys in the future. ~.
Letters by the Africa, fcoL Ex-President
Fillmore, in Paris, state that he will not return
home until after the Worlds Exhibition. He
has promised to make an address, on behalf OF
| America on that occasion.
4 few cases of cholera are reported in New
York--three or four during the last weck-in
every case, it is said, the disease showing itself
in persons living in filthy places.
4 country exchange notices the fact that a
man stopped his paper on Saturday and died
On Tuesday. Moral: Couldn't get along
without his paper ...
The President has found it necessary to limit
the granting Of political pardons to smaller
number OF special cases that has hitherto hocn
| the case.
! PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Tho Senate,
yesterday. PASSED the House bill to provide for
the safe keeping Of the public monies; rcso-
lutio,, was introduced and REFERRED aprroprla-
ting $50, 900 to aid in the payment OF the Point
Lookout property, which 1t is proposed to secure
as ono of the sites of the National Asylum for
disabled volunteer soldiers and their families.
! In the House resolution was introduced dc
clali0g that, in the opinion Of this House, jeff
Davis, ought to be kept in confinement, and
subject to trial by the laws OF the land. Un-
| der the operation Of the previous question this
resolution was adopted BY yeas 1885, nays "a
A resolution was also adopted to appoint; joint
com mittee to prepare an address on the life,
character and services of the late 1t. Gen. Scott
A re solution was offered in reference to the Fe
nlar efforts to free Ireland, and proposing to
repeal Our neutrality laws enacted in 1878. A
motion to lay the resolution On the table was
ted=,.eas 4 na,-r 5,,h aro1, ,an,, 4 sub: