Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-26

NEWtS OF THE DAP.
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80 shol1 the veay age and body ofthe TIMES,
| A dispatch from Bowling Green, Ky, dated
yesterday, says: There is considerable excite
ment, here, caused by mob endeayoring to
rescue from the sheriff, negro, who had COM
mitted murder, with the intention Of hanging
him. A few soldiers stationed here, came to
the assstance5o of the sheriff, and are repelling
/ the mob, but the sheriff has telegraphed to
/ Louisville for more men, and company will
leave there this evening for: Bowling Green,
/ The!last stretch of the Geographic cable con-
nec(ing Vancouvers island with the main
land, was safely landed at Ladd bay, San Juan
Island, yesterday The signals were found
perfect, and direct communication had with
Portland, Me-, and New Westminster, after
which Victoria was connected The announce.
ment was received amid the roar of cannon,
ringing of bells, and cheers OF the people. Il.
"A Memphis dispatch says that the steamer
John Raymond exploded her boiler and took
fire when near Island No. 49, at 10 OF clock on
Monday morning. The first engineer was
blown overheard and lost the second engineer
was baby scalded, and six fremen and deck
hands more or less injured. After floating
five miles down the stream the fire was extin-
guished and the passengers were rescued. 4 ,
The Senate of Tennessee has before it bill
rendering the mansion house at the hermitage
jackson 5 residence and 200 acres Of ground,
providing the e. S. would establish on it a
branch Of the West Point Military Academy Or
some other public institution. The rest Of the
estate, about three hundred acres, is to be sold,
and the proceeds are to be applied to the pay
ment Of the bonds issued by the State, in pay
ment for the whole property.
It has been stated that the President has in
structed the Attorney General Of the United
States to prepare for the arraignment Of Jetfer-
son Davis before the U. S. Circuit Court Of
Virginia, on the charge of high treason. This
is amistake, No such Instructions have been
given, but there have been frequent consulta-
tons with eminent legal gentlemen respecting
Jefferson Davis and others. = !. {. ,....s. l...
Messrs. Burstenbinder, Mills, Prentice and
Devol, who were arrested some days ago in
New York, for having shipped nitro glycerine
by Wells Fargo & Co., without properly mark
ing it, by which, it is alleged, the late explo-
sion at San Francisco, was caused, have been
admitted to bail in the sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars. '... . E' ~
Prentice, of the louisville Journal has fallen
aboard of Brownlow, of Tennessee, and is Civ
ing him the most awful scoreing ever received.
Brownlow has this time caught a tartar. " 1t
is said that President johnson knows and
appreciates Brownlow fully. Brownlow used
to abuse Mr.. johnson constantly in the vilest
manner
The War Department has issued general in
structions for the protection of the graves Of
the Union soldiers, torbidding the owners of
lands to disturb the resting places Of the dead
by blowing, &c and ordering provost marshals
and post commanders to report infractions Of
the regulation " ...t'iG t.."..a
The former election in Portsmouth, Va, for
municipal officers, having been contested by
the Radical party a new election took place
last Saturday The "Citizens ticket. " as it is
called, az. rowing the Presidents policy, was
elected by u large majority. ... -..#. /
On Monday last, while William Sprouts and
J. Callahan were engaged in picking the pow
der out Of some shells near Lynchburg, Va,
one of them exploded under the hands Of CAL
han, and the unfortunate man was literally
blown to pieces. u .... .-.s. .... /.
The schooner Norman: owned by citizens Of
Somerset county, Md, was wrecked on the
Atlantic coast, off the Eastern shore of Virgin.
ia, on the 18th ult. and the crew, consisting Of
Captain G. R. Knowles and four men, drowned
Some OF the National Banks of New York
propose to 60 into liquidation because of the
passage Of an act by the Legislature of that
State taxing bank capital. ..... -.. ......
The latest advices from Guadalupe state
that the cholera has disappeared The mortal
ity has been lO,SO6, out Of a population Of
149, l07
The trial Of Probst for the murder Of the
bearing family, is going Oh in Philadelphia
He pleads not guilty.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate
yesterday a bill to allow the building ola bridge