Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-25
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Ihe Washington correspondent OF the NeW
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Speed has the consideration ct the matter OF
tie trial of Mr.. Davis now bfsorc hin. On the
sasnigsl of Chief -ghase-Mhich. be
socse time this week, It will be determined
whether or not Mr. Davis shalbe: triedEin the
State Of Virginia. The Attorney General
has also consulted With Judg5 Underwood in
regard to the trials Ct Generals Lee, Wise,
and sixty Others indicted for treason In $the
United States District Court, held last sum-
mer at Norfolk. 1t is proposed to t.y Henry
A Wise first, and it is thought that his will be
the only case disposed Of this season. - = : 80
The latest received London Times coatsins
a FIVE column speech by Thomas Carlyle. de-
liyerad on the occasion Of bis Inauguration as
rector Of the University Of Edinburgh. A
good deal of tbs occupied with the praise Of
silence. Mr.. Carlyle laments the fact that
''the finest nations in the world the English
and the American-ara going all away into
wind and tongue , ..,.i..s, ..,i -a -s;:..2.
The cholera is still increasing on board the
Virginia, and on the hospital ship Falcon, an
chcred il the lower bay of New York, and
causes great excitement in the city Twenty
new cases have occurred on board the Virginia
siuce the last report Ten patients have dicd
since Saturday The total increase Of cases
since Friday is thirty-nine. ->
The Washington Chronicle OF q recent date
announces that Mr.: Murdoch will appear this
evening in his great character Of Sir Charles
Surface, in the glorious comedy Of The School
for Scandal The Charlottesville Chronicle
says:-'C Charles Surface is a meritorious young
man, and NC are glad to see that he has been
bnighted.'
Allen g. Co., have arrived at New Orleans
from Calcutta to opea direct trade by line Of
English ships. They say there is much de-
mani for tilnber and Westeru produce, bacon,
hams oil, grease, &C., in the East Indies, and
they promise to send back gunny-cioth, bag
gieg, teas, coffee, spices, and 81! kinds OF
groceries. &C.,
The Commissioners appointed to inquire into
the workings Of the Freedmen's Bureau in the
South we're at Norfolk on Saturday. They
have had interviews with the authorities and
citizens of Richmond, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
and have also visited the negro settlements at
Hampton and SIabtowc, on the Peninsula.
Governor jenkins, Of Georgia, has issued a
proclamation defining the effect Of the Presi-
deuts peace proclamation iu that Stare. lie
says lit does not remove martial law: or operate
io any way on the Freedmans Bureau in the
exercise OF its legitimate jurisdiction.
The Naval Committee in Congress have de-
cided 10 reject the offer of the Cation Land
Company Of Baltimore to grant lands on the
condition of the establishment Of q naval depot
thereon.
Advices from the Rio Grande of the%f5th
instant state that the Imperial General Meija
brought TWO hundred wagons into Matamoras,
containing FIVE huadred thousand dollars in
coin. .-.-"- I'D. s-.- l4.- -. 80. 49,
The Kentucky and Tennessee papers contiD
lie to chronicle outrages committed by negro
troops, or by their white officers: IN those
States a..>.@ ... -.
The Provost Judge in New Orleans is in
jail, charged with swindling. Several cotton
agents in New Orleans have recently been ar-
rested.
Il is thought that Colorado will &c speedily
admitted as a State of the Union. The same
is not thought Of Virginia.
The condition of Professor Alexander Dallas
Bache, the chief Of the Coast Survey, leaves
but little hope Of his recovery. ys.:," .a,-.-
Another large cGoyasse has occurred in The
Mississippi river, which has flooded much
cane land.
Judge Thomas Pesg. one Of the delegates Of
the Cherokee Nation, died in Washington, On
Sunday.
General S;ckles has been nominated as L. ).
Minister 10 Holland. -