Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-20
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The u. S. Consul at La Rochelle, France,
informs the Department Of State that the
Asiatic cholera appears to be moving along the
western coast of France After appearing at
.Caen and Brest, it has followed the seaports,
and is at the Sables d. Oloume, within that con-
sular district. The Consul recommends rigid
quarantine measures for vessels arriving from
La Rochelle and Bordeaux.
The u. s. Consul at Amsterdam represents
that the cattle plague is still spreading, and 1t
is feared will infect the whole country. One
mode Of treatment is RECOMMENDED as promising
to be successful cure, which is to rub the skin
of the infected animal vigorously, then to cover
the animal with clothes dipped in cold water,
over which dry cloths are spread. Out OF
TWENTY-FIVE cases treated in this manner only
one was lost
Schooner Matilda, with three hundred and
seventy-fve negroes on board, has been cap
tured and brought into Havana They had
been to Care San Antonio, and one hundred
of them had been sold as slaves Some twelve
hundred have recently been landed there. The
mortality among them is quite heavy.
From New Orleans we now learn that Cover
nor Welles having persistenty refused to give
certificate of election to the new Mayor and
other city officials, the attorneys of the latter
applied to General Candy, who took the official
returns and promised to issue the order as re-
quested.
There is said to be great excitement in Nova
Scotia in consequence of startling rumors ahoat
at Halifax, probably of the intention of the
Fenians toattempt the capture of that province.
The forts have all been manned at Halifax, and
a proclamation has been issued calling out the
militia.
A young lady, native Virginian and the
daughter of learned Episcopal clergyman,
residing in Richmond county, Northern Neck
Of Virginia, has recently executed, in oil coors.
a large and splendid painting of Stratford
House, the birth place of Richard Henry Lee
and his brothers, and of General Robert e. Lee.
About one clock on Saturday morning the
extensive mill building at Lynchburg, Va,
known as 'Langhorne's Fertilzing Mill, ac-
cidentally took fire and was consumed together
with all its machinery Loss from $4,000 to
$4,000 and insured in Baltimore company for
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The National Union Club have, through
Hon. Green Clay Smith, chairman pro tenn,
issued a call for the Union people, without
regard to party or location, to meet at the City
Hall, in Washington, on Saturday night, for
the purpose of endorsing and sustaining Presi-
dent johnson.
. Hon Daniel Needham, Secretary of the New
England Agricultural Society, is in Washing
ton, having been sent hither by that society to
urge the removal of Isaac Newton, commits
sioner Of agriculture.
Major Gen. franklin has been appointed to
the responsible and lucrative position of super
intendent Of Colts pistol factory He has sent
in his resignation to the War Department and
it has been accepted,
According to a recent decision Of the Treasury
Department, the separation of coupon from
two years five per cent. treasury note renders
such note no longer legal tender until inter
est begins on the next succeeding coupon that
is attached to the note.