Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-01

IS. rH. Of, Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS : !.
He had been i'll with pneumonia but three ' 81
four DAYS, which resisting the lest enorts y
most skillful physicians, terminated IN osa'n -
Saturday about 2 O clock ?. Mat his ieslaenos'
= Baltimore. He was a native OF Marylaai;Iu .t
~ bpen horn at polls, We believe, Wnllss
Is g fhsr Who was an Episcopal mlnls f Wa
. a,,aared as 4 preceptor in st John .piisse'
n th:s institution Mr.. Davis vas paltlyc eunuaz
.ied flushing his studies at Hamaen oyu ~:
Colege, Va. At later perlod -. ne was ao res;-
ted to the bar az Alexandra, lN ~, n
ded and successfully practleed nls lo, ~, his
los - baltimore, was first elected TO me
1osnor alse of Congress in 1850 from the tneL
fo,,r+b coneressional district as the American
aoat re served three terms Ia success
Cav throno} the 34sh, 35th aud 36th Congress
sloi', naa and succeeded by Hon Il. May In the
s ronrress. that gentleman defeating nm
- =. s1ee9] election in 1861, when NJ, Lincoln
1ss aade call for the early assembling OF that
ha o onsthe 4tl1 OF july. In 1868 Mr. DAYS.:
,,g aoain elected as a Representative to Con
aress. without opposition, the district having
been somewhat changed in. its BOUNDS, ana
established as the third district. He held the "a
=, nortant position Of chairman OF the commit
tee Of foreign affairs in the House foE me
present Congress he again essayed to De q esaol-
date hnE was defeated IN the nominating eon-
yention Of his party the republicann--hy ,Nti
Phelps, the present MEMBER W.. laws
rather prided himself on being progressive II
snol;iics. and seemed disposed to start)e;. az
49, ~ Il. anuno;af ions, His extreme radica-
1;sn, IN theend. doubtless worked to bis dlsad-
nsnt,ge among his political associates IN this
State He once before entering into polltics,
essave}, authorship, producing book entlE7ed
ssThe War of Ormuzd and Abzlnsn ne
was IL the 10th year Of age. lie had been
twice married, and leaves widow, the daugh-
ter-of John B. Morris, esq, OF Baltimore.
Baltimore Sur.
The Raleigh Sentinel learns that President
Johnson signed the pardon OF Governor u1s-
ham. of II. c., some time ago. There VIII thefe-
lore he no impediment to his taking his seat as
IA IS. Senator, when Congress modlhes or re-
peals the test oath. 1.,
There are at present about II 500 colored pu-
nile n the State of Virginia, excluding Fallax
and Ioudoun counties. The num0ef OF teacn-
ers employed is 1875. 49,.
The War Department issued an oroef thls
morning to the Provost Marsha! 70 turn oyer I
80 the Navy Department, temporarily, She VIC
Tan;tol prison, for the confinement ct Capt.
Raphael Semmes, late OF the Alabama
The recent musters out of service have reduc-
ed the strength Of the army to l5O, IVY men
In October the army was $50, 600 strong. 20
nnr Consul ct Port bTahon, writes under date
.of Nov, SO, 1855, that the cholera has nearly
disanpeared from that province, a few cases OF
" had occurred at Ciudadella during that week.
He saws the mortality IN SPAN has been fal
greater than will ever be known !.
Under the new Governmentof Peru severa5
=reformshazete en initiated. The Spanish 4: 40,
miral, Pareja was daily expected, to ascertain Il
the Government will conform TO the spanish
treaty, which isuhlikely
... 4 man named Bradley, who was concerned
~ the robbery Of Paymaster Rittenhouse' safe
IN October last, has been found keeping par
room at Panama, and arrested lie was lden:
tilted by a sailor boy, who took an impression
of the key Of the safe for BIN. ..l.a.. -
The cotton crop in Contra! America i. IS not
1.-THE Of last years crop, owing to the ravages
of the army worm.
nUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE LAND:
Byvirtue of q decree Of the Circuit Court
Of Fauquier county, pronounced the lzth cay